trollie
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Post by trollie on Dec 28, 2014 15:29:52 GMT
or I was sitting in a seat that had been soaked in urine..... I couldn't figure out which.... It was that bad...
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Post by myboysnme on Dec 28, 2014 15:32:49 GMT
EEEWWWWW. I know that when my DH and I went to see Les Miserables, the guy next to me kept snoring, and I was mad at his wife for not waking him up when he would get loud. Maybe she was asleep too, I don't know, but I actually put my finger in my ear to drowned out the sound. 2 more good reasons to watch movies at home.
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Post by gorgeouskid on Dec 28, 2014 15:35:58 GMT
Oh god, in either case, I would have moved or left and received a refund.
No time for that. The movies are my happy place, and I have a very sensitive sniffer.
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YooHoot
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Post by YooHoot on Dec 28, 2014 15:47:51 GMT
Went to see Unbroken and a woman sat down in front of me that had so much perfume on you could almost taste it. You don't have to spray perfume on like body spray!!!
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Post by Pahina722 on Dec 28, 2014 15:54:55 GMT
The last two movies we saw in the theater, people who reeked of cigarette smoke sat right beside or in front of. At first I thought it was just me until I noticed other nearby patrons wrinkling their noses and looking around for the odor source. I don't understand how people cannot know that they smell foul!
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Post by jemali on Dec 28, 2014 16:03:00 GMT
When I was in high school I worked in the women's clothing department at Sears. Someone tried on clothes with awful BO. Then one of my coworkers sprayed a bunch of perfume in the fitting room to try to cover it up. Ewww that made the smell even worse!
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NoWomanNoCry
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Dec 28, 2014 16:07:20 GMT
Here is my BO story: DH has a long time friend who has the worst BO you can imagine. When he comes over to our house his smell gets stuck on our couch and I can't get rid of it for day. I always opened windows after he leaves even when it's snowing because its THAT bad! We were once at the grocery store down an aisle and we smelled bad BO and I said "my god it smells like "L" here" then we turn to the next aisle and see him standing there...evadently he was on previous aisle before we got there but his smell still lingered after he left!
Now I'm pretty sure this guy don't have anything medically wrong with him to smell this bad because he clearly said once he don't wear deodorant (because he don't like the smell of them) when we got him a shower gift set one year for Christmas (along with other stuff so it wasn't so obvious lol!). So it's just so bad being around him.
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Post by supersoda on Dec 28, 2014 16:07:44 GMT
Did you move? I've moved due to someone bathed in perfume--I definitely would have moved for that.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Dec 28, 2014 16:11:44 GMT
We went yesterday and sat in a front stadium seat, the seats next to us were for wheelchairs, so there was a metal bannister behind our heads. One guy behind us had his feet up on the bannister BAREFOOT!! WTH? it's winter! in MN? and you're barefoot at a movie?
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Post by canadianscrappergirl on Dec 28, 2014 16:38:44 GMT
Ugh did you move, I know I would have.
I have been in stores/malls and smelt people like that, it makes me want to hurl ugh.
Once at the theatre a young guy sat 3 seats down from us who smelt like an ashtray ugh I have never smelt anything so strong. We had to move because I instantly started getting a headache from the smell. I am sure it looked rude but I was at the show to enjoy myself, I wasn't there to get a migraine.
I also hate when people insist on using their cell phone thru out the movie or talk I have been known to say something and make my feelings known lol.
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Post by femalebusiness on Dec 28, 2014 16:51:23 GMT
All of the above is why I don't go to the movies at the theatre anymore. I like watching at home where I can rewind, take a potty break and not put up with the general public. Not to mention how much money is saved.
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styxgirl
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Post by styxgirl on Dec 28, 2014 16:56:56 GMT
We went to the movies last night and we had to deal with BO AND a family that thought they were watching in their own damn living room. They would start taking about the show... I would very loudly "shush" them and they would knock it off ... Then slowly start again until I shhhhh'd them again. Idiots.
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Post by myshelly on Dec 28, 2014 16:58:40 GMT
I despise movie theaters.
