Hoehn walks by with an empty box of Goobers in his hand, checking under seats for more trash. After the larger trash pieces are picked up, the boys strap on leaf blower-style mulchers that suck small bits of trash in, effectively processing them into a mulch mix of food bits and paper. Their thorough job seems to erase every last morsel of popcorn from the theater floor. This is a job that they feel lucky to have. Both have worked here since the theater opened last May, and they have no intentions of giving it up.
Free movies are part of the incentive to stay.
Priest, who began working here at age 14, has a head start in saving for a car. Francis approaches them with his clipboard and tells them which theater to clean next, and how much time they have. The crew groans because a G-rated movie just let out. That will mean twice as much trash. As Priest walks up the next flight of stairs in the 286-seat theater, he pauses to straighten his bow tie.