Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2005 The other week I was at the theater to see Sin City...about 5 minutes before it started, the manager, two employees and a County Sheriff came in...of course the whole place was abuzz as people were thinking some serious shit was going down...they started going through EVERY aisle, up and down, back and forth checking for something. I couldn't figure out what the hell exactly they were doing until they got to my aisle. There was a kid sitting next to me, had to be 18 or 19. They asked to see his ID and he provided. They gave it back to him and moved on. A few minutes later, the manager asked 4 boys in the front row to stand up, when they did he shouted out to the audience "Are the parents of these boys in this auditorium?" No one responded, at that point the boys were promptly escorted out. I'm assuming they were under 17 or whatever the R movie guidelines are...now I haven't been to an R movie at the theater in probably 2 years (I go to the theater maybe 3 times a year at the most), so is this some sort of new thing they've started? of course, this theater is known for being a breeding ground of teenage hoodlums so maybe that's what was up...they could have also snuck in, which happens EVERYWHERE... On the same topic, I've also noticed people getting carded for buying CDs with Parental Advisory labels, R rated DVDs and M rated Video Games...I guess I just never noticed this before until recently...has this been happening for awhile now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2005 That has never happened at my theatre. When the girlfriend and I saw SAW, there were at least 15 unaccompanied 12-14 year olds sitting near us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2005 This easter holiday the nightclub I frequent was IDing Everyone, even me, saying 'I know you're clearly over 18 but we have to ask everyone tonight' etc. That said, kids of 15 go there, as I did at the same age. They must have had some kind of warning, cos until recently it was pretty much taken as a given a lot of folks in there were underage. That's quite common in the UK though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2005 When I worked at the theater, if you could get by the usher you were good. That story seemed a bit extreme, although I always loved carding these morons, especially when they were in a group, and NONE of them claimed to have ID. To which I would then ask them how they got to the theater if nobody has a DL (this is after I ask them if someone in their group drove them, or if mommy dropped them off...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B. Brian Brunzell 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2005 Where haven't you worked, kkk? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jingus 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2005 That's the first time I've ever heard of invading the theater itself and carding everyone like that. But it's pretty common for theaters to be more bitchy these days about carding people at the door, since they do get fined if the cops find out they've been letting kids into R rated movies. As for nightclubs, here in the US I don't think I've ever been to one that didn't card me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2005 Where haven't you worked, kkk? NFL Commish. Fast food (3), gas station, cashier at housewares store, arcade attendant (2) and theater were my various "dead-end" jobs. With Jingus' last post I want to mention that there were a few times we had the po-po go into a theater but that was because the usher caught some teens sneaking from a PG-13 movie into a R movie... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Fook Report post Posted April 18, 2005 I remember theatre employees checking people when Fight Club was being shown, but not for any other movie. And there certainly weren't cops there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2005 Theater where I live has been doing that ever since "Hannibal" came out. They even have a police officer working there on Saturday nights for the big R rated releases. Sounds fine by me. I'm above 18 by a long shot and if one of those little bastards shoots someone, I'll have to listen to their mother blaming the theater and the movie itself for her kid going on a murder spree. And yes, the DVD carding has been going on for awhile now as well. They still don't enforce it on video games but the CDs and DVDs they have been doing it on a regular basis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LessonInMachismo 0 Report post Posted April 19, 2005 Don't forget carding for products containing pseudoephedrine...in some states. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BUTT 0 Report post Posted April 19, 2005 A girl I know told me they carded her for rubber cement at Wal-Mart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted April 19, 2005 Wal-Mart will card you for Fuel Injector Cleaner if you don't look over 18. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted April 19, 2005 yeah, I saw a kid at Wal-Mart get carded for white-out... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
