Blocking cell phone reception in a Movie theatre.

[PottedMeat]

This would be a valid point if the world was only populated by reasonable people. However: Moviegoer is stabbed after complaining about cellphone user

Something tells me this guy wishes that he had taken the chickenshit route.

im wondering where the hell the meat thermometer came from

A meat thermometer was plunged into the victim's neck during a screening of 'Shutter Island.' An L.A. County sheriff's spokesman called it a 'vicious and cowardly attack.'

 

[Zargon]

I'm actually not as much against the blocking of cellphone reception as I am against the entitlement mentality that seems to prevail among a lot of people, and a lot of members here.

I mean the mentality that says I NEED constant connectivity, and I NEED to be able to check my facebook while in a movie, and I CANT go 2 hours without my cellphone. This what I'm against.

I'm also against things like I WANT to have fun and go see a movie, but I DONT WANT to take responsibility for myself and ensure I'm actually available if there is an emergency. Sorry, being at a mall watching a movie does not mean you are well equipped to handle an emergency. Dont bother.

Since when does everyone have to know up to the minute what is going? Is no one comfortable with being cut off from the internet and GSM networks for 2 hours? No one?

Oh I hear you say, we arent talking about that, we're talking about EMERGENCIES. No, you arent, you just dont realize it. You put this emergency thing out there to justify your need to constantly have a connection to the internet, but the reality is has little to do with emergencies. In days gone by, emergencies were handled by people who, say, worked a late night shift at a hospital. Guess what, they still do! IT emergencies are usually handled in shifts, and those on shift generally have to, I dont know, be responsible, and make sure they can actually do something if there is an emergency.

you are full of shit. I dont touch my cell phone in the theater unless it vibrates and then its to make sure its not work. WORK. not my friend, or my mom, or my wife. work. if its work I leave to see wtf is up, if its not it goes back in my pocket. small departments dont have shifts, then have 8-5 or something similar. sometimes *gasp* you are the ONLY person that knows that system well and can fix it.

its cool that you arent smart enough/important enough to be that guy, but its sad you cant understand that some of us are that guy.

veliko doesnt seem to understand employment contracts and what 24/7 means. he is basically advocating that no one in a 24/7 on call position should go to a movie, ever.

 

[Ancalagon44]

you are full of shit. I dont touch my cell phone in the theater unless it vibrates and then its to make sure its not work. WORK. not my friend, or my mom, or my wife. work. if its work I leave to see wtf is up, if its not it goes back in my pocket. small departments dont have shifts, then have 8-5 or something similar. sometimes *gasp* you are the ONLY person that knows that system well and can fix it.

You dont touch it unless it vibrates, meaning you couldnt just wait until you got out of the cinema to check it. Too late for you, you need to know NOW because you must be connected all the time.

its cool that you arent smart enough/important enough to be that guy, but its sad you cant understand that some of us are that guy.

Well, firstly, I work in a company that is well run enough to have different people on support at different times. If its your turn on support, you're expected to be able to make a difference. Ie, not be at the movies.

And no, I'm not often on support because I'm not the network gimp, I do more important work than that. But thanks for the insult, obviously something got under your skin. Looks like I hit the mark.

veliko doesnt seem to understand employment contracts and what 24/7 means. he is basicalyl advocating that no one in a 24/7 on call position should go to a movie, ever.

Well thats because if you are the only person in your department on 24/7 call, then the emergencies just arent that important. Even vets have more than one vet who take it in turns to be on call. Like, small town veterinary clinics. Is your workplace smaller or worse run than a small town veterinary clinic that you need to be the only one on call 24/7?

 

[slag]

So the only thing you have been paged about in the movies, over 5 years, took you 5 minutes to resolve? Was it really critical then? Could it not have waited until you left the cinema?

You know, I just dont see it. If its critical and urgent enough that lives are at stake, then what are you doing in a cinema? If its not that critical or urgent, then why can it not wait 2 hours? Substitute lives are stake for money if you prefer, but my point still stands.

