by Amber Hulsberg

Created on: July 09, 2009   Last Updated: July 11, 2009

Imagine this, the movie you have been dying to see is finally out in theaters. You go planning on enjoying a great movie, spending a couple hours relaxing and being entertained. Of course, it isn't for free, before you can even get into the building, you fork out $8.50 per ticket to see it. Of course, the spending doesn't end there. Before you even get near the theater in which your movie is being shown, you walk right pass the concession stand. Knowing you are going to be sitting for a couple of hours, you buy a drink ( $4) and a tub of popcorn ( $5), then you head to find a seat before the movie starts. All the while hoping beyond hope some teenagers, people who refuse to turn off their cell phones, or seat hoggers won't be in this theater. Even if it is just a wonderful dream. But, hey! You luck out. It seems everyone is actually wanting to see this movie and is willing to be quiet and considerate.

The movie starts and you are engrossed in the plot and the moment you have been waiting for, the startling revelation that you have been sitting all this time to hear is about to present itself. Then as you are on the edge of your seat, the person behind you- their baby let's out a blood-curdling scream! Now you have completely missed it, you have no clue what was said. Neither does anyone else in the theater. But wait, they got the baby quiet. Alright, you can piece it together in the next few scenes. Then, WAAAAAH! The baby starts crying again. Well, there went your theory, because you have glanced back and it is now obvious the parent has absolutely no intention of walking out of the theater to calm and quiet the baby. So you strain to hear what is going on, but before you have any idea, the house lights come on and so do the credits. Movie is over. You are now walking out of the theater, with at least $20 less in your pocket, and with no more of an idea of what happened than what the movie trailer teased you with.

Does that sound like a pleasant evening? No. Not at all. So why was it ruined? Was it because a baby cried? A little child that has no other way than to communicate its not happy than to cry? No, it isn't the child's fault. So why was it ruined? It was ruined because the adult that was responsible for the child did not consider anyone else when they planned their own trip to the movies or were even considerate enough to take the baby into another room so the rest of the movie-goers could still hear. They must have thought that the whole "Silence

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