[When I was a teenager I worked for a movie theater as a projectionist.]
One late Saturday night, with packed theaters, we suddenly could smell a strange odor that was getting stronger by the minute. Since we could not identify it we called the fire department. They said to evacuate the theaters immediately, don’t turn on any light switches and be careful to not cause any sparks because it is probably natural gas.
I turn off the sound to the first theater and announce to the crowd that there is an emergency and they need to exit the theater in an orderly fashion right away. I had to yell several times to get them out of their seats. It was the same story in every theater. No sound but yet you couldn’t tear them away from the movie yelling there is an emergency! Not just a few people. Each theater held about 300 customers! Yes, so many idiots, in one location, at the same time with no clue.
The fire department did show up and sure enough it was a natural gas leak in the store next to the theater and was at very dangerous levels by the time they arrived. Too bad, it could have been a lot of dead idiots.
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