Cinema Dilemma

So here I was entering the cinema with my friend in support of a local movie, which was produced with enthusiasm and great promises. When we arrived, the cinema hall was empty, so that was a good sign of a great and peaceful movie experience yet to come. The future features and trailers took a good 30 minutes of our precious lives, and by that time my friend and I had already finished the caramel popcorn and drank all the water in our possession…But that was not the problem.

The problem started when two guys sat next to me. They were dressed in style, and the opulent scent of their fragrances hinted a gentlemanly stature. Boy was I wrong! They were chattering through the first half of the movie, commenting on the slightest move and word the actor did and said. Naturally I used clandestine guerilla warfare tactics which are utilized in similar situations, such as slamming my foot on the ground a couple of times, frequently knocking the back of my head on the edge of my seat and doing some “Shhh!” sounds from time to time. Amazingly, none of this worked! These people were either too dumb for sign language or were really absorbed by the movie, which I highly doubted. I finally succumbed to their cannons, and raised the white flag on another seat in the front row (Cinema Rule: Obnoxious people almost always sit at the back).

So what do we learn from this? We have several uneducated, ill-mannered individuals who tend to give our country a bad name. In all the movie halls I went to when I was in the U.S., I never heard a single out-of-place comment or a cell phone ring during any show, and that is no exaggeration. Why can’t we learn to respect people and our surroundings? Why is it so tough for some people to comprehend simple rules like “please remain quiet” or “please switch off your phones during the show”? If my questions have answers that could be applied to our present situation, then we will become a superpower to be reckoned with. Moral: change starts from the INSIDE first.