You dont NEED 24 hour connectivity, you and everyone else around you is just used to it.

My work REQUIRES that I have my pager/phone, whatever on and be available 24x7. What may seem like a simple issue to me may not be described correctly to the helpdesk or person taking the call and they may misconstrue it as being an emergency and page me out. No amount of training can catch all scenarios and trust me, its annoying as hell to be woken up at 1:30 for something someone deems an emergency only to find out its a trivial matter. You "just dont see it", but its very real to someone who has to handle this situation. A generic situation may be that a file system is filling up because of X issue and if I dont remedy it and figure out what is going on, the server will crash and our main revenue generating product will not function and we will hemmorhage tens of thousands of dollars every minute. We have monitoring set up with thresholds that reports this kind of stuff. This is a real scenario that you can't fathom happening, but can and has in the past to another team due to an implementation error that wasn't caught at the time and didn't manifest itself until a week later. By your logic, I should have just let it wait a couple hours, but by then, the shit would have hit the fan and we'd be screwed.

Something like 85% of all incidents stem from changes.

The problem isn't with responsible, professional people taking pages in the theater, its the other 95% people who flaunt the fact they are important enough to get calls/pages/texts. If I could, I'd get rid of my pager and get off the grid, however, there's nothing around that fits my skill set that pays so well. So, as part of society, we all have to deal with it, you included. We all have our pet peeves. Chances are, you wouldn't even notice I was getting a page even if you were just a few seats down from me. I'm very discreet about checking the issue and then if I have to leave the theater, you wouldn't even know why. I try to position myself as close to an aisle as possible also to minimize having to step over your legs and stick my crotch in your face.

 

[Veliko]

veliko doesnt seem to understand employment contracts and what 24/7 means. he is basically advocating that no one in a 24/7 on call position should go to a movie, ever.

I am advocating that people on-call shouldn't go to places where there isn't a mobile reception. That includes cinemas if they block the signal.

 

[slag]

I am advocating that people on-call shouldn't go to places where there isn't a mobile reception. That includes cinemas if they block the signal.

I'm advocating you should be the one staying at home if something as simple as a quick silent page bothers you. You obviously aren't ready for the other kinds of issues that await you after you leave your front door.

 

[coloumb]

So why not just wait until the movie is out in a few months on DVD/Blu-Ray from RedBox or Netflix?

If you must bring a pager/phone into the theater - set it to vibrate and sit some place where you won't disturb those who aren't tied to an electronic device.

 

[Kev]

you are full of shit. I dont touch my cell phone in the theater unless it vibrates and then its to make sure its not work. WORK. not my friend, or my mom, or my wife. work. if its work I leave to see wtf is up, if its not it goes back in my pocket. small departments dont have shifts, then have 8-5 or something similar. sometimes *gasp* you are the ONLY person that knows that system well and can fix it.

its cool that you arent smart enough/important enough to be that guy, but its sad you cant understand that some of us are that guy.

veliko doesnt seem to understand employment contracts and what 24/7 means. he is basically advocating that no one in a 24/7 on call position should go to a movie, ever.

So since you are "so important" - are you allowed to go anywhere that doesn't get good cell reception? Are you ever allowed to go into a remote area, like camping or something? If not, it must suck to be you. What's it like being tied to your stupid job that in the big picture doesn't really matter? Hey, at least you get to feel important.

 

[Chryso]

Ok. So what if I have a date night out with my wife and we leave our kid with a babysitter and the child has a major allergic reaction, accident, ect and they need to reach me ASAP? Should that be blocked too?

Yes, it should. It is your decision to make whether watching a movie is worth the risk of being out of touch for an allotted amount of time.

 

[Kev]

Yes, it should. It is your decision to make whether watching a movie is worth the risk of being out of touch for an allotted amount of time.

It boggles my mind that people can't get away from their phone for 2 hours. What did people do for the thousands of years of human existence prior to 10 years ago?

 

[sdifox]

It boggles my mind that people can't get away from their phone for 2 hours. What did people do for the thousands of years of human existence prior to 10 years ago?

