To sneak McD's into the cinema

Because it's part of the cinema 'experience'. It's part of the treat particularly for a child!

I don't go to the cinema anyway so I don't care.

hot dogs
nachos
pizza

just to name a few from various local ones.

Do not do this. The smell is disgusting and is unfair to the people sitting around you. 🤢

You think you can just do what you fancy and others just put up and shut up?

Why ask then?

I wouldn’t and I would be annoyed with someone sat beside me etc eating a MacDonalds.

And no, before anyone asks I don’t eat hot cinema food.

We stopped going to movie theaters since it became more about snacks and food than about the movie. I just hate the smell of nachos with dips, churros, hotdogs, all mingled and eaten by people with no restraint, loudly chewing, crunching and burping. So please just go,have fun, I stopped caring.

Eyeroll.

Whenever people trot out "pearl-clutching" about any suggestion of decent public behaviour and decorum, I wonder how they were raised that their notions and expectations are so lowdown.

The cinema isn't the same as your front room.

Omg the pearl clutching on here is amazing.

What, popcorn and sweets?

Yep. Exactly.

Talk about entitled.

If he must have fast food, get it and go home and watch a film.

I’ve just read a few more of these replies, while eating a very smelly and delicious curry in my own kitchen.
My spirits have been dragged down a bit by the tone of many of the posters. It feels that some, not all, are unable to put forward their opinions in a measured way. People are quick to take sides, and also quick to make rude personal comments about those who disagree with them. Just why, and what they get out of expressing themselves in this way, is really unclear to me. Habit? Suppressed anger about personal issues?
it would be so much more interesting if there could be a great discussion about “sneaking a takeaway into the cinema - acceptable or not acceptable?” Doesn’t have to be boring, people could still make hard hitting points but remain … polite? It’s such a minor issue about social accountability. If some of us can’t disagree in a reasonable manner about a takeaway meal, what hope is there when it comes to issues of oh, I don’t know … immigration… Covid vaccines … female genital mutilation …?

Nor at any that I have been to over the years. Pizza, hot dogs and nachos are available and there is no place to sit and eat them except for the theater seats. It's been a while since I've gone and I bet they serve even more now. I know they have added ice cream and alcohol. Alcohol was a smart choice because nothing makes a movie more fun than the people who enjoy a beer or ten or drink a bottle of wine and then think they are funnier than W.C. Fields or to make you feel safe and secure on the drive home.

Eat before, or eat what they sell. Simple respect for self and business.

Very selfish
If I had to sit through a film smelling that vile food, I’d be complaining about you!
it’s the most revolting smell ever and also I’m allergic to cheese so if it had cheese on it, it would make me il

Seriously? How do you manage on the plane? Or in a restaurant if someone else's cheese makes you i'll?

Actually lots of cinemas sell nachos with cheese. Is going to the cinema high risk?

@Bertiesmum3

I've been sneaking my own food in for years. You just have to make sure it's not too stinky or noisy. No fish curries.

Significant amount on mn have self reported misophonia and other issues that impact their lives

I was thinking the same thing! Some people are far too invested in what other people do. It’s a kid eating a burger for gods sake it’s not going to kill you get over it! 😂

I would, it can't smell any worse than the foods they sell

Oh you know, it’s tasty,it’s fun,it’s a regular thing to do
We arent all joyless and no a bottle of tap water won’t suffice. Nor does it matter I ate yesterday- I may want to eat again

Why do people feel the need to eat watching a film?

no idea 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Take mcd into cinema frequently- lots of folk do

It’s to do with hot or pungent food, not the type of food. Houmous and olives are cold, so OK. A Greggs doughnut would be OK, a hot pie wouldn’t.

My local cinema, part of a chain, says that the cinema snacks you can eat/drink while watching the film are specifically: popcorn, sweets, soft drinks.

Hmm I've put on weight recently yet haven't been to the cinema since July and before that 2022..

Anyway, for me a happy meal wouldn't be the end of the world but I think popcorn stinks, I don't personally like the smell but I deal with it because to me it's just part of being in public. When it comes to cinemas with hot food served then would it make any difference you being there with a happy meal as opposed to a hot dog with fried onions? I don't think it would tbh.

That said I would tend to do a meal before and after the film, I'm down with the snacks but for actual dinner or something I would want to just do that, plus it kind of prolongs the treat and makes it a bit more without it really being more if that makes sense.

Yes, McDonald's can be a treat. My kids get one every now and again usually because I can't be arsed to cook and I have nothing else in. They are definitely not fat because of their occasional McDonald's unlike me who is a bit on the heavier side of healthy because of my love for wine and cheese.

I don’t particularly like the smell of cannabis … don’t mind smoked fish (I shared an office phone once with someone who ate smoked fish for lunch, so probably just as well !) And prefer the smell of both of these to burgers.
Thats not really the point though as whatever some people love in terms of smells, others will hate and vice versa.
My view would be, try to avoid bringing strong odours into an enclosed public space as whatever the smell is it is guaranteed to offend some. And is nice to try to take others’ feelings into account.
The poster was asking for opinions and she’s definitely succeeded in her goal.

Because it's a treat and part of the experience.