Saturday, May 13, 2023
Who even went to theaters like this anymore? Hadn't covid killed the business model, somehow before the skyrocketing price of popcorn and butter had?
It was something to do while the house was being fumigated though so, it's where I found myself. After driving around with nothing more to do in mind with the humid, damp summer heat leering around me, I was almost grateful for the twenty dollar popcorn and soda along with the six dollar matinee ticket to the latest shit horror movie. I had already seen the reviews online so I knew it was not gonna be any good.
Not that there was much one could do in this small town. I hated it here but moved with my mother and siblings since living alone in the big city was financially out of the question. There wasn't so much as a mall or decent art museum in this hick place and I had been sent out to find something to do for the rest of the day. Not to mention being outside wass out of the question when it felt like it was over a million degrees outside. To hike would be to melt.
I went and sat in the middle of the empty theater, very sure I would have the place to myself. Far too small a girl to be so confident in this dark room alone, but I really saw no danger in sitting there with only a pair of gray sweatpants and a thin black tank top. No bra, as there had been no time with my mom rushing me out with my siblings out into the oven-like outdoors. I was lucky to have even grabbed my purse in the frenzy of the older woman.
My hair was tied up in a messy bun on top of my head as I sat in the reclining seat, my knees pulled close to me as I played on my phone during the previews. Shockingly, and annoyingly, I was not the only one with the idea. I was being joined by a large group of loud guys. Four older men that seemed to not have anything to do during their lunch breaks or something.
Who went to a movie instead of a restaurant or something? Well, by the smell of them, it could be that they had already been bar hopping and it permeated as they decided to sit right behind me. Of course they did. What else could I expect from a bunch of babbling rowdy creeps?