Lone cinema goers...

Brian_Uckfast · 30-11-2007 04:17PM #1

Was bored yesterday, sick of studyin and all the rest, so I decided I'd go to the cinema and catch a 5pm showing.

None of me mates were up for it, so I just said to hell with this, and went by myself!

Its really odd the looks you get from everybody when you go into a screen by yourself. I don't get it!!
How has society come to over-develop this idea that its only a social thing to do, especially considering everyone ends up sitting there in silence anyway!!

thoughts..

Red Hand · 30-11-2007 04:19PM

I often go to the cinema alone and nobody gives me funny looks.

You weren't going to a G rated film dressed in a dirty raincoat, were you?:D

Rob_l · 30-11-2007 04:20PM

Yeah I often go to the cinema alone and dont get funny looks I prefer to go early while the cinemas are empty and cheap or if I just wnat to see a film and no one else is about at that time

jester77 · 30-11-2007 04:21PM

It's not much different to going to a bar and drinking on your own, don't see anything wrong with it!

Karl Hungus · 30-11-2007 04:21PM

I often go on my own, and never got any funny looks at all. Maybe it was for some other reason people were giving you the eye?

Spud83 · 30-11-2007 04:21PM

LOL Look at all the Johnny No Mates. *points and laughs at Jeremiah 16:1, Brian_Uckfast, Karl Hungus, Rob_l, etc...*

metaoblivia · 30-11-2007 04:23PM

I've been to the cinema alone a few times. I always got weird looks in the theater, once the people around realized that no one was coming to sit with me. I think men are more likely to go to the cinema on their own. That seems to be what I've noticed, at least.

Pompey Magnus · 30-11-2007 04:23PM

I'd have no problem going to the cinema on my own and I never notice any odd looks. I also would have no problem drinking on my own (if there was sport on the TV) but I draw the line at eating in a restaurant alone.

Lux23 · 30-11-2007 04:23PM

I prefer to go to the cinema on my own, I mean its one of the few places that you can go to alone without getting looked at funny. The cinema is normally full of other people on their own too. I think there is something really wrong with people who can't do things by themselves, you don't need someone holding your hand all the time. Ive never got funny looks so I don't know why the rest of you are.

Homer J Simpson · 30-11-2007 04:24PM

I've often gone to the cinema on my own especially during a weekday. For some reason I cant go to the pub on my own....it doesnt feel right.

Rabies · 30-11-2007 04:25PM

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

LOL Look at the two Johnny No Mates. *points and laughs at Jeremiah 16:1, Brian_Uckfast, Karl Hungus, Rob_l, etc...*

johnp · 30-11-2007 04:29PM

jester77 wrote: »

It's not much different to going to a bar and drinking on your own, don't see anything wrong with it!

Spot on!

John Mason · 30-11-2007 04:29PM

i go to the flicks by myself all the time. i havent noticed any funny looks maybe cos i dont really care about anyone else, i havent been looking

padi89 · 30-11-2007 04:32PM

Go on my own a fair bit.Don't see whats wrong with that .You SHOULD be sitting in silence for the movie anyway but alas some idiots think its a place where you go to yap to your mates:mad:

Dudess · 30-11-2007 04:40PM

OP, I'd say the "funny looks" were only in your head.

Depeche_Mode wrote: »

I draw the line at eating in a restaurant alone.

I was discussing that with someone recently. I'm the same - not because I'd be afraid I look "sad" or anything, but I just think going for a meal is a relaxed, sociable occasion, not just about getting something to eat. However if I was in town on my own and fancied a quick bite, I'd go to a café for a sandwich and a coffee.

JCDUB · 30-11-2007 04:53PM

Hahahhaaahahahaaa you're all a shower of poindexters.....:D:p

Went to a screening of Deep Throat in the IFI last year with my gf and there was definitely a few strange loner types around, goes with the territory though eh?

I'm sure none of you were there alone *sniggers to himself*

Cathmandooo · 30-11-2007 04:55PM

wow I've never gone on my own but I wouldnt give someone a dirty look for doing it. I tend to go when its quite busy so I cant say i've noticed many people going alone either!

I eat in a cafe alone for lunch, do it most days, the joys of working in a small office

MOH · 30-11-2007 04:58PM

I've often gone on my own, beats dragging the gf to a film she doesn't want to see, never really noticed any strange looks.

Often eaten in a restaurant alone too, bring a book or paper to read while waiting.

wouldn't really sit in a pub alone though, unless there was a match on.

Dr Lektroluv · 30-11-2007 05:01PM

I dunno, I prefer going with my girlfriend.

leninbenjamin · 30-11-2007 05:02PM

Cathooo wrote: »

I eat in a cafe alone for lunch, do it most days, the joys of working in a small office

exactly.if i were to maintain the whole "don't in a restaurant alone" thing i'd have probably starved to death years ago.

monkeyfudge · 30-11-2007 05:05PM

Dudess wrote: »

OP, I'd say the "funny looks" were only in your head.

