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1. You come home smelling like popcorn, and it won't wash out of your polo no matter how hard you try.
2. You almost always know what's playing and what's coming soon.
3. Your house is full of free movie swag.
4. A lot of it isn't all that awesome, though
5. Still, getting all the movie posters is one of the best parts of the job.
6. You always feel a little bad turning kids down for rated R movies...
7. ...but it's always entertaining to catch them trying to sneak in and watching a manager throw them out.
8. You've spent a good portion of your life reciting the movie times, prices and ratings to people over the phone.
9. You're really bad at on the spot summaries, too.
10. You've learned to say that all movies were "pretty good"
11. But you can't shut up when someone gets you talking about one of your personal favorites
12. You still haven't come up with a good response when a customer complains about the prices.
13. But you're all about saving people money any way you can, even if it is just a 50 cent discount.
"Are you a student? Senior? Military? 12 and under?? 2 and under????"
14. But when working concessions, Up-sell is your middle name.
"Would you like the large for a dollar more?"
15. And suggestive sell is your second middle name.
16. You pretend you don't know people are sneaking in food from home.
17. And you feel bad when you have to tell someone they can't bring it in.
"If it were up to me, you could have a four course meal in there, sir."
18. You know there are two kinds of people: those who get to the theater an hour before the movie, and people who show up super late and still want a ticket.
"Nah, you didn't miss much. Only like, five to ten major plot points."
19. You are an expert ticket-ripper.
20. You know the advertisements/songs that play before the previews by heart.
21. Theater checks give you a weird sense of superiority.
22. The dead time between shows are the longest hours of your life.
23. But it's also a great time to get your homework done.
Or to just beat another ten levels of Candy Crush. Whatever you're feelin'.
24. You often find yourself absentmindedly eating popcorn throughout your shift
25. And are always finding it in the weirdest places later.
26. You know the negative connotations around the term Credit-Watchers.
27. And you know that cleaning the theaters after a show is like entering a snack-ridden war zone.
28. You've made some interesting/gross discoveries while cleaning said theaters.
Mmm, an empty can of chewing tobacco and a spit cup. Delightful.
29. And you know to expect the worst.
30. Like, really, did they even try to get any food into their mouths?
31. When it comes to movie-talk, you and your coworkers are very well versed.
99% of daily conversation.
32. The other 1% is planning when you're all gonna hang out next.
Cause we movie theater workers are tight, yo.
33. Your other friends constantly ask you to get them into movies for free or to get them discounted concessions.
34. And when you can get someone in for free, it's always a struggle deciding who from your friends to chose.
"So, here's the deal, I can only get one of you in..." *fight to the death ensues*
35. Free movies make it all worth it, though.
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