The experience of seeing a movie in a movie theatre stresses me out so much that it's not enjoyable at all.
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Post by paperaddictedpea on Dec 28, 2014 17:07:13 GMT
That happened to me once - luckily there were plenty of open seats so we were able to move. A couple of years ago I was seated at a concert behind a young woman with really stinky hair (dirty/unwashed stinky, not hair product stinky.) She kept tossing her hair and the every time the odor wafted towards me I felt like gagging. I guess that people aren't aware of their own stink sometimes?
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Post by canadianscrappergirl on Dec 28, 2014 17:10:44 GMT
We went to the movies last night and we had to deal with BO AND a family that thought they were watching in their own damn living room. They would start taking about the show... I would very loudly "shush" them and they would knock it off ... Then slowly start again until I shhhhh'd them again. Idiots. Ugh that is frustrating. After a few shushes I think I would have gone to get a manager. I find most people are embarrassed by one reprimand lol, apparently these peeps felt entitled and needed to be brought down a peg haha!
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Dec 28, 2014 17:16:30 GMT
That happened to me once - luckily there were plenty of open seats so we were able to move. A couple of years ago I was seated at a concert behind a young woman with really stinky hair (dirty/unwashed stinky, not hair product stinky.) She kept tossing her hair and the every time the odor wafted towards me I felt like gagging. I guess that people aren't aware of their own stink sometimes?I think this is really the problem. People are totally accustomed to their own funk. And apparently they don't have anyone close enough to tell them they need to bathe.
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Post by anxiousmom on Dec 28, 2014 17:40:01 GMT
Here is my problem with the irritators (is that a words? LOL) ... I don't want to have to move. I get to the theater early enough to be able to choose what seats I want. I have eye issues that dictate where I can sit to more easily see the movie without getting serious eye strain headaches. My pre-planning shouldn't get all messed up by people who wear too much perfume, not enough deodorant, talk to much, play on their phones, etc. But I am old, and I am cranky and feel all entitled in my oldness to not want to deal with the irritators. LOL So one of my newest accommodations is to go to the first movie of the day on Sunday. Even with new movies, this time of day/week generally seems to be sparsely attended. Or more often than not I just wait and watch at home to avoid all the issues of talkers, stinkers and phone users.
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simplyme
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Post by simplyme on Dec 28, 2014 17:46:03 GMT
One of the many reasons I hate movie theaters! Gross!
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Post by papersilly on Dec 28, 2014 17:48:48 GMT
Oh god, in either case, I would have moved or left and received a refund. No time for that. The movies are my happy place, and I have a very sensitive sniffer. Absolutely me! I already can't stand sitting next to women with heavy , musky perfume but bad BO would send me over the edge for sure. Iat'said move or refund for sure.
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Post by rockymtnpea on Dec 28, 2014 18:15:42 GMT
Went to the movies with about 8 girlfriends...the place was packed but we scored good seats due to preplanning and arriving early. Guy and his wife end up next to my one friend. The process to pull out their buffet dinner all while throwing the wrappings on the floor. (Left it all there at the end of the show) One of the containers contained diced raw onions (I am not making it up) that he proceeded to eat with his fingers....not on a hot dog or hamburger, raw by themselves. Lol
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Post by missfrenchjessica on Dec 28, 2014 18:28:09 GMT
Yuck! That's so gross! Thankfully, I haven't had the BO issue or the overly perfumed person, but I've had the "singer". When the Lion King was re-released, we took the kids to see it. Packed house, no where to go with a kid (??) who not only had memorized the ENTIRE script for all characters, but sang EVERY song with great gusto. He also "spoiled" the movie for my kids when he'd say "OH, no! This is where Simba's dad dies." and other such awesomeness!
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julieb
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Post by julieb on Dec 28, 2014 18:33:54 GMT
That's bad. I was on a flight from Ireland to London and a kid was behind me that needed a shower. So bad and the flight was packed, so we couldn't move.
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Post by conchita on Dec 28, 2014 20:49:32 GMT
We now make it a habit to go on Thursdays to the early movie release at our Cinemark theatre. The place is practically empty! Maybe about five families total.
