To sneak McD's into the cinema

[fr4zzledmum]

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?

Why do people feel they cannot eat for a few hours and worse than that eat smelly food, rustle and generally make a nuisance of themselves.

Just why??

Why do people feel any regular noise is an intrusive attack. People eat,sip,crunch rustle their way through life. Someone else preference or affectations isn’t a reason not to eat, in case their delicate demeanour can’t tolerate crisps or popcorn

Why do people feel they cannot eat for a few hours and worse than that eat smelly food, rustle and generally make a nuisance of themselves

Baffles me. I could completely understand when you used to have movies like Gone with the Wind etc where they went for nearly 4 hours and there was typically an intermission to allow a toilet break and buying a snack to get you through the next 2 hours. But movies these days tend to be only 2-2 1/2 hrs so no idea why people need to eat/drink throughout them.

ETA - for the odd movie these days that may go for around 4hrs, then I get why people may have something, but surely a snack at one point, not several snacks throughout.

Personally I think McDonalds is about the worst smelling food you can get, so I’d avoid it. Very antisocial.

But no, the cinema won’t stop you, and I don’t think there’s even any need to “sneak”.

I mean, someone else will probably have something awful and smelly in there too, knowing how these things go, so I feel like you’re going to feel resentful if you don’t.

Well,the cinema sells pizza,popcorn,hotdogs and customer buy it. Demand exists
why eat. Because patron want to, it’s a treat,it’s part of the experience. Life isn’t a joyless food or snack free experience. Food is integral to going to cinema. It really is unreasonable to hope other patrons don’t eat for a few hours. Food sold my cinema as its part of going to cinema. Has been for years

No messier than nachos!! The most stupid food to eat in a cinema.

I usually take sushi to cinema it’s crunch and rustle free(and I love it)

The last time I was at the cinema, I sat there silently fumming at the amount of noise, and rustling of food. It was like people had waited for the film to start before tucking in. We were sat there for about 1/2 with the rubbish adverts, and then trailers beforehand!

Food is integral to going to cinema. It really is unreasonable to hope other patrons don’t eat for a few hours

You misunderstand, I don’t hope other patrons don’t eat for a few hours. I couldn’t give a flying fuck what others do. If they feel they need to eat, then that’s fine, they can go for it. It just perplexes me that people can’t go a few hours without snacks. Maybe that’s because I don’t find food integral to going to the cinema though, and don’t find it joyless without it. I go to watch a movie and find the joy in that rather than the food. Although, I did start to think a snack may be the go towards the end of that one with Leonardo Di Caprio about the Native American land grab but that was only towards the last 10/15mins of it, and to be fair it wasn’t short, but even then it didn’t ruin anything or take away my pleasure of being in the cinema watching a decent movie.

Nobody said it was. It may or may not be against the policy of the cinema owners though.

This is an old thread. The smell of McD is noticeable when you walk into a branch.

People seem to want a slight sofa experience at the cinema so want their hot snacks. I'd be tempted by a hot dog myself if they did non-meat ones.

ok, so your preference is no snack. Others will purchase snacks specifically for cinema. Food Is an integral part of cinema, hence it PoS product. Of course you’re not compelled to buy it

I must say I do enjoy a family bag of pork scratchings at the opera.

Well yes, crashing Wagner and crunchy pigskin is an opera staple

Oh yah, absolutely 😁

Well yeah people do usually wait for the film to start.. that’s the point.

Of course you wait on movie starting before eating snacks. The trailers aren’t snacktime

Exactly! It’s the eating whilst watching the film that is part of the experience