AIBU to want to take my own food to the cinema?

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I suspect I am. But We are going to the cinema around lunchtime and I will be hungry. I don't like nachos, popcorn or hotdogs or anything else like to be on offer and I have a fridge full of lovely things left from Christmas.

Am I wrong to be tempted to smuggle in a cheese and pickle sarnie?

Jaxhog that's entirely your issue. Eating in the cinema is perfectly acceptable and ordinary. If you don't like it, don't go.

There are cinema foods I don't eat at home. Mintola and familysize bag of revels.i associate those foods with cinema, I swear they add to the ambience. Given foods are sold,at cinema it's entirely in context to eat,slurp,munch. If a quiet reverential environment were required the cinema wouldn't sell food,or drink.

Misophonia has no classification as an auditory, neurological, or psychiatric condition, there are no standard diagnostic criteria, it is not recognized in the DSM-IV or the ICD-10, and there is little research on its prevalence or treatment.

It's not a Thing.

I'm baffled that anyone can hear anything in the cinema over the soundtrack! It was so loud when we went to see rogue one that DH complained.

I can't bear the sound of people eating, but it's impossible to hear anyone eating in the cinema.

I HATE people eating anything in the cinema! Rustling and chomping and in some cases burping! If I had my way I'd have food free showings so I could watch the film in peace but in this case as food isn't banned then sneak the sarnie in, no different than someone chomping a hotdog or nachos

It's a matter of choice. It would be nice to have the option of watching a movie on the big screen, without having to sit next to a bunch of munchers, smelling the food and listening to the crunching.

I once sat next to a family eating their way through a full course curry fest. Don't get me wrong, I love a curry, but not at the cinema. I've not been again since.

'Misophonia has no classification as an auditory, neurological, or psychiatric condition, there are no standard diagnostic criteria, it is not recognized in the DSM-IV or the ICD-10, and there is little research on its prevalence or treatment.

It's not a Thing.'

And even if it is, it's that person's lookout, not the rest of the world's. People eat in public for a variety of reasons. Cinemas sell food to eat in their theatres, if the sound of that is too much for you, that's your lookout. I have PTSD. Until recently, I haven't been able to go to cinemas at all due to loud, sudden noises. I now go to autism-friendly screenings with my son who has ASD as they lower the sound and make sure it's all at an even volume. He has a number of issues with many things but again, this is our problem, not the rest of the world's.

Petition your cinema for food and drink free screenings then. We did, as a community, for autism-friendly ones and got it.

Surely having something like popcorn is just part of the "cinema experience"? And from the cinema's side, that's where they make their money. We go to an independent cinema a lot which has a bar, and it's positively encouraged to bring a glass of wine or whatever into the screen, with your over-priced artisan popcorn.

hardly ever go to the cinema, but when we do we take our own sweets and drinks etc mainly to save money and also because the quality of cinema popcorn has just gone out the window.. I also agree with pp people that send the entire film crunching loudly drives me mad as do those fuckers that take in a smelly mcdonalds which is just opposite the cinema where I live it makes the whole cinema room stink!!

Firstly OP - no worries go for it.

& apologies for the tangent, but to everyone saying misophonia isn't real - it really is. I have it and had never understood that as a mild-mannered, gentle person with no history of MH issues or any other similar issues that the sound of someone chewing incites an almost uncontrollable rage in me. I mean RAGE, horrible physical anger which is only related to the sound of slurping, chewing and in particular people eating with their mouths open in a silent room.

If you read this link you will see that it is very close to being recognised as a disorder.

iheartintelligence.com/2015/09/22/misophonia-psychological-condition/

splendide It is a 'thing'. Just try and understand something you don't have or understand - I don't understand depression, or anxiety (apart from the misophonia related one, which passes as soon as the noise stops) or OCD , but I have sympathy and compassion for those that have it. Aspergers wasn't recognised by the DSM until 1994, do you think that wasn't real until then?

Yes take a sarnie with you, not in loud foil tho. Worst I witnessed was someone eating an entire roast chicken!

Actually I have just remembered when we watched Chitty last month at the theatre someone had pizza express in take away boxes.

