Cinema Food - Do You Smuggle?

OutlawPete

So, where do you stand on the issue of smuggling food into the Cinema.

Do you think it's the stingiest thing that stingy people could do?

Or do you think in today's economic climate, it's just been frugal?

I myself am in the middle as I'll buy Popcorn, Coffee and Ice Cream, that's it.

I will smuggle in packs of Maltesers and few Lolly Pops and Fox's Glacier Mints.

I'm not paying €4 for something that is €1.90 in Spar, fcuk that.

I don't eat crunchables in the cinema like Nacho's and Crisps as they are too noisey and neither should you.

So what says you? :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbaPuh17PBM

SophieX

Cheryl Cole's got a great little arse

Nope I don't smuggle grub in but I don't blame anyone that does. The flipping price of the cinema food - you'd want to take out a loan to pay for it!

Degag

I smuggle some stuff, but purchase there too

OutlawPete wrote: »

So, where do you stand on the issue of smuggling food into the Cinema.

Do you think it's the stingiest thing that stingy people could do?

Or do you think in today's economic climate, it's just been frugal?

I myself am in the middle as I'll buy Popcorn, Coffee and Ice Cream, that's it.

I will smuggle in packs of Maltesers and few Lolly Pops and Fox's Glacier Mints.

I'm not paying €4 for something that is €1.90 in Spar, fcuk that.

I don't eat crunchables in the cinema like Nacho's and Crisps as they are too noisey and neither should you.

So what says you? :cool:

Isn't popcorn crunchy?

I hardly ever go to the cinema but if i do, i'd have very little change out of €20, and that's only for entry, medium popcorn and drink.... Pretty ridiculous really.

Xavi6

I smuggle everything except the hot buttered popcorn.

kippy

I dont smuggle in food either, but then again I'm not a fattie.

stovelid

I pay but to be honest, the prices are ridiculous and I'm beginning to think about smuggling

I don't smuggle: mainly because I'm lazy, and also because I go to the cinema so rarely that the prices don't really bother me.

Plus no shop near the cinema seems to do those gross nacho things with the rubbery cheese sauce and jalapenos, nom.

Degag

I smuggle some stuff, but purchase there too

Btw, the poll won't be of much use.... If it isn't close to 100% for option number 4 i'll eat my hat!

the keen edge

OutlawPete wrote: »

So, where do you stand on the issue of smuggling food into the Cinema.

Do you think it's the stingiest thing that stingy people could do?

Or do you think in today's economic climate, it's just been frugal?

I myself am in the middle as I'll buy Popcorn, Coffee and Ice Cream, that's it.

I will smuggle in packs of Maltesers and few Lolly Pops and Fox's Glacier Mints.

I'm not paying €4 for something that is €1.90 in Spar, fcuk that.

I don't eat crunchables in the cinema like Nacho's and Crisps as they are too noisey and neither should you.

So what says you?

If its a late show I bring in the crack pipe. For matinees I try to limit myself to a shoulder of vodka and maybe a joint of weed. I am actually a decent person to sit beside in the cinema, I'am usually very quite due to the fact I'am unconscious, although I do sh*t myself on occasions.

bonerm

Ashley Cole is a little arse alright, but I don't think he's that great.

Kiera

Cheryl Cole's got a great little arse

I remember being in the cinema a few years ago and a bloke in front of me opened a tuna sandwich

Danbo!

I smuggle some stuff, but purchase there too

I just don't eat in the cinema. Might bring in a 500ml bottle of coke, but I've never understood the people I see with nachos, popcorn, large bags of sweets and an oil tanker filled with coke struggling to get to their seat and then spend the entire movie rustling papers.. Im not a health freak or anything, far from it in fact, just never got the whole 'pigging out' at the cinema.

Oh and pete, no crunchables, yet you unwrap individually wrapped fox's glacier mints in the cinema? :mad:!!!

bluto63

OutlawPete wrote: »

So, where do you stand on the issue of smuggling food into the Cinema.

Do you think it's the stingiest thing that stingy people could do?

Or do you think in today's economic climate, it's just been frugal?

I myself am in the middle as I'll buy Popcorn, Coffee and Ice Cream, that's it.

