Cinema tuck shop

[Marky B]

Originally Posted by David Brent What, to go out and buy your own cod and chips I suppose? Dave.

I can't stand vinegar,tomato ketchup or brown sauce.
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[ShirlGirl]

Originally Posted by faginsgirl Instead of all this food being consumed during the film, I think it worked perfectly well when films had an interval and the ice cream lady came round, that way most of the ice cream and sweets were eaten in the interval without being annoying throughout the actual film.

Those were the days! Bring 'em back! Back then, it was a special treat and you'd be finished your ice-cream and your choc bar by the time the lights went down again. Nowadays many people seem to think its obligatory to munch and crunch and slurp and glug the entire time they are there. It wouldn't occur to them not to! They're on autopilot from the moment they arrive at the box office.

No, sorry! - these days you actually buy your tickets at the candy bar! No such thing as a box office in many cinemas.

I think getting a take away is INCREDIBLY inconsiderate, some people don't want that smell up their noses for a start!

I agree, but it was worse when smoking was permitted in cinemas. Not only would you get it up your nose, but you would go home with the stench permeated through your hair, through all your clothes, including your undies! Even your skin would stink, and if you didn't have a shower and wash your hair before you went to bed, the acrid stench would get into your pillow.

[ShirlGirl]

Originally Posted by Marky B I can't stand vinegar,tomato ketchup or brown sauce. Ta Ta Marky B

It puzzles me how anyone can put gravy and stuff like that on their chips. It makes them all soggy and yukky. I like my chips crispy and just with plain salt. (Not that I eat them often due to the unhealthy oils they are cooked in.)

[Marky B]

I have seen people put that much vinegar,ketchup,brown sauce etc on their meals,I ask them "Are you having fish and chips with your vinegar".
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[batman]

Originally Posted by ShirlGirl No, sorry! - these days you actually buy your tickets at the candy bar! No such thing as a box office in many cinemas.

None ofthe cinemas in this area sell tickets at the sweet stall .. they all have proper box office areas ..... which are about half the size of the sweet stall!

[CaptainWaggett]

Both my local arthouses have now combined the box office with the coffee stall - very annoying if you need to sort out problems with your membership and not something the staff are terribly pleased about. But I assume the carrot cake is quite an important part of indie film economics.

[David Brent]

I can never work out why the prices are so high in the cinema candy bars.
It reminds me a little of the infamous mini bar fridges you get in hotel rooms. Everyone knows to leave those goodies alone.

Surely if you lower the prices you sell more items.
Common sense is not so common.

Dave.

[Windthrop]

Originally Posted by Marky B Now that I do agree with. I remember many years ago (in the seventies),I went to the Classic Cinema in Stockton to watch a Peter Sellers double feature (The Return Of The Pink Panther and The Pink Panther Strikes Again) and a woman brought her two sons in. Anyway,she left them and when she was away,myself and others were forever telling them to shut up. When she finally came back,it seemed she had purchased two bottles of pop from a local shop,and then if it wasn't their chatting,it was a constant glug,glug,glug,glug,glug. Ta Ta Marky B

Even when it was renamed the Cannon Classic in the 80s it was little better. I remember watching Dead Poets Society as water dripped through the ceiling and down the screen. The foors were covered with fast-food packets and it was just so dingy and dirty. Golan Globus might have owned it but they didn't care about the state of the premises. Come to that they didn't care about the films much either - He-Man Masters of the Universe : Cannon's Christmas Turkey

[batman]

Originally Posted by Windthrop Even when it was renamed the Cannon Classic in the 80s it was little better. I remember watching Dead Poets Society as water dripped through the ceiling and down the screen. The foors were covered with fast-food packets and it was just so dingy and dirty. Golan Globus might have owned it but they didn't care about the state of the premises. Come to that they didn't care about the films much either - He-Man Masters of the Universe : Cannon's Christmas Turkey

Not to mention their version of King Solomon's Mines!

[Windthrop]

Originally Posted by batman Not to mention their version of King Solomon's Mines!

J. Lee was well and truly coasting by then.

[batman]

Originally Posted by Windthrop J. Lee was well and truly coasting by then.

Not 'arf .... I hope his association with G and G earned him lots of dosh! Mind you, he did have one last hurrah with Bronson's Murphy's Law for them. That's quite a good film.

[Buffalo_Chuck]

Our cinemas claim to only make money from sale of concessions, and supposedly give most of their ticket sales back to the distributors and studios. But when they quadruple the prices, they are begging for customers to give them nothing. $4 candy bars don't sell four times as much as a $1 candy bar would.

[Marky B]

Originally Posted by Windthrop Even when it was renamed the Cannon Classic in the 80s it was little better. I remember watching Dead Poets Society as water dripped through the ceiling and down the screen. The foors were covered with fast-food packets and it was just so dingy and dirty. Golan Globus might have owned it but they didn't care about the state of the premises. Come to that they didn't care about the films much either - He-Man Masters of the Universe : Cannon's Christmas Turkey

Do you remember the old usherette,very thin,wrinkled and no teeth. I remember going to see The Hunt For Red October and she had this big badge THE HUNT IS ON pinned on her uniform:she looked so unhappy,standing on the stairs with no motion whatsoever.
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[Windthrop]

Originally Posted by Marky B Do you remember the old usherette,very thin,wrinkled and no teeth. I remember going to see The Hunt For Red October and she had this big badge THE HUNT IS ON pinned on her uniform:she looked so unhappy,standing on the stairs with no motion whatsoever. Ta Ta Marky B

I do remember some very elderly staff there. The old Odeon in Middlesbrough wasn't much better. I can remember some very disgruntled staff there complaining - 'We're in the entertainment industry, but where's the f****ing entertainment for us ?'

[Marky B]

Originally Posted by Windthrop I do remember some very elderly staff there. The old Odeon in Middlesbrough wasn't much better. I can remember some very disgruntled staff there complaining - 'We're in the entertainment industry, but where's the f****ing entertainment for us ?'

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