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A postman was thrown out of his local cinema when he was caught eating his own supply of sweets rather than those on sale in the foyer.
Adam Glennon, aged 26, had bought a ticket for sci-fi thriller Cloverfield at the Cineworld in Stockport when he was approached by a security guard demanding to know what was in Mr Glennon’s bag. When he searched it and found sweets, drinks and Coca Cola, the customer was told unless he handed over the contents he wouldn’t be allowed into the cinema. He refused.
“He was searching like he was a copper looking for a gun,” Mr Glennon told the Manchester Evening News. “I was going red because I couldn’t believe it.
“I’ve always taken in food and I’ve never had a problem. Money is tight at the moment and I begrudge paying the prices they charge.”
Disgusted by the manner in which he was treated, Mr Glennon held an impromptu protest outside the cinema, giving away free sweets and his own price comparison leaflets. These revealed that he paid £5 for eight packs of M&Ms, a multi-pack of crisps, a variety of sweets and two bottles of cherry cola. If, however, he had bought them at the cinema, two tubes of Pringles alone would have set Mr Glennon back £4.80.
Said Luke Roberts, a spokesman for Cineworld: “Cineworld terms and conditions outline that all food consumed on the premises must be purchased at one of our concessions, which is in line with most cinema chain policies. We do offer a full refund if a customer chooses to leave.”
http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/19022008/5/cinema-s-sweet-eating-policy-sucks-0.html
£5 for eight packs of M&Ms, a multi-pack of crisps, a variety of sweets and two bottles of cherry cola
No wonder he was thrown out – he was obviously planning to set up his own concession stand.
Was it Tony Montana?
All that food for one person?? He must be a right fat fooker
I personally think all food should be banned from cinemas, the films are only a couple of hours long, it beats me why people cant sit there for that length of time without feeling the need to fill their faces. It pi.sses me off when people are rustling sweet wrappers and crunching stuff all through the film :twisted:
@smiley wrote:
Was it Tony Montana?
Nah Tommy it can,t have been old fat arse. He wouldn,t have had a bag he,d have had a suitcase. :lol:
Don’t know about suitcase, maybe more a very camp basket full, such as this.
@anita Gofradump wrote:
Don’t know about suitcase, maybe more a very camp basket full, such as this.
Yep and then he,d have a pudding. :lol:
I remember taking my son when he was about 10 to the cinema, I think we watched ‘the Borrowers’. (He’s nearly 20 now btw) :lol:
I did go to the pick n mix part of the cinema before we actually went in, I put some sweets into a bag and went to the counter to have them weighed and to pay for them. The assistant said it came to £3 odd!!,,,,,I was pretty gobsmacked at this as we hadn’t bought that many sweets to be honest!! :lol: so was my son, he said leave it, don’t bother and so we didn’t. I left the assistant to put them back. Cinema’s do overcharge, and they shouldn’t be allowed to. Anytime after that when we went to the cinema, we used to go to either a local sweetshop, or to woolworths, and purchase what we wanted before we went in. If more cinemas were made to come into line of local shops then they wouldn’t be able to charge the extortianate prices they do.
that cinema is a dump anyway, full of chavs
I hate cinemas. I dont really understand it because its a kind of social place, but not social atall because you dont (or shouldnt) talk to anybody!
I prefer a dvd or wait till its on sky. Cheaper too.
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