Ster Century - no butter for popcorn

Peace · 05-11-2003 01:06AM #1

Ok folks,

I've just come back from watching Kill Bill there this evening. Had a reasonably pleasant evening and though the movie was enjoyable.

As per my usual routine i queued for popcorn and when the popcorn was placed on the counter i asked for butter....i feel popcorn with no butter is like larry without mo or curly. The attendant behind the desk informed me that they don't provide butter anymore.

This is utter crap. I mean its just crap. Is there anyone out there that feels the same way i do? I know i went into a cinema in london a couple of years back and got the same speil but its a very recent development here in dublin.

I have to say, it will seriously diminish my cinema experience if they persist in withdrawing their butte service.

Let me know what you all think....Vote!

sionnach · 05-11-2003 01:11AM

without butter popcorn loses most of its appeal. I just made myself a big bowl there and used a quarter of a block of kerrygold on it..... mmmmmmmmmm

lodgepole · 05-11-2003 02:47AM

It isn't possible to eat that salty ****e without a bit of butter... Buttered popcorn is the only reason I ever set foot inside the UCI in Tallaght...

joseph brand · 05-11-2003 06:25AM

Salty dry popcorn cries out for butter.

You may need to bring in small kerrygolds(like in restaurant).

I remember UCI wouldn't let us bring in food from outside???

had to buy their popcorn.

Shred · 05-11-2003 09:22AM

Before Omni was renovated they also stopped doing butter and according to one of the counter staff it was because they had been sued by someone who had slipped on some in one of the cinemas:rolleyes:

Don't bother me arse getting popcorn if there's no butter

Borzoi · 05-11-2003 11:07AM

Was it ever butter, or just some heated manky spread type stuff?

ToxicPaddy · 05-11-2003 11:33AM

I got butter on my popcorn there about 2 weeks ago..

so wonder what happened there???

no fair..

APM · 05-11-2003 12:14PM

I was also in Ster Century in the last couple of weeks and told they do not do butter anymore......very strange, i wud assume that alot of people would not buy the popcorn unless they could get butter.

Petition time? lol

gazzer · 05-11-2003 12:15PM

i'm going to Ster Century tonight to see the Matrix... god i hope they are back to providing butter.. i hate eating popcorn without it.

hedgetrimmer · 05-11-2003 12:36PM

100% agree that butter is *so* needed with popcorn... maybe you should ask to see the manager about bringing your own butter in. Then again, I never thought of Ster as a classy joint anyways

Peace · 05-11-2003 02:08PM

Originally posted by gazzer
i'm going to Ster Century tonight to see the Matrix... god i hope they are back to providing butter.. i hate eating popcorn without it.

Gazza, i foolishly didn't interrogate the assistant regarding why they don't provide the butter anymore.....will you ask why and post up mate??

Cheers

SuprSi · 05-11-2003 02:17PM

I didn't think so many people liked butter on their popcorn! I can't stand the stuff - butter that it - and much prefer popcorn on its own with a big tub of Coke to cure any thirst. They compliment each other perfectly.

ArphaRima · 05-11-2003 02:25PM

I refuse to go to cinemas then they pull that sh"t. I like my nachos and cheese in the UCI (only in the UCI, tastes crap elsewhere). When there's no cheese i argue with the manager then leave.

The majority of people I know who order cinema food eat their popcorn with butter. There's a market for it, so why the hell arent they giving it?

I know in the UCI the staff sometimes lied to you and said they were all out of butter towards the end of the night if they couldnt be arsed putting on a new load of butter. Just tell them you'll wait for the new batch to be cooked up.

Mossy Monk · 05-11-2003 03:25PM

butter is poison. i hate the stuff

elexes · 05-11-2003 03:35PM

Originally posted by Mossy Monk
butter is poison. i hate the stuff

i shall support you in this ... lets kill some cows

Havelock · 05-11-2003 03:40PM

Popcorn without Butter is like health food, yuch!