There have been other times we go during normal hours and we've run into a few annoying instances. The other day it was a group of three older women, one extremely loud and robust lady who did not fit in the seat. She was very uncomfortable and made everyone around her know it. My youngest had to go to the bathroom and she refused to let him pass. She ate loudly and slurped her soda through the entire show then left her huge box, cup and trash heaped in a pile we had to step over. She was worse than the five year old who refused to remain seated and kept hitting everyone in our row in the head. She was worse than the guy who kept putting his feet on the back of my chair pulling my hair.
One time we thought we'd be smart and sit in the very back row with no one behind us. We started hearing scurrying sounds and little screeches almost birdlike in the wall behind us. I suddenly realized it was rats! Lol! For some reason they were more tolerable than most of the people who've sat behind me though!
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Post by mrsscrapdiva on Dec 28, 2014 22:04:45 GMT
I would have had to moved seats or left. Going to the movies is not one of my favorite things to do. I went many many years without going to the movies, I would much prefer to rent something and watch it at home.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2014 23:50:58 GMT
I would have moved. If that didn't work, I'd go talk to the box office.
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Post by 950nancy on Dec 29, 2014 0:00:29 GMT
On a flight to Jamaica a woman opened up a container of food that I cannot describe-well, bad gas is close. Several of the people close to her were giving her dirty looks. It was bad. The funny thing was that she started to eat it the minute we took off. I wish she would have eaten it in the airport when we were waiting for an hour before we loaded. She was also on our flight home. Thankfully she didn't have any food with her to fly home. I hate bad smells and there was no way to escape them on a plane.
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Post by smokeynspike on Dec 29, 2014 1:35:37 GMT
We keep a bottle of Febreze behind the counter to spray when we get really stinky people in our windows (after they leave of course)! There are so many people who REEK like cigarettes, BO, or bad breath. Sometimes it is all I can do to quickly get through the transaction, trying to breathe as little as possible! I don't usually get bothered by perfume though.
Melissa
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Post by canadianscrappergirl on Dec 29, 2014 2:08:22 GMT
Here is my problem with the irritators (is that a words? LOL) ... I don't want to have to move. I get to the theater early enough to be able to choose what seats I want. I have eye issues that dictate where I can sit to more easily see the movie without getting serious eye strain headaches. My pre-planning shouldn't get all messed up by people who wear too much perfume, not enough deodorant, talk to much, play on their phones, etc. But I am old, and I am cranky and feel all entitled in my oldness to not want to deal with the irritators. LOL So one of my newest accommodations is to go to the first movie of the day on Sunday. Even with new movies, this time of day/week generally seems to be sparsely attended. Or more often than not I just wait and watch at home to avoid all the issues of talkers, stinkers and phone users. Ugh I agree, I go early to get a great seat and never fails some moron will come and sit right in front of me even though the theatre is practically empty or will sit by me and play on their phone thru out the show, or will open a six pack of beer and chat with their gf/wife. I think they were homeless peeps they looked scary and not too clean lol. Or the best is the 3 old ladies that yakked for the 30 some mins straight before the show, talked loudly and talked about the stupidest shit ever. Ugh I swear the one old lady didn't come up for breath the entire time, every time there was a lull in the convo she would say the most random shit to get the convo going again. At one point hubby and I just started making fun of their convos ugh.
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Post by mallie on Dec 29, 2014 2:15:29 GMT
That happened to me once - luckily there were plenty of open seats so we were able to move. A couple of years ago I was seated at a concert behind a young woman with really stinky hair (dirty/unwashed stinky, not hair product stinky.) She kept tossing her hair and the every time the odor wafted towards me I felt like gagging. I guess that people aren't aware of their own stink sometimes? I still remember 30 years ago being on line at a concert and the woman in front of me had the most disgusting hair I've ever seen/smelt. And we were on line for a couple of hours. I will just say that I saw... movement... in her hair. They were rasta braids and to this day, I have an involuntary gag reaction when I see them.
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anniebygaslight
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Post by anniebygaslight on Dec 29, 2014 12:09:27 GMT
I assume you moved seats.
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