Today I went with my family to see the new Top Gun movie (no spoilers in this thread, please) and one of the guys sitting in front of me wouldn't stop pulling out his phone. It wasn't for anything, important, clearly. At first he was texting someone with a heart next to their name so I thought he might be in a bad argument or something, but I lost any sympathy when he started checking his email. I love movies, and I have ADHD so it's very easy to distract me. As a result, people being on their phones and/or talking in the movie theater is one of my all-time biggest pet peeves.

This happens nearly every time I go to the theater, and I've never been brave enough to do anything about it. I'll complain for hours to my friends and family after the fact, but in the theater the most I've ever done is turn around to throw a dirty look at people talking behind me. I am terrified of confrontation, something I'm sure many of y'all are familiar with.

More than an hour past, and we reached a point in the movie where I could tell the climax was coming soon (again, please no spoilers in the comments, thanks). I was getting really invested in the movie, and then he pulled out his phone and took me right out of it. And you know what? In that moment, my annoyance was greater than my fear of confrontation, so for the first time in my life I leaned forward, tapped him on the shoulder, and politely asked him to put away his phone.

His response? "Oh, yeah, sorry!" Then he put the phone in his pocket, took a big gulp of his drink (the way he did so looked like he was embarrassed), and continued watching the movie. And by the time the credits rolled, he still hadn't taken the phone out again!

I know it seems small, but this was a really big win for me. :) My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner, but hey, progress is progress! Anyways, I just had to tell someone. Have a great weekend everybody!