I tried to ignore him but was only partially successful in doing so. I was unable to lose myself in the movie since I had to focus most of my energy on not taking his phone and shoving it up his ass. I wanted to go and get management, but I figured that would take far too much time and then I would miss even more of the movie. I also feared that management would not do anything. They wouldn’t make him leave. They might not even say anything to him. Then he’d just be more pissed off and nothing would have been accomplished.

The movie ended. He left, having to walk past me to do so. He said nothing further and neither did I. What else could I say? I felt it better to say nothing than to push the issue and get more worked up about it. I doubt that there was anything I could have said that would have made him understand what a giant walking penis he was anyway, so why waste anymore of my time and effort?

It seems a lot of people go to the movies because they can’t think of anything better to do. They don’t respect the art of movie making and they don’t appreciate the experience that going out to the movies should be. It would be great if the theaters would step up and enforce the rules they ask to be followed. They could have ushers stand in the theaters during movies and if you’re seen answering your phone, talking too much or otherwise being disruptive, you’ll be asked to stop being a nuisance or you’ll be removed from the theater.

But until that happens, I think I’ll be seeing a lot more movies after they’ve been out awhile so they’re in a smaller theater, decreasing the chances of having to deal with a rude patron. But mostly, I’ll be waiting to watch them at home and hoping for better experiences in seeing movies in the theater.