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fr4zzledmum · 2023-12-09T16:03:02+00:00

Going to a tea time showing tonight - McD's is right next door to the cinema so was just going to buy DC a Happy Meal and pop it in my bag to eat when we get in there. Cheaper than a hot dog at the cinema. I don't think it's particularly a bother smell wise, as people have nachos and hot dogs etc. AIBU?

NonPlayerCharacter · 10/12/2023 21:40

ShineOnBrightly · 10/12/2023 21:21

I would hope you choke on it.

Do you think maybe you need some other things to do so that the cinema isn't quite so important to you?

Pipistrellus · 10/12/2023 21:39

TommyNever · 10/12/2023 21:24

No, it's coming from the people with abnormal, stinky noses who want to inflict their eccentric rules on all and sundry.

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Abnormal? It's often the ND who struggle with sensory things.

Behindyouiam · 10/12/2023 21:36

ShineOnBrightly · 10/12/2023 21:21

I would hope you choke on it.

A whole new level of madness...

TommyNever · 10/12/2023 21:24

Ethylred · 10/12/2023 20:58

There is so much entitlement on this thread. And it's coming from the people who feel entitled to inflict the stink of their food on others.

No, it's coming from the people with abnormal, stinky noses who want to inflict their eccentric rules on all and sundry.

ShineOnBrightly · 10/12/2023 21:21

I would hope you choke on it.

Bernardo1 · 10/12/2023 21:14

Yes.

Ethylred · 10/12/2023 20:58

There is so much entitlement on this thread. And it's coming from the people who feel entitled to inflict the stink of their food on others.

MirabelMadrigal · 10/12/2023 20:36

Wow all the ppl saying mcds smell bad.. apart from the onions and pickles.. I am wondering exactly what the difference is between my local and your mcds 🤔 OP go for it, I wouldn't as I love their nachos with a whole mountain of jalapeños on top! Yum!

Behindyouiam · 10/12/2023 20:35

AzureBlue99 · 10/12/2023 20:28

And you are benevolent with your comments.

Who is this aimed at?

Behindyouiam · 10/12/2023 20:33

AzureBlue99 · 10/12/2023 20:30

Thoroughly ashamed, now who is behaving in a completely OTT way.

Anyway, let's agree to differ. This thread, like the Happy Meal, has gone cold.

Who is this aimed at??

AzureBlue99 · 10/12/2023 20:30

Thoroughly ashamed, now who is behaving in a completely OTT way.

Anyway, let's agree to differ. This thread, like the Happy Meal, has gone cold.

FizzyLaser · 10/12/2023 20:29

Here’s your answer

AzureBlue99 · 10/12/2023 20:28

And you are benevolent with your comments.

Behindyouiam · 10/12/2023 20:27

AzureBlue99 · 10/12/2023 20:25

I haven't changed my opinion. I still don't think people should be bringing smelly food in, but the cinemas are at fault by selling it themselves. I do think there is a responsibility towards others not to make yourself a nuisance in public, particularly in places where you have paid to experience something, to spoil that experience. And I feel sorry that a 4 years old experience of a happy meal was from McDonalds.

I am not batshit or bizarre or any of the other insults beginning with B you care to lob at me. I am Balanced.

You're not balanced, you've been really nasty and rude about other parents choices, you should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself.

Behindyouiam · 10/12/2023 20:26

AzureBlue99 · 10/12/2023 20:25

I haven't changed my opinion. I still don't think people should be bringing smelly food in, but the cinemas are at fault by selling it themselves. I do think there is a responsibility towards others not to make yourself a nuisance in public, particularly in places where you have paid to experience something, to spoil that experience. And I feel sorry that a 4 years old experience of a happy meal was from McDonalds.

I am not batshit or bizarre or any of the other insults beginning with B you care to lob at me. I am Balanced.

You really are balanced....

