Toby liked the cinema. The whole experience was amazing. He loved the smell of popcorn as soon as he entered the lobby. He loved how they still had an actual person who tore your ticket in half on the way into the theatre. He loved the trailers for forthcoming releases.
But tonight it was being spoiled. Two teenagers sitting behind him were talking loudly during the trailers. He tried turning round and staring at them, but it had no effect.
He got up and walked back into the lobby where he spied a member of cinema staff. He told them what was happening.
"It's only the trailers, sir. They aren't harming anyone by talking."
Toby returned to his seat, annoyed that his gripe wasn't being treated with the seriousness it deserved.
The teenagers were still talking and were also using their mobile phones intermittently.
Toby turned around. "Can you two be fucking quiet?" he hissed. "And put your phones away. Have you got no respect for other people? I'd have got a clip round the ear at your age for carrying on like that."
They were shocked into silence.
Minutes later an usherette's torch was shone in Toby's face and he was given a signal to leave his seat.
"What's the problem?" he asked once they were outside the theatre.
A police officer stood there.
"We're arresting you for threatening behaviour."
The teenagers watched the movie in silence.
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