To sneak McD's into the cinema

Ew. The smell and the mess. Take cold food instead.

Done this loads of times.

Well, there are now. Their website is very clear. You can’t bring in hot food, pungent food or alcohol.

I never read their website. So I'm carrying on as normal cheers . @daisypond

There's a french sausage called andouilette, made from tripe, which is delicious but smells like a rancid nappy. That'd give them something to complain about! Honestly, wading in on a mum with a 4 year old, clearly going to a kids film, as if she's suggesting taking a tupperware box filled with rotten fish into The Ivy is just ridiculous. She eventually ate in the car while the cinema was probably full of a lot worse 🙄

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Why not throw in some blue cheese?

Pickled eggs?

Sorry CatLoaf this was meant to be addressed to the OP.

Clearly some people of gone well beyond disagreeing with you and seem to have been reading a thread where you asked if it was ok to barbecue kittens. 😱

I don’t personally see why anyone would want to try and eat hot food in the dark without something to lean on but I don’t think it makes you a heinous person and I don’t think it should be a crime facing a prison sentence.

Hahaha! OP, you're great 😁 The people on here calling you common as muck etc. are being complete numpties

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This is a: start!

thedieline.com/blog/2022/2/14/you-dont-have-to-work-at-mcdonalds-to-smell-like-french-fries-thanks-to-frites-of-idaho

How very vulgar!

Ah yes a mumsnetter would be full to bursting eating a huge salad a month before going to cinema. The super sporty kids could munch kale or sprouts. Only a déclassé mum would consider McDonald’s. I mean the nanny and au pair they don’t even eat McDonald’s

Ok, I got to page 6 and now I really want a Mcd's! Brb 😁

😂😂 few kippers

Oh my goodness, you don't like the smell of McDonalds, it's so lush, it's mouth watering.

Honestly, they should bottle it.

I don't like the smell of the nachos cheese and I always wonder how long the hot dogs have been wobbling about on the grill, for that reason I personally buy neither but I have no problem with others doing so. I'll just sit and enjoy my Family pack of Revels (which I will not have bought at the cinema) with my feet on the footrest and my chair slightly reclined. As a goodwill donation we did buy 4 milkshakes on the way out last tim only I think they mistyped and charged us for an entire tanker of milk and bucket of ice cream. Twas lovely though

And just pack some carrot sticks for the kids, that'll do them.

I’m loving this thread 🍿

OP, honestly how vulgar to even consider taking a Maccy Ds outside the vile takeaway building itself, never mind infecting the nostrils of the poor, sensitive people around you. Had you considered eating a large salad before leaving the house? It would fill the average mumsnetter up for a week that would…

Well, there are now. Their website is very clear. You can’t bring in hot food, pungent food or alcohol.

I used to work in an Odeon. There were no rules about taking in your own food and drink.

Personally, I don’t really think there’s a difference in smell between a cinema hot dog and a McDonald’s cheeseburger.

I’m surprised by how popular McDonald’s is, considering how many folks seem to be repulsed by the scent of a kids happy meal

gotta love internet hyperbole 😂😂😂

Nachos and other food purchased in the cinema does not have the same sickly sweet, disgusting smell that McDonalds has.

Ah, I knew there'd be a reasonable explanation for the apparent contradiction.

What about people who don't mind McD's but find nachos "offensive"? There were people earlier saying that makes them dry heave or otherwise unwell.

Nachos and other food purchased in the cinema does not have the same sickly sweet, disgusting smell that McDonalds has.

So it's not the fast food ( cos loaded nachos, hot dogs, pizza - seem to be ok )

It's not the rustling and paper bags ( see former )

It's probably not the business model - that's the cinemas responsibility

It's actually back to page 1 - the smell

Give over it's a kids Happy Meal . You will not be able to smell that over the pizza, nacho, hot dog fest. Pull the other one.

@fr4zzledmum I think that this is a brilliant idea, If you want the full Big Mac experience as well as a film thrown in, screen the film upstairs in McDonalds.!

@NonPlayerCharacter no I'm not saying that at all. Nachos and other food purchased in the cinema does not have the same sickly sweet, disgusting smell that McDonalds has. If you like McDonalds then you probably don't notice the smell but if someone doesn't like McDonalds then I can assure you the smell is often absolutely disgusting.

It's reasonable to expect to be able to go to a cinema in which they don't serve McDonalds and expect people not to be eating it.

It would be unreasonable of me to walk into a McDonalds and complain about the smell. But it's selfish and inconsiderate to take your smelly takeout food to a cinema when everyone else in there has not chosen to smell it. When I attend a cinema i can expect to smell nachos or whatever food they serve there. If I find it disgusting then I can choose not to attend but what isn't reasonable is being expected to sit through a film I've paid for with the offensive smell of McDonalds.