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So has any one been searched before going to a movie? Since bags are like bad things anymore at movie theaters
xpluswearer said:I can remember back as far as the 80's signs in the theater saying no backpacks or bags allowed. no food or snacks or beverage can be brought into the theater unless purchased here. I have had to open my winter coat and the person taking ticket would say take off coat and turn it upside down and guarantee you that your stuff would fall out on the floor and refuse you entry to the movie. this is in a rural town in the midwest USA mind you.
CuddleWoozle said:I apologize in advance for the length of this post, but I have some fun things to say about 'the other side'.
OK. I worked at a movie theater and this is true for the really gung-ho people. The "I want to impress the boss!" kind. Me? I let you in. I know very well you've got a bag of candy in your coat pocket. I don't care. If my boss asked me "I didn't see it. I wonder where they kept it?!" I was forced ONE TIME to take candy away from a family by the District Manager. (He was standing right behind me when they came in carrying it.) I promised the three kids that if they wanted to, they could put it in my box office and pick it up on the way out, then they could have candy at home. The DM wanted me to throw it away after they left and I told him "I made a promise. You want to throw out a kids candy dude? That's low." He left well enough alone and the kids all got their candy back and were super happy. I told the parents that I was sorry, the DM was right behind me and that next time tuck it inside clothes or something and I could let them escape. LOL
Most of the money the theater I worked at made was on snacks and drinks. To the point that I had to account for literally everything. Everything. Every bag of candy, every bucket for popcorn, every cup. I couldn't give someone a drink of water because the cup would be missing and they would believe I gave someone a free soda. (I used to sneak refills for people. We could have as much soda/popcorn as we wanted and I would get mad sometimes and refill cups for nice customers if they came out while the manager was in the office.)
I was a pretty naughty employee I suppose, but I cleaned the crud off of everything in that building so they tolerated my naughty ways.
I never searched a backpack, but we would ask that people leave them at the box office if they were acting shady. LOL Only did that once though, because we saw the teenagers trying to hide cans and stuff in it. We were pretty sure they'd gotten beer from somewhere and we were NOT gonna try and explain a bunch of drunk teens barfing everywhere or anything.
The funniest one was the Popcorn Bandit. We had a fella all winter who would smuggle in two bags of microwave popcorn every time he came to the theater. We could SMELL it. (Just for reference, microwave popcorn smells TOTALLY different than the kind at the movie theater. I'm not sure why, but probably the butter/oil combo they have to use for the microwave being different.) We ended up having to bust him in the spring because he came in with two popcorn-bag titties under a t-shirt. LOL "Sir, are your pecs crackling? And why do they smell like butter?" He was super-mad, but dang it man. We can't just go around letting people grow popcorn boobs willy-nilly.
So yeah, most of the time the employees who are not that gung-ho aren't that into trying to look into your stuff. (I'm totally glad I didn't work there for Fifty Shades of Gray. Yeeesh. The things the people might have brought to THAT. O_O )
dogboy said:I suppose they could be looking for food that gets sneaked in. I too think searching is shoddy behavior if it's just for food and goodies. Serves them right if they find diapers and baby powder!
CuddleWoozle said:I apologize in advance for the length of this post, but I have some fun things to say about 'the other side'.
OK. I worked at a movie theater and this is true for the really gung-ho people. The "I want to impress the boss!" kind. Me? I let you in. I know very well you've got a bag of candy in your coat pocket. I don't care. If my boss asked me "I didn't see it. I wonder where they kept it?!" I was forced ONE TIME to take candy away from a family by the District Manager. (He was standing right behind me when they came in carrying it.) I promised the three kids that if they wanted to, they could put it in my box office and pick it up on the way out, then they could have candy at home. The DM wanted me to throw it away after they left and I told him "I made a promise. You want to throw out a kids candy dude? That's low." He left well enough alone and the kids all got their candy back and were super happy. I told the parents that I was sorry, the DM was right behind me and that next time tuck it inside clothes or something and I could let them escape. LOL
Most of the money the theater I worked at made was on snacks and drinks. To the point that I had to account for literally everything. Everything. Every bag of candy, every bucket for popcorn, every cup. I couldn't give someone a drink of water because the cup would be missing and they would believe I gave someone a free soda. (I used to sneak refills for people. We could have as much soda/popcorn as we wanted and I would get mad sometimes and refill cups for nice customers if they came out while the manager was in the office.)
I was a pretty naughty employee I suppose, but I cleaned the crud off of everything in that building so they tolerated my naughty ways.
I never searched a backpack, but we would ask that people leave them at the box office if they were acting shady. LOL Only did that once though, because we saw the teenagers trying to hide cans and stuff in it. We were pretty sure they'd gotten beer from somewhere and we were NOT gonna try and explain a bunch of drunk teens barfing everywhere or anything.
The funniest one was the Popcorn Bandit. We had a fella all winter who would smuggle in two bags of microwave popcorn every time he came to the theater. We could SMELL it. (Just for reference, microwave popcorn smells TOTALLY different than the kind at the movie theater. I'm not sure why, but probably the butter/oil combo they have to use for the microwave being different.) We ended up having to bust him in the spring because he came in with two popcorn-bag titties under a t-shirt. LOL "Sir, are your pecs crackling? And why do they smell like butter?" He was super-mad, but dang it man. We can't just go around letting people grow popcorn boobs willy-nilly.
So yeah, most of the time the employees who are not that gung-ho aren't that into trying to look into your stuff. (I'm totally glad I didn't work there for Fifty Shades of Gray. Yeeesh. The things the people might have brought to THAT. O_O )