Paying to babysit

Dear Father and Mother of the 14-year-olds at the movie last night,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for allowing myself and about twenty other people to babysit your children last night. I just wish we did not have to pay to do so. When we bought our movie tickets and sat down to enjoy The Dark Knight, we assumed that everyone else in the theatre knew how to behave in public. If I had known your kids had already seen the film 3 other times and had no intention of paying attention I would have brought activities to keep them occupied while the rest of us could enjoy the film.
Their quiet snickering wasn't too annoying until it grew to loud outbursts and "whisper hollering". It would have been more manageable if they had stayed up on the back row and kept it down, but they couldn't help themselves from running up and down the stairs throughout the film. One of your kids even thought it was funny to jump over the railing and let everyone wonder if he had broken a bone or not. Although, if he had, about 90% of us wouldn't have cared.
It was a shame on our part when a theatre employee was brought in to parent your children. I mean, she gets paid to tear tickets and squeeze butter on popcorn, not to make sure your child behaves. That is your job. You do not have to tear tickets or wreak of buttered popcorn every evening. You do have to make sure your child knows how to respect other people's spent money and interests while in public places. If they can't get the message, let them all hang out at your house. Then you will be able to police, parent, feed, clean up after, and be disgusted by your lack of parenting skills without embarrassing yourself in front of other adults.

There. You were told basically the same thing when you came to get your kid last night and we pulled up next to you. Please take this to heart.

Sincerely,
All of us watching Batman last night