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You are only ripping off the business if you didn't pay for the first ticket or if you are sneaking into a sold-out show.
by probablycorey 16y ago
You are only ripping off the business if you didn't pay for the first ticket or if you are sneaking into a sold-out show.
- mkramlich 16y agoIf the movies you snuck into to see were ones that you would have otherwise paid for, then yes you are ripping them off. Also, even if that's not the case, your presence and use of the facility imposes costs on them, even if "only" small/marginal ones, due to causing further wear-and-tear on the floors and seats, dirt, possibly trash that needs to be cleaned up, and you occupy space (incrementally contributing to crowding), and also (especially in the case of teenagers) may be causing additional noise and immature behavior which annoys or repels adult patrons and those who paid money to see the movie the ethical way. Are all these additional factors gigantic? Probably not. But to say there's no additional burden or impact on the business or on the community is inaccurate. Imagine 1000 people all showing up to a movie theater one night, all saying, "We have no intent on paying to watch this movie, and in fact, if you do not let us in free now to watch one, we guarantee we will not pay now or later, anyway. Therefore, you might as well just let all 1000 of us in to watch the movie." No theatre could stay in business for long allowing that to happen. Why? Because the business has to PAY MONEY for rent, wages (to sell tickets, clean theatres, operate the projectors, etc.), supplies, taxes, legal compliance, etc. Where does that money come from? Paying patrons. Therefore, instead, it is more likely that the manager would indignantly call the police on their asses. In essence, those folks are unethical parasites, regardless of what excuse they come up with.