I’ve had a few people complain about us not allowing outside food and drinks but this is the first time I had someone take them in anyway like I wouldn’t do anything. The whole time she had this “I don’t give a fuck” look on her face and I think she was very surprised when I followed her into the theater and told her to throw it away. She accused me of harassing her and demanded to speak to a manager who told her the exact same thing. Here’s the deal: Movie theaters usually receive just a 20% cut of ticket sales. Box office hits like Avatar? As little as little as 5%! The rest of the money goes to the people who made and starred in the movie. And if we complain? The studios can just stop sending us movies to play anytime they want. That’s why the snacks are so expensive and that’s why we stand to lose some serious money when people bring in their own food. So don’t think we won’t take it seriously, you might think it’s a victim-less crime but we know that you’re really cheating us out of our paychecks.
this is p. stupid
so all the people who don’t buy concessions either way are cheating you out of your paycheck too?
I was thinking the same thing. I mean, I get the logic behind not letting people bring in their own food, and I already knew about theaters’ primary source of income being concessions. However, the way this is phrased, it’s basically saying that if you choose not to buy the (for good reason, but still) insanely priced concessions, you are cheating someone out of their paycheck.
Sorry, but $10 is already enough, as I make no more than most theater workers.
I knew all of that before from working in a movie theater as my first job.
Guess who’s an asshole and sneaks in deli snacks in her big ass bag to the theater?
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