Today, while on my way to the movies, I stopped at a gas station to pick up candy so I could avoid the high prices at the movies. The guy who tore my ticket asked for my purse, confiscated my candy, and then kicked me out of the movie theater. That guy was my boyfriend. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I went to the movies with my boyfriend. We went inside the theatre and he saw a couple of his friends. Instead of saying hi and coming back to watch the movie with me, he ditched me for them. When I reminded him he was forgetting something, he grabbed the popcorn out of my hands and left. FML
Today, I went to the movies on a date. I went to pay for the tickets when I realized that I didn't have my wallet. Instead of my boyfriend paying, he laughed and paid for his own ticket. Then he went ahead and saw the movie without me. FML
Today, at the movies, some asswipe kept throwing candy at me. After 20 minutes of it, I got up and went over to get him to stop. Good news: his balls vanished faster than a politician's spine immediately after being elected. Bad news: I got kicked out for "starting a disturbance". FML
Today, my boyfriend wanted to take me to a movie after days of not seeing me. This long-awaited date involved me paying for food and my movie ticket when he ran out of cash again. He then dumped me as we left the theater walking to his car. Yes, I financed my own breakup date. FML
Today, I went to the movies with my crush, who had asked me out on a date. Assuming he'd pay, I left my money at home. When the time came to buy the tickets, he only bought one for himself. FML
Today, I went to the movies with my husband and our 6-year-old son. My husband kept stealing popcorn from the guy next to him, to the point where the guy punched him in the face. The movie was stopped, the police were called, and my son is now inconsolable. FML
Today, I was having a rough day, so I decided to go to the movies to unwind. 15 minutes in, some assmunch behind me said "This movie sucks!" then dumped his drink over my head and ran out. FML
Today, I went on a date to the movies with this guy I kinda like. When he was driving me home, he asked me to be his girlfriend; I said I couldn’t because it was really bad timing. He kicked me out of the car, called me an asshole, and made me walk home. FML
Today, I went to the movies. After it was over I got up and noticed a designer purse sitting on the ground in the back row. I opened it to look for anything that could give me a address so I could return it. The owner came back, assumed I was robbing her, and punched me in the nose. FML
Today, this guy and I went on a date to the movies. We got up to the desk and I asked for one ticket for 'Jennifer's Body.' The guy moved his way in front of me and said, "make that two tickets." He then walked away to look at movie posters and left me with the $22.50 charge. FML
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qwillis98 20
Wow what an ass. Maybe he was angry because you were going to the movies without him?
wlddog 14
Some rules are just meant to be broken.
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kingsian 15
Now get your candy back and go to another theater!
vcapelo 19
They can't confiscate your candy if they kick you out as well!
phuketboy 19
That's the price you pay for going to movie without him. Lol. Sorry op!!
nothing92x 13
They should write a movie about what happened to OP.
happylappy 21
Right..
Stefanie88 24
I understand that's his job, but seriously???
Hiimhaileypotter 53
That's not his job, though. Unless it's different than the movie theater I work at; we can't just willy-nilly search people's bags and purses.
Pleonasm 36
There'll be no Candy for him tonight.
ICastillo 25
Nope, not even a piece of cherry pie.
beej821410 6
He might have limp licorice
scizor0138 10
The key word here being "was" your boyfriend
erinnrose 9
is he even allowed to confiscate your purse?
fylx100 19
No Erin, you read it wrong. They actually confiscated the candy that was inside the purse. He did ask for her purse and searched inside it. Which I don't think they can do that, if that's what you're asking :)
etchsanity1 11
They can ask she could have refused
alliegraywords 13
What? Here in Italy we can bring our own food and drinks to the movies. The tought of security searching my purse for candy is quite disturbing to me.
Schiffy 18
Business and company owners in the US are stingy as ****. Though this is overstepping legal boundaries even then.
