September 20, 2006
Text-messaging teens asked to leave their seats at the movies
This past weekend, teenagers were escorted out of a movie theater in Arlington Texas, for reading a text message on their cell phones, according to the The Star Telegram.
“All we’re promoting is a distraction-free environment,” said Nate Reid, the theater’s general manager. He added that the policy has been enforced since the theater opened in 2002. “We have a very high teenage audience. It really is a problem with the teenage audience.”
“They had their phone on silent. It was a text message so no talking, no noise. A uniformed policeman said the theater has a very clear policy on no cell phones and they had to leave, walked them to the door and told them to not come back that night... Police were escorting teens out of the theater through the whole movie.”
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