I will smuggle in packs of Maltesers and few Lolly Pops and Fox's Glacier Mints.

I'm not paying €4 for something that is €1.90 in Spar, fcuk that.

I don't eat crunchables in the cinema like Nacho's and Crisps as they are too noisey and neither should you.

So what says you? :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbaPuh17PBM

I'm the same, but you gave no poll option for it!

o1s1n

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

I go to the cinema all the time and smuggle in food and booze.

There's nothing like a bottle of beer while watching a film on the big screen

dsmythy

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

Debate? I don't think we'll find one here.

Degag

I smuggle some stuff, but purchase there too

OutlawPete wrote: »

It could be consider a crunchy snack item but I won't classify it more of a chewy snack.

For a snack to be legally classified as a "crunchable food item", you would need to be able to 'snap' it.

If you can't 'snap' something, it is not therefore 'crunchy'.

Some people actually confuse 'breaking' with 'snapping', easy mistake to make.

For instance, you can snap a bar of chocolate, but unless the Db level can be subtracted from the audible balance average that runs along the niambic scale in a quite enviroment, it's just a break and not in fact a 'snap' :cool:

People who smuggle Kettle Crisps in should be executed.

So..... isn't popcorn crunchy?

bonerm

dsmythy wrote: »

Debate? I don't think we'll find one here.

Not at all! This place is famed for it mass debaters.







(1trillionth usage of joke)

OutlawPete

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

bluto63 wrote: »

I'm the same, but you gave no poll option for it!

I don't feel too well today, been up all night watching the oscars

But if a MOD wants to alter the Poll in any way that is suggested, tis no problem .. *waves at Mod* o/ Change away ..

kmart6

Xavi6 wrote: »

I smuggle everything except the hot buttered popcorn.

God damn cinemas here not serving that!>:(

Kiera

Cheryl Cole's got a great little arse

kmart6 wrote: »

God damn cinemas here not serving that!>:(

UCI does. Or have they stopped?

OutlawPete

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

Degag wrote: »

Isn't popcorn crunchy?

It could be consider a crunchy snack item but I won't classify it more of a chewy snack.

For a snack to be legally classified as a "crunchable food item", you would need to be able to 'snap' it.

If you can't 'snap' something, it is not therefore 'crunchy'.

Some people actually confuse 'breaking' with 'snapping', easy mistake to make.

For instance, you can snap a bar of chocolate, but unless the Db level can be subtracted from the audible balance average that runs along the niambic scale in a quite enviroment, it's just a break and not in fact a 'snap' :cool:

People who smuggle Kettle Crisps in should be executed.

Victor_M

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

Are you not allowed bring your own food if you want to?
I've never been stopped, and haven't exactly had to smuggle the food in, I carry it in a bag over my shoulder, but if they asked to see what's in the bag would I have to show them and throw out the food?
I usually pack a picnic for the kids, microwave popcorn and a few bottles of water, I was at toy story 2 3D a few weeks ago and the little fella guzzled through the water i had brought so I popped out to the shop and asked for a small bottle of water, of which i could see loads only to be told they don't sell them separately, only as part of a kids meal deal, so I had to pay 4.85 for a 500Ml bottle of purified tap water, maybe if they weren't such extortionists the public would be inclined to spend a bit more, it's not like they are selling the tickets cheap either, over €14 for a 3D ticket.

Ruu_Old

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

I go to the cinema twice or three times a year, I don't like their popcorn and the sweets cost far too much. I bring something to munch on (crackers or rice cakes) and some water.

OutlawPete

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

Kiera wrote: »

UCI does.

They do indeed.

I see around 7 or 8 movies a week at the flicks and the UCI is the only Cinema that I can see that Pop their own Popcorn and serve melted Butter.

Cineworld's popcorn is popped in a factory and reheated :mad::mad:

kmart6

Kiera wrote: »

UCI does. Or have they stopped?

Never there though!

Kiera

Cheryl Cole's got a great little arse

OutlawPete wrote: »

They do indeed.

I see around 7 or 8 movies a week at the flicks and the UCI is the only Cinema that I can see that Pop their own Popcorn and serve melted Butter.

