Do you sneak in movie snacks?

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Michele-

Sorry you were insulted by my post - I didn't realize I was hitting such a sensitive nerve. Just my opinion about movie food.

Enjoy your popcorn.

Debbie
 
Just chiming in to say if you are going to eat movie food, people, DO IT RIGHT. You must get a freshly popped bag o' p-corn. Get the "it's never been butter" liquid goodness on top. Then the Junior Mints get dumped on top of the popcorn right over liquid goodness...count ten while the mints melt ever so slightly...then a little shake of the bag to move things around a bit, and then munch like hell. OMG it is so goooood, minty-salty-crunchy-factory not-butter AWESOMENESS:)

Clearly I've made a science of this. In fact I think there's a documentary in there somewhere. :D
 
You can get discounted movie tix at AAA, Costco and the Entertainment Book, just to name a few. Leaves more $$$ for the GOOD stuff!!! :p

Bam
 
We sneak in snacks w/ our family too.. I've never seen any rules posted at our theatres about bringing outside food in so I figure its OK. ( Although I'm not blatant about it.)

Its 8.75 a ticket to the theatre we like to go to. I figure they are making enough profit at that price.

My son doesn't like popcorn or pop that much, so I usually bring in a water and a candy for him. I usually do a protein bar and a water for myself. ( although a "special" brownie would make the viewing much more interesting esp. for some of the movies I've seen lately..Land of the Lost..ugh!!!)

Lynn M.
 
Lynn M. said:
We sneak in snacks w/ our family too.. I've never seen any rules posted at our theatres about bringing outside food in so I figure its OK. ( Although I'm not blatant about it.)

Its 8.75 a ticket to the theatre we like to go to. I figure they are making enough profit at that price.

My son doesn't like popcorn or pop that much, so I usually bring in a water and a candy for him. I usually do a protein bar and a water for myself. ( although a "special" brownie would make the viewing much more interesting esp. for some of the movies I've seen lately..Land of the Lost..ugh!!!)

Lynn M.
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We recently suffered through Hangover. A special brownie would have made all the difference in the world. :D
 
I think it's funny that people are upset about a $7.00 movie ticket, when they generally cost about $13.50 each here! I don't usually have anything at all, but if I just gotta, sometimes I'll have the veggie pizza, or a big pretzel or bean burrito. I don't have the fries, chips, popcorn (well, sometimes, without extra butter :(), burgers, chocolate or licorice. The movie theatre I usually go to does have a bar, but I don't usually go to it, and you can't bring booze into the theatre (well, not legally, anyway!)
 
No - because I love the popcorn. However I like the popcorn with milk duds so on occasion I may sneak those in.
 
I bought a fun pack of tickets that included a "complementary" bag of popcorn with every two tickets. Tickets came out to be about $6.50 each and the complementary bag of popcorn is only about 3 or 4 cups, a perfect little treat for two.

Almost as good as "special brownies". :p

So I guess the answer is no I don't sneak in snacks.
 
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SirenSongWoman said:
I got fed up with movie audience rudeness way back when Saving Private Ryan came out. D-Day was on the screen while the moron in front of me (not an obnoxious kid but not a doctor, either) took not one, not two, but THREE cell phone calls.
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Similar thing just happened to me while watching "Up" this past weekend and I posted it under the "cell phone etiquette" thread!! We are a family of 4 and rent movies more often than watch movies at the theater, but we splurge on the snacks and all :eek::eek:
 
I used to take my own munchies, but now I buy coupons at Costco--which include 2 admissions, 2 drinks, and a large popcorn for $22.
 
Sometimes I sneak, sometimes I don't. Today we went to see The Hangover, which we loved, but DH and I can be rather sophomoric about our humor, and I got buttered popcorn and Diet Coke. Sometimes I just love it even though I know that it's so awful.

I've heard that technically bringing in your own food is stealing, because the theatre makes most of its money from concession sales, but then what about the people who go to the movies, purchase zero concessions, and also don't bring in their own snacks? Are they also stealing? In that case, getting gas at a station with a convenience store without buying something inside is also stealing because that is where they make the most money.

If I had an independently owned theatre nearby, I'd def buy the concessions at the theatre, if I felt inclined for a snack.
 
GMonkey said:
Sometimes I sneak, sometimes I don't. Today we went to see The Hangover, which we loved, but DH and I can be rather sophomoric about our humor, and I got buttered popcorn and Diet Coke. Sometimes I just love it even though I know that it's so awful.

I've heard that technically bringing in your own food is stealing, because the theatre makes most of its money from concession sales, but then what about the people who go to the movies, purchase zero concessions, and also don't bring in their own snacks? Are they also stealing? In that case, getting gas at a station with a convenience store without buying something inside is also stealing because that is where they make the most money.

If I had an independently owned theatre nearby, I'd def buy the concessions at the theatre, if I felt inclined for a snack.
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This logic escapes me. Additional purchases at a movie theater or gas station are not mandatory. The fact that movie theaters make most of their money from concessions does not mean it is required by customers to buy anything, so choosing not to purchase is not stealing. However, in my mind, breaking posted rules of a business because it is inconvenient (too expensive) breaks a contract that you have with the theater when you purchase your ticket.

I'm not hardline about this. I don't think any less of people who sneak in snacks (by the way, just the term "sneak" implies people know it's not supposed to be done) and really don't care when people do, but trying to justify the practice because the business you choose to frequent does not charge a price you find agreeable just does not make sense to me. It's rationalization.

In the case where there are not posted rules, and nothing spelled out on the ticket you buy, then I see nothing at all wrong with taking your own food in for all of the reasons mentioned: cost, healthy choices, health needs.

This has been an interesting thread. I would be curious what the OP thinks of it, as I don't think there has been a followup post.
 
NancyAZ said:
This logic escapes me. Additional purchases at a movie theater or gas station are not mandatory. The fact that movie theaters make most of their money from concessions does not mean it is required by customers to buy anything, so choosing not to purchase is not stealing. However, in my mind, breaking posted rules of a business because it is inconvenient (too expensive) breaks a contract that you have with the theater when you purchase your ticket.

I'm not hardline about this. I don't think any less of people who sneak in snacks (by the way, just the term "sneak" implies people know it's not supposed to be done) and really don't care when people do, but trying to justify the practice because the business you choose to frequent does not charge a price you find agreeable just does not make sense to me. It's rationalization.

In the case where there are not posted rules, and nothing spelled out on the ticket you buy, then I see nothing at all wrong with taking your own food in for all of the reasons mentioned: cost, healthy choices, health needs.

This has been an interesting thread. I would be curious what the OP thinks of it, as I don't think there has been a followup post.
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ITA and I couldn't have said it any better! ;)
 
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