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[–] [email protected] 98 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

"many struggling cinemas depend on the sales of pricy food and drink"

Fuck you, what they charge isnt "pricy"

its fuckin exploitative. Its why they ban you bringing in snacks, in the hopes you'll pay 20 dollars for 5 cents of popcorn aind 7 cents of soda.

also, You expect anyone to have sympathy for the theater after

“My niece asked nicely: ‘If you’re calling the police, are they going to kill my mum?’” one of the women told the newspaper. “And he laughed at that stage. He looks directly in her face and he said: ‘Yeah, maybe we’ll find out.’

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You realize that is just one side of the story, coming from the person who benefits the most from the theater employees looking badly. I don't know if what she said is true, but there is no video of it, so I would take it with a huge grain of salt.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Seriously, God forbid someone being reasonably skeptical.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Don't bother, you're talking with a random idiot.

Edit: I was joking, check his name.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Which is why I agreed with them. No point there.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Seriously, they are one of the most tiresome posters. The look i'm so logically smart type, and complain about lemmy but hang out on lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Apparently not obviously because people seem to be buying her story at face value, despite if you watch the video she insults the guy for his accent, and I'm being massively downvoted for pointing it out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At that point, with comments like that, you'd be tempted to give the guy a real reason to call the police...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Because you start publicly urinating in the lobby?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

its fuckin exploitative

It’s literally how they pay for the seats you’re sitting in. The money you pay for the ticket goes to the studio, not the theatre.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A poor business model on their part does not constitute a moral obligation on mine. Places like this are more than welcome to figure out ways to stay in business without being unreasonably fucking exploitative.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Why the fuck do you people think there is an obligation? A) don’t go or b) don’t eat. If you go to a business, you play by their rules.

Buncha fucking children that want everything their way, or they bitch and complain on the internet. Just don’t go and stfu about it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wait'll you find out I also sometimes go in ten or fifteen minutes after the posted showtime so I don't have to watch the ads they got paid to show me before the movie starts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

What is your point?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah I'm sorry but fuck cinemas. I used to love going to the movies in the theater. It was a great time and it didn't really cost all that much. Now if I want to see a movie in the theater I have to plan at least 2 or 3 weeks ahead to save up the money necessary to go. The ticket prices are too high the cost of the food is too high and they're getting dickish about it. And it's not fucking inflation either, they are blatantly overcharging for everything. Quite frankly they can all fucking close for all I care.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I mean the article does seem to understand both sides of this