so stealthily the pirate creeps while all the household soundly sleeps

[arisha]

Last night at work was my first Saturday evening at the movie theatre, my throat hurt, I had to practically shout because it was so loud, people kept replying to "Sorry, the seven o'clock/eight o'clock/nine o'clock/ten o'clock Pirates is sold out" with "Are you guys kidding me??," and a woman who wanted to see Knocked Up (which is rated 18A) got annoyed with me when I asked to see ID. I thought we lived in a culture where looking young is supposed to be everyone's ultimate goal, but APPARENTLY NOT. (My favourite part is that she was like, "I've never been carded before in my life! I'm almost twenty-one! I'm getting married!" (as if getting married automatically means you're over eighteen, hahaha, c'mon here, I'm a Disney princess fan, that means nothing to me) as if explaining all of this and hoping I would take her word for it was easier than just pulling out her driver's license or pointing to the obviously over-eighteen guy she turned out to be with and telling me she was with him.)

WELL ANYWAY. If that's the only customer to get annoyed with me so far, I guess I'm doing pretty well. :)

I did not mean to write a whole paragraph about the bad, hahaha, when I meant to make a post about the good! XD Such as this: last night we had a visit from a small group of pirates, including the famous Captain Jack Sparrow himself! :D I am going through unhealthy Disneyland withdrawal, haha, so it was so awesome to hear someone shout, "Hey, it's Captain Jack Sparrow!" and look up from my cash drawer and see him! XD His costume was very good, and people were pulling him out of the line in order to take pictures with him (haha pretty funny), but his acting was actually pretty terrible. XD;; He just shouted the whole time. So even though no one would mistake him for Johnny Depp, hahaha, it still totally made my evening just that I could watch him wandering the lobby for a good fifteen minutes. XD

When it came time for my break, I was feeling sick and anti-social and so totally would have grabbed some Kool-Aid and snuck into a PotC3 showing for half an hour but that they were all sold out so I had to settle for the Kool-Aid. :( Oh well. I did get to hear some of it, though! Which is the only reason I love walking down the hall between theatres. XD Usually when I walk past, I only hear random fight scenes, and have no idea what part of the movie it is or even if I'm listening to the movie I think I'm listening to. But last night when I was walking to the office so I could cash out, I heard the distinctive wailing guitar of the parlay scene. XD Oh, it made me happy. Cashing out took half an hour because my manager got caught up in a discussion about who was going to be promoted to projectionist. :P So half an hour later I was walking back down and this amuses me so much, because here is what I heard:

Sword: *shick!*
Will: *sherk!*
Elizabeth: *gasp!*

PERFECT TIMING, ABU, AS USUAL! XD XD XD XD XD XD XD I love it! hahahahaha. And if I hadn't already been half an hour late getting out of there, I totally would have lingered. Haha, oh well, next time. XD

I love that my adoration for this new job depends so much on this being a Pirates and Harry Potter summer. XD I just hope it doesn't make me sick of them!! There's a Dead Man's Chest poster in the break room and to get there you have to step around the people in line for At World's End and of course the lobby is covered in Pirates and the only time I pay attention to the screens in the lobby that advertise upcoming movies is when I all of a sudden hear a snippet of "Hedwig's Theme." XD Oh, I love it so, it's a total fangirl job. XD And also, when there's no one in line I get to watch people playing DDR. Twice now I have come home from work with "Butterfly" stuck in my head. XD XD XD XD

But like I said, I seem to be getting a mild cold and also I am going through crazy Disneyland withdrawal, so life is not all good. XD hahahahaha!

Comments

[natz099.livejournal.com]

Haha! You'd think that this woman would have been flattered, but I guess it only applies to "older" people! :P

Your job sounds like so much fun! XD

[arisha.livejournal.com]

You'd think that this woman would have been flattered

Yeah, I dunno! She really did look like she could've been 17! I guess people want to look young, but not young enough that they have to go through the effort of being carded ... ? I really don't know why she was so mad. :( But afterwards my co-workers were telling me I should keep carding people and not let their annoyance phase me. XD I like co-workers like that!

Your job sounds like so much fun! XD

It is so far! :D I hope it stays this way!! haha

Is that a Gilbert and Sullivan subject line?

[the-wykydtron.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised that you were sold out for four showings of Pirates two weeks after its initial release, but then again, it was a Saturday night and it's a BIG movie. Do you get a lot of people asking you if they can get tickets anyway? Like, *wink wink nudge nudge*, "We know you're not REALLY full, eh?" Oh, people - how little patience I have for your self-centric games.

a woman who wanted to see Knocked Up (which is rated 18A) got annoyed with me when I asked to see ID.

For some reason, people get offended when you ask them for ID. They take it as a challenge. "Do you think I'm not who I say I am? How dare you!" It's procedure. I'm sure you have a billion better things to do than check this woman's ID and deal with her complaints, I'm sure it's not your idea of kicks to check people's IDs, but ya gotta do it. That's the thing people don't get, because people are stupid and selfish.

I have never in my life missed Disneyland until a few nights ago, when my dad was describing to my grandma how awesome California Screamin' is, and I realized that all I wanted was to be in California, standing in line for that ride. Then, when my dad picked me up from work, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Space Mountain song was playing on the radio. And then two days ago when I was wikipediaing my time away I found this little gem:

Psst! Avast there! It be too late to alter course, mateys. And there be plundering pirates lurkin' in ev'ry cove, waitin' to board. Sit closer together and keep your ruddy hands in board. That be the best way to repel boarders. And mark well me words, mateys: Dead men tell no tales! Ye come seekin' adventure with salty old pirates, eh? Sure you've come to the proper place. But keep a weather eye open mates, and hold on tight. With both hands, if you please. Thar be squalls ahead, and Davy Jones waiting for them that don't obey.

That made me miss the ride sooooo much. But Sarah, you cannot fall into a Disney-deprived depression now, when your antibodies are already under a lot of strain! Wait until you get your voice back, THEN you can go into withdrawal, okay?

go, ye heroes, go to glory, go and die in combat gory!

[arisha.livejournal.com]

Pirates two weeks after its initial release

Except that it's only been one week. ;)

I wasn't THAT surprised ... I think this weekend we got everyone who didn't want to wait terribly long to see it but neither did they want to go on opening weekend, when it was sure to be crazy. Too bad for them, it was only slightly less crazy. :(

I was more surprised by the guy dressed as Jack Sparrow! hahaha XD You'd think that'd just be an opening weekend thing! But my brother's girlfriend apparently dressed up as Jack Sparrow like four of the times she saw PotC2 ... XD;

I hate telling kids they're not allowed to see an 18A movie, but equally I don't understand why anyone would want to see an 18A movie. ;D There was actually a fair amount of people who came out of Knocked Up and asked to switch their tickets to a different movie ... I wonder what that movie opens with that is so offensive? But at the same time maybe I don't want to know. :X

I think it's funny that the ride snippet in PotC3 didn't make you miss Disneyland, but reading the text did. XD I don't know what exactly sent me into this Disneyland withdrawal but I've had it for a couple weeks now ... my last ship at TRU, I was walking to the bus stop and saw a raven (or a crow, who can tell) and was like, "!! DISNEYLAND!!! ;_; ;_; ;_;" Which is pretty funny, considering it then took me a good ten minutes to remember what ride has a raven in it. XD (Snow White does - I still can't 100% remember whether or not Mansion does. OBVIOUSLY I NEED TO FLY DOWN TO ANAHEIM TO CHECK)

waugh I'm sick :(