Something like this happened to me during release night of The Dark Knight. There were two theaters side by side at the end of a long corridor, both showing the movie at the same time. I arrived very early and stood by my designated theater while the parallel wall began to form their own line. Each side was filled with movie goers after a couple of hours and the gentleman standing next to me started to become nervous that our line wasn't the right one. Eventually the theater's employees came around and confirmed his fears, directing us all to the end of the other line that was now long enough to circle around the concession stand. Needless to say my line went berserk since they had been standing there a lot longer than most of the other line. Most of the patrons grumbled loudly and trudged down the hall while the rest demanded to speak to the manager and chewed him out for the remaining hour, ironically making their spot in line farther back than it would have been had they just done as they were told.
In the chaos I slipped into the front of the correct line.:}
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Something like this happened to me during release night of The Dark Knight. There were two theaters side by side at the end of a long corridor, both showing the movie at the same time. I arrived very early and stood by my designated theater while the parallel wall began to form their own line. Each side was filled with movie goers after a couple of hours and the gentleman standing next to me started to become nervous that our line wasn't the right one. Eventually the theater's employees came around and confirmed his fears, directing us all to the end of the other line that was now long enough to circle around the concession stand. Needless to say my line went berserk since they had been standing there a lot longer than most of the other line. Most of the patrons grumbled loudly and trudged down the hall while the rest demanded to speak to the manager and chewed him out for the remaining hour, ironically making their spot in line farther back than it would have been had they just done as they were told.
In the chaos I slipped into the front of the correct line. :}