If Only I Was Aloud To Speak My Mind

Working in the theater, mainly the Box Office, you deal with many different types of people. Often, however, you get many of the same questions/problems. Some are easy to deal with, and others make you want to pull your hair out. Most days, I'd like to post a bunch of signs to the most common questions, however I think I'd end up plastering the ENTIRE Box Office in paper signs. So instead, I'm going to compile my list here, as well as things I'd like to say, but would get me fired.

• In the movie theater industry, the customer is NOT always right.
• If you are a senior citizen and you don't tell me, you are going to get charged the regular price. I am not going to try and guess.
• The ticket kiosk is NOT broken. If you'd read the machine, you'd notice you are swiping your credit card the wrong way.
• Yes, it really does cost $8.25 to see a movie, and no, you are not 12-years-old.
• Just because you failed to read the instructions when you ordered your tickets on Fandango and did not bring your credit card in order for me to retrieve your tickets, does not entitle you to a free movie!
• Reading the show times wrong is your fault, not mine. And no, you don't get a free movie because of it.
• Sometimes, projectors break down, causing a movie cancellation. It's not my fault. Please don't yell at me for it.
• If I inform you that it's down to front row and scattered seating, I actually know what I'm talking about.
• If I have to question whether or not you are 21 or younger, and you are wanting to see a Rated R movie, you will get ID'd. If you don't have your ID and the person with you is not 21, you aren't getting into that movie.
• If you aren't 17 and you aren't accompanied by someone 21 or older, you aren't getting into a Rated R movie. I'm not willing to break the law for you.
• If I ask you how old your child is and you have to think about it for more than a second while you check the children age requirements, I know you are lying.
• I don't automatically know what movie you want to see. You actually have to tell me.
• If the line is out the door, by the time you get to the ticket counter, you should know what you want to see and have your money out to pay. Ever wonder what holds up lines?
• Don’t send someone to stand in line if they don't have the ability to pay. You do have to pay for your two-year-old... even if you plan for him/her to sit on your lap. It's in our guidelines.
• If you choose to watch a Rated R movie, I don't want to hear how awful the language/nudity is in the movie. It's Rated R for a reason people.
• I don't actually have all day to talk to you on the phone.
• If you hand me 8 individually crumpled up dollar bills, you get to wait for me to straighten them out, count them, and sort them in my drawer before I give you your ticket.
• I don't take Gift Cards for the Tinseltown Theater across the street... and yes I'm sure I know EXACTLY what company I work for. No amount of arguing will change that.
• The coupon in the Entertainment book is a DISCOUNT, not a free ticket. I promise I'm not lying, and no amount of arguing, yelling, talking to my managers, etc is going to get you into the movie for free.
• It’s actually rude to come to the Theater to purchase 5 Gift Cards at 6:30 on a Friday or Saturday night.
• You don’t have to yell into the microphone. I can actually hear everything in the foyer. I’d like to not go deaf, thanks.
• It’s not funny when you hand me the money, and then yank it away before I can grab it.
• It’s not nice to sit and argue about what movie you want to see when there are people behind you actually ready to purchase their tickets.
• I don’t have time to read you 9 different movie descriptions.
• I don’t actually see every movie we have, so I don’t know which one is the best.
• Scheming in the foyer is not a real brilliant idea. I can hear you, and yes, I’m probably listening.
• Please keep your children’s hands and arms OUT of the window hole. It makes my job difficult when they are grabbing at the tickets I’m not quite ready to give you yet.
• I don’t know when exactly the previews end. It’s not my fault you were late.
• We don’t have the ability to restart the movie for you because you read yesterday’s Showtime’s.
• If the Arcade game took your money, DON’T TRY IT AGAIN!
• Bringing alcohol into the theater is ILLEGAL people… You WILL be kicked out if we catch you with it.
• Nobody needs unlimited popcorn or soda refills. That’s just disgusting!
• It’s not my job to baby-sit your child.
• Receipts are not tickets… you can’t get into a movie with someone else’s receipt.
• I don't respond well to bullying. Bully me, and you aren't going to get a very nice cashier. Be nice to me, and chances are you'll go a lot farther with me.
• Basically, to sum it all up, RULES are RULES and I won't risk my job for you.
  

Keep in mind, I'm actually a very nice cashier, and I would never say any of this to a person, this is just a list of what usually goes through my head when people anger me. Anyways, I'm off to bed.

