10 Things They Don't Tell You About Working In A Cinema

"Just because it's what's done doesn't mean it's what should be done!" - Cinderella

Generally, when you start working in a cinema you'll first be assigned to the floor team. These are the brave souls responsible for tidying up after each screening. With a fifteen minute time limit (if you're lucky), armed with little more than a dustpan and brush and a bottle of anti-bacterial spray, you'll crunch popcorn underfoot as you walk across layers of sticky blue liquid to get the room ready for the next group of zoo animals.

One particular cinema chain currently asks audience members to leave their rubbish by their seat, in an attempt to assist with recycling. This is like a red rag to a bull. Many customers operate under a "I'm keeping someone in a job" approach, whilst simultaneously making that job as unpleasant and complicated as humanly possible. Spilling nacho cheese all over arm rests, somehow dropping their chocolates under their own arses or dropping a whole box of popcorn across three or four rows.

We know it's dark in there, but you still have taste, smell and touch to your advantage. It shouldn't be this difficult to keep your food and drink in your mouths.