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How To Be Hated in a Packed Movie Theatre

January 30, 2014 by Susan

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here.

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Susan here with a painfully humorous story as well as some season appropriate information and sweepstakes from Robitussin®. We have been compensated for our time preparing this post. Also, we are definitely not healthcare professionals.

How to Be Hated in a Movie Theatre

Have you ever started coughing uncontrollably in a packed movie theatre?

I have and was it ever embarrassing!

Here’s what happened… My family has been having a brutal winter with colds and I was going on my third week of a persistent cough from a cold. I really thought it was under control enough and I desperately wanted to see the movie, American Hustle.

But part way through the movie, my throat started begging me to cough. I muffled a cough into my elbow, but that made more erupt… I gulped water and my eyes began to tear as I hopelessly tried to hold in the coughing.

I felt like the entire theatre wanted to turn around and yell at me to be quiet. But I was in the middle of the middle row of a completely packed movie theatre. What could I do? I covered my face with my coat and tried miserably to cough as quietly as I could. I eventually recovered, but I’m sure everyone in the theatre hated me.

[Tweet “Would you hate someone for having a coughing fit in a packed movie theatre? Be honest…”]

What’s Your “COUGHequence”?

Coughing can destroy your night’s sleep, force you to miss your daughter’s piano recital or embarrass you in a movie theatre.

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Did You Know?

Did you know these cold and flu facts? Find out more here…

  • Each year, there are more than 1 billion cases of the common cold in the United States.
  • Did you know a cough can leave the body at speeds up to 500 miles per hour? That’s more than 2x faster than a professional race car!
  • A cold virus spreads roughly 5 times faster when flying in an airplane.

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Disclosure: We have been compensated for our time preparing this post. We are not healthcare professionals and no information in this post should be considered medical advice.

Written by Susan Carraretto, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom
Talk with me: @5minutesformom and Facebook.com/5minutesformom
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7 Comments

  1. Macys says

    March 7, 2014 at 12:00 am

    Great info – i just hope that most people respect those around them and cover their mouths, ha ha

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  2. Aqiyl Aniys says

    February 25, 2014 at 11:43 am

    Hilarious!!! This also happened to me. I took my coat and smothered my face in it trying to cough quietly. I don’t think my coat liked that very much.

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  3. ASHLEY COSSETTE says

    February 16, 2014 at 9:51 pm

    This winter my kids have been passing germs back and forth, to the point where I think we’ve only had a couple days without running noses and coughs! This post is packed with information, I really appreciate it!

    Reply
  4. vickie couturier says

    February 12, 2014 at 4:26 pm

    lots of good information,,I just flew an was so worried I was going to cough I thing I ate a whole bag of cough drops an cleaned my hand so much they smelled like hand santizer

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  5. Barbara Platt says

    February 7, 2014 at 6:48 pm

    I entered. The videos were funny, but so true. I hate coughing and I use to get it a lot.

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  6. Jessica T says

    February 4, 2014 at 4:17 pm

    Good info – i just hope that most people respect those around them and cover their mouths!

    Reply
  7. Tracey says

    February 4, 2014 at 1:07 pm

    Nighttime coughing is the worst! Thanks for the information!

    Reply

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