Re cineworld : IS THIS LEGAL
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candie!!!!!!♥
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I'm used to being searched going into the theatre. It all started with the IRA campaigns as far as I know.
Now it's supposed to be also because of cameras.
It's pointless though because they don't really look, you just open your bag, they rummage around whilst you have your camera or whatever in your pocket!
Now it's supposed to be also because of cameras.
It's pointless though because they don't really look, you just open your bag, they rummage around whilst you have your camera or whatever in your pocket!
I dont know!
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They can look in the bag all they want but they actually have no right to put their hanRAB in or on it. They can ask you to move stuff around, take things out, look in it again, but they can't physically access your bag, and you should've told them to get bent if they suggested that.
They can then ask you to leave, but then you could ask them for a refund as it is they that has breached the contract first.
They can then ask you to leave, but then you could ask them for a refund as it is they that has breached the contract first.
Hollywood_Scarlett
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eh?
And yet many people go to restaurants with no intention of buying alcohol. I happen to work as a consultant for several restaurants and do you know what happens if a customer buys food and no alcohol? They won't be getting reservations at that restaurant again - not in the busy perioRAB anyway.
You could argue that a restaurant is there for food. You go to eat meals that have been specially prepared (and often created) by the chef. The bottle of wine is some pre-packaged product that comes from another supplier. All the restaurant staff do is pull a cork and pour. No preparation involved. You could easily say that their business is making and selling food and that the sale of alcohol is a side-earner (and definately way overpriced).
The analogy is sound because its looking at what is the core revenue generator for the business. In the restaurant, it is alcohol that makes them profitable. In a cinema, it is the snacks. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that a riding centre's core revenue DOESN'T come from the hat-leasing business.
EDIT: Seeing as a cinema's main business is - apparently - not to do with food and drink, you really have no right to be eating in there at all. There's no law that says a business HAS to let you consume food on their premises. How can you even argue with that? Either their business is food and drinks or it isn't.
All it boils down to is people wanting it all their own way, regardless of the fact that they don't own the cinema and don't make the rules.
You could argue that a restaurant is there for food. You go to eat meals that have been specially prepared (and often created) by the chef. The bottle of wine is some pre-packaged product that comes from another supplier. All the restaurant staff do is pull a cork and pour. No preparation involved. You could easily say that their business is making and selling food and that the sale of alcohol is a side-earner (and definately way overpriced).
The analogy is sound because its looking at what is the core revenue generator for the business. In the restaurant, it is alcohol that makes them profitable. In a cinema, it is the snacks. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that a riding centre's core revenue DOESN'T come from the hat-leasing business.
EDIT: Seeing as a cinema's main business is - apparently - not to do with food and drink, you really have no right to be eating in there at all. There's no law that says a business HAS to let you consume food on their premises. How can you even argue with that? Either their business is food and drinks or it isn't.
All it boils down to is people wanting it all their own way, regardless of the fact that they don't own the cinema and don't make the rules.
Madness to magnet.
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Technically and legally, they have every right
That's true. No one is obliged to buy a product.
That's true. No one is obliged to buy a product.
You've not read the reasoning in any of my last few posts, have you?
Fair enough, you're entitled to your opinion - however, I can safely say this thread has done more damage to Cineworld than the amount of positive thoughts it has induced. And that is a situation that can only multiply as the thread is open to and accessed publicly on an open online forum, which is also indexed by Google.
Fair enough, you're entitled to your opinion - however, I can safely say this thread has done more damage to Cineworld than the amount of positive thoughts it has induced. And that is a situation that can only multiply as the thread is open to and accessed publicly on an open online forum, which is also indexed by Google.
kingcrab2879
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At the Cineworld I go to (Stevenage) they pop the corn there; you can actually see them doing it 
juicyfruit
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My local multiplex is heavily into saving staff costs. Now you have to buy tickets from the food and drink counter and there is no one to check your ticket before you go in.
LindseyxLovesxyahh
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It's not illegal. You couldn't be arrested for it. It's simply against the cinema's terms and conditions - meaning that the "contract" you are agreeing to when you purchase a ticket says that you are not allowed to bring food and drink in. The most they could do is eject you from the cinema for breaching their terms - assuming there are signposted warnings around or the cashier informs you of the condition before the purchase.
Alternatively, they can just refuse you entry before you have bought the ticket. After all, the cinema is under no obligation to sell a ticket if they don't want to. Admittedly, its not the best business practice to refuse to take money from willing customers, but they don't actually require a reason to refuse a sale if they so decide.
Alternatively, they can just refuse you entry before you have bought the ticket. After all, the cinema is under no obligation to sell a ticket if they don't want to. Admittedly, its not the best business practice to refuse to take money from willing customers, but they don't actually require a reason to refuse a sale if they so decide.
