{"id":3786,"date":"2011-08-17T10:43:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T10:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:58","slug":"no-used-cell-phones-in-this-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/no-used-cell-phones-in-this-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"No Used Cell Phones in This Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/theatre.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1696\" title=\"theatre\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/theatre.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1696 lazyload\" title=\"theatre\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/theatre.gif\"><\/a>Moviegoers who suddenly decide to start using their new or old cell phones in the middle of a film are the bane of cinema lovers, and one theater in the United States has decided it has had enough and is putting its foot down over the social faux pas.&nbsp; Wehrenberg Theatres has decided to launch a \u201czero tolerance\u201d policy over the use of cell phones in their auditoriums and says that any cinemagoer that is caught using one during a film will be shown the exit \u2013 and not given a refund.<br>\n\u201cIt\u2019s part of our obligation to provide a quiet environment so that you can listen to the movie that you purchased the ticket for and not have to listen to someone\u2019s casual conversation about going to a concert or buying groceries,\u201d says the chief operating officer of Wehrenberg Theatres, Bill Menke.&nbsp; Menke adds that cinemagoers will 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