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Being one of a bunch of Essex boys our local cinema our local ushers and usherettes soon learnt where to put their torches and to leave the riff-raff at the back to their own devices. They also remembered who to serve first with the choc ices.

Why anybody would want to go through the pain and parking problems of the average multiscreen with its oh so average movies is beyond me - you can't even get a drink at most of them and if you do the fuzz are waiting with baited breathalyers a half mile down the road. OTOH there is something of a revival of small art cinemas which is very welcome and a better use for the building than yet another poundland or betting shop.

Know what you mean Paula. Its not just in cinemas though, if you look around you when out and about, litter everywhere, dog doo everywhere.!! Plenty of bins around, but not sure many people know what they're for. :-|

Sue :-)

Edit. people eating everywhere. Even in Dr.s surgery people eating sausage rolls and pies.

We go to the cinema regularly and over time I have decided that I really do not like it very much.

Last night we went to one of the local multi screen cinemas, there is a wide variety of films showing something for almost everyone.

My complaints are:-

The foyers do not look inviting, rubbish just left on the floor when there are plenty of rubbish bins.

Having to stand in the same queue to buy tickets where food is also being sold, this takes ages when people are deciding what they want to eat.
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People buying loads and loads of hot and cold food, absolutely huge bags of Popcorn and massive hot dogs

People getting up during the film to go and purchase additional food/drinks

People sitting around me munching, slurping, rustling papers without regard for those sitting near them

The smell of hot food.

People sitting around me talking throughout the film and using text on mobile phones!!!

People leaving their rubbish on the floor when leaving after the film

Some of the music is ear-blasting

No usherettes to keep check on what is going on

However I do welcome NO SMOKING ______________________________________________________________

Compare and contrast:

The manager was always around
Cinema was always clean
Small box of chocolates (if you were lucky)
Ice cream during the interval
Usherettes with a torch keeping watchful eye

Perhaps I just like living in the past
;-)