They all died.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

I don't care if other's use their cell phone as long as it's silenced or take out of the room.

 

[Veliko]

I'm advocating you should be the one staying at home if something as simple as a quick silent page bothers you. You obviously aren't ready for the other kinds of issues that await you after you leave your front door.

A quick, silent page doesn't bother me. It's the people who leave their loud ringtones on that bother me and that is why I support the blocking of mobile phone signals.

If your pager is blocked as a result then that's just too bad.

 

[alkemyst]

This would be a valid point if the world was only populated by reasonable people. However: Moviegoer is stabbed after complaining about cellphone user

Something tells me this guy wishes that he had taken the chickenshit route.

or that the other patrons had enough backbone to back him up on it.

Sadly I am sure at this stabbing there were many under the mindset that the guy got what he desired like our post here on the lady that asked a guy not to smoke in a no-smoking zone. "that's what she gets for messing with a crazy homeless guy".

 

[alkemyst]

It boggles my mind that people can't get away from their phone for 2 hours. What did people do for the thousands of years of human existence prior to 10 years ago?

Try running a successful business today without a computer.

 

[Veliko]

Try running a successful business today without a computer.

How is that related to mobile phone use in a cinema?

 

[IcePickFreak]

I'm just finding this amusing now because there isn't any movies released worth this much arguing. I suppose that's why I don't mind just waiting til it's out on BR/DVD so I can watch it at home.

 

[Possessed Freak]

How is that related to mobile phone use in a cinema?

Obvious. He needs a laptop in the cinema as well.

 

[dawp]

How is that related to mobile phone use in a cinema?

isn't a smartphone basically a hand held computer that you can send and receive emails, IM and other business related activities with?

 

[Veliko]

isn't a smartphone basically a hand held computer that you can send and receive emails, IM and other business related activities with?

Yes but you wouldn't need it in the cinema.

 

[Zargon]

So since you are "so important" - are you allowed to go anywhere that doesn't get good cell reception? Are you ever allowed to go into a remote area, like camping or something? If not, it must suck to be you. What's it like being tied to your stupid job that in the big picture doesn't really matter? Hey, at least you get to feel important.

I am not that important. until something breaks that I have to fix.

I support 9-1-1 call taking and dispatching systems.

of course I am allowed to do that, and it puts strain on coworkers. we rotate who can leave the area for holidays etc. If the other guy leaves the state I am not going anywhere. but that has nothing to do with something as trivial as a movie. when I am 5 miles from the office.

I take a myfi with me and a laptop pretty much everywhere.

as for what people did years ago, well, they died alot more often thats for sure

I will never advocate removing rights of the many due to some random idiot who cant be courteous to others. its why I am pro CCW, prochoice, anti patriot act ETC ETC

 

[alkemyst]

How is that related to mobile phone use in a cinema?

I was replying to the guy that said "10 years ago" people did something a certain way.

try to think outside the box.

The fact is is most would love not to have to worry about their phones/email 24/7.

Many really don't and they are the ones that line the aisles of WalMarts.

Sadly it's these types that make the most commotion in a theatre:

<profane ringtone plays for 3 cycles while Joe Asshat stares at the screen>"Y0 Wat up, 8ball?"

"Me? AHHH shit dawg, I am here in Fast Five, Fucking A man it's off the CHAIN, Y0"

"so what you doing, wait hold on!" <action scene plays> "FUCK MAN you got to check this shit out!"

"the movie! the movie, you need to check it out"

etc..

 

[Farmer]

Try running a successful business today without a computer.

Try running a successful business today while watching a movie in a movie theater while being interrupted by people on their cellphones.

 

[RedCOMET]

sounds like Level 8 issue a not a tech issue.

 

[thegimp03]

Nearly always at least 1 person whose cellphone goes off in the middle of a movie in the theaters I go to. That, or 2 people having a conversation. I don't think a blocking reception is a good idea because I could understand it if a person's cellphone rings because there is an emergency concerning one of their friends or family members.