I do understand people who find it difficult but where do we stop? Once you've banned food in the screen what if people eat in the foyer or cafe? Do we ban all food In public places other than a restaurant, on trains and planes? What if its a five hour journey or an over night flight?

I do think people these days want everything their way and quick about it. I have a dc with additional needs. They hate other people sitting near them to the point of panic. I cant expect a full train or bus carriage for them though. Instead of trying to change other people we get help and support for dc whether that be travelling at quieter times, campaigning for disability screenings etc.

If you don't like people eating in a place that sells food instead of trying to change everyone else to your rules why not try to change things for yourself like everyone else with a disability or a phobia has to do.

Eating in the cinema is NORMAL and part of the experience. I'll usually have a late lunch and skip dinner if we are going to the cinema, so I can have popcorn and ice cream (I bring my own popcorn and bottle of water usually).

The majority of cinemas sell food. Those that do WANT you to eat in there. Complaining about it is ridiculous.

& apologies for the tangent, but to everyone saying misophonia isn't real - it really is. I have it and had never understood that as a mild-mannered, gentle person with no history of MH issues or any other similar issues that the sound of someone chewing incites an almost uncontrollable rage in me. I mean RAGE, horrible physical anger which is only related to the sound of slurping, chewing and in particular people eating with their mouths open in a silent room.

How much do restaurants affect you?

"Miso" (not the soup) just means hate, doesn't it? Like misogyny or misanthropy. Not that I'm a linguist.

because the quality of cinema popcorn has just gone out the window

Back in the old days (well I guess 1990s - not sure when it changed) cinemas all popped their popcorn on-site so it was fresh. Nowadays they buy in enormous sacks of popped corn and whatever you are eating is a couple of days old at least [boak]

Popcorn = fine. Pickle smells rank though and I'd be majorly pissed off.

I noticed at Cineworld this week that a family snack pack featuring popcorn and drinks was £15, which is about the price of 2 kids tickets so no, frankly I have no issue with taking my own. Also I'm happy with a regular size bag of M&Ms, I really don't need a family bag which is the smallest size they sell.

Most people have eaten their stash by the time the ads/trailers are over I thought that was really the point of that part of the feature.

But I do think the Cinema should pick off phone users and eject them sharpish to a rousing round of audience applause.

my local cinema is a vue, they have the popcorn in those big glass containers ( which I remember back in 90's even early 2000's seeing it being popped in there, but the last time I went to the cinema which was also the first time for many years ( went to watch spectre the newest bond film ) stood in line to get some popcorn and a large coke for me and OH to share a large popcorn and large coke cost me £10 I nearly died of and to top it all off the popcorn tasted stale and way to salty, whereas I love salted popcorn and a good few years a go cinema salted popcorn was the best... this just left me dying of thirst! another thing that annoys me more than stupidly smelly or oud food is the people that cannot restrain themselves from checking their bloody iphones, just see glowing phone screens which can be distracting in a very dark cinema room.

If you can't handle a stranger eating a sandwich near you at the movies, going to the movies probably isn't for you.

In fact, leaving your house may not be for you.

I go to the cinema very regularly (at least once a week sometimes more). I sometimes eat nothing at all, more often just buy a drink from Starbucks, but occasionally get a cake or panini or something. I don't understand the rage over this. 9/10 times people have finished eating whatever they have bought by the time the ads and trailers are over. If I buy food I'm always finished before the lights go down. I also sometimes take in my own food from home, some nuts or haribo and water usually. It's normal behaviour, if people are disgusted or enraged by it that's their lookout.

I always smuggle food into the cinema. Crisps, drinks, etc. Cinema operator's fault for stupidly priced food in my book.

why are people 'smuggling' food in ? Just take it in there is no law against it and no major chains stop you!

the only issue is hot food - for obvious reasons (smell, H+S etc) but otherwise they all allow it!

Why would you even have to ask? I never buy the overpriced stuff at Vue when we go to the cinema - I always take popcorn/sweets/drinks with us and end up spending £4 for all of us rather than about £25.