36! I'm not surprised you say its a pattern you've followed since you were little. You just never learned respect then. I buy drinks in the supermarket, too y'know. Guess where I drink them? At home! Why? Because I pay for the upkeep of my own home and can do as I damned well please in there.
It's not common sense to do as you say, any more than it is common sense to shoplift because prices are high. Would you steal a sports car because you wanted one and its price was extortionate or would you settle for something you could afford (or pay for the sports car if you really wanted it)?
You don't have a right to be in a pub, restaurant or cinema. They are private property and are opened so people can earn a living. If you can't afford to use their facilities, then keep your cheap arse at home and watch the TV with a can of Super Tennants.
Why in hell would you take your own plate and food to a restaurant anyway? How frickin' sad is that? You may as well stay at home! Honestly, I think you're just making this crap up, because if you're not...well I don't think I need to spell out how ridiculous it is! What do you do, cook the food, stick it in a tupperware container and then run round to your local restaurant before it goes cold? For what reason? Just so you can stick two fingers up at a restaurant you can't afford to eat at?
I've known teenagers do the "hipflask in a pub" manuevre, but I thought most adults would grow out of that. I guess you really don't see any problem with using other peoples facilities for free - and don't get the irony that as you complain about extortionate and unfair prices, you are wasting other peoples money by unfairly using their property. You are EXACTLY what you whinge about these businesses being (and part of the cause of high prices, too)
It's not common sense to do as you say, any more than it is common sense to shoplift because prices are high. Would you steal a sports car because you wanted one and its price was extortionate or would you settle for something you could afford (or pay for the sports car if you really wanted it)?
You don't have a right to be in a pub, restaurant or cinema. They are private property and are opened so people can earn a living. If you can't afford to use their facilities, then keep your cheap arse at home and watch the TV with a can of Super Tennants.
Why in hell would you take your own plate and food to a restaurant anyway? How frickin' sad is that? You may as well stay at home! Honestly, I think you're just making this crap up, because if you're not...well I don't think I need to spell out how ridiculous it is! What do you do, cook the food, stick it in a tupperware container and then run round to your local restaurant before it goes cold? For what reason? Just so you can stick two fingers up at a restaurant you can't afford to eat at?
I've known teenagers do the "hipflask in a pub" manuevre, but I thought most adults would grow out of that. I guess you really don't see any problem with using other peoples facilities for free - and don't get the irony that as you complain about extortionate and unfair prices, you are wasting other peoples money by unfairly using their property. You are EXACTLY what you whinge about these businesses being (and part of the cause of high prices, too)
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harlequinromance345
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deejayone, I think you may be overestimating the power of the mighty interweb a bit.
Sure, the net is a great resource for quick and easy communication. But think about your comment about email. Half the email traffic out there is spam. Do people take it seriously? No, they bin it.
Same is true for internet forums. I bet that every company/product out there has had someone slagging them off on an internet forum. I've read completely false comments, with ridiculously over-the-top titles, all over the net. A seven-page thread on a forum is NOT going to have any major impact on a business. No more than someone standing in the lobby and screaming about bad treatment. Heck, that would probably have a bigger impact than comments on a forum.
The internet - and particularly internet forums - is notoriously full of bull. Massively successful companies have internet hate campaigns against them and survive the deadly onslaught. A "Cineworld is evil, the dirty scheming criminals!!!!!" thread will have next to no impact on them.
The evidence in the thread isn't enough to convince that Cineworld - particularly as a wider orginisation - are doing anything wrong. If, as you say, people won't even read it and gain a negative reaction just from the title and the tone of the OP, then those are the people who will be similarly swayed by a big colourful advert promoting Cineworld.
If people don't care about the evidence in making a decision, businesses have little to worry about. All businesses know they cannot please everyone. If evidence is important, then this forum thread will have little impact, if any at all.
Sure, the net is a great resource for quick and easy communication. But think about your comment about email. Half the email traffic out there is spam. Do people take it seriously? No, they bin it.
Same is true for internet forums. I bet that every company/product out there has had someone slagging them off on an internet forum. I've read completely false comments, with ridiculously over-the-top titles, all over the net. A seven-page thread on a forum is NOT going to have any major impact on a business. No more than someone standing in the lobby and screaming about bad treatment. Heck, that would probably have a bigger impact than comments on a forum.
The internet - and particularly internet forums - is notoriously full of bull. Massively successful companies have internet hate campaigns against them and survive the deadly onslaught. A "Cineworld is evil, the dirty scheming criminals!!!!!" thread will have next to no impact on them.
The evidence in the thread isn't enough to convince that Cineworld - particularly as a wider orginisation - are doing anything wrong. If, as you say, people won't even read it and gain a negative reaction just from the title and the tone of the OP, then those are the people who will be similarly swayed by a big colourful advert promoting Cineworld.
If people don't care about the evidence in making a decision, businesses have little to worry about. All businesses know they cannot please everyone. If evidence is important, then this forum thread will have little impact, if any at all.
MrGizmo757
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