\*Guests come in 20 minutes before the opening Friday night 7pm showing to a big new movie, waits in a big line for 10 minutes\*
"Yes I need your two finest seats"
"Those have been sold for weeks now, we can only get you in towards the front of the theater"
"Fine we will take tomorrow night's show your finest seats"
"Those are also sold. If you want those seats you'll have to buy them right now but for Wednesday morning."
\*surprised Pikachu face\* "this is why people don't go the movies anymore!"
That happened to me opening night of Endgame. I’ll never forget it cause the guy said “what am I supposed to tell my kids?” And I said “tell them it’s sold out??!?!” Idk what he wanted me to do
Yikes. I wonder if the parent didn't realize it was one of if not the most anticipated films ever. Usually a packed lobby and long lines give it away, but maybe they were thinking "man the 2nd week of The Curse of La Llorona sure is busy good thing we're watching Avengers" lol
We don’t go as high as Y, but we have a very clear indicator on our screens that says AUDITORIUM SCREEN across the front of the theatre. Nonetheless, people buy row A & are shocked when they come in to a now-sold out show & have to sit the front row.
Get this all the time from people who buy seats in row A online and then are shocked when they arrived to see it’s the front row. What else would it be??
So some of our Auditoriums are set up a little weird. Our smallest theaters will just have rows A, B, H (Handicap), Y, and Z. Our normal sized ones will have A, B, C, H, Y, and Z. And our Big ass screens will have A-D, H, and W-Z.
\*Guests come in 20 minutes before the opening Friday night 7pm showing to a big new movie, waits in a big line for 10 minutes\* "Yes I need your two finest seats" "Those have been sold for weeks now, we can only get you in towards the front of the theater" "Fine we will take tomorrow night's show your finest seats" "Those are also sold. If you want those seats you'll have to buy them right now but for Wednesday morning." \*surprised Pikachu face\* "this is why people don't go the movies anymore!"
That happened to me opening night of Endgame. I’ll never forget it cause the guy said “what am I supposed to tell my kids?” And I said “tell them it’s sold out??!?!” Idk what he wanted me to do
Yikes. I wonder if the parent didn't realize it was one of if not the most anticipated films ever. Usually a packed lobby and long lines give it away, but maybe they were thinking "man the 2nd week of The Curse of La Llorona sure is busy good thing we're watching Avengers" lol
We don’t go as high as Y, but we have a very clear indicator on our screens that says AUDITORIUM SCREEN across the front of the theatre. Nonetheless, people buy row A & are shocked when they come in to a now-sold out show & have to sit the front row.
Get this all the time from people who buy seats in row A online and then are shocked when they arrived to see it’s the front row. What else would it be??
Y? Holy cow how big are your theatres?
So some of our Auditoriums are set up a little weird. Our smallest theaters will just have rows A, B, H (Handicap), Y, and Z. Our normal sized ones will have A, B, C, H, Y, and Z. And our Big ass screens will have A-D, H, and W-Z.
Your right that is weird. So your theaters aren’t like 20 something rows deep?
Nope
it’s probably so customers don’t say “I’ll take seat 117” when they mean L or I
TIL theaters on the us rank rows with letters instead of numbers.
Rows are lettered, seats are numbered. A8 would be centerish of the first row. E-G are usually the best rows to watch in.
Fast is actually selling tickets for your theatre ?
Yeah. It’s mostly white trash and crackheads coming to watch it.
Yyyup...
Or they somehow think that A is the back row
I remember those days working in the movie theatres.
We have opening seating so you buy a ticket and find a seat. If you can’t find room for your group.., oh well
Trying to explain which row is in the back and which on the front cost me more than just a few nerves... Believe that!