Movie Theater Escapades
Nickel at Five Cent Nickel writes about sneaking candy into the theater to save money. This is a great tactic with sodas, candy and popcorn going for 3-5 bucks each. I can attest that very few ticket takers even care. A bottle of soda in one pocket and a bag of candy in the other is not going to cause a confrontation. I’ve even munched on M&M’s while handing in my ticket.
While I’ve never snuck in popcorn (my favorite movie treat) I did once sneak in food that did ruffle some feathers. Once I was going to the movies next to a great deli. I decided that I had to have one of their amazing hot pastrami sandwiches. It ended up taking a while to get through the line and for them to make the sandwich.
It was too late to eat outside without missing the start of the movie. I ended up sneaking this wonderful smelling hot pastrami sandwich into the theater by orbiting the white styrofoam box around my body. I’m sure the ticket taker knew I had something but he really didn’t care.
The wonderful smells spilling off the sandwich earned me more than one dirty look from my fellow movie viewers. Oh well, it was worth it.
The lesson is you aren’t likely to get stopped from bringing food into the theater unless you have a very ambitious ticket taker or are very blatant about it.
Another way to save money is become friends with someone that works at a movie theater. My roommate manages a movie theater so I get free movies all the time but I also help them out with computer stuff occasionally in return. They have a no outside food policy mainly for cleaning purposes. They were tired of cleaning up full meals people would bring in and leave everywhere. He doesn't care if you bring in outside food as long as it's hidden. He figures as long as it's small enough to hide on you it won't create too big of a mess.
Activitie | September 19, 2006 08:22 AM