Would you call it cheating?

HAHA, i used to sneek burgers into the movies all the time. my father actually was the manager and i even ended up working at the theaters. from a workers point of view. we don't endorse it because we rather you buy from the theater and help out our paycheck so we don't get fired. but honestly, we don't really care all too much. we know most movie food sucks and the prices are outrageous. -just PLEASE try to be discreat -don't bring 3 course meals in there -be careful about the smell, others might be able to smell it -AND ALWAYS take your damn trash with you. you can bring it in, but we don't want to clean it up.

wow, lirael, your post title just mislead me. I thought it was about relationships. :laughs: but it's nice to know you brought this timely topic. just this last night, I talked with a friend who works on a cinema as projectionist. he says, snackbars, and cinema theather rentals are just the sidelines of the cinema. They actually get most of their profit from the tickets sold. The producer, and the cinema owner arrange a percentage sharing for all sold tickets. They keep the percentage sharing a secret. So, there's no way you are cheating when buying your food from the outside lil, you're just being practical. There is no rule that forbids you to do so. :grins:

I don't think you are. When I was younger and went to movies a lot in the theater, I'd always stop at a fast food place and put the food in my purse and eat it inside anyway. A lot of people do it, because they don't want to pay $4.00 for a soda and $2.00 for a candy bar. I think the prices are outrageous for snacks at the movie theater.

Hahahah. It's not cheating. It's sneaky. Congratulations. That's the way. But if you like the cinema and movies, you should support. For example - buy the drinks from there. Or buy an extra ticket for the food. :DDD Kidding. No, it's definately not cheating.

Definitely, it's not CHEATING! You have the right to choose delicious food. Beside your paying for watching at the cinema. So, continue what your husband is doing.

i worked at a big movie theater for about six months. in my opinion and in the opinion of all my managers, most of the profit does come from concessions. the prices are put so high that it is very clear they are making ridiculous profit. as far as cheating the movie theater, i wouldnt call it that. i mean with the ridiculous prices i dont blame people for bringing in outside food, even though it is against theater policy. BUT... from an employees point of view it was a pain when people did bring in outside food cause usually, that food was a lot harder to clean up than popcorn if people spilled it. believe me- it is not fun cleaning up a bean burrito that has been mashed on the floor!

Well, if they would serve something besides stale greasy popcorn,watered down fountain pop, and sugary sweet candy then people wouldn't have to resort to sneaking in better foods. I'm like this why buy their overpriced stuff when you can get better elsewear for less and if they wanted to make more money for their living then they need to upgrade what they sell to better stuff and maybe add a few healthy things in their as well. So I don't think it as cheating the person running it is cheating himself by not having better stuff.

well no..all have the right to choice what food you gonna buy..what if you dont like the food theyre selling??

The problem with cinemas is that the theater operator and the mall owner are the ones making a lot of money, and the overworked employees had to bear the low income. I think what you said is true. In order to augment the income of the employees, theaters put up these food kiosks. One cinema I even went to inspected the stuff we brought because they changed the policy. Nobody's allowed to bring food that is bought from any place that's not in the cinema kiosk. Should you have brought food from outside, I don't think you're robbing the movie houses. Why? Because I have noticed that food in the cinema kiosks are not so good, and some of the prices are marked up. If they want to encourage people to buy from them, then they have to be more competitive in terms of the food they offer.

No way..if anyone is robbing anybody it's the cinema snack bar. A dollar fifty for some nerds? Give me a break. A small soda for 1.75? I do this too, I'd say it's very economic as you spend your money in more than just one place, which protects future investments in the long run. So in fact you're helping the food chain and he cinema. whatever happened to the penny theater my mom always talked about?

lirael, I do not see it as cheating. The theatres charge an enormous amount of money for food. Why should you let them rob you? I would not bring anything smelly or too crunchy. I would not bring it in large carryall bags to feed an entire party. Be smooth! Kimberly

this is not a cheating

In many places here, food from outside is not allowed. You can find clear instructions at the theme parks, theatres and many similar places. I don't find anything wrong in taking food along when no such specific restrictions exist

Although cinemas earn from the snacks their sell, majority of their profits of course came from the tickets..Dont feel guilty about buying food outside the cinema coz trust me, they earn very good ;)

I don't think it is cheating. They charge so much just to get see the movie, then expect even more money for food. Most of the time the food is more than the movie ticket. With the cost of everything being high, plus having to wory about people being noisy, now I normally just rent the movie.

I'd be a hypocrite if I said yes, it's cheating. I take food in all the time. I feel like the movie theaters are the ones that are cheating us. The mark up on snacks is insanity. $4 for a coke? $5 for a small popcorn (& I do mean small!) That's insanity. I don't feel the least bit bad for bringing in outside food, even though I know it's frowned upon & just flat out not allowed.

i wouldnt call it cheating.the rates they charge for the eatables in the movie house are two to three fold more than the actual price.they make 100% profit from what they sell and if it a really big and famous movie house man we ll get bankrupt by the time the interval is over.

Food from movie houses is expensive and all you can buy is pop corn and chips. I think most if not all movie houses set rules that prevent people from bringing their own food. Sometimes, they will go as far as fetching your knapsack.

I'm sure movie theaters don't make ALL their money on the snacks, just a majority of it. I, personally, don't like to buy snacks from them either. They charge way too much money for everything. I usually just go a convenient store nearby and stock up on food before entering. It's way cheaper. If they don't like being cheated out of money, they shouldn't put the prices so high. eheh?

I wouldn't call it robbing. I don't think that what you are doing is all that terrible. I myself prefer cinema food. Especially the nachos. Yummy. I just wouldn't do it though for fear of being caught and ask to leave the movie. That would be embarrassing for me.