| reply to Crookshanks
Re: $148 average subscriber bill ..... said by Crookshanks:said by The Truth:Buying food at the theater would not be a deal breaker for my family and make us resort to sneaking in food and ripping off the owners of the theater.
I'm not terribly concerned about "ripping off" the owners of the theater by bringing in a carpi son as opposed to paying $8 for a soda. Not only is the soda overpriced, it has zero redeeming nutritional value. If I take your line of reasoning to its logical conclusion I'd be "ripping them off" by declining to buy a soda without smuggling in anything. If they catch you they can ask you to leave. That's about all they can do. Of course the odds of this happening are zero. Theaters don't even bother to deal the jerk who is blabbing on his cell phone during the movie. Who here is old enough to remember the days when they employed actual ushers who would have asked him to cut it out or leave? We just won't agree. I conduct myself in a certain way that if I have an issue with an $8 soda or a $5 hot dog I will either not buy it or accept thats what the price is. Maybe the next time I will not visit that establishment. Is it right to sneak stuff in? Where do you draw the line? Is it OK in your eyes to steal cable because you do not agree with the price? What about getting gas at the pump - do you put $5 in and drive away before getting caught? How about if you do not agree with the price of something, do not visit that establishment. After all, you're keeping them in business by buying their tickets but you think you're sticking it to them by sneaking in food? |
|
|
|
Reviews:
 ·Frontier Communi..
| said by The Truth:Is it right to sneak stuff in? Where do you draw the line? Is it OK in your eyes to steal cable because you do not agree with the price? What about getting gas at the pump - do you put $5 in and drive away before getting caught? Did you seriously just equate purchasing a beverage from a competing business with theft or imply that my willingness to do the former indicates a willingness to do the latter? Would it make you feel better next time if I just walk in with a bottle of water carried in the open? They won't stop me, they don't even stop people who are ruining the movie for everybody around them by blabbing about nothing on their cell phone.
said by The Truth:After all, you're keeping them in business by buying their tickets but you think you're sticking it to them by sneaking in food?
Where did I say I'm "sticking it" to them? I'm not "sticking it" to them, I'm simply making a financially sound decision. If I wanted to "stick" it to them I would wait a few months and get the movie from Redbox. |
|
| ..... Then how about NOT visiting that theater if you are so concerned about $8 sodas and people talking during the movie? Why try to justify your actions of sneaking in food or drinks? If you have a business and someone disagrees with your policies or prices are they justified to be sneaky and rip YOU off? After all, you said it is ok to sneak in food to avoid paying for $8 sodas. You know what they say - "Once a .... , Always a ...." |
|
Reviews:
·Frontier Communi..
| said by The Truth:If you have a business and someone disagrees with your policies or prices are they justified to be sneaky and rip YOU off? Not buying an optional additional service or buying that service elsewhere is not the same as ripping them off. I'm sorry that you can't see the difference between the two.
My Gods, you remind me of the finance guy at my car dealership that behaved as though I was stealing from his children when I declined the extended warranty and financed the car through my credit union instead of him. |
|
1 edit | said by Crookshanks:said by The Truth:If you have a business and someone disagrees with your policies or prices are they justified to be sneaky and rip YOU off? Not buying an optional additional service or buying that service elsewhere is not the same as ripping them off. I'm sorry that you can't see the difference between the two. My Gods, you remind me of the finance guy at my car dealership that behaved as though I was stealing from his children when I declined the extended warranty and financed the car through my credit union instead of him. It's too bad you go to an establishment, buy a ticket, sit in THEIR building and eat YOUR food and drinks. I don't know WHY you cant see whats wrong with that. You're not entitled to bring food to the theater just as you would not be able to bring your own drinks to a restaurant because you don't agree with THEIR prices. IF YOU CANT AFFORD IT THEN DONT GO! |
|
| Crook, If theres nothing wrong with what youre doing, stop hiding it, and bring it in unconcealed. |
|
| reply to The Truth
Nice bit of bigoted stereotyping about "low income mothers with 10 children". I think we're done here. |
|
Reviews:
·Frontier Communi..
| reply to ITALIAN926
I offered, he's still bellyaching though.
Random musing here but I don't recall ever seeing a "No outside food or drinks" sign at the movie theater we frequent most often. Given that the kids there barely bother to look at your ticket I doubt they'd say anything about an outside drink, unless you tried to wheel in a keg of beer or some such. |
|
| reply to ITALIAN926
said by ITALIAN926:Crook, If theres nothing wrong with what youre doing, stop hiding it, and bring it in unconcealed.
Agreed ... |
|
