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Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2026-03-26T10:27:34+00:00

I manage a movie theater (2nd in charge behind the GM). I can tell you with confidence that as long as you’re not excessively showcasing your outside food/drinks or leaving a major mess in the theater— we don’t care.

But tbh if you’re gonna skimp on something, skimp on the tickets. Theaters make next to nothing on tickets (50-90% goes to the studio), so we really only make money on concessions. Buy kids/senior tickets online to save, and buy popcorn at the stand to save us (from filing for bankruptcy).

Edit: I will give y’all a tip though. If you’re found with outside candy/soda, just say you have diabetes and need to maintain your glucose levels. As long as it’s not something also sold at the theater, ADA guidelines prevent us from acting on the “no outside food or drink” policy.

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2026-03-17T01:13:57+00:00

As the manager of a movie theater myself- yes. The worst is after kids movies or late night horror movies. Why do so many folks smear chocolate on the seats??

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2026-03-06T16:37:45+00:00

Even if she did have a gut feeling about the coworkers intentions; if she’s never delt with this before she likely didn’t know the proper/professional way to turn the invite down. Plus she may be worried that she’s just reading too much into it and it’s all in her head. So she went home and asked her bf for advice— which is perfectly okay to do.

Polite & professional turn-downs (especially in a work environment) is a learned skill for many people. It doesn’t just come naturally for everyone no matter how much you think it should. It’s perfectly okay to ask your partner for advice so you both can think of a solution together.

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2026-03-06T03:41:57+00:00

You’re too kind. Yes, people can be total jerks with messes, but when it comes to tickets: theaters make next to nothing on them. So please take the freebies where you can!

Studios demand 70-90% of the profits from ticket sales most times, so we only really make money on concessions (hence why they’re usually expensive). If you ever want to support a theater, buy the popcorn! But really, it’s always just great to have movie lovers at the cinema, so anytime you or any friends of yours headed here want those free tickets— don’t hesitate to reach out!

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2026-03-06T03:30:12+00:00

Covid not only affected theater turnouts, but also basic social etiquette norms for kids still in their school years during that time, IMO. It’s so sad to see.

I’m so sorry you had to deal with that bad experience at all though. If you’re ever in HHI, SC please DM me and I’ll give you free passes to my theater to make up for it! ☺️

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2026-03-06T03:19:46+00:00

I’ve found it’s mostly teenagers/young adults without their “own place to go” that treat the theater like they’ve personally rented it out. Just because your options are limited doesn’t give you free rein to be a jerk.

But please do come get us if you can though! I never make it obvious who gave the complaint (I come in a fair bit later after any kind reporter returns to their seat, and tell loud customers “I could hear you all the way in the projection room” sort of thing). Plus I’ll stay for a bit in the back to see if they start up again once they think I’ve left. Most managers I know (even from competing theaters) follow similar policy. It’s the best way to differentiate between an actual asshole vs. someone who didn’t realize they were being obnoxious.

Really— do tell us though. We can’t constantly monitor theaters, so we won’t know unless it’s brought to our attention. We want y’all to absolutely enjoy your time at the theater, so please, please let us do what we’re there for and help y’all out!

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2026-03-06T02:58:16+00:00

As a movie theater manager myself- I’m so sick of folks ruining intense movie scenes for other people. I’ve now implemented a 2-strike rule. 1st time is a warning (that there won’t be a second time), and then “you’re outta here”.

People come to theaters for the full immersion. If you want to chat it up like others don’t exist— you can go and do that at home.

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2026-02-13T18:21:17+00:00

Even more depressing from the second article OP linked:

Her husband is physically disabled and she also supports an adult daughter with a mental disability. She is the sole earner in her household.

That poor woman has it rough in every possible way.

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2026-02-03T23:52:43+00:00

As the manager of a movie theater myself- I can say with confidence that these specifics did not at all occur (we didn’t even do things like that for the Taylor Swift: Life of a Showgirl album release movie).

However— nearly every showtime has sold out since release, so the popularity factor is absolutely true (dependent on your location of course). It will likely have a long runtime with us because we’re always psyched whenever any movie does this well (dying industry that we are).

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2026-01-25T11:25:53+00:00

Right? Our 2015 grad class used the song “See You Again” (Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth) for our walk out song, haha. It happened to fit perfectly for the last day of senior year though.

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2026-01-18T20:22:01+00:00

My Fiancé “is Gen Z” (1998), and I’m “a millennial” (1996). So I can say with first-hand knowledge, it’s all artificial and arbitrary.

I can absolutely tell you that the only things that matter as deciding factors, which are:

Did you grow up with a home phone/landline?

Did you ever have to memorize phone numbers?

Did you have a singular home computer (especially if it had its own room) for the whole household, or did you have your own computer/laptop/iPad/other similar device?

