Movie Theater Employee

Movie Theater Employee

PeopleOrderPopcorn

Boston Area, MA

Female, 21

I work at a movie theater. I work the concessions but I've worked long enough to know a little something-something about ushering and cashiers. And a little bit of what managers do. Ask me anything!

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Last Answer on October 23, 2014

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What happens if a teen gets into an R rated movie and watches the whole thing but then when they walk out the staff who hols the doors open notice them? Do they get in trouble?

Asked by Stranger about 11 years ago

It happens. Nothing that can really be done about it after they've seen it. Managers are not going to be chasing them down and ushers are not going to make a big deal about it. At the end of the movie, their main concern is cleaning the theater as they only have a few min to clean the whole thing. They probably don't even notice the teens coming out.

What one movie at your theater resulted in the most complaints, either because it sucked or parents thought it was inappropriately rated?

Asked by bravery about 11 years ago

The only times I see a lot of people complain is when a show, like an opera, is playing live but   something goes wrong with the picture. The can complain about the content of the movie all they want but there's nothing we can do about that. We didn't make it and we didn't decide on the ratings.

... I will tell you a time that sort of fufills the "inappropriately rated" part. A few years ago, we have a theater full of kids and their parents ready to watch Tangled. So the movie begins to play... and a very gory scene from Saw 3D plays instead. You can imagine the terror coming from that. The parents sued. I don't know what happened to the case but I assume it was settles out of court.

What happens to the films that have already played, do the theaters return them, or do they keep them in a room?

Asked by potatos almost 11 years ago

When we had film reels, a 3rd party dropped off the reels and collectdthem to send them back to the movie companies when we stopped playing them. In a way, we're just renting the reels.

Movies are digital now but it's basically the same thing but with hard drives. 

I live in the Northeast. What months of the year are movie houses usually the slowest for business? Since most are PT workers do some workers loose hours or are laid-off??

Asked by Joseph over 10 years ago

The slowerst months are the fall-spring. Most of the patrons have school or work full time jobs so there's a significant decrease in business. 

However, this is also true for the employees. They arent laid off, they leave voluntarily. A huge chunk of my coworkers (from 14-18+) have left for school. It's not like the employees that are staying get more hours seeing as less people are needed during the slower seasons.

The minors (-18) can't legally work too many hours anyway. So if they stayed working after school started, it'd probably be only on the weekends until 7 or 9pm

What would happen if My friend payed for his ticket and just let me in throught one of the exits while noone was there and we got caught? Or whats the worst thing?

Asked by Mike almost 11 years ago

The actions depend on the employee. Sometimes, if it's not busy or something, they'll let it go. Or they might just kick you out.

It's the same situation in this question: 

http://www.jobstr.com/threads/show/3786#question_15969

 

Can you get banned from a movie theatre? If so, for what reason?

Asked by Mentalcase about 11 years ago

I assume you can ( but maybe not forever) although I haven't heard of anybody getting banned. Patrons can be really disruptive, rude and irritable. Some steal, some fight and some destroy property. At that point, police can get involved and they probably wont be back for a while.

Also, when I say not forever because combine the fact that thousands come in on the weekend and the high turnover rate, it's really easy for someone to slip through the cracks.

What if someone went to the theatres, bought a ticket, but went to a different movie than the movie you bought the tickets for? but theyre the same price? would you get caught? how bad of trouble would you be in?
Thanks!!:) ????

Asked by LouLou over 10 years ago

This is the most frequesntly asked question I get.

Essentially, this happens 

http://www.jobstr.com/threads/show/3786#question_15969