Shadow_Phantom 26
The US is pretty ****** up. We live in a sort of police state, even though most people don't realize it.
jem970 19
The reason why the theaters frown on bringing your own food is because the ticket sales only go to the movie companies to pay for allowing the films to be in the theaters. The food and drinks the theaters sell are the main profit supply so they dont allow people to BYOF and drinks because they are losing profit. The boyfriend really over stepped the line by searching OP though...
daminantion 14
Because everyone knows that multi billion dollar film industries need the extra two dollar inflation to make the CEO's bank book a little bigger, to continue to pay minimum wage to the people doing the upsell of said overpriced carbonated sugar water.
Chiara92_fml 32
Hey there,I thought i was the only italuan on FML! Good to know i'm in good company!
RinaRina 9
We can bring our own in Denmark too :3
Erick_lawl 6
Yeah, that's good in Italy, but in America, everyone is lawsuit happy. I don't know if that's the case in Italy, but like a past commenter said, if someone brings their own food from another restaurant and gets food poisoning, they'll be able to sue the theater company over something they're not responsible for.
Ameel_fml 19
Legally, you're allowed to refuse a bag search if you want to. Granted, they CAN refuse you entrance for failure to comply with a bag search, but they have no inherent right to search beyond that. And they are not allowed to confiscate anything from you unless it is seen as a physical threat, so your boyfriend was not only being a douche, but he was legally in the wrong. Also, the bag must be large enough to warrant a search. A purse or wallet is not allowed to be searched under any circumstance.
lainzilla 14
It's a movie theater, they don't have any legal right to search any bag whatsoever. They can deny her entrance if they want to, but they have no right to search anything regardless of size.
ERRMAHGERD 3
Yes! Exactly, I was going to say this too. Mind you a few theaters have cops on duty and they can call on one of them if they see something "suspicious", but having treats in your bag does not warrant that.
brenton490 19
actually they do if you pay attention to there signs of no bags or backpacks most movie theaters on private property so they have the rights to search a bag most of them won't ever search a purse but they can search backs but mostly only to take a look inside I know cause I use to work at one
Ameel_fml 19
#160: They can ASK to search bags, but you don't have to agree with it. At that point, there's nothing they can do about it besides letting you in or escorting you out. They can put up as many signs as they want about bag searches, but that doesn't mean they're legally allowed to do them if the customer/patron refuses.
JennNoVa 8
Glad I live in the US. Our theater attendants don't have the right to search personal property.
Schiffy 18
This FML post was written from the United States.
Ameel_fml 19
This FML did happen in the US. And since cinema's are private property, they ARE allowed to ask for a bag search and even kick a person out if they fail to comply. However you're allowed to refuse a bag search if you want.
lainzilla 14
What about it being private property gives them the right to compel a search without a warrant? They can deny entrance if they suspect the person is bringing in contraband, but they certainly can't force a patron to submit to a violation of their privacy just to watch a movie.
TheDrifter 24
No, but they can refuse entrance if you don't comply. I don't know about US food and health rules, but in Canada it is actually against health code to bring outside food into a food serving establishment. They can't confiscate it, but they are legally required to have you remove it from the premises. Whether they let you back in after your violation is another matter. Cheap people still sneak food into theaters (and restaurants for that matter).
MaydayParadexx 18
27, they cannot require a search. Just because it's "private" doesn't mean the amendments of the United States aren't intact. Under your theory, they could deny access because of ethnicity too.
CharresBarkrey 16
157 - That makes no sense. Denying someone entrance for refusing to comply with a business's rules is NOT the same as denying someone because of their race or religion.
Ameel_fml 19
#157: Because cinemas are generally private property, they are allowed (to an extent) to make up their own rules. And are allowed to kick a person out if they don't comply with the rules. (Hell, my local cinema used to kick out people who didn't wear shoes, because they had a lot of trouble with people not wearing shoes to the cinema and stinking the place out.) I don't know how you think bag searches are anything like racial/religious discrimination though. One is something that can be helped (you either let them check you bag, or get kicked out), the other is something that a person can't help (a person can't erase their race or religious beliefs).