Cinematic Incompetence
I wanted to see Kill Bill on Friday, and looked up all the relevant details on the internet, found that The Bridge Cinema in Philadelphia was showing it, and arranged to go see it with a friend.
We bought tickets, bought drinks, walked to the screen, and were told by the bloke at the door that the film had "accidentally been started an hour early", and that it was, "the night shift's fault, because they hadn't prepared it correctly".
I'm not going to try to understand how that's even possible, or try to figure out how that level of incompetence doesn't result in people losing their jobs, but reflect rather on my cynical, but often uncannily accurate friend's guess: A friend walked in earlier, they weren't expecting too many people for a 12:10pm showing, so they just put it on an hour early as a favour". A year ago I would have laughed, but now... I wonder.
Posted by nlvp at November 3, 2003 12:27 PM