Movie Theater Runs Truly Awesome Anti-Texting PSA

The heroic Alamo Drafthouse doesn't allow texting, talking
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 7, 2011 11:24 AM CDT
Updated Jun 11, 2011 6:19 AM CDT

Don't like people who text or talk during movies? Then consider moving to Austin, Texas, where the Alamo Drafthouse will actually kick such people out of the theater—and then gleefully chortle about it, PSA-style. New York magazine points to what might just be the best do-not-text advertisement ever, in which you'll hear a highly amusing voicemail a texter left in response to getting kicked out. The Drafthouse CEO notes on the theater's blog that the customer was warned—twice—before getting the boot. (More theater stories.)

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