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Reader Chalicechick writes in to let us know that her local AMC has a sign up banning kids under 6 years old after 6pm in R-rated movies. <\/p>\n
She thinks this is good news, but also writes in with a complaint. <\/p>\n
The good news is that children under six are no longer allowed in to rated-R movies after six p.m. <\/p>\n
The bad news is when I stood at the ticket window of the theater in [redacted] and took a picture of the sign with the good news on it, then went inside the theater, I was stopped by an AMC employee in the lobby. <\/p>\n
“You’re not allowed to take pictures of the AMC logo” she snapped. I thought of pointing out the legal issues with that one, but I’d already paid for a ticket to the 3-d Alice in Wonderland and didn’t want to get kicked out. <\/p>\n
“Um, OK” I said. My friend was late and I was standing in the lobby waiting for her. I was bored so I pulled out my phone. <\/p>\n
“Are you taking pictures AGAIN?” the employee snapped, racing over. Again, I was in the lobby. I guess I could have been taking a picture of a movie poster or the popcorn guy or something, but nothing remotely close to photographing a movie or anything actually illegal.<\/p>\n
“I’m, um, looking at Twitter,” I said, holding up my phone. She examined it intently, taking it out of my hand to make sure I wasn’t, in fact, photographing the popcorn guy. I had actually been looking at twitter, so she handed my phone back and my friend showed up and that was that. <\/p>\n
I still like AMC’s new policy and I’d already sent a post to my blog praising them when all the drama about my photo started. I’m keeping that post complete with photograph <\/a>up, but either AMC’s policies or their employees are completely insane.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n