Closing the loop on the movie

Brian and I decided to go see Looper today. And, until my phone rang as we stood in line to buy my popcorn, I had completely forgotten that the Internet/cable guy was coming by today. His expected time frame was between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., but at 11 a.m., he had just finished a call in the complex and had some extra time before being due out in Katy. But, he said, since that would be a short visit and he'd have the time, he'd be back at our place by 1 p.m.
Again, I say that I had completely forgotten about this, and that the movie started at 11:25 a.m. And then, of course, there are previews. So here we are, having already bought our tickets and popcorn, saddled with the decision: do we go watch only half the movie, or do we try to get our money back?
Brian decided that we watch half the movie. So, I set the alarm on my phone for 12:30 p.m., which would give us plenty of time to get home by 1 p.m. At 12:30, we, grudgingly and quietly, left, and when we got home, the cable guy was already waiting.
Anyway, while he was figuring out our Internet issues (too slow bandwidth speed!!), I checked on the times for the movie again. There was a showing that started at 12:25 p.m., and according to our timing, and the quickness that the cable guy was done, if we got back to the theater by 2 p.m., we should be able to catch the second showing of the movie right when we left the first one!
It was a solid plan, and one that also depended on the kindness of others, as we were hoping to get into the second showing without paying again. Lucky for us, the theater manager was at the concession stand where tickets are purchased. We pleaded our case, explained that we had had to leave early, and asked if we could please finish the movie in the second showing. The lady, happily, was totally awesome, and let us in, directing us to theater 12.
It was weird how perfect our timing was. We had an overlap of about 10 minutes, and were able to watch the end of the movie without missing a second of it. (It was really good, btw.) These social experiments of ours don't always work out to our advantage, and I'm glad this one did.