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Pisses me off. Movies theaters and amusement parks, bastards. $5.00 and up for a popcorn or soda, and you have to buy it from them. The supply cost is next to nothing so the profit is insane. I hear they have to charge that much because the film reels are so expensive they don't make much profit off ticket sales. Well, even if it's not complete bullshit its still not my problem, charge the correct price for the ticket, even if its more, and charge a fair price for the snacks. Is it just me, or does anyone else believe that people should have a right to have personal food and drink on them at any time, anywhere, public or even private property? I understand open bottles because of alcohol, but thats different. I guess a restaurant is more understandable, but it should have to be the primary focus of the business. A cinema shows movies, and serving food is secondary. I shouldn't have to buy their food or go without. With such important issues as global warming, what other trivial issues would you like to rant about? |
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In principle I'd agree with you but I never leave this basement so... I hate every law and taboo and custom to the point of my jaw not working and my brain melting when people are nearby and when they look at me I get nervous turrets syndrome style ticks. I want all people to instantly disintegrate including myself. |
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that gilrs can walk top less on supermaket |
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Just sneak it in like everyone else does. Basically if what you're getting at is that there should be a law prohibiting businesses from deciding whether or not they can allow outside food-- then I would be strongly against that law. It's not the role of government to tell a business owner what he or she can't do with her property. The current laws prohibiting smoking are unconstitutional as well. Fuck those laws, it should be up to the owner of the business/ owner of the building. If you, as a customer, don't like it... well... leave. So as far as "Is it just me, or does anyone else believe that people should have a right to have personal food and drink on them at any time, anywhere, public or even private property?" The answer is an definite no, for me. You have a right to stay home, and a right to express your dislike in this situation, but when you set foot in another's business, you accept the rights of the building owner/management. |
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Besides, if you're gonna get up in arms about anything at a movie theatre, it should be the motherfuckers that talk throughout the entire movie. I swear to god I would round them all up press a switch to delete them from the world as we know it. |
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I do sneak it in, but that makes me into someone dishonest and I shouldn't have to do that. Owning land and property, operating a business, and deciding the policy for how that business is run, that is a person's or company's right. However it is also a privilege that comes from the community. The community allows a person or company to do business in a city, township etc. If the way a company does business is abusive to the community, the government steps in and forces them to change. Take monopolies for instance. If one company controls all of a service or resource, and there is little or no competition, they can charge whatever they want. Now from a purely capitalist perspective, they won, they did it fair and square and everyone who wants that product or service should accept it or not buy it. Not the case though, the government, in the interest of the community, steps in and breaks that monopoly up into smaller companies, forcing them to compete with one another. Now back to the equally important issue of my popcorn and soda. Captive consumerism is another exploitation of capitalism, and like a monopoly forces the consumer to either accept the outrageous cost of the goods or go without. So why can't the community step in and say going out to the movies and enjoying popcorn has become a part of our culture, eating hot dogs at baseball games has become a part of our culture, but just because we are in your house doesn't mean you can charge whatever you want. You must still compete with the prices of other merchants that offer these goods in a non-captive environment, or allow people to bring the goods from those merchants onto your property. |
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at lotr 3 i snuck in and drunk a bottle of wine, this made the 3 hours go by fast, i didn't feel guilty towards peter jackson |
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the thing was it was a christmas present i just got from work, what was i supposed to do? |
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"So why can't the community step in and say going out to the movies and enjoying popcorn has become a part of our culture, eating hot dogs at baseball games has become a part of our culture, but just because we are in your house doesn't mean you can charge whatever you want. You must still compete with the prices of other merchants that offer these goods in a non-captive environment, or allow people to bring the goods from those merchants onto your property. " there are only two ways I can think of to accomplish that goal: 1. The Free Market approach: Don't patronize the theater. They tank. As you said above theaters recently were struggling to make ends meet as it is. Not sure if that still applies, as the box office seems to have picked up lately. 2. The Socialist approach: Big government comes and says "no no," you'll sell things at the prices WE tell you. Ok, so the the latter actually does work for a genuine monopoly that has become a destructive force to the overall economy, agreed.... But equating movie theaters monopolizing live movies (gasp!) with something like Microsoft snuffing out big-shareholder up and coming tech enterprises... that's ridiculous. Even the small indie theaters charge that amount for popcorn these days. People are willing to pay, the market speaks. |
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I think I snuck a colt 45 into a Movie once. Detroit Rock City I think it was... I stood up and screamed "This movie fucking sucks!" after the first 10 minutes. [I was a teenager] I agree, I have been to the movies a lot the past few years and the prices are just insane. I remember Garfield used to make fun of it, they would say "A small soda/pop and a popcorn, that's $20 please" and that was basically the joke. Irronically, the price for a small coke and a popcorn comes up to about 13 dollars now, ha ! I think we should be allowed to bring in our own food, but I can understand why they don't want people to just because I am sure some asshole would throw half a turkey sandwich or something on the ground, or anything else that isn't easy to clean. Where as all the stuff in the theater seems to be "Sweapable". |
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do you mean you stood up waving the gun? if so im never going to the movies in the u.s. from now on |
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