The Big Screen Litter-Bugs

I love going to the movies.  There is something so exciting about being in a large room with a ton of people watching a film on a huge screen.  We like to be entertained together.  I have recently been to a lot of movies and I can't help but wonder about something each time I go.

At what point did it become okay to leave your trash for someone else to clean up?

We are taught as kids to clean up after ourselves.  It is against the law to throw trash on the road and highly frowned upon to throw it on the ground anywhere.  So why is it okay in a movie theater?  The employees of the theater even make it easy by standing with bags as people walk out and the trash bins are always available.  I have never worked at a theater or even been in a custodial-like job but watching people pick up after grown adults just seems so wrong.  No wonder a box of $.25 popcorn costs $5.  The theater has to pay someone to pick it up and throw it away.

This just seems like a no-brainer.

Daytime TV - What is it good for?

I had an extra day off this week and was able to catch some oldie-but-goodie reruns. A few episodes of the Andy Griffith Show, the Cosby Show, Little House on the Prairie and Home Improvement. What happened to these kind of shows? They all had such good messages for the whole family and they each had strong dad characters. Watching these shows is like putting on your favorite robe and slippers and eating apple pie.

Now we watch reality show dads and dysfunctional family chaos and call that entertainment. Or during the day it is soaps and talk shows that all portray dysfunctional relationships and glamorise lifestyles that are unhealthy and leave everyone unhappy.

Is this really how the world is today? Are the days of story-lined family lessons and after-school specials gone forever? Are they not interesting anymore? Is the norm the abnormal? Why do we all get so sucked in to the rubber-necking happening on TV?

I think I will stick to my old shows. It does make me wonder what the re-runs of the future will be like. Will reality show reruns be as interesting to people as they are now or will we still be watching Andy Griffith and Bill Cosby?