Yeah, one of my theaters (NCG) sometimes turns on the floodlights during the credits, but at least turns them off for post-credits scenes. Really obnoxious.
What, do they actively hate bit players, fx workers, and crafts & services people?
More likely they think people don't care and they want to rush in there to clean quickly.
We always made a game of it and would clap for random names. Though we actually new one or two people in the production end of filmmaking. (Art Department)
If I saw a movie with one particular friend we would always try to make impromptu jokes based on some of the names.
My friend and I were pretty annoying when we were young. We'd comment on the opening credits, making shit up about the people nobody else in the theater knew or cared about.
I've got another one. How about buying tickets? If I wanted tickets for a movie I had to buy it at the concession stand which meant standing in line with everyone who was waiting to buy snacks too.
I think I dealt with a theater like that before, possibly during college which was a small town on the border of Indiana and Ohio. Usually those lines weren't too bad at least.