Actually it's the opposite of asking a random person a question, which is what aggregated opinion really stems from. The person behind the counter, for example

Actually it's the opposite of asking a random person a question, which is what aggregated opinion really stems from. The person behind the counter, for example, has likely seen the movie given the folks I've known who work these jobs. As well, they might tell you something like "the people leaving the movie are always talking animatedly" or some other insight that a random movie-goer likely couldn't assert themselves. I was just pointing out that people have different preferences and that there are many reasons one might trust a single person behind the ticket counter over whatever information they might derive from their smartphone. That this is so controversial is amusing to me.