Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Another - possibly the worst, certainly the most life-threatening - societal issue of the 21st Century

What is WRONG with people? Not all people, certainly, but a good big ol percentage of society are just plain ... bad.

See dear reader (aka imaginary friend), I work in a movie theater. *Pause for pitiful sigh*. One of the few places left in this wonderous planet of ours (aside from rainforests and public restrooms. and public transport. and nightclubs), that people feel the right to vilify beyond normal standards of vilification. I apologise if (when) I exaggerate; everytime I blink images of popcorn-carpeted cinemas and ticket stub confetti bombard me. People are just awful, and I just can't decide who's worst.

1. You've got your standard group of school kids. There's about a million of em, each clutching to the box of popcorn some doll in the candybar just sold to them (remind me to elaborate later on the painful task of upselling), that happens to be bigger than their torso. Afterward, the cinema resembles what a savoury snack bomb site might look like. Hansel and Gretel, eat your heart out - and miss your mouth every second time - cos popcorn trails are quite obviously the shiz, right behind Ben 10 and Dora the Explorer. Maybe they're the latest in personal security. All I know is that school holidays at the movies are one of the greatest tools for abstinence.