AzureBlue99 · 10/12/2023 20:25

I haven't changed my opinion. I still don't think people should be bringing smelly food in, but the cinemas are at fault by selling it themselves. I do think there is a responsibility towards others not to make yourself a nuisance in public, particularly in places where you have paid to experience something, to spoil that experience. And I feel sorry that a 4 years old experience of a happy meal was from McDonalds.

I am not batshit or bizarre or any of the other insults beginning with B you care to lob at me. I am Balanced.

Behindyouiam · 10/12/2023 20:20

AzureBlue99 · 10/12/2023 20:17

No problem @sunglassesonthetable It wasn't me who mentioned the website/rules but I was the dry heaver! (Subway, boak)

The thing is, to see things from a different direction, if the cinemas themselves are selling stinky and hot food, they have no business objecting to others bringing it in. But some of the cinemas object, not from the perspective of other customer enjoyment, but because they want all the money to be spent on their premises. And everything is overpriced at the cinema. The cinemas are at fault. There should be a blanket ban for all smelly food, that was there would be no ambiguity about whether you could bring in your own fast food or any whiffy snack. The only exceptions would be those chains who offer a dining experience as part of the showing.

What a massive turnaround!

Quite bizarre!

It's almost like you've started living in the real world, and anyone eating McCrappy meals has an actual right to an opinion.

What happened @AzureBlue99?

AzureBlue99 · 10/12/2023 20:17

No problem @sunglassesonthetable It wasn't me who mentioned the website/rules but I was the dry heaver! (Subway, boak)

The thing is, to see things from a different direction, if the cinemas themselves are selling stinky and hot food, they have no business objecting to others bringing it in. But some of the cinemas object, not from the perspective of other customer enjoyment, but because they want all the money to be spent on their premises. And everything is overpriced at the cinema. The cinemas are at fault. There should be a blanket ban for all smelly food, that was there would be no ambiguity about whether you could bring in your own fast food or any whiffy snack. The only exceptions would be those chains who offer a dining experience as part of the showing.

Moonwatcher1234 · 10/12/2023 20:08

Th replies here are hilarious - especially the posters fainting at the prospect - I don’t like mcd’s but people eat it in our local cinema (other burger places are also available) all the time and I have never given it a second thought. Popcorn rustling and crunching is worse!

RecoveGrowThrive · 10/12/2023 20:07

OhpoorMe · 09/12/2023 16:16

God this thread. How do people cope in life.

It's fine, it's a happy meal not a fistful of joints and a smoked fish.

This.

All chain cinemas sell hot junk food, rustling sweets and slurpy drinks....take your little Happy Meal and enjoy!

sunglassesonthetable · 10/12/2023 20:02

i was trained from a young age to sneak sweets/drinks into the cinema, it was only as a grown up that I realised you’re actually allowed to take stuff in! I still sneak it in though!

This 😄

Wednesdaysotherchild · 10/12/2023 20:02

McDonalds really does smell revolting! I would be complaining to the cinema if I was sat near you tbh.

sandyhappypeople · 10/12/2023 20:01

I’m a little late to this one, but surely the ‘hot food’ subject is a little moot.. McDonald’s is pretty much cold as soon as you hit the car park..

i was trained from a young age to sneak sweets/drinks into the cinema, it was only as a grown up that I realised you’re actually allowed to take stuff in! I still sneak it in though!

Redpaisley · 10/12/2023 19:57

WashItTomorrow · 10/12/2023 19:45

To be fair, it is perhaps worse than animals - because they at least have their own etiquette or social norms, the ones that are social or group animals, at least.

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Animals are better than humans. It's humans who have destroyed the planet. So, lets not use them as insult. You can say disgusting and humanlike.

SouthLondonMum22 · 10/12/2023 19:55

WashItTomorrow · 10/12/2023 19:48

No, the ones I know, you need to eat it outside of the screening at the bar or the cafe. You can’t take it in with you.

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That isn't the case for some chains such as the Odeon. I always buy a hot dog and take it in with me, they even have dipping trays for nachos so it's easier to carry them and eat them in the actual cinema.