An answer phone greeting at a Timaru movie theatre has received rave reviews on social media after a worker attempted to pre-record a message.

People phoning Movie Max Timaru were greeted by expletive language when the worker tried to record a special Covid-19 message.

Social media users were quite supportive of the worker with one person saying “I find it really endearing.”

Another user said “probably got Movie Max Timaru more attention than ever before. Free popcorn for that man”

LISTEN HERE: (Warning contains expletive language)