Erm... people aren't supposed to just leave abandoned crap lying around. If people get hurt as a result then I believe they're legally liable (provided you and/or the police can track down the owner). A former colleague of mine's husband is an electrician and whenever they throw out a large appliance like a broken TV or heater they always cut the cords because if someone takes it home and plugs it in, and they get electrocuted or something as a result, then the original owner of said appliance is liable.

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Yesterday we had the Toy Story 3 meet... and there was this big family - two adults and nearly a whole row of kids - just talking throughout the entire movie. They weren't even whispering, they were fully talking. And not just the kids, but the adults too. The adults at no time asked their kids to shush - and often started conversations like asking if they needed more food or wanted to go to the toilet etc. If you really need to ask your kid these questions, why wouldn't you whisper?? Of course, we'd still hear the whispering since theatres are acoustically designed to transmit sound - that's why it's so easy to hear every whisper, chip packet wrinkling, coughing, mobile phones etc. from audience members - and why it's important for everyone to STFU during the movie!! (like DER, right?)

And surprise surprise, these unruly undisciplined kids are not only verbally ruining the movie for other people who paid to come watch the film, they're also being physically disruptive by moving about... kicking my chair. Going between seats and bumping me. Oh, and poured a cup of Coke and ice down my wife's seat. (-_-) Charming.

When I pointed out to the mother what her child had done with the Coke, she just shrugged and said, "Well there's nothing I can do about." Yes there is - it's called enforcing discipline... or better yet, don't bring your kids (who are clearly not mature enough to watch a movie in a public cinema where they're supposed to sit still for an extended duration of time)!! We don't bring our baby to the cinema. Since our daughter was born, either one of the three happens:
1/ We leave her at my parents place to babysit (as we did yesterday)
2/ We go to the drive-in.
3/ We DON'T see the movie! There are lots of movies I've wanted to see but haven't since our daughter was born (e.g. Sherlock Holmes - I still haven't seen it!!)

Yes, it's inconvenient, but that's what happens when you have a baby. Don't like it? DON'T HAVE KIDS! I cannot stand the selfishness of some other people who insist on bringing their infants or babies to movies without caring about the viewing experience of other audience members. It ticks me off more when _I_ make the effort to ensure that my baby doesn't ruin the movie for other people, but some other people don't pay the same respect.

I have no intention of bringing my daughter to a public cinema until I feel that she's mature enough to sit still and focus on a movie. If she starts getting unsettled, then I'd take her outside (rather than sit there and engage in a full conversation). If she ever poured her drink onto another patron, I'd tell her off there and then and make her apologise to the patron. Everyone in the theatre paid their hard-earned money to watch the movie and has the right to enjoy it in peace. Surely this is not a difficult concept to grasp.