I had an interesting experience when Robyn and I went to see Spider-Man a little while back. First, let me say that I will only go to the theater to see something I REALLY want to see (recently, that was Lord of the Rings, Spidey, Road to Perdition and Signs) and I usually like to go to in the afternoon on a weekday (I work 4, ten hour days, so I get a day off during the week!) to avoid the annoying crowds.

Anyway, my wife wanted to see Spider-Man, so we went on a weekend evening. The show was pretty crowded, maybe sold out. We took our seats, watched the trailers, the film began. 15 minutes into the feature, we hear a noise like someone snoring a couple of rows behind us! This goes on for a few minutes, stops, then we hear it again a couple of minutes later – now it’s louder!

Robyn nudges me and asks me if I hear this. I’m looking back over my shoulder to see if I can pick out the idiot who’s asleep during this movie! I didn’t see anyone who looked to be asleep. This goes on for about 10 more minutes – even through a couple of loud sections of the film. Finally, I say something in a fairly loud voice, like “Stop snoring!” Got a couple of giggles from folks around me, but Mr. Sleepy-Head doesn’t wake up.

More snoring and I am so focused on it that I don’t even hear the cell phones ringing or 2 year olds crying every few minutes in the packed theater, never mind taking in what’s going on in the film!

Finally, I can’t take it anymore. I lift myself up out of my seat and turn around to the general direction of the snoring and yell “Quit snoring!” General laughter ensues and I take my seat. We didn’t hear anymore noise after that and I felt good about having done it.

What gets me is that no one sitting near this person would say anything! If my wife and I paid our hard earned money to enjoy our night out, I am assuming that everyone did the same. To let one person ruin everyone’s time is just too much. I couldn’t let that happen.

What is this world coming to?