People Are disgusting.

AMKC · 02-09-2023 4:21pm #1

So I am not long out of a showing of Jurassic Park in Liffry Valley Vue. It was near enough a full showing and according to the website it was sold out.

Anyway afterwards the amount of rubbish people leave behind is just disgusting. I bring all mine home and recycle most if it.

Most of the stuff left in the cinema could have been brought home and recycled.

Even the two Women beside my were eating some sort of biscuits. They just left the packaging to it on the floor when they could have brought it home and recycled it. Really is it hard to do. No its not.

We might be one of the biggest cinema goers in Europe but we I am ashamed to say are also one if the filthiest. People would not just dump rubbish like that in their own house so why do it on the Cinema?

Nigel Fairservice · 02-09-2023 4:31pm

I don't think it's a problem unique to the cinema. People don't treat public spaces very well here. I remember being at a cinema in Hamburg and everyone left all their packaging on the ground in a designated area outside the screen as they were leaving. I think the idea was the staff sorted it then into recyclables and non recyclables. This was a small independent cinema and not a chain one. There's probably a lot of cinema waste here that could be recycled like popcorn containers but I've only ever seen black plastic bin liners in the cinemas here.

I.am.Putins.raging.bile.duct · 02-09-2023 4:41pm

If we could copy the Japanese this country would be a gem

Nigel Fairservice · 02-09-2023 4:53pm

True. I was in Japan this year and couldn't get over how clean it was....even the public toilets in subway stations. Being neat, clean and tidy just seemed to be in the public conscousness there in a way that's missing here.

Jizique · 02-09-2023 5:15pm

Wait till you see the sight of Stradbally on Monday, the same generation we 40-60 year olds are supposed to be "saving the planet" for; at least the organisers got some publicity in advance for no vapes

Nigzcurran · 02-09-2023 5:38pm

Yep no vapes but your welcome to absolutely destroy the place otherwise, ridiculous carry on

AMKC · 02-09-2023 6:01pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121060744#Comment_121060744

Thankfully I am and will not be anywhere near all them wastes of space.

Some Women that Today FM wrong on Friday said she had no money but yet she was somehow going to this then they gave her, well she won 40k on Friday and she never had money hiw is she going to manage with that. A disgrace I say. She will waste it by the sounds of it.

That Electric Picnic rubbish should be cancelled anyway. Not like there is any music anymore. That industry is dead the last decade.

Blame Apple. They killed it.

gmisk · 02-09-2023 6:05pm

First of all...its Liffey valley...plus a cheap cinema day is going to attract a higher percentage of people who don't normally go.

AMKC · 02-09-2023 6:34pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121060880#Comment_121060880

Oh I know that. Oh and by the way there is nothing wrong with Liffey Valley

The Raging Bile Duct · 02-09-2023 7:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121060871#Comment_121060871

What are you actually trying to say here... It's fairly garbled nonsense. There's plenty of music still being made and bought/streamed. Apple didn't kill anything.

silverharp · 02-09-2023 7:07pm

I cant get excited about it, the cinema sells you stuff in packaging , boxes, drink containers, the cinema expects you to leave it there to be cleaned up after, lord knows they charge enough for it. Stop trying to put minimum wage people out of jobs!!!!!

I.am.Putins.raging.bile.duct · 02-09-2023 7:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121061056#Comment_121061056

I remember that silly argument about litter and jobs from an anti litter video in the UK. Litter is wasteful the money could be spent on services instead.

Padre_Pio · 02-09-2023 7:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121060744#Comment_121060744

It was no different 20 years ago. when the 40-60year olds were 20-40.

We were just as messy and are no saints

silverharp · 02-09-2023 7:22pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121061094#Comment_121061094

its not silly , stadiums etc. its the same argument, its not littering because they are private spaces and they make the rules, people on public transport /parks etc are littering because one is expected not to make a mess and its against their terms of use.

gmisk · 02-09-2023 7:22pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121060952#Comment_121060952

Liffey valley is ok, the cinema can be a kip imo. People taking pictures, watching things on tablets...zzz..I avoid.

I.am.Putins.raging.bile.duct · 02-09-2023 7:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121061137#Comment_121061137

I completely disagree. There's no reason in the world to just dump something on the ground when it can be binned

pixelburp · 02-09-2023 7:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058311943/people-are-disgusting

Not a cinema thing: you think cinemas are bad, try walking around a stadium after a match, or the fields after a music festival. There's something psychological where people can abandon basic consideration when they think they're hidden among a crowd.

JP Liz V1 · 02-09-2023 7:40pm

It's simple manners and politeness to put your rubbish in a bin or take home with you from anywhere imho, any cinema I've been to each screening room has bins

magicbastarder · 02-09-2023 7:40pm

yeah, festivals are another thing entirely. people buy camping gear to go to festivals with no intention of bringing anything home.

silverharp · 02-09-2023 7:54pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121061165#Comment_121061165

here is a question, why arent there adverts on cinema screens telling people what to do with the containers the cinema sold them? as they do with mobile use. Direct your annoyance with cinema chains, not with judging the public unfairly.

