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Author Topic: What is the Film Co's current stance on re-admits? Brad Allen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 688 From: Evansville, IN, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 03-14-2005 04:33 PM                     Subject says it. How does your theatre handle re-admits? My definition of a re-admit. Someone who goes outside to smoke during the movie. Kids/adults that go outside after film is over, then come back in to use the bathroom or stay warm until their ride comes, etc.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-14-2005 04:58 PM                        They hold their stub and the doorperson should be adept enough to remember them...  |  IP: Logged Adam Wilbert Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 590 From: Bellingham, WA, USA Registered: Mar 2002 posted 03-14-2005 07:24 PM                        Not sure that I agree with the "adept enough to remember them" as the door employee often see a thousand people + and only for a brief second as they enter the theatre. I can't stand when a customer gets annoyed that I don't remember their face after several hours. Its not like we sat down to dinner or anything!  |  IP: Logged Thomas Dieter Expert Film Handler Posts: 234 From: Yakima, WA Registered: Jun 2004 posted 03-14-2005 10:55 PM                     Most of the theatres that I have worked for, or if I was doing tickets were a little lax about re-admits. If the customer has paid for the presentation, lets say Titanic, and goes outside to smoke a Cigarette, just make sure that you have your ticket cause we do ask you to retain your stub, and you can come back in. If the person was waiting for a ride, if they went outside the door and came back in, they were not to go past the ticket booth. If the person needed to use the bathroom, their partner was to say near the ticket booth, or if they were alone, they were to give something for collateral, a watch, DL, something so that if to much time past, we could go looking for them. Other than that, it was a come and go as you please for the time you have paid to stay with us aslong as you have your stub.  |  IP: Logged Brandon Willis Expert Film Handler Posts: 216 From: Richmond, VA, USA Registered: Apr 2004 posted 03-15-2005 11:26 AM                     In my company, a re-admit refers to an emergency ticket.  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 03-18-2005 01:46 AM                     In my experance, usually the customer who goes out for a smoke is smart enough to let someone know (usually an usher) that they are coming right back. It is fairly common for customers to wait in the front of the lobby for their rides as that area is pretty far away from the auditoriums.  |  IP: Logged Robert Burtcher Expert Film Handler Posts: 194 From: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Registered: Jun 2005 posted 07-04-2005 04:41 AM                     When I'm working the ticket drop, unless by some chance I remember the person, I do not let anyone back in without a ticket stub. My managers occasionally override me, allowing a customer or two in, usually because they just saw them purchase the ticket out in Box. And yes, I actually stop people and look at their ticket. A patron who simply holds his ticket up with his thumb over the important information and walks briskly through gets stopped and has to wait longer than they would have otherwise.  |  IP: Logged Ramin Hashemi Expert Film Handler Posts: 129 From: Houston TX Registered: Sep 2004 posted 07-17-2005 10:00 PM                     we alow both cases. If kids are not behaving, then they can not stay in the parking lot even.  |  IP: Logged

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