The Grand Theater
HAS A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY
When it comes to outbursts and disruptions during the MINECRAFT MOVIE
I DON’T CARE WHAT MEMES YOU ARE TRYING TO COPY
PEOPLE COME TO OUR THEATER TO ENJOY THE FILM IN A FAMILY ENVIRONMENT
GO TO THE BIG CORPORATE MULTIPLEX IF YOU FEEL COMPELLED TO SCREAM “CHICKEN JOCKEY” OR THROW POPCORN
MOVIE THEATERS ARE HAVING A VERY HARD TIME OF LATE. AND RECENT DISRESPECTFUL, SELFISH BEHAVIOR IS RUINING THE MOVIE FOR THOSE WHO CAN STILL CONDUCT THEMSELVES LIKE CIVILIZED HUMANS FOR 2 HOURS WHILE IN PUBLIC IN 2025.
We are very busy. And doing our best to serve the customer. PLEASE do not make Our jobs harder. And destroy the movie going experience for others around you.
CONSIDER THIS YOUR WARNING
STEVE
It’s signed “Steve” but I think that’s a reference to a character in the movie. I think that Newt wrote this, based on the odd grammar and the fact that he seems so proud of this on Twitter.
Somebody in the comments actually calls him out.
Benjamin Long: Nobody’s going to respect a person throwing a temper tantrum
Newt: Explain. It’s a tantrum to expect civility now ?
Benjamin: If you’re hostile to your customers you won’t have any customers. how are you going to make money when you banned everyone
Newt: Who said anything about banning anyone. I am putting it out there so people know our policy and to allow families that we care about giving them a movie experience worth their time and money.
Benjamin: How do you enforce your rules without using Force
Newt: Setting a standard is key. I have been doing this 25 years. Messes. Fights. Talking is nothing new. But this coordinated behavior is new and diligence is needed as not to loose normal customers cause some TikTok shit has ir folks can’t act like adults
Benjamin: You’ll get trampled without enforcement
I don’t really know what Benjamin is talking about, to be honest, but the letter is ridiculous and insulting. It treats everybody reading it like they’re the ones doing this shit. And nobody who does plan on doing that shit is going to be dissuaded from the activity by reading it. If anything, they’re going to be emboldened to do it. “Look at these fucking assholes whining about this petty shit. Fuck them.”
I don’t really know what these “memes” are. People yell something during the movie and throw popcorn, I guess. Yeah, it’s stupid and no normal person would want to see a movie in that kind of environment. But this letter solves nothing. It’s just Newt complaining about having to clean up and that the cinema isn’t doing well financially. Why tell the customers this? Especially when the lionshare of the customers DON’T DO THIS SHIT.
“The Grand Theater operates a zero tolerance policy on disruptive behavior. Please do not engage in disruptive behavior during screenings of Minecraft: The Movie or any other film. Thank you.”
Done. Problem solved. If you see anybody not following the rules, you take them out. You don’t need to add all of your emotional bullshit in the letter and talk down to the reader.
So I looked this place up. I’m on Google Maps. Really small cinema. It’s in a residential area. There are houses across the street. It’s interesting. This is really small town shit. Their downtown area are these three buildings.
Somebody has a rainbow sign in their front yard that says “Love is a human right” and the cafe across the street has a rainbow sign in their window. What is this? Little San Francisco.
A lot of American flags and city-posted banners venerating local “heroes” who “served” in the military. That’s much more what I expect from small town America. Jingoism, not hardcore buttsex.
Anyway, it looks like a decent place to live. Newt says that he lives near to the cinema. Some of these houses appear to have been converted into apartments. It doesn’t look like the crime-infested shithole that Newt seems to suggest.
A lot of pickup trucks on the street. These are just hardworking folk. Oh, and there’s some kind of ministry in this three building complex. There’s some holy-rolling message on a sign. That’s another typical small time America thing.
Wow. Newspaper dispensers outside of one of these stores. I didn’t even know those still existed. I haven’t seen those since I was a kid. Giving out the local paper, I guess. Probably for free.
Three thousand people in this town. This is definitely rural Pennsylvania. 96.78% white. And fucking Newt constantly talks about how he’s so down with the homies and hates white folk.
The cinema has surprisingly high reviews, including a recent five star review by the Ideas Man himself. Not that he’s biased or anything. But I did see one illuminating review.
I would give this theater only one star, but I’ve had a lot of good memories here from when I was younger. As a customer, I was treated very well here. As an employee, however, not so much. Most times, I would work nearly eight hour shifts, which I was okay with, but I was never given any scheduled lunch breaks. Usually we would have to wait until all the customers were seated and all the candy, popcorn buckets, and cups were restocked until we were allowed to go to one of the neighboring businesses and get something to eat. In addition, there is no break room in the theater, so I would have to either eat standing up behind the concession stand or sit on the stairs. This was only really a problem when we would show the really popular movies. When Frozen 2 was showing, there would be roughly 200 people coming to each show. Oftentimes we would run out of a certain kind of candy or soda while people were still coming in, and so it would take longer for us to clean and restock. But we still weren’t allowed to eat until everything was done. One time, I thought it would be okay to have my lunch break before we were done, and the manager had the nerve to ask me if I had some sort of digestive medical condition, implying that she would only let me eat if I did. They also had ridiculous dress code requirements. No employees are allowed to have their hair dyed an unnatural color, and we couldn’t even have our nails painted unless it was a clear or nude shade. This was my first job, so I thought all this was normal. I’m a little sad to say this, but I would be fine if I never stepped foot in there again.
