“We’re A Movie Theater, Not A Free Babysitting Service”: Karen Threatens To Sue Cinema For “Making” Her Kids Walk Home At Night

Every job has its caveats, particularly if it’s a customer service job. In the case of being a movie theatre usher, it must be teens high on sugar, Fortnite, and the thrill of sneaking in, resulting in mayhem and noise complaints. Take it from a person who spent two years working in a cinema.

However, there are two things that are even worse: one, clogged toilets, and two, annoying parents. As u/Dragon_Crystal recently shared in his Entitled Parents story, it was the latter case which started his working day. After kicking rowdy teens out the previous night, he got to meet the mother of these hell spawns for not letting them lurk in the cinema till she collected them. She didn’t call in the National Guard but she did threaten to sue… Why need a stage and a production team when you have Karens causing scenes on a whim, free of charge?

After kicking out rowdy teens who were ruining cinemagoers’ experience, this employee had to deal with one final thing: their furious mom

"We're A Movie Theater, Not A Free Babysitting Service": Karen Threatens To Sue Cinema For "Making" Her Kids Walk Home At Night

Image credits: Tima Miroshnichenko (not the actual photo)

"We're A Movie Theater, Not A Free Babysitting Service": Karen Threatens To Sue Cinema For "Making" Her Kids Walk Home At Night

Image credits: cottonbro studio (not the actual photo)

"We're A Movie Theater, Not A Free Babysitting Service": Karen Threatens To Sue Cinema For "Making" Her Kids Walk Home At Night

Image credits: olia danilevich (not the actual photo)

"We're A Movie Theater, Not A Free Babysitting Service": Karen Threatens To Sue Cinema For "Making" Her Kids Walk Home At Night

Image credits: Liza Summer (not the actual photo)

"We're A Movie Theater, Not A Free Babysitting Service": Karen Threatens To Sue Cinema For "Making" Her Kids Walk Home At Night

Image credits: Dragon_Crystal

In the world of customer service, entitlement has become an unwelcome guest at the table. As service providers strive to find the delicate balance between customer satisfaction and realistic expectations, the battle against entitlement rages on.

As mentioned in another article last week, it was revealed in 2021 that around 50% of hospitality workers expressed thoughts of leaving their jobs, with 40% attributing their decision directly to the behavior of customers who don’t treat workers as human beings.

And while we all know that encountering entitled individuals can put a serious damper on our mood, did you know that being entitled can actually take a toll on your own happiness? That’s right, having those sky-high expectations often leads to nothing but disappointment and psychological strain.

Many people had similar stories to share

"We're A Movie Theater, Not A Free Babysitting Service": Karen Threatens To Sue Cinema For "Making" Her Kids Walk Home At Night

Others simply couldn’t believe the entitlement of some parents

"We're A Movie Theater, Not A Free Babysitting Service": Karen Threatens To Sue Cinema For "Making" Her Kids Walk Home At Night

Ignas is an editor at Bored Panda with an MA in Magazine Journalism. When he is not writing about video games or hunting for interesting stories, chances are that you will find Ignas at the movies.

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Ignas is an editor at Bored Panda with an MA in Magazine Journalism. When he is not writing about video games or hunting for interesting stories, chances are that you will find Ignas at the movies.

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I am a Visual editor at Bored Panda, I'm determined to find the most interesting and the best quality images for each post that I do. On my free time I like to unwind by doing some yoga, watching all kinds of movies/tv shows, playing video and board games or just simply hanging out with my cat

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The Doom Song 1 year ago

I love how it's always someone else's fault when THEIR kids are in the wrong.

33points

Michael Largey 1 year ago (edited)

Mom doesn't answer? Have child protective services on your speed dial.

24points

brittany 1 year ago

we had to do this MANY times at the pet store i used to work at

10points

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Brittany Copeland 1 year ago

It pays to raise your children not to be hooligans. In middle/high school, my mom worked multiple jobs to make ends meet. We lived less than 5 miles from my school (in my area only 5+ mile distances had busses (ridiculous, it was the middle of a city)) but still too far for me to walk, especially as I would need to cross two highways and walk along another one. Instead I would walk to a nearby outdoor mall, do my homework at a favorite restaurant while I ate a cheap dinner (they were cool with it, especially when it was slow) and then I'd walk to the theater and watch a movie, which i usually did for free cuz it was one of her jobs. At the end of the night they'd let me take a nap in one of the empty theaters until she got off and the cleaning crew would unlock the doors to let me out. Never had an issue.

16points

Janet Howe 1 year ago

Wow. Your mom raised you to be really responsible. But you were still lucky nothing happened. Plus, no child should have to walk 5 miles, anyway. I think in my town, it was a maximum 2 miles within the city. But that was 50+ years ago. I think it's much less, now. Too much can happen on that way home.

7points

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