cheap seats and GUM

We have a cheap theater in town that does 12 kids movies for $7.50 a person for the whole summer season. Great deal right? Of course we've done these fun tickets for the last three summers. The theater is not great-- in fact it really leaves much to be desired, but because it is such a great deal and the kids love "going to the movies" (a special treat) we look past the cheap theater smell amongst other things. Well today the kids and I went and watched "The Spy Next Door" with Jackie Chan-- which the kids loved. Just over half way through the movie Eva leaned over to me with a look of horror on her face and said "mommy something sticky's in my hair!" --If you know Eva you know two things 1. she doesn't "do" sticky and 2. She loves her hair. So I checked it out and she was right she had a big wad of gum in her hair! Yikes! it was disgusting. Your own gum in your hair would be one thing but to have a perfect strangers diseased ridden ABC gum in your hair is something else entirely! She was devastated. Pretty much cried the rest of the movie. We left as soon as we could and I was able to get most of it out but I did have to cut a chunk out right by her face/ear-- I cut out at least 8 inches of length, it's maybe one inch long now is all :( . So sad! She cried and cried. You can't really tell and would never notice unless her hair is braided/pulled back around her face. So we'll just opt for loose/down styles until it grows out. Sorry EVA! I don't know if we'll go to the kids shows there anymore?!? It just may not be worth it. So sad.