I told him, and he pointed me in the right direction. He continued, “Just go on into the theater and make sure you can find them. This couldn’t be the first time he’d had this exact conversation with a trying-to-remain-easy-going mom. Can I just check and see if they’re in there?” “My daughter is here with a friend and was supposed to let me know once they were in the theater, but I think she forgot. I reminded myself to not be too miffed as I strode across the parking lot and through the main doors of the theater and up to the ticket taker. But why is it that teenagers seem physiologically unable to disconnect from their phones except when we need them to be device-attentive? I was ninety-nine percent sure she’d just forgotten to text me, that she wasn’t paying attention to her phone in the rush of slight ticketing anxiety and her balancing relief when it was over. I texted again: “Katie, I’m coming into the theater.” No smiling kissy face. I didn’t want to seem annoyed – virtually impossible with a thirteen-year-old daughter, but still…I attempt. After I’d waited five minutes for what should have been a thirty second process, I texted Katie: “All okay?” Smiling kissy face. I dug out my lip balm and smeared some across my ever-dry lips. I swung around and pulled into a parking space, enjoying the first moment of quiet after the beloved chatter of two thirteen-year-olds on the way to the theater.
#BETH MOVIE TICKET TAKER MOVIE#
I covered this with her for the last time as she and her friend got out of the car at movie theater entrance. (Is that person still a ticket taker even though there’s no a real ticket to take?)Įach time I walked Katie through the process I said some version of the following: I’ll park and wait a few minutes in case there are any hiccups, and once you’re through the ticket turnstile, text and confirm. She verified with me several times that night and again the next afternoon what the process was for showing the ticket taker her electronic ticket and getting into the theater.
#BETH MOVIE TICKET TAKER HOW TO#
Katie generally wants to know the step-by-step details of any process ahead of time, so when we bought the movie tickets online the night before the show, my husband sent them to Katie’s iPhone wallet and showed her how to find them. We always have a good rendezvous plan and a consistent rule that she must let me know if anything about her timing or situation changes. She’s a smart and careful kid, and in the iPhone era, I feel as secure as any mom can about dropping her off somewhere. It would mark the first time Katie was going to a movie sans adult. It’s been a lot of years now, and there’s too many names to mention of the people I worked with, Security included, but I just want to say it was fun and I’ll always remember the good times.Happy New Year, everyone! Enjoy my latest post from the Baby Merlin Company blog.Ī few weeks ago, my youngest child, aged thirteen, put together a plan to go to the movies with a friend. Fittness isn’t too scared of ghosts! I started out as an usher and eventually became permanent ticket taker until the day it closed. I also believe one of the theaters was haunted. Do you remember that Dhel? And I will especially miss Mr. P left, we made him a movie of all of us. We even had a few movie stars come for private screenings. Our first big movie was “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.†We had contests for the Academy Awards. In the very beginning we were trained as ushers at the MB Mann 6. For all that remember him, he is now almost 19 and going to college. I remember going on the interview carrying my 9-month-old son, Joey, in his baby carrier. Hi, my name is Beth and I worked at Mann 9 Theaters from the day it opened in March 1991 till the day it closed, December 2000. Hey if anyone of those friends or alumni from Mann like to reminisce and catch up, you can email me at I have so much great employees that became great friends there. It’s sure was one of the best times of my life! And the other best thing there was that I met the love of my life and future wife, Pearl(also an asst.mgr). Or go to redondo or hermosa beach at night and get wasted. I also remember after work my colleagues and I would go to the park by the del amo park, buy a big block of ice and slide over the grassy slopes while intoxicated. Oh and Kevin Webster another assitant manager the one w/ jerry juice curls (lol.)and collects comics. Yup, Neil Underweiser was the next GM which usually parks his Red Saleen 5.0 Ford Mustang in the front of the box office afraid it of being stolen. He loves his Gypsy Kings CDs that it’s blasting loudly from the atrium lobby speakers. Wow this is a good flashback from the past. Sorry DeShaun your more likely hired after me. I also came from GCC or the Galleria Cinemas at the SouthBay prior to Mann Del Amo 9. I was hired there 5 months after it had opened. I was one of the assitant manager there as well.
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