Just a former employee giving a surprisingly balanced review of what it was like to work there. She gave the place two stars and says that she was always treated well as a customer, so this wasn’t a hit piece. But she complains about the dress code and the lack of a scheduled lunch break.
I talked about this exact issue before because PVC Bondage Guy mentioned the lack of a lunch hour while working with Newt and I thought that it was completely outrageous. I’m pretty sure that even in shitty corporate-controlled America, there’s a requirement for workers to have, whatever it is, a thirty minute lunch break and there may be other requirements like having a place to take the lunch break and whatnot.
Apparently, this place had no facility for people to take their breaks. So they had to eat on the stairs, at the counter, or across the street at that faggy cafe. And these are people who making minimum wage so I don’t think that the cafe is really an option.
In any event, a totally fair and reasonable review. By the way, it seems that Newt wasn’t the manager because she says “she” when referring to the manager. This review is from five years ago.
But then the owner of the place responds TWO YEARS LATER with this bullshit:
“WOW! Explain why you are no longer here if you are going to trash us.”
What an asshole. She offered perfectly civil, constructive criticism of what it’s like to work there, and this piece of shit didn’t dispute any of it and described her post as “trashing” them. Fuck you, asshole. This is why there’s such a high turnover of staff at your place. Treat the people with fucking dignity and then maybe people will want to work there.
Newt sure as fuck doesn’t treat the staff with dignity. He’s given MULTIPLE stories where he treats the staff like shit, there was that appalling video where Newt and some scumbag woman and her fiance make repeated racist comments against a black man working as a janitor and this guy’s grandson hanging out in the cinema, and just recently he described two people quitting as “just bodies filling a role” or something.
It’s not bad enough that you get paid like shit at these jobs, you also have to get treated like shit. And Newt doesn’t see any problem with this. Neither does the owner, it seems.
I’m sure that it’s unpleasant for Newt as well having to work for that asshole. And he’s talked about asshole owners of these cinemas in the past and he’s quit jobs over it. But he doesn’t seem to treat his own staff any differently. He lacks any empathy at all. He’s a completely shit manager.
I’m giving Newt zero stars for his managerial behavior. Are you going to try to get this review deleted too? Good luck with that.
By the way, I think it’s well-known where Newt works. And he posted this himself. But in case there are any lunatics out there, which there may be, please refrain from harassing the Ideas Man. I have a zero tolerance policy on anybody who calls Newt’s place of business or the mayor or any of this other bullshit that Newt claims happens, which I’m sure it does, but then he blames me. Like I’m calling the fucking mayor. So seriously, that’s crazy person shit. Don’t do this. The guy is a plagiarist. Who cares that he ruined your homosexual webshow? It was ruined far before Newt started plagiarising 9/11 reviews.
the female criticiser discredited herself with that bit where she balked at dress codes. this is the minimal standard that every working place has to impose and abiding by it should go without saying. this applies even in the retarded evil west.
the way that she rounded off her woes by pointing out that dyed hair and exhuberant nail varnish (I am guessing tats as well) aren’t allowed pretty much ties the knot. she’s a die-hard vaxxed-up sjw feminist who is unable to view the world past her own bubble.
I didn’t get that impression. It seems crazy old-fashioned to me for a place to have a dress code like that. It’s not unreasonable to be able to use nail polish and dye your hair a kooky colour especially in a place like a movie theatre.
I’ve only seen dress codes for jobs in the US and it’s this sort of stupid bullshit that she’s describing. You have to cover up your tattoos, hair has to be a certain length, socks have to be a certain colour, no perfume or cologne, stubble isn’t allowed but a full beard is.
Who gives a shit? There are more important things to be concerned about than whether or not my socks are the right colour. It’s crazy levels of corporate control.
I’ve not seen these dress codes anywhere in the UK. You see bankers covered in tattoos. You might raise an eyebrow but then you move on. So this woman is covered in tattoos. Who cares? I assume that she’s qualified for the job.
And not to be creepy but I gather that you’re from Brazil, based on your IP address. I’d be astonished if these dress codes exist in Brazil. Maybe my idea of Brazil is grossly inaccurate but I picture a lot of scantily clad ladies, many of whom probably have tattoos, and they enjoy makeup and dying their hair.
Actually, now that I think of it, I did work in a place in the UK that had a dress code but it wasn’t anything too restrictive. It was basically just, “Don’t dress like a prostitute.” They weren’t measuring the length of your skirt or getting a colour chart out for your nail polish.
Hi and thank you for the thoughtful reply.
yes, you stand correct on both counts; the source ip address and the fact that women in this country are known for wearingly skimpy attire often and being liberal with their favours, especially if you are a tall man of predominant european descent. this is even more evident in the warmer regions.
to address an earlier point, the former female employee’s recounting of her previous employer seemed genuine enough and even felt in line with other common observations that are part of an unfortunate reality for many working citizens. namely the utter disregard for workers’ rights and clear work policies to delineate common sense and compromise at work, revealing an impaired workplace culture. still, her gripe with standards and regulations for personal appearance don’t do her argument any favours. she would have been much better off not including these, especially on this day and age where people have become increasingly displeased with the excesses of feminism and other manifestations of the state-enforced malaise known as social justice.
Where is garbagestabber?
No idea. Not interested. But this lunatic talks about him constantly:
https://www.reddit.com/user/MongooseOk691/