"We're dealing with someone that has no life."
I might have jumped the gun when I said that newer episodes of “South Park” had lost their humor. This episode, called “Make Love, Not Warcraft,” is hysterical and I don’t even play “World of Warcraft,” or as the nerds like to say, “WOW.” It doesn’t help to describe it-if you see it on TV, watch it. Or else.
But that’s not what this post is about. I feel better now that I’ve had some McDonalds (which included Monopoly pieces-someone give me Short Line and Reading Railroads), but I had quite a rant stirred up after I left work this evening. As those of you that don’t skim my entries know, the price of popcorn and soda has gone up. It hasn’t gone up drastically, but the fact of the matter is the theater is once again attempting to suck money out of people’s pockets, which doesn’t make a lot of sense considering the attendance has been gradually diminishing over the weeks. I would think that lowering prices would attract more people back into the theater, but what do I know? I’m just a Film major after all.
But what angers me the most is that no one seemed to care tonight. I expected people to throw a fit, and frankly, I feel stupid for saying this, but I wish they had. Instead, they either didn’t notice or didn’t care. Of course, paying an extra $1.00 for popcorn or an extra $.50 for a soda isn’t a big deal, but it’s the fact that people are accepting it. We accept rising gas prices because there is nothing we can do about it-we can’t stop getting gas. People don’t NEED popcorn and soda. There’s no reason anyone should be letting this happen. I’m not calling for a complete boycott of the theater (that would put me out of a job), but I want to see more happen. It bothers me that people accept rising prices when they’re the ones that can change it. Simply avoiding the concession stand or at least not purchasing $20 in food is a start; filling out comment cards and mailing them to the corporate offices is the right action. Next time you’re at the theater and thinking to yourself, “a hot dog and a medium drink should NOT be $8.25,” (and you’re right), then pick up a comment card, fill it out, and mail it in. I’m told those go directly to corporate, so at least it’s a step in the right direction. Don’t complain to managers or employees-we don’t care because there is nothing we can do.
As if this isn’t enough, the theater has also abolished our current combos contest, in which the employee with the highest amount of combo sales gets a prize at the end of each week. This is bad enough in the way that it promotes making people buy food that they don’t need, but now we’re changing it so that the person that makes the most money in sales is rewarded. Or, as I like to put it, the person that swindles the most wins.
Of course, the right answer to all of this would be, “just quit dumbass.” I’m working on that. I’m attempting to schedule at interview at a TV station for an internship, but I’m not sure that’ll work out since the station is about 25 miles away and I really don’t want to drive out there all the time. I’m considering a job at some place like Blockbuster or Borders, something with less insane hours and less insane people.
But that’s not what this post is about. I feel better now that I’ve had some McDonalds (which included Monopoly pieces-someone give me Short Line and Reading Railroads), but I had quite a rant stirred up after I left work this evening. As those of you that don’t skim my entries know, the price of popcorn and soda has gone up. It hasn’t gone up drastically, but the fact of the matter is the theater is once again attempting to suck money out of people’s pockets, which doesn’t make a lot of sense considering the attendance has been gradually diminishing over the weeks. I would think that lowering prices would attract more people back into the theater, but what do I know? I’m just a Film major after all.
But what angers me the most is that no one seemed to care tonight. I expected people to throw a fit, and frankly, I feel stupid for saying this, but I wish they had. Instead, they either didn’t notice or didn’t care. Of course, paying an extra $1.00 for popcorn or an extra $.50 for a soda isn’t a big deal, but it’s the fact that people are accepting it. We accept rising gas prices because there is nothing we can do about it-we can’t stop getting gas. People don’t NEED popcorn and soda. There’s no reason anyone should be letting this happen. I’m not calling for a complete boycott of the theater (that would put me out of a job), but I want to see more happen. It bothers me that people accept rising prices when they’re the ones that can change it. Simply avoiding the concession stand or at least not purchasing $20 in food is a start; filling out comment cards and mailing them to the corporate offices is the right action. Next time you’re at the theater and thinking to yourself, “a hot dog and a medium drink should NOT be $8.25,” (and you’re right), then pick up a comment card, fill it out, and mail it in. I’m told those go directly to corporate, so at least it’s a step in the right direction. Don’t complain to managers or employees-we don’t care because there is nothing we can do.
As if this isn’t enough, the theater has also abolished our current combos contest, in which the employee with the highest amount of combo sales gets a prize at the end of each week. This is bad enough in the way that it promotes making people buy food that they don’t need, but now we’re changing it so that the person that makes the most money in sales is rewarded. Or, as I like to put it, the person that swindles the most wins.
Of course, the right answer to all of this would be, “just quit dumbass.” I’m working on that. I’m attempting to schedule at interview at a TV station for an internship, but I’m not sure that’ll work out since the station is about 25 miles away and I really don’t want to drive out there all the time. I’m considering a job at some place like Blockbuster or Borders, something with less insane hours and less insane people.