man! people are slobs
10-22-08, 11:34 AM
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If the price is too high, don't buy it. You don't like the practice, don't go. This is America, home of the free. If enough people supported your view, theaters will change. Crying about it does absolutely nothing.
10-22-08, 12:24 PM
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There are only a few movie chains left from what I can tell. If they don't want to overcharge for concessions, they should band together and refuse to pay new movie prices. It's their fault for letting the studios dictate to them. Ask for a bigger cut, so you don't have to rape the customers on the other end. Why is it OK to say "well the studios are raping us, so now we want to rape you."
10-22-08, 01:03 PM
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There are only a few movie chains left from what I can tell. If they don't want to overcharge for concessions, they should band together and refuse to pay new movie prices. It's their fault for letting the studios dictate to them. Ask for a bigger cut, so you don't have to rape the customers on the other end. Why is it OK to say "well the studios are raping us, so now we want to rape you."
10-22-08, 01:05 PM
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Those highschool kids are also not the ones doing any real cleaning. In my day we would pick up the bags and cups and sweep up large spills of popcorn. That's it. At night a Vietnamese cleaning crew would actually mop the floors down and vacuum the carpets. There's no way we would have done any serious cleaning for barely minimum wage.
I was the manager at a small local theater a long time ago, and this is exactly how we did it. There just wasn't enough time between showings to do much else. We actually had small leaf blowers and would just blow everything up to the front of the theathers.
I was always amazed at the messes people would leave behind. And as bad as people would leave the theaters, the bathrooms would get even worse, especially the ladies room.
10-22-08, 01:45 PM
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I think the theaters have more clout now, especially with so few national chains, that they could really use their bargaining power, but they don't out of fear. If they can't survive without concessions, they need to think about changing their business strategy. The higher ticket prices go, the more people will be willing to forego concessions. Then what will they do? If they only have a short life left, they should go for broke anyway.
10-22-08, 02:41 PM
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My 
and other sundries get taken to the trash can as I leave.
People who leave their trash (or carts loose in the parking lot) need to be removed from the gene pool change.
and other sundries get taken to the trash can as I leave.People who leave their trash (or carts loose in the parking lot) need to
10-22-08, 09:25 PM
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I only get popcorn and whatnot if I have a coupon for something free. When I do have trash, I take care of it myself. I don't see any reason why I shouldn't, it's on the way out the door.
I do the same at concerts and sporting events.
I do the same at concerts and sporting events.
10-23-08, 05:31 AM
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10-23-08, 05:41 AM
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talking about AMC concession folk, I was recently over at Tyson's and I wanted some popcorn that was hot and a poppin' (which the Rio over in Gaithersburg they are quite accomodating) the lady blatantly rolled her eyes and did what I asked her but I sooo wanted to slug her in the nose.
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10-24-08, 04:53 AM
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11-02-08, 09:08 PM
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11-03-08, 07:26 AM
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It's admirable that you think it'll work that way. But how have theaters responded to declining ticket sales in recent years? 30 minutes of commercials before the trailers and higher ticket prices.
11-03-08, 11:09 AM
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If you could raise the price 10% and lose 5% of your customers would you do it? Of course, that's just capitalism at work. Would advertisers continue to buy time if no one came to the movies?