Cineworld's popcorn is popped in a factory and reheated :mad::mad:

7-8 a week :eek:? Are you a film critic? I probably see about 4 a year.

Only thing about the UCI cinema's is that the seats are pure shíte. I cant get comfy in them.

bonerm

OutlawPete wrote: »

I see around 7 or 8 movies a week at the flicks

Out of interest do you just watch everything that comes out? That seems like a lot of times to go to the cinema.

I like my movies too but I don't think I'd be bothered going that much even if I had the time .... even if I lived next door as 90% of what comes out is just rubbish.

AnonoBoy

I bring in a little hot plate, frying pan, some butter, bacon, bread, sausages, beers.

Baby I get my grill on!

NothingMan

I smuggle some stuff, but purchase there too

I was told when I was about 14 walking into UCI Tallaght looking like a pregnant teenage boy that you can infact bring in food, just no hot food like McDonalds.

Saying that I always get me a large coke. I'm a fiend for tap coke and I don't have it except when i'm in the cinema. The odd time i'll get a popcorn deal but I generally regret it after.

GF will occassionally treat her self to some B&J (giggidy) or pickk'n'mix so we do spend quite a bit when we go, but if Boots (liffey Valley) is open we'd buy a pack of sweets there a lot cheaper than the cinema.

xzanti

Cheryl Cole's got a great little arse

Usually buy at kiosks but have been known to smuggle.. usually me and OH split, one of us buys popcorn and the other gets pick n mix..

IrishManSaipan

I smuggle some stuff, but purchase there too

OutlawPete wrote: »

I myself am in the middle as I'll buy Popcorn, Coffee and Ice Cream, that's it.

I will smuggle in packs of Maltesers and few Lolly Pops and Fox's Glacier Mints.

OutlawPete wrote: »

I see around 7 or 8 movies a week at the flicks

How much does that cost you a week? 150/200 euro?:eek:

Gerty

I pay but to be honest, the prices are ridiculous and I'm beginning to think about smuggling

They have to do what they have to do i s'pose.

AnonoBoy

IrishManSaipan wrote: »

How much does that cost you a week? 150/200 euro?:eek:

He probably has a Cineworld Unlimited Card.

I.S.T.

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

I have never smuggled food in, i carry it openly for all to see and have never been questioned by staff. I don't think the staff really care to be honest.

Kiera

Cheryl Cole's got a great little arse

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I bring in a little hot plate, frying pan, some butter, bacon, bread, sausages, beers.

Baby I get my grill on!

Awww that reminds me of the outdoor cinema in Sydney. Good times!

AnonoBoy

Kiera wrote: »

Awww that reminds me of the outdoor cinema in Sydney. Good times!

That wasn't an outdoor cinema, it was the bushes in a park at night.

And that wasn't a grill, it was a spit-roast.

But yeah, good times alright!

MaybeLogic

I smuggle some stuff, but purchase there too

IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »

I have never smuggled food in, i carry it openly for all to see and have never been questioned by staff. I don't think the staff really care to be honest.

I body-pack it or carry it in a false-bottomed briefcase.
In the more security conscious cinemas I´ve been known to smuggle it internally to avoid the x-rays.

OutlawPete

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

Kiera wrote: »

7-8 a week :eek:? Are you a film critic? I probably see about 4 a year.

I wish. dream job

bonerm wrote: »

Out of interest do you just watch everything that comes out? That seems like a lot of times to go to the cinema

Yup, see everything

I don't watch trailers and never read about movies until after I have seen a film. Especially see all movies that show at the IFI.

It's not that many three movies there and three or four between all the rest. Love movies ever since I was kid.

Kiera wrote: »

Only thing about the UCI cinema's is that the seats are pure shíte. I cant get comfy in them.

Yeah, hard as a rock

bonerm wrote: »

even if I lived next door as 90% of what comes out is just rubbish.

I would say 60%, everything else will have something good about it.

Leap Year is the biggest piece of trash out right now, good if you're drunk I'd say though

Bolag_the_2nd

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

OutlawPete wrote: »

I see around 7 or 8 movies a week at the flicks and the UCI is the only Cinema that I can see that Pop their own Popcorn and serve melted Butter.

so you are the durty guy that debates in the back row

OutlawPete

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I bring in a little hot plate, frying pan, some butter, bacon, bread, sausages, beers.

