Every movie theater I've ever been to has spaces that can accommodate wheelchairs and this guy's chair. Was he busting it out in the aisle? If so, yes, that's against fire code, and it makes sense theater staff asked him to move, because that's what they're trained to do. There's not really enough information here to form an opinion unless you're just into feeling outrage at the headline
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There’s not really enough information here to form an opinion unless you’re just into feeling outrage at the headline
He was in the correct section:
Barber said he tried to use a special chair he brought with him in the disabled section of the theater but that staff stopped him and told him he couldn’t. Barber noted that he walks with two canes and uses his special chair everywhere he goes and has “never had a problem.” via secondary source: The Hollywood Reporter
But thank you for valiantly rushing to the defense of AMC who had already apologized for what their staff did before your blatant attempt to blame the victim under the guise of "a lack of information."
Thanks for the extra info, though you could've provided it without being a dick
You are in the wrong here. You could have not been an asshole in the first place. The reply was totally justified.
Sounds like a brother is about to get PAID
Once for the ADA suit and once for the ACLU suit
AMC will be bankrupt before the first hearing anyhow. They’re massively buried in debt, and just diluted stock, again, by quite a bit, while barely making my a dent in its debt.
$AMC has lost 80+% of its value in the last year. 98% lost since 2021.
That info about him using the chair in the disabled section was never mentioned in the original Fortune article. That's literally a lack of information. Don't be so hostile.
God I just love the notion that if you ask questions and don't immediately jump to the conclusion that the company did something wrong that youre "valiantly rushing to the defense of AMC" and "blatantly attempting to blame the victim".
You don't need to be so smarmy about it mate.
That information literally wasn't in the article you linked so there's no need to bite people's heads off for asking a follow up questions.
Thank you for providing the info in your reply.