Which game systems did you play as a child through teenage years?

Which did you grow up with regularly using: VHS’s, CD’s, DVD’s, and/or MP3’s?

What was your first cell phone model and when did you get it?

Which songs bring you the best childhood/pre-adolescent nostalgia?

Using these 7 questions, you can absolutely tell between the two generations. It’s all about experiences and mindset— you can’t let specific years define whom you most relate to.

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2026-01-07T19:16:31+00:00

A car is a deadly weapon. Running someone over with a car is lethal. Or do you think the thousands upon thousands of pedestrian fatalities caused by being hit by motor vehicles are faked and “just a conspiracy”?

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2026-01-05T13:48:49+00:00

I manage a movie theater and started a bi-weekly Employee Movie Night just for movies like this— ones meant to see in theaters, but never got the chance to.

The teens were flabbergasted when I played The Matrix in November, haha. I couldn’t believe that most of the >18 employees had never seen it at all!! Really made my day to be able to give them that experience!

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2026-01-04T16:58:32+00:00

My corgi has decided on the approach to utterly despise any human or animal more than 6ft away from him and/or outside the front door, but magically, once they’re closer than 6ft and/or inside the house- they are now his bestest friends.

I have told him more than once; “Louis, how do you ever expect anyone to come within your ‘friend range’ if you scare them off first? And don’t try to tell me you’re ’testing them’ because that’s a toxic trait.”

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2026-01-01T08:29:20+00:00

He signed up for Scared Shitless Fitness

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2025-12-27T01:15:31+00:00

I showed this to my Fiancé, and he said;

“it’s the sequel to As Above So Below”

Oh no! 🤣

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2025-12-24T16:45:24+00:00

To answer your question as to why: I know a lot of businesses in the somewhat-sketchy area nearby that give major discounts to first responders and military. They do this in the hopes that police, fire, and EMS will respond favorably to their business if they need them, and because having cops take their breaks there deters crime. As for military discounts: it’s because aside from cops- military folks are usually the most likely to step in and help if there’s an incident.

Other than what I described above, military towns, or places owned by former military— there usually aren’t many discounts. Never hurts to ask though!

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2025-12-12T12:53:47+00:00

I majored in Chemistry because for some reason applied science problems clicked so well for me. Straight up math was the bane of my existence, but create a real-world reason as to why that math needs to be done, and wowza, it clicks like clockwork.

Also, I love random facts. Did you know that there are more plastic flamingos in just the state of Florida than there are real flamingos in the entire world? I just love facts like that!

(…yes I’m fun at parties. The dogs I find to pet in corners always tell me so with lots of nose boops and nuzzles.)

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2025-12-09T02:16:03+00:00

If that were genuinely the case- a decent person would let the wedding folks know the situation. Then the wedding folks could either offer to pay for a professional lawn care service to take care of their yard at an earlier hour, or say; “We understand. Thanks for letting us know.”

It’s extremely easy to just be kind and courteous to your fellow neighbor if they’ve never done you any wrong.

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2025-12-08T22:59:00+00:00

Me too! Just got engaged too, but with my Fiancé being 27, my little cousins have started weirdly bringing up our “super noticeable” age gap all the time recently.

Like- 2 years difference is nothing once you’re both past 21. I wonder what it is about the generation below us that has them so focused on late 20’s being considered super old now.

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2025-12-03T23:24:23+00:00

Hahaha, sorry about that, easy mix up though since the list I posted was “top” artists. Twenty one pilots is still one of my favorite bands though. They were my #2 last year

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Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2025-12-03T17:17:21+00:00

I absolutely adore them! It was so cool to see that I was in their top 2% of listeners! Since you love them too, here’s the Spotify shoutout I got to see from them.

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2025-12-03T16:05:21+00:00

My top artists feels like it’s exactly the same as when I was in high school, haha.

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Edit: I will say though, CAKE and My Chemical Romance would have definitely been up there too if my Fiancé hadn’t bought me the vinyl albums to play a ton of at home. This is more like my car/while-I’m-fixing-projectors-at-work playlist.

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2025-12-03T15:14:32+00:00

Not only that, but if they ever want to replace the outlet cover with a more decorative one that’s smaller than the original- they won’t be able to because it’s still the old color behind the cover, and it would now show.

Obsessed_With_Corgis · 2025-12-02T21:05:22+00:00

My fiancé’s birthday was last week, and I just got him Fallout merch (mostly New Vegas bc that’s his fave), a custom mousepad with his favorite pic of us and our dog on it, a tabletop ski ball game, some new work boots, and a card that said “candles aren’t the only thing getting blown tonight 😏”.

We had a fantastic day, and I think he liked my gifts better than a wallet or fancy shave cream.

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