Those HIPAA violations will kill you.

So around ten bucks then?

(I know the Canadian dollar has gotten stronger over the years, but I wanted to be the first to make fun of it.)

Also, why on earth would you go to a movie theater where they charge you too much to watch a movie AND rifle through your stuff? Even more of a reason to wait for the DVD.

platkat: Also, why on earth would you go to a movie theater where they charge you too much to watch a movie AND rifle through your stuff? Even more of a reason to wait for the DVD.

Canada is down with Socialism. How long do you think it will be before the MPAA has Loews employees patting people down in New York and LA? Maybe Americans should take note, before it's too late.

They're searching bags before you enter a movie theater now? Well, f*ck you too, movie theater industry, I'm on Netflix.

SpeshilEdjukashin: MPAA has Loews employees patting people down in New York and LA

New York and LA would be among the last places they'd try to pull that, unless they want their employees to end up shot or stabbed. If they tried it, they'd go somewhere where the people are nice and docile - Minneapolis maybe?

platkat: Also, why on earth would you go to a movie theater where they charge you too much to watch a movie AND rifle through your stuff? Even more of a reason to wait for the DVD.

Or, more of a reason to pirate the movie. If that ever happens to me at a movie theater I would walk out. Of course I don't carry a purse so little chance of that.

Pretty sweet that they got smacked down.

I only go to the theatres once or twice a year but that's dropping to zero if I can't 'smuggle' some snacks in there. $8 for popcorn and a fountain drink my ass.

thejoyofpi: They're searching bags before you enter a movie theater now? Well, f*ck you too, movie theater industry, I'm on Netflix.

Some theaters won't even let you in with a bag.

SpeshilEdjukashin: platkat: Also, why on earth would you go to a movie theater where they charge you too much to watch a movie AND rifle through your stuff? Even more of a reason to wait for the DVD.

Canada is down with Socialism. How long do you think it will be before the MPAA has Loews employees patting people down in New York and LA? Maybe Americans should take note, before it's too late.

WTF does this have to do with Socialism?

doyner: WTF does this have to do with Socialism?

For some people, anything they don't like is Socialism. When they were kids, they probably refused to eat their broccoli because it was Socialist.

doyner: WTF does this have to do with Socialism?

From what I understand lately, it has to do with anything that makes you grumpy - from the taste of your coffee to the size of your penis; from the car in front of you to your unruly children; from the smell of your socks to your family's disappointment in you. It's become the most versatile word since f*ck.

thejoyofpi: For some people, anything they don't like is Socialism. When they were kids, they probably refused to eat their broccoli because it was Socialist.

Outtaphase: From what I understand lately, it has to do with anything that makes you grumpy - from the taste of your coffee to the size of your penis; from the car in front of you to your unruly children; from the smell of your socks to your family's disappointment in you. It's become the most versatile word since f*ck.

I get it now. It means, "I have a sandy vagina."

doyner: I get it now. It means, "I have a sandy vagina."

ding
another translation is anything that the wingnuts disagree with

to be fair, the movie they were going to watch was 'shrek the third'. it's practically a terrorist training video, so who can blame them for being thorough in their searches?

Outtaphase: doyner: WTF does this have to do with Socialism?

From what I understand lately, it has to do with anything that makes you grumpy - from the taste of your coffee to the size of your penis; from the car in front of you to your unruly children; from the smell of your socks to your family's disappointment in you. It's become the most versatile word since f*ck.


There's that, and there's also the part where socialism is farking retarded.

//just sayin'

I've got this overwhelming urge to head to a movie theatre with a big bag containing every manner of warped and twisted sex device I can fit in it just to stand there with a blank and unassuming face while the flustered, minimum wage usher has to pull each item out one by one.

SilentStrider: Those HIPAA violations will kill you.

Amazing how that works in Canadaland.

Ghastly: I've got this overwhelming urge to head to a movie theatre with a big bag containing every manner of warped and twisted sex device I can fit in it just to stand there with a blank and unassuming face while the flustered, minimum wage usher has to pull each item out one by one.

And this is why we all love you. Double bonus points if you do it in a business suit, and if you tape it. Triple if you're in booty shorts and a half-shirