I’m not usually one to post my real life experiences online, but after a terrible movie theatre visit yesterday I’ve reached my limit. My husband and I, both in our late 30s, decide to take a Monday off and enjoy an extended weekend. This is an important detail, as we try to limit our big public outings to school day when kids are away. After sleeping through our usual alarms we ordered a McDonald’s breakfast door dash extravaganza and indulged in a few puffs of the devils lettuce. By noon or so decided it would be a good idea to catch the 1 pm screening of the new Minecraft movie. Both me and my partner are avid Minecraft fans, even attending MineCon all the way back in 2012. I should note we are a DINK household, and try to avoid interactions with crotch goblins whenever possible. What we soon learned was that Monday was deemed a holiday for our local school district leading to an influx of ill behaved little twerps in theatre 5 where we were seated. Before the movie the had even began high pitched shrieks of “chicken jockey!” and “Steve!!” reverberated through the audience. 15 minutes in I realized none of the supposed adults in attendance were going to stop their shitty kids from ruining the film for the rest of us who paid to be there. Worked up beyond repair (my Apple Watch showed my heart rate was at 180 BPM) I grabbed my xl popcorn bucket, nerds rope, thin mints and Dr Pepper and stormed out into the lobby. After speaking with a manager about the unacceptable experience we were refunded our tickets and given a $25 concessions credit. We made our way back home, feeling upset that we live in a world where disrespectful kids get to rule our public spaces.