I need my lipids

Giblet · 05-11-2003 03:40PM

No butter or HotDogs in Ster anymore people, can you guess why.

Next it's the nacho cheese.

Gummy Panda · 05-11-2003 03:48PM

Cause some old bitch fell and probably broke her hip for the sixth time.

Should just put up a disclaimer so they can sell the food. Next it will be coke and other soft drinks as you can slip on them aswell.

Antisocialiser · 05-11-2003 07:53PM

I hate the fact that 1 out of every 4 times i go to my local cinemas (northern ireland) they never have salted popcorn just sweeT!

Lord Nikon · 05-11-2003 10:01PM

I must agree with the majority here, yes they should have butter. I'd like to add that I don't get popcorn in Ster for the reason that they do the best damn Nachos & Peppers in the country, and I just have to have them. But saying that, if they didn't do Nachos(god forbid) I'd be buying the popcorn and some butter.

05-11-2003 10:04PM

I love butter

quank · 05-11-2003 11:28PM

OMG, popcorn is basically sposed to come with butter, but they ask do you want any because of "wierdos"
gawd.... popcorn without butter is like..
...a fish without a bicycle

Lord Nikon · 05-11-2003 11:48PM

Originally posted by quank
OMG, popcorn is basically sposed to come with butter, but they ask do you want any because of "wierdos"
gawd.... popcorn without butter is like..
...a fish without a bicycle

Am i the only one who doesn't get the "fish without the bicycle" thing???

Also, is it not likely that what they are slipping on might infact be "coka cola", or "fanta" or another "soft drink"? Did someone dip their finger into the goo on the floor and taste it and realised that was infact the butter.

RasTa · 06-11-2003 12:20AM

Yea the butter makes that over-priced cinema popcorn worth buying.
But i never buy food at the cinema anymore far far far far to overpriced

sionnach · 06-11-2003 12:23AM

Originally posted by RasTa
But i never buy food at the cinema anymore far far far far to overpriced

i know

i got a large coke today for 3.20...... total ripoff

Lord Nikon · 06-11-2003 12:40AM

Yeah, the prices have all gone up. There are new Combo things, but they seem to make no sence, price wise.

I recommend getting a Megabucket (a wonderous bucket filled to the brim with wholesome, sweet chicken) which can be bought at KFC. You can see the jealousy of everyone in the cinema with their popcorn (minus the butter, of course).

Gummy Panda · 06-11-2003 12:55AM

Originally posted by neuromancer
Am i the only one who doesn't get the "fish without the bicycle" thing???

Also, is it not likely that what they are slipping on might infact be "coka cola", or "fanta" or another "soft drink"? Did someone dip their finger into the goo on the floor and taste it and realised that was infact the butter.

Dip my finger in the goo on the floor and taste it

No way!!

Teenage lovers go to the cinemia to make out and sometimes do other stuff, so i would be wary of what that goo was.

Lord Nikon · 06-11-2003 01:12AM

Mmm, maybe I'm reading some posts wrong. I was given the impression that the counter-servers(empoyees), were complaining about the butter. I wouldn't expect it was the customers.
Maybe 1 or 2 people would complain about that, but it would want to be an aweful amount of butter to cause someone to slip on.

gazzer · 06-11-2003 11:20AM

well i was at Ster Century last night and they had nachos (which i got with cheese sauce) but they had no peppers to go with it. Then i asked for Butter on my popcorn and the girl said that they dont do it anymore. i asked her why and she just said it was a management decision.

whosurpaddy · 06-11-2003 11:36AM

Originally posted by neuromancer
they do the best damn Nachos & Peppers in the country, and I just have to have them.

oh god no. no no. no no. no no. no no. no

uci do the best nachos/cheese by a mile. they are mingin in ugc, an not much better in ster century. ive threatened to drink the uci cheese sauce on its own before.

Horsefumbler · 06-11-2003 11:53AM

I don't like butter on my popcorn:eek:

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