A Texas man has filed a lawsuit against a woman for the cost of a movie ticket after she texted during their cinema date.
Brandon Vezmar, 37, said the woman walked out of the screening of Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 when he complained about her persistent phone use.
Mr Vezmar filed the petition in the state capital of Austin last week seeking $17.31 (£13.30), arguing his date's behaviour was "a threat to civilised society".
She said she refused to reimburse him because "he took me out on a date".
I think he should have walked out on her if she was texting during the movie.
Yeah what kind of monster is phone obsessed during a freaking date.
That kind of thing would tell me that this relationship is going nowhere so I'd excuse myself to the bathroom and text her and tell her to find her own way home.
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Yeah what kind of monster is phone obsessed during a freaking date.
That kind of thing would tell me that this relationship is going nowhere so I'd excuse myself to the bathroom and text her and tell her to find her own way home.
Probably because the dude was (quite obviously) a creepy weirdo. Probably just making sure her bug-out excuse was still available.
Texting away during a date is incredibly rude, if there's no chemistry tell him and cut things short, you know look him in the eyes and say, this isn't working good night.
Texting on an outing in a theatre is pretty boorish behavior, especially on a date, basically she deserves a hearty get lost.
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Texting away during a date is incredibly rude, if there's no chemistry tell him and cut things short, you know look him in the eyes and say, this isn't working good night.
Texting on an outing in a theatre is pretty boorish behavior, especially on a date, basically she deserves a hearty get lost.
Well he's obviously doing you one better, because he's suing her.
GIRL: *oh god this guy is weird af...still want to watch this movie though...guess I'll soldier through because he might publicly freak out if I try to leave since I drove him here...better text Stacy and make sure she's still available if I have to go*
WEIRD GUY: "UH I'M TRYING TO ENJOY THIS MARVEL FILM HERE. CAN YOU PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY NOW?"
GIRL: "Yeah like, give me a second"
WEIRD GUY: "OH MY GOD. WOMEN NOWADAYS ARE SO OBSESSED WITH THEIR PHONES. LOOK FOR MAKEUP TIPS LATER."
GIRL: "I uh, have to goto the bathroom. You don't need to come with me..." *leaves*
It's kind of hard to break a date early when you drove the guy there too.
Yeah you guys are right, texting during a movie is definitely on-par with suing someone for texting in a movie and claiming they are a "threat to civilized society" after they drove you to said movie.
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GIRL: *oh god this guy is weird af...still want to watch this movie though...guess I'll soldier through because he might publicly freak out if I try to leave since I drove him here...better text Stacy and make sure she's still available if I have to go*
WEIRD GUY: "UH I'M TRYING TO ENJOY THIS MARVEL FILM HERE. CAN YOU PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY NOW?"
GIRL: "Yeah like, give me a second"
WEIRD GUY: "OH MY GOD. WOMEN NOWADAYS ARE SO OBSESSED WITH THEIR PHONES. LOOK FOR MAKEUP TIPS LATER."
GIRL: "I uh, have to goto the bathroom. You don't need to come with me..." *leaves*
It's kind of hard to break a date early when you drove the guy there too.
Seems like you're really reaching to defend the woman. Who cares?
"I had my phone low and wasn't bothering anybody" is a lame excuse and isn't true. She was wrong to be texting in the movie, end of discussion.
The guy was well within his right to call her out on it and ask her to step outside to do it. Her disappearing without saying anything is rude.
Him asking her to reimburse him for the ticket after walking out on him, is fine if not a little odd since most people would have just cut bait then. Him suing her after the fact is ridiculous.
Hey, he might be a weirdo and a loser, but to paraphrase a great theologian, there is a special level of hell reserved for child molesters and people who text in the theatre.
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Seems like you're really reaching to defend the woman. Who cares?
"I had my phone low and wasn't bothering anybody" is a lame excuse and isn't true. She was wrong to be texting in the movie, end of discussion.
The guy was well within his right to call her out on it and ask her to step outside to do it. Her disappearing without saying anything is rude.
Him asking her to reimburse him for the ticket after walking out on him, is fine if not a little odd since most people would have just cut bait then. Him suing her after the fact is ridiculous.
TLDR - Both of them are losers.
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"What the hell?" he muttered under his breath, eyes darting side to side, frantically reading the injustice scrawled onto the screen before him.
"Who cares?" he madly pounded into his yielding keyboard, pausing briefly to consider stopping there, but no, he did care, and he wanted people to know it.
Soon after opening the thread, Hockeyguy15 immediately regretted his decision.
"What the hell?" he muttered under his breath, eyes darting side to side, frantically reading the injustice scrawled onto the screen before him.
"Who cares?" he madly pounded into his yielding keyboard, pausing briefly to consider stopping there, but no, he did care, and he wanted people to know it.
Probably because the dude was (quite obviously) a creepy weirdo. Probably just making sure her bug-out excuse was still available.
Pretty big reach that the guy was (quite obviously) a creepy weirdo. Not sure why you have such a need to defend her so vigorously when she was being rude and selfish. If she needed to text so urgently she could have done so outside the theater.
The lawsuit is ridiculous. Beyond ridiculous.
But amusing that you are ok with calling the guy out as an obvious creepy weirdo to justify her behaviour. Heaven forbid we just all recognize that texting/using a phone in a theater is bad manners and filing a lawsuit over it even more insane. Keep fighting the good fight.
Don't worry guys, that dastardly woman won't get off this easily. Her texting is definitely the big story here and totally worth 7 different posts pointing it out.
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Don't worry guys, that dastardly woman won't get off this easily. Her texting is definitely the big story here and totally worth 7 different posts pointing it out.
I hate getting involved in these circular arguments but you did post this only three posts after the original and one of the three was making fun of the dude;
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Probably because the dude was (quite obviously) a creepy weirdo. Probably just making sure her bug-out excuse was still available.
You are making quite the assumption that; a) he was a creep (I know he's an idiot but there's no indication that he' a creep) and b) that she was texting as a bug-out excuse as maybe she simply is one of those people that can't stay off their phones?
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