Wholesome Twitter Thread On Movie Theatre's Favorite Customer

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    Font - Jordan King @JordanMBKing My favourite customer at the cinema came back today for the first time since last February and I nearly cried. He's a lovely Scottish man called Eddie - he's 87 years old and has been going to the cinema since 1939, when he watched King Kong as a little boy. He loves sci-fi and
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    Organism - Jordan King @JordanMBKing is a sucker for special effects. While many of us hated films like F4NTASTIC and don't give Avatar or Jurassic World huge props, Eddie is blown away by the effects and revels in talking about the plots in great detail and regaling us with stories of old creature features and how
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    World - Jordan King @JordanMBKing they stack up against each other. It was very apt that his big comeback today was for Godzilla vs Kong, a film he was excited for even all the way back before COVID - he couldn't have been more happy to be back. Plus I gave him my staff tickets of course The great thing with
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    Organism - Jordan King @JordanMBKing Eddie, aside from his hi-vis vest and zest for life and cinema, is how much he takes the time to chat with the staff at the cinema and how we've gotten to know him over the years. He always asks after me and how my writing is going (he was buzzing for my @empiremagazine gig), and
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    Organism - Jordan King @JordanMBKing he's the same with all of us, taking an interest and supporting us. In return, we treat him like the VIP guest he is. As we understand it, Eddie used to come to the cinema with his late wife, and continues to do so to keep that shared passion alive. He writes thoughts on all that
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    Organism - Jordan King @JordanMBKing he watches in his little journals, and it genuinely makes my day every time he comes through our doors. l'd like to think he gets as much joy from seeing us as we do from seeing him - it'll be a devastating day when back row, centre seat at the latest blockbuster is empty. There
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    Organism - Jordan King @JordanMBKing is a lot about working in retail/hospitality that is challenging, infuriating, and downright hard to convince yourself is worth the stress, but I consider myself lucky to have met a man like Eddie through working at the cinema. He embodies the very best of what bricks & mortar
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    Organism - Jordan King @JordanMBKing cinema means to us all. Didn't intend to ramble on, but here's to Eddie - 82 years of big screen adventures and no sign of stopping or slowing down, the man is an absolute hero and I just felt like I should say something on here about him because he makes my job a joy
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    Organism - Jordan King @JordanMBKing I feel I should add that my soft spot for Eddie goes deeper than our shared love of film. My grandad sadly passed when I was only 6, but there's something in Eddie's turn of phrase and humour that sparks off my hazy memories of him, in some small way bringing him back to me

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