fighting back to save civilisation - but no 2nd date!

[Ken Gargett]

not sure he is likely to get too many first dates again, ether.

 

Man sues date for texting during a cinema screening of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

"It was kind of a first date from hell...This is like one of my biggest pet peeves"

 

Updated May 17, 2017 11:25 BST

 

Brandon Vezmar from Austin Texas is suing a Round Rock woman after she kept texting during their movie date seeing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2YouTube

A Texas man is suing an unnamed woman after she "wouldn't stop texting" during a showing of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 on their date. Brandon Vezmar, 37, filed the claim on Thursday 11 May after the pair met face-to-face for the first time on the 6^th after talking online.

He is asking for $17.31 (£13.38), which was the price of the ticket to see the film in 3D at the Barton Creek Square cinema, he explained to the American-Statesman on Tuesday 16 March. "It was kind of a first date from hell," he told the newspaper as he went on to explain that around 15 minutes into the film, his date started texting on her phone.

"This is like one of my biggest pet peeves," he went on. According to Vezmar, the woman allegedly "activated her phone at least 10-20 times to read and send text messages" to a friend who was having a fight with her boyfriend.

The report goes on to detail how Vezmar eventually got fed up with his date's glaring screen and suggested she go outside of the theatre to answer her messages. While she heeded his advice, he added that she never came back in to watch the rest of the film.

"While damages sought are modest, the principle is important as defendant's behavior is a threat to civilized society," the petition reads. She "adversely" affected Vezmar's viewing experience and that of other patrons, it continues.

 

 

"I had my phone low and I wasn't bothering anybody," the woman, 35, told the Statesman via a phone interview. "It wasn't like constant texting. I'm not a bad woman. I just went out on a date." She also explained how she had initially refused to give Vezmar back the money for the ticket as he willingly took her on a date and that she is now seeking out a protective order against him after he contacted her little sister for the cash.

 

 

It seems like Vezmar isn't alone when it comes to his self-confessed "pet peeve" however. When news of the lawsuit broke, many took to Twitter to describe him as a lad and a "hero." Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 director James Gunn even caught wind of what had happened and reacted on Twitter, jokingly asking: "Why stop at suing? She deserves jail time!"

 

 

[rhcolbert]

Amazing. Read earlier made my day. 

[Cep]

Good for him.  These women need to learn.  

[Fuzz]

1 hour ago, Cep said:

Good for him.  These women need to learn.  

Not just women. Anybody who starts texting or calling/answering their mobile should be chucked out of the cinema. One of the reasons I stopped going to the cinema, besides crappy popcorn and exorbitant ticket prices.

[El Presidente]

Best $17 spent. 

He learnt quick smart that she was annoying.  He saved a fortune 

 

.....and women everywhere have worked out he is a doofus of the highest order. 

[Drguano]

Could be worse... 

 

 

[gweilgi]

1 hour ago, Fuzz said:

Not just women. Anybody who starts texting or calling/answering their mobile should be chucked out of the cinema. One of the reasons I stopped going to the cinema, besides crappy popcorn and exorbitant ticket prices.

... and people talking loudly.  Seriously, I do NOT need to hear the detailed instructions on how to get to the dunny and back -- just follow the flipping illuminated sign.  And do NOT enlighten me from ten rows over which other film involving <insert star's name> you have had the pleasure of viewing, nor indeed the finer plot details of said movie.  Nor am I interested in a blow by blow account of your last date -- he's a chauvinist pig, we get it, now shut the hell up.  And I absolutely certainly do NOT want to hear stage whispers of "hang on, is he the good guy or the bad guy?" being shouted at the entire audience every five flipping minutes by someone with the attention span of a concussed hamster.  

And while we're at it: civilisation met surely be circling the drain of history when so many folk seem quite unable to chew with their mouths closed.  The rustle of popcorn in the box is bad enough, but do people really need to share their snack by adding loud masticating noises with the rest of us???  

[El Presidente]

9 minutes ago, gweilgi said:

... and people talking loudly.  Seriously, I do NOT need to hear the detailed instructions on how to get to the dunny and back -- just follow the flipping illuminated sign.  And do NOT enlighten me from ten rows over which other film involving <insert star's name> you have had the pleasure of viewing, nor indeed the finer plot details of said movie.  Nor am I interested in a blow by blow account of your last date -- he's a chauvinist pig, we get it, now shut the hell up.  And I absolutely certainly do NOT want to hear stage whispers of "hang on, is he the good guy or the bad guy?" being shouted at the entire audience every five flipping minutes by someone with the attention span of a concussed hamster.  

And while we're at it: civilisation met surely be circling the drain of history when so many folk seem quite unable to chew with their mouths closed.  The rustle of popcorn in the box is bad enough, but do people really need to share their snack by adding loud masticating noises with the rest of us???  

Di and I go to the movies a lot and I hear where you are coming from. 

Nothing like a nudge in the back, leaning forward and stating (quietly) "Shut the F up". 

 

[SirVantes]

8 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

Di and I go to the movies a lot and I hear where you are coming from. 

Nothing like a nudge in the back, leaning forward and stating (quietly) "Shut the F up". 

 

In action flicks, the usual scene change will be: wide shot of city, with a subtitle of the city's name.  There will always, always be a guy who will read the city name out. Shot of Budapest..."oh, Budapest".  Shot of Moscow..."oooh, Moscow".  You're not a in a primary school language lab, moron.

[El Presidente]

2 minutes ago, SirVantes said:

In action flicks, the usual scene change will be: wide shot of city, with a subtitle of the city's name.  There will always, always be a guy who will read the city name out. Shot of Budapest..."oh, Budapest".  Shot of Moscow..."oooh, Moscow".  You're not a in a primary school language lab, moron.

We went to a flick on the weekend. Booze being served but someone thought it OK to bring kids sub 16's. I had no problem with the kids talking, I had a problem with the parents who oversaw it. it settled down and no drama. However I don't have a problem with drama. I don't pay premium price for tickets to be dicked around by others who take it upon themselves to impact upon our enjoyment of an afternoon or evening. That is not part of the price of admission. 

[Ken Gargett]

i do remember when i first arrived in the states and was about to start work. rainy, cold arvo and the latest (3rd) indiana jones had just been released. went along. fairly crowded. near the end (and don't bitch about spoilers, it has been out for decades), they ride through the split in the rocks to the carved entrance to where the holy grail is supposedly kept. it was filmed at petra in jordan and i was actually there about two months earlier. i got very excited and started telling the bloke next to me that i'd been there. and pointing and possibly being a little loud and generally being a smidge ott. he looked at me like i was a pillar of salt with the tide coming in, but not quick enough.

i shut up for the rest of the film.

but where they enter, it is actually only a tiny room - nothing like the film suggests. but it is a spectacular place to visit. should be on every bucket list.

[El Presidente]

2 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

 i was actually there about two months earlier. i got very excited and started telling the bloke next to me that i'd been there. and pointing and possibly being a little loud and generally being a smidge ott. he looked at me like i was a pillar of salt with the tide coming in, but not quick enough.

 

You are more than a "smidge" odd. Enjoy the movie and STFU. 

[Ken Gargett]

6 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

You are more than a "smidge" odd. Enjoy the movie and STFU. 

do you ever read anything?

i said OTT, not ODD.

[El Presidente]

I said "ODD"....sticking with it 

[Ken Gargett]

Just now, El Presidente said:

I said "ODD"....sticking with it 

dear pot.

whatever you think is fair.

[ayepatz]

There are companies who now deliver food "direct to your seat" for audiences in West End theatres in London.

These poor people. It must be terrible to starve for a whole hour. They might not make it to the interval.