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I believe most cinemas do have rules against outside food, yes. You're right that most likely will not check, or even care if they see it, but it's possible (as

• chrisseaton 9y ago
  > Do you really want to risk the embarrassment of being asked to throw your sneaked in candy away? There's sort of a societal status-pressure to stop doing this sort of small rule-breaking once you reach a certain age. Well I personally just buy a cup of tea and don't eat during movies anyway, but I wasn't talking about myself, rather people in general.
  • tarboreus 9y ago
    In New York they will generally ask you to throw away stuff and may even ask to check your bags.
• logfromblammo 9y ago
  I'm old enough that embarrassment is now something I dish out, rather than receive. Ask me to throw away my outside food or beverage, and I will ask you to either leave me alone and give me what I paid for, or refund my ticket price in cash, so that I can walk myself to a theater willing to do that without angling for additional passes at my wallet. It is not my responsibility to support any captive-audience business model, nor do I have any desire to put up with non-negotiable, one-sided adhesion contracts. The societal pressure should be for theaters to stop doing this sort of small, self-serving rule-making. The business is selling tickets to shows. That can't be the loss-leader for some other profitable business that goes on once people walk in the door. If I buy a ticket, I expect the theater to leave me in peace to enjoy the show. I don't want it fleecing me coming and going, like a bunch of carnival operators. The only rules I implicitly agree to are those that ensure that no customer will detract from the other customers' enjoyment. Silence your phones. Silence yourselves. Keep your shoes on. If you must make out with your companion, do it quietly and non-obviously. Deposit trash in the designated receptacles. These are just ordinary rules for not being an ass in public.
  • arcticfox 9y ago
    You're unilaterally trying to self-righteously tell another entity what their business model is. If I saw that scene I'd definitely be embarrassed on your behalf, not the theater's. That said, it's a great attitude to not be worried what other people think.
    • logfromblammo 9y ago
      Perhaps I should have been more specific. That's the business model that I'm willing to support with my consumer dollars. If the business actually has a different model, and is deceptively trying to pretend it is a movie theater, it deserves to be called out on that. I go to a movie theater to see movies. I don't go to an concession stand that happens to also show movies to buy candy, liquid candy, and popcorn at grossly overinflated prices. I can get all of those things at better price, selection, and quality from businesses that don't have theaters attached. Those businesses have no problems covering their overhead and operating costs without showing the movies. And I can't help noticing that they always have plenty of employees manning the popcorn machines, but whenever I have to find someone to fix the sound or picture on the movie, there are tumbleweeds blowing through the corridors. It's the same reason I don't go into the secure area of an airport to buy sandwiches and coffee. I go to an airport to board a plane and go somewhere else. If I consider buying sandwiches on the way, they had better be the same price and quality as those found in a mall food court, where people are free to come and go, or those businesses are not getting my money. They never are, so I bring food through security if I can't just wait to eat until reaching my destination. It is one thing to charge more because you are offering a convenience. It is another thing entirely to charge more because you are compensating for an artificially imposed inconvenience. The former is acceptable, and the latter is deplorable.
• wolco 9y ago
  Life is short risk the embarrassment.