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Author Topic: Funniest Things You Ever Been Asked to Do Chris Medley Expert Film Handler Posts: 180 From: McKinney, TX, USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 01-20-2004 09:36 PM                        What is the funniest request you have ever had?? I have had some strange requests from customers but this one takes the cake. The other day I was helping a customer and one of the concessionist came over the radio and asked me to come to the back stand. Me- I'm with a customer right now what did you need? Concessionist- Well there is a lady back here and she wanted to know if you could help her get her cell phone back. Me- If it is lost ask her for a discription and I will check. Concessionist- No, it's she didn't loose it. She flushed it down the toliet.  |  IP: Logged Evans A Criswell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1579 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-20-2004 10:27 PM                        I guess some people think a theatre's plumbing/sewage/septic system is magically different than the ones in their homes. Other than higher volume, they're basically the same. Have you ever been sent to the company's other theatre across town to get some Technicolor since your theatre was about to run out?  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 01-20-2004 11:06 PM                        No, we use Color by Deluxe.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-20-2004 11:26 PM                     Man, oh man! Losing a cell phone down the crapper!? Lemme' tell ya'! The main sewer line is uphill from my old theater! In order to get the effuluent from the building out to the main line there is a lift station with two huge sewer pumps. They are capable of grinding up rocks, sticks and other garbage up to (I think) 3 inches in diameter! I'd hate to tell that lady that her cellular phone is in 1,000,000 tiny, little pieces!  |  IP: Logged Edward Jurich Master Film Handler Posts: 305 From: Las Vegas USA Registered: Jul 2003 posted 01-21-2004 11:26 AM                     One of the old theaters in Chicago (the Hiway) had a sign in the booth that said "The Film Stretcher Is At The Colony". The film stretcher of course was to stretch features that ran short, or so people who asked were told. (that sign can be seen top right corner of my picture)  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-21-2004 02:39 PM                        A friend of mine named Bill from a neighboring town wanted to throw a surprise 40th birthday party for his wife. (I've known his wife since grade school and they are good customers, so I was glad to help out.) He told her he needed to come to town for an eye doctor appointment, and he needed her to drive him home. Bill had asked me to put HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY LAURIE on the marquee, and then had all her friends meet in the theatre an hour early, during which time they decorated the inside lobby with black streamers, balloons, signs and such. So they came driving up. I was watching from the upstairs window. Laurie had this horrified look on her face when she saw the marquee, which was priceless. Then, (according to plan) Bill told her they needed to come inside to tell me she had seen it, and it was OK to change the sign back to normal. They walked in and everyone yelled SURPRISE! I thought she was going to shit a brick. It was hilarious.  |  IP: Logged Robert D. LaValley Film Handler Posts: 58 From: Florida Registered: Aug 2003 posted 01-28-2004 12:41 AM                     this happened at my two screen Customer walks out of a movie says " Man that was a great pic, would you be upset if I snuck into that one now? Since this theatre is so small I figured I would just ask since the big ones dont care."  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 01-28-2004 04:07 AM                        That lady probably wasn`t too excited about the fact that everyone could see it was her 40th birthday...  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-28-2004 04:14 AM                     You should have posted HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY LAURIE on the marquee. Then you would have really seen a priceless look.  |  IP: Logged Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 01-28-2004 01:44 PM                     Someone once paid to have a "Will you marry me?" slide made and put in front of a show he brought his girlfriend to. She said yes; I was hoping she would've dumped him for supporting slide advertising!  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 01-29-2004 06:36 PM                     I don't know if this was the funniest thing that ever happen to me at work, but it was definitely the strangest. I once had a couple of customers come out, after their movie was over, and the guy asked me if I would marry his sister (no joke). I guess the story was that she was from Greece and wanted to be a citizen. She actually was fairly attractive (but about 10 years older than I was) but I didn't think that my girlfriend would have approved so I passed. I will always wonder if they were ever able to actually find somebody to do it.  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: Boulder Creek, CA. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 01-30-2004 02:59 PM                     Idiot Employee: Can you rewind the movie since I'm late? Me: Yeah...But only if you'll show me your boobs and give me a thousand dollars. (During a hosting speech in a packed auditorium) Scary old lady: Take it off! Some dude: Dear god, no! Me: I don't think so...  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-30-2004 03:04 PM                     quote: Idiot Employee: Can you rewind the movie since I'm late? Me: Yeah...But only if you'll show me your boobs and give me a thousand dollars. So are you just making that up or (luckily for you) had the employee in question never heard of 'sexual harrasment'?  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: Boulder Creek, CA. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 01-30-2004 08:31 PM                     Hah...No. She's the same girl that ran upstairs and tackled me for not answering my radio. Playful buch we had there. Mind you when I was still working for that company the GM's fiance stabbed me in the eye with a permenant marker...Accidentally of course, and lucky me there was nothing more than a nice scrape and a big black line across my face. This is why you don't play with markers...As you can tell WTC is not the most professional place  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 02-02-2004 01:56 AM                        I was once having a coffee break sitting in the bar of a smallish two-screen arthouse. The bar was quite full - about 50 customers in there, I'd guess. The manager then appeared and called across the length of the room, 'LEO, THE TAMPAX MACHINE IN THE LADIES IS BUST - COULD YOU FIX IT, PLEASE?' 'Sure, but could I just finish my coffee first?' I replied. 'NO, SORRY, THERE'S A LADY IN THERE, SAYS IT'S URGENT', replied the manager. Needless to say, by this stage I had the undivided attention of all present. When I emerged from the loo having fixed it, I got a round of applause - and so did the customer. I don't know which of us was more embarrassed!  |  IP: Logged

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