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A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2024
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Handled properly? No.
But your local theater doesn't make money on ticket sales, the studios do. If you like your local theater, support them. Buy a drink.
Give me a fucking break. They brought some snacks for their kids and the theater called the cops. Just saying “it wasn’t handled properly” is an absurd understatement. That was irresponsible and shitty. Did you even read the article? Look how the staff acted. That was a deranged thing to say to a kid. They literally laughed and said the cops might kill their mom. All because after putting the food away a little kid finished a single skittle in his hand.
They didn’t see adults lighting up a crack pipe. It was snacks for kids at a kids movie. This wasn’t just an overreaction/handled poorly, it was a sociopathic reaction.
“But this is how they make money” isn’t remotely enough to excuse this behavior. That only explains why you can’t bring snacks. Not the wild shit I just read.
Maybe I should have been clearer so you didn't have to write a story.
Fuck this cinema in particular.
Support your local cinema.
Sorry I shouldn’t have flown off the handle. I’m just so shocked at their behavior and taking it on you
No, it's too late now, we're fighting. Draw your steel.
Now this is getting good. I'll just take out my popcorn I brought from home.
You've done it now. You get 3 months of electric chair.
I've got a camel pack (is that still a thing?) full of Baja Blast. Wanna share?
I'm calling the police (unless you share with me too).
Oh for sure, I get free refills at the Taco Bell in the parking lot
sigh Fiiiiiiiine
Random movie theater employee doesn't even make more money because of snacks, only the owner does. This guy cares about something that won't affect him materially. It's just a power trip.
The price and margin for the movie theater of the tickets is decided by the movie studios. I agree that everyone that can buy a drink to support the movie theater should do so but if you are bringing your stuff it should not be punished like this.
The dude literally told a kid the cops might kill his mom. Deranged behavior.
Yeah. That sounds like the theater hired a psycho.
If they knew then I say this is on them. Otherwise sounds like they just happen to have an employee who thought “This makes me feel like I have the slightest bit of power over somebody and I’m going to use it”
People like that are just scary but sadly they’re not as rare as I’d like.
I'm amazed there's no system to keep track of these behaviors. They're highly indicative of future problems.
Maybe we could all stop the BS and charge what it takes to run a theater then charge what the food really costs? $1 bag of popcorn, $1 soda, candy near cost.
If a ticket needs to be $25 make it $25
Ah yes, buy the food and drink that costs more than the ticket itself... My local cinema is thriving currently, they even have super cheap tickets and don't give a damn if you bring snacks with you. There was never one time where they removed features of the cinema or made it more expensive, so I am theorising that no, you don't need to buy the extras to keep the cinema afloat.