I was discussing that with someone recently. I'm the same - not because I'd be afraid I look "sad" or anything, but I just think going for a meal is a relaxed, sociable occasion, not just about getting something to eat. However if I was in town on my own and fancied a quick bite, I'd go to a café for a sandwich and a coffee.

Yep... I think this is very much a case of it all being in your head all right.

I do often eat in restaurants on my own though... but I do have a certain amount of restaurants that I eat in quite regularly and the staff know me and know that I do bring dates and large groups of people in with me from time to time as well...

Lands Leaving · 30-11-2007 05:06PM

I'd only go alone if I really wanted to see something that absolutely no one else wanted to see. As for eating alone in a restaurant, much prefer it, no one talking while you're trying to eat. I hate eating with people, I'm usually well finished because I've been silently eating away while everyone yapped. Then I sit bored waiting to leave and do something more interesting!

Cianos · 30-11-2007 05:07PM

Brian_Uckfast wrote: »

Was bored yesterday, sick of studyin and all the rest, so I decided I'd go to the cinema and catch a 5pm showing.

None of me mates were up for it, so I just said to hell with this, and went by myself!

Its really odd the looks you get from everybody when you go into a screen by yourself. I don't get it!!
How has society come to over-develop this idea that its only a social thing to do, especially considering everyone ends up sitting there in silence anyway!!

thoughts..

You were probably feeling slightly uncomfortable about the fact that you were there by yourself, and so interpreted any looks in your direction to be more than what they actually were.

I draw the line at eating in a restaurant alone.

Would you ever go into McDonalds by yourself? If yes, what's wrong with going for a nicer meal by yourself?

beans · 30-11-2007 05:07PM

I dunno, I prefer going with my girlfriend.

Plenty of things I prefer doing in the company of a lady, but if the urge takes me I'll just do it on my own, and to hell with anyone who stares.

Lands Leaving · 30-11-2007 05:07PM

monkeyfudge wrote: »

I do have a certain amount of restaurants that I eat in quite regularly and the staff know me and know that I do bring dates and large groups of people in with me from time to time as well...

RENT-A-CROWD - making you look like less of a loser.

Latchy · 30-11-2007 05:08PM

Godd way to loose yourself in a cinema ,leave the real world behind for a few hrs ,always seems better or worse when you come out (the real world ) .....depends how good the movie was lol

30-11-2007 05:09PM

I find it so much better if I either go to the cinema by myself or with just one other person. I find you can actually enjoy the film so much more than if you go with a group.

Case in point, when I went to see Superbad with a college friend and his housemate and her friend. The 2 girls were so loud and annoying, they nearly got us kicked out of the cinema I work in!?!?! It completely and utterly took away from the enjoyment of the movie.

You'd be amazed at the amount of people going to a cinema by themselves- in fact I'd say about 40% of cinema-goers where I work would be by themselves.

MagicMarker · 30-11-2007 05:12PM

I've been on my own a couple of times, but not in a long time tbh. There was a guy on his own last time i went, that's not strange but i found the fact that he was eating an apple quite strange.

i don't know why:)

What about travelling? I went to NYC on my own and it was probably the best holiday i've ever had.

I've eaten in a resturant on my own but it was empty and wasn't comfortably with the waiters just staring at me!!

I went to the pub on my own once to watch a match and i wasn't comfortable at all. But i don't really like pubs that much anyway.

fricatus · 30-11-2007 05:15PM

Depeche_Mode wrote: »

...but I draw the line at eating in a restaurant alone.

Sometimes you have no choice. I travel with work maybe 3-4 times a year and because those I end up working with have families, I tend to be left on my own in the evenings. One of my colleagues hates going to restaurants on her own when she travels, so she orders room service. Myself, I prefer to sit in a restaurant where there are people coming and going, and chat to the staff. What's more, the food is nicer out and about in restaurants than it is in hotels, I find.

Sean7 · 30-11-2007 05:17PM

I go alone every so often, if I want to see the movie I just go. If my mates can't make it I don't mind.

johnp · 30-11-2007 05:18PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

I've been on my own a couple of times, but not in a long time tbh. There was a guy on his own last time i went, that's not strange but i found the fact that he was eating an apple quite strange. i don't know why:)

What about travelling? I went to NYC on my own and it was probably the best holiday i've ever had.

I've eaten in a resturant on my own but it was empty and wasn't comfortably with the waiters just staring at me!!

I went to the pub on my own once to watch a match and i wasn't comfortable at all. But i don't really like pubs that much anyway.

I travelled through Australia by myself. I went over with some mates and after a year of living together everyone had different ideas on what we wanted to do, so we did our own thing.
Just come back from a little interrailing trip, Zurich/Berlin/Krakow.
It's a fantastic way to get away from it all.

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