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That's some serious security control you imagine there...

by harryf 10y ago

nommm-nommm 10y ago
Eh? I wasn't let into R rated movies unaccompanied in high school. Most of the time when we snuck in after buying a ticket to another movie we were caught. They'll come around asking for your tickets during the film if they suspect you are underage or didn't pay or whatever.
- jessaustin 10y ago
  Where did you grow up, Soviet Russia? I wasn't even one of those "mall rat" kids, and most of the time I went to the movies with friends we switched to a different screen.
  - nommm-nommm 10y ago
    Well the suburban malls didn't care for "urban" kids taking the bus to the mall even if they weren't causing trouble. They eventually just flat out banned anyone under 18 from entering the mall without a parent, seriously, the mall cop stands at the entrance and IDs young looking people at the entrance. That was after I turned 18 they started that policy though. When I was about 24 I got IDed at the entrance to the mall and I was so disgusted by it I never wanted to go back (not that I ever want to go to the mall in the first place)
    - jessaustin 10y ago
      Haha I don't think I've ever been an age at which going to a mall was worth getting IDed. Movie theaters in indoor malls suck anyway, like most things about indoor malls. (In USA, anyway, I once went to a mall movie theater in Philippines and it was awesome.) Even so I'd say the mall you're describing was particularly authoritarian. Most malls in USA couldn't afford a guard at every entrance.
      - nommm-nommm 10y ago
        Once one mall started every single mall in the area followed the policy. It is not uncommon- I just did some random googling for examples http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/05/09/teens-must-be-with-parents-at-night-at-northpark/ http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/05/09/teens-must-be-with-parent... http://www.wdrb.com/story/30856303/6-things-you-should-know-about-the-new-policies-at-mall-st-matthews-oxmoor http://www.wdrb.com/story/30856303/6-things-you-should-know-... http://www.panamacity-mall.com/security/ http://www.panamacity-mall.com/security/ http://www.mallatstonecrest.com/pip http://www.mallatstonecrest.com/pip http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-ford-city-youth-escort-0107-biz-20150107-story.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-ford-city-youth-es... It's not that expensive, I imagine you are only paying the mall cop around minium wage. We didn't have any movie theaters that weren't at the mall.

That's some serious security control you imagine there...

by harryf 10y ago

That's some serious security control you imagine there...

Eh? I wasn't let into R rated movies unaccompanied in high school. Most of the time when we snuck in after buying a ticket to another movie we were caught. They'll come around asking for your tickets during the film if they suspect you are underage or didn't pay or whatever.

jessaustin 10y ago
Where did you grow up, Soviet Russia? I wasn't even one of those "mall rat" kids, and most of the time I went to the movies with friends we switched to a different screen.
- nommm-nommm 10y ago
  Well the suburban malls didn't care for "urban" kids taking the bus to the mall even if they weren't causing trouble. They eventually just flat out banned anyone under 18 from entering the mall without a parent, seriously, the mall cop stands at the entrance and IDs young looking people at the entrance. That was after I turned 18 they started that policy though. When I was about 24 I got IDed at the entrance to the mall and I was so disgusted by it I never wanted to go back (not that I ever want to go to the mall in the first place)
  - jessaustin 10y ago
    Haha I don't think I've ever been an age at which going to a mall was worth getting IDed. Movie theaters in indoor malls suck anyway, like most things about indoor malls. (In USA, anyway, I once went to a mall movie theater in Philippines and it was awesome.) Even so I'd say the mall you're describing was particularly authoritarian. Most malls in USA couldn't afford a guard at every entrance.
    - nommm-nommm 10y ago
      Once one mall started every single mall in the area followed the policy. It is not uncommon- I just did some random googling for examples http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/05/09/teens-must-be-with-parents-at-night-at-northpark/ http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/05/09/teens-must-be-with-parent... http://www.wdrb.com/story/30856303/6-things-you-should-know-about-the-new-policies-at-mall-st-matthews-oxmoor http://www.wdrb.com/story/30856303/6-things-you-should-know-... http://www.panamacity-mall.com/security/ http://www.panamacity-mall.com/security/ http://www.mallatstonecrest.com/pip http://www.mallatstonecrest.com/pip http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-ford-city-youth-escort-0107-biz-20150107-story.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-ford-city-youth-es... It's not that expensive, I imagine you are only paying the mall cop around minium wage. We didn't have any movie theaters that weren't at the mall.