Valentines Day Update

I really should be sleeping as it is after 3AM but I wanted to blog a bit first! Valentines Day was pretty decent actually. I wasn't expecting to have a good day, but in fact I had one of the best days I've had in 5 years! (To be explained) We had our annual Valentines Day breakfast, although it was more brunch this year. We all gathered at Ashley's parents house (because tradition says it HAS to be at the Mill's home! ) and ate breakfast and watched a video I made for Valentines Breakfast 2004 which included over 400 pictures of us in High School. After breakfast I went home and played Rock Band with Nate (my new favorite game!) and watched Gilmore Girls until I had to go to work! I specifically chose to work on Valentines Day night because I didn't want to sit home alone. It was extremely busy and stressful because a projector broke, but I'm glad I worked. It gave me some purpose for today and I'm grateful for that.

Here are some pics of the Valentines Day Breakfast....
This is most of us that was there, except Andrea and Todd who left early. From left to right starting at the top: Asher, Steve, Mike, Me, Aubrey, Josh, Mindy, Bryce, Hillary, Hillary's boy, and Danny; Bottom: Adriana, Kealy, Hannah, Sean, Ashley, Rachel, Ben, Sariah, and Brinley.

Me and Aubrey
Me and Brinley

Today was one of the best days ever because well, the person I miss more than anything is finally talking to me WILLINGLY for the first time in almost 5 years. (I guess two of those don't count cause of a mission, and I was receiving letters, but you get my point). He's being my friend again and coming to hang out with us and actually calling me which is AMAZING! It's so great to have him back in my life. His fiance is amazing too. She's such a sweet nice girl and I'm glad to have the opportunity to get to know her. Just being able to be friends with them is great!

As for other news in my life, I'm doing really well. I got a new job at ACS which is a call center for Verizon Wireless. It's not great, but I'm only planning on working there for a month to save tuition money because I'm going to be starting Pharmacy Tech school in March. It's an idea I've played with for over 4 years, and I just figured out that they got the program at the DATC which is in Kaysville and it only takes 6 months to complete. I'm extremely excited for it to begin! I'll be able to go to school in the mornings, and then work at the theater at nights. I'm going to need to work a shift or two more a week than I am now, but that shouldn't be to bad!

Per my aunt's request, here is a picture of TINK. You can't really see it from this angle, but she's huge and crazy. She is the most curious cat I've ever seen, and she's got OCD. She HAS to be clean. If you touch her, she'll clean where you touched her. If she thinks you are dirty, she'll attempt to clean you. But I love her! She makes life interesting!
And last but not least, for fun I thought I'd post some pictures of previous Valentines Breakfasts. (Keep in mind, when we were in High School, these picture were probably taken somewhere around 6AM so don't judge too harshly, we had not slept at all! We used to drag the boys out of bed around 5am for breakfast, but now that most everyone is married, it doesn't work as well!) I hope everyone had a good Valentines Day!!!

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2003

My Day in Logan

I spent the day yesterday in Logan with my friend Todd (yes, the Todd I dated in High School) and it was so much fun! I woke up and drove the hour to Logan and we hung out at his house and watched Season 1 of "The Office" because I had never seen it, and then we drove around Logan and he showed me the city. After that we went back to his apartment and watched "Ratatouille", and then his next door neighbors Tessa and Michelle came over and we went to look at another apartment where I met a guy named Jason, and then me, Todd, and his friend Lauren went to an Aggies basketball game (The pic above is us at the game) and the Aggies won 78/59. After that we went and visited my friend Dave Markham who I haven't seen forever! Then I drove home and got home after midnight! It was a great day and I made a lot of new friends and had a lot of fun!!!

February Blah

I hate the month of February... why? Because one... the weather has mood swings... for example... today it's all nice outside and sunny, but tomorrow it could snow... rain... who knows. Two: Valentines Day. Valentines Day used to be my all time favorite holiday... hands down. I LOVED everything about it, even when I was single, it was a good day just to be reminded of love. Now, I don't even remotely like the idea of it. Now I get to try and forget the last two HORRIBLE Valentines Day where I was completely ignored. And Three: Finding a job in February is almost impossible. Everything slows down, the economy is horrible, and it's not quite time yet for summer. Lets just hope I make it through without any disastrous things to make it worse!