Baby I get my grill on!

I seen you and you had your flask :cool:

Thanks for the bacon butty

OutlawPete

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

AnonoBoy wrote: »

He probably has a Cineworld Unlimited Card.

Do indeed and the ole IFI membership but see a lot of Classics (ahem, see sig) at all the other cinemas so gotta pay there too.

The Jdiff cleaned me out last month

magma69

I buy microwaveable popcorn and ask if I can use the microwave in the staff canteen.

Bolag_the_2nd

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

ive never smuggled food in, i just walk in with my maccky D's, i also have a screw top bottle of wine in the bag, no glass, i am that classy

lizardfudge

Luckily my eyes and ears work independently of my mouth... so I'm perfectly capable of enjoying a film in the cinema for an hour and a half without the need for sustenance.

I do enjoy a coffee though on occasion in the cinemas that do them in paper cups.

phasers

I smuggle some stuff, but purchase there too

Cineworld has a lidl and aldi right next to it - hell yes I smuggle stuff in

I buy frozen fantas though, nyom

kraggy

You see, the problem is with the way cinemas are set up, not just here but in the Uk as well.

The cinemas themselves get close to none of the ticket money so they have to charge crazy money for the food.

On opening weekend, they only get about 5% of your ticket money. So, for examply, your ticket was 10 euro, the cinema only gets about 50c. The rest goes to the distributor.

The percentage increases after a couple of weeks but by that stage most people have viewed the money so the ticket money is still worth damn all to them.

Hence the ridiculous prices for coke, popcorn etc.

OutlawPete

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

phasers wrote: »

Cineworld has a lidl and aldi right next to it - hell yes I smuggle stuff in

I buy frozen fantas though, nyom

Did you see the Cineworld have written on their time listings brochure thingamajigs:

"Only food purchased in from inside the cinema will be allowed into the auditorium." :eek:

For ages they just had:

"Patrons are asked not to bring bags into the cinema".

They changed that recently in Cineworld so they must get peeved.

I would say the make 90% of the revenue from food and drink.

The mark-up on tickets would be very little.

EDIT: Kraggy beat me

Handsome Bob

I pay but to be honest, the prices are ridiculous and I'm beginning to think about smuggling

Yes the prices are a rip off but alas, I regularly pay the full whack. The only thing I draw the line at is water. I went to buy a bottle of water one time in the cinema, I hand the bloke €2, and he says to me "that will be another €1.50 please". :eek:

Agricola

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

I rarely buy food at the cinema. As someone else said, I never understood this idea of buying truckloads of sweets before you see a movie. I just go for the movie, if im lucky for other things.

Went to see Solomon Kane with a couple of friends last week. I spent just 8 quid while large popcorns n drinks brought them up to around 18 euro each :eek:
Id rather starve tbh.

NothingMan

I smuggle some stuff, but purchase there too

OutlawPete wrote: »

Did you see the Cineworld have written on their time listings brochure thingamajigs:

"Only food purchased in from inside the cinema will be allowed into the auditorium." :eek:

For ages they just had:

"Patrons are asked not to bring bags into the cinema".

They changed that recently in Cineworld so they must get peeved.

I would say the make 90% of the revenue from food and drink.

The mark-up on tickets would be very little.

EDIT: Kraggy beat me

Vue in Liffey Valley, where i'd go most often is a lot more relaxed.

10. Hot food brought from outside of the cinema may not be consumed on the premises.

Roadend

Where's the "I'm capable of sitting down down for 1-2 hours without having to stuff myself with ****e" option?

brummytom

No, I'll pay full prices as I am aware they have to charge what they do

Xavi6 wrote: »

I smuggle everything except the hot buttered popcorn.

This.

Well, I can't actually eat popcorn at the moment, so obviously I don't buy it. Before I got my braces I would, obviously.



I hardly 'sneak in' the food though; I'll pop to a corner shop/Tesco before and just take in the bag. No way am I paying the prices in the cinema, ridiculous.