I was given this fabulous free ticket to catch Spidey in the theatres when I found out much later, it was like the premiere, star-studded event, people all dressed, and I was like in T and berms.
Right.
Then, they have to conduct this surrender exercise of recording devices.
Right.
And afterwards, they did a bag check.
What I could totally understand at the event was, they needed to convince the industry that the theatre operator was totally against piracy. What they failed to do was a good show.
The staff were mostly calm, but totally out of place: they were put there only for that purpose, not pre-dedicated to do so. The re-direction of crowd was chaotic: people were there to watch the movie, not go through all these hassle. The welcome mat was laid, but where's the warm welcome? Everyone was like being supervised and surveyed, how warm is that?
I shouldn't gripe, but carrying my work bag, holding 2 umbrellas, 2 hotdogs, and that slip of security pass with me and go through all that exercises, that's totally wrong man.
And guess what? There was a disclaimer: The "operator" will not be liable for any loss or damages to the equipment upon surrendering for security reasons.
Then go talk to my toes.
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