Deeec · 02-09-2023 7:59pm

People wouldn't leave their rubbish behind in cinemas If full lights were turned on when the movie finished so everyone can see the mess. People would be too ashamed for others to see their mess.

These scummy people need to be shamed!

Furze99 · 02-09-2023 8:16pm

It's always been thus in Irish cinemas. Seems to be part of the culture and ticket price. Even people who might be more thoughtful elsewhere just happily leave their rubbish.

To take out your rubbish in an Irish cinema, you need to swim against the tide a bit.

BaywatchHQ · 02-09-2023 11:17pm

I don't go to the cinema, the sound of people eating annoys me and i don't feel comfortable going to cinema alone as a loner incel anyway. Going to a concert or sports game I can do alone but there is just something about the cinema I don't feel comfortable with.

witchgirl26 · 04-09-2023 9:44am

I was in Liffey Valley vue last week (not cinema day) & there was a notice before the film asking people to please leave the rubbish there as they don't have bins on the way out as they do separating & recycling. So realistically all those people you were calling disgusting were actually following the cinemas request.

AMKC · 04-09-2023 10:01am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121066592#Comment_121066592

Awe very good. I think they mean leave the rubbish there respectively and neatly like on the seat not thrown everywhere and popcorn all over the floor. I mean why buy it and then spill it everywhere. Just makes no sense.

I did see that som good people had but there rubbish into bags for the staff but not everyone.

witchgirl26 · 04-09-2023 2:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121066662#Comment_121066662

Why do people spill anything? Accidents. I doubt they spilt their popcorn that costs a fair bit on purpose. It's dark in a cinema & people trip, spill their popcorn. Do you expect them to clean it all up off the floor? Also most seats fold up so putting rubbish on them would result in the seat getting messy (especially if the fabric ones & not the leather) & harder to clean, then people putting it on the floor. I leave my empty popcorn bucket on the floor & my other half left his nacho thing on floor too. He didn't want the salsa to spill on the seat.

pixelburp · 04-09-2023 2:37pm

I still remember the full, only opened bag of maltesers I dropped during the trailers; then listened to dozens of chocolate goodness roll and clatter down the floor towards the front. As said, accidents happen and at the price it costs I was pretty píssed off.

Tony EH · 04-09-2023 2:40pm

We came out of the Savoy after watching 'Oppenheimer' and the seats next to us were as if the bomb had actually gone off in the screening. The girl (she was wasn't with us) who was sat to the right to me and my buddy left her seat in such a state I was genuinely shocked and looking around I could see other seats in various states of filth.

Now, I don't eat at the pictures. I've never seen the appeal and I can understand if a load of kids made a mess because the mother couldn't control them. But fuck me you'd think adults could surely hit their mouth, even in the "darkness" of a cinema.

Bottom line is, yes, some people ARE disgusting.

Sad Professor · 04-09-2023 4:35pm

I am so used to it at busy multiplex showings I barely notice anymore but it has bothered me at DIFF screenings where the people picking up the rubbish after are volunteers.

RBBBBSS · 04-09-2023 4:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121060880#Comment_121060880

It was an obvious typo ffs.

RBBBBSS · 04-09-2023 4:43pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121060871#Comment_121060871

Some Women that Today FM wrong on Friday said she had no money but yet she was somehow going to this then they gave her, well she won 40k on Friday and she never had money hiw is she going to manage with that. A disgrace I say. She will waste it by the sounds of it.

What do you mean by this?

igCorcaigh · 04-09-2023 4:53pm

It's the broken window theory in action. Social norms are hard to change.

It'll take enough action till it reaches a tipping point, and then littering will be frowned upon.

Because it is littering. I guess people just assume it's someone else's job to tidy up after them?

gmisk · 04-09-2023 6:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121068704#Comment_121068704

Er I wasn't correcting that posters spelling...I meant it more along the lines of its Liffey valley what do you expect...maybe look at my other posts on the thread before having a go.

Liffey valley is fine but the cinema can have some Muppets talking, taking videos and using tablets even during screenings so I tend to avoid.

silverharp · 04-09-2023 6:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121068767#Comment_121068767

its not "broken window theory" which is about cracking down on low level law breaking, preventing more serious criminal activity. Also "littering" is not quite the appropriate word here as it implies a rule or statute has been broken which again is not happening here. If cinemas wanted people to do stuff differently you would see the messaging on screen.

martingriff · 04-09-2023 6:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121061278#Comment_121061278

Maybe just maybe they expect you to use you brain there is a bin after all in cinemas why should they nanny you.

Everlong1 · 04-09-2023 6:31pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058311943/people-are-disgusting

You're only realising now that the Irish have a problem with litter and lack of respect for the environment? Have you only started living here recently?

silverharp · 04-09-2023 6:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121069137#Comment_121069137

they like nannying , they like reminding you not to use your phone or talk to your friends, yes im talking to you!

martingriff · 04-09-2023 6:59pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121069184#Comment_121069184

Well guess what you share the cinema experience with others not having your phone on or the light on and not talking is a common courtesy to those people. Just because they do not say it should not mean it is obvious clean up after yourself and just don't throw the stuff around.

pixelburp · 04-09-2023 7:20pm

Nannying? People who use their phone in cinemas can fúck right off so nanny away if it reminds a few more people from being àssholes.

Capt'n Midnight · 04-09-2023 7:26pm

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/movie_theater_layout

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pixelburp · 04-09-2023 7:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121069312#Comment_121069312

Love the Oatmeal, though does remind that the American cinema experience can be exponentially more obnoxious and awful than here.

AMKC · 04-09-2023 7:35pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121069145#Comment_121069145

No. I have lived here all my life born and breed here 100% Irish.

It's just I never seen it as bad as tgat day. I normally go to the cinema on quiet days and it's never as bad.

silverharp · 04-09-2023 8:21pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121069220#Comment_121069220

"throwing stuff around" is something else, what cinema do you use? lol , if the cinema want a different outcome, its up to them to inform customers and arrange their cinemas in a different way that its obvious and simple to do. As it is im happy that they expect me to leave containers by the seat and in the cup holder, and that they just want us out as quickly as possible. Go nuts and bring the packaging home and recycle it if you want, you can think your great and better than everyone else as your payoff.

Dial Hard · 04-09-2023 8:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121069526#Comment_121069526

Are you seriously, genuinely arguing that people shouldn't just take their rubbish and stick it in the bin on their way out of the screen? Genuinely???

johnny_ultimate · 04-09-2023 8:32pm

All for some good corporate bashing (and more than happy to blame them for the technical issues that plague multiplexes these days), but the idea that cinema chains are somehow responsible for people making a mess is preposterous.

There’ll always be the odd popcorn piece on the ground or an unfortunate spillage, but the vast majority of the time it takes close to zero effort to pick up your rubbish and put it in the bin on your way out. You’ve made life that little bit easier and more pleasant for the cinema’s staff in the process.

gmisk · 04-09-2023 9:57pm

I see a Reddit thread on someone doing this at the cinema, the lighthouse as well.

Grim.

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witchgirl26 · 05-09-2023 9:49am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121068767#Comment_121068767

But it someplace it literally is someone's job. I'm not going to go out of my way to make a massive mess, and I doubt most people would, but the cinema do employ people to clean the screens after them. Now if it's somewhere that its volunteers etc, course I'm going to go to extra effort.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121069545#Comment_121069545

Well if you take the Liffey Valley example, there aren't any bins on the way out of the screens & they literally ask you not to do this so that they can separate the waste for recycling properly. So on balance I think separated, properly recycled waste is better than everyone just dumping it all into a black bag for general waste.

pixelburp · 05-09-2023 10:14am

One other problem with cleanliness in cinemas is that the staff are nearly always teenagers; and they're not exactly known for their strong work ethic (though there's probably feck all time between showings to clean the whole screen).

ancapailldorcha · 05-09-2023 10:18am

Never really noticed, truth be told. I take my stuff and throw it in the bin. My local Cineworld only has single bins so that's where my stuff end up.

I live very close to Wembley stadium. I used to walk past it on the way to the gym. One morning, I could barely see the ground as it had been completely covered by football fans' waste from the night before. This was the Euros if memory serves.

pixelburp · 05-09-2023 10:26am

I said it already but by happenstance / the algorithm listening to me, this came up on my news feeds that shows it's not just cinemas: people en masse will just drop their shít if they think nobody else will. We still need nannies as grown ups.

https://news.sky.com/video/reading-festival-abandoned-tents-and-rubbish-left-in-several-fields-after-event-12950886

notAMember · 05-09-2023 10:28am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121061278#Comment_121061278

Oh yes, I totally empathize. Gosh, here I am creating rubbish, whatever should I do with it? I have absolutely NO idea, unless a screen tells me with explicit instructions to put it in a bin. Ideally with pictograms showing me what a bin is, because I've never heard of those.

It's all the goverments' fault, or the corporates fault, or definitely someone's fault anyway. I didn't get any instructions, therefore the only option is to feck it on the ground. Same goes for every location in the country... if there isn't a sign every 5 meters with explicit instructions on HOW man-babies like me should clean up after ourselves, I am entitled, no... REQUIRED, to be a total moron and claim willful ignorance of what to do.

This is your normal attitude?

People Are disgusting.

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