Theatergoer praised as hero for smashing woman's cellphone

[liberalhistorian]

8. Are people lacking in reading comprehension tonight?

He DID go to management first, but they didn't do anything; that's typical nowadays, they're too scared of one person's reaction so they make things miserable for a hundred other people.

Look, I agree that he had no right to grab the phone and destroy it since it wasn't his property and he's certainly not a "hero." But I have zero, zippo, zilch, NADA sympathy for the woman. Not one single drop. SHE brought it all on herself, period. She knew that the rule was no cell phones or other e-devices during the performance but, like too many other entitled idiots today, considered that rule to apply only to other people and not her. It is VERY VERY distracting when people are using their phones in a theater, so much so that it can ruin a performance you spend good money to see. If an idiot wants to waste their money and not pay attention to something they've paid to see, fine, but they have no right to ruin it for everyone else. I've been tempted to do the very same thing he did several times while in theaters or other public performances, but, of course, I don't have the right to touch the private property of others no matter how much of an asshole they're being. And she was, indeed, a complete and utter asshole. NO sympathy for her at all. And none for the lily-livered management, either, who should have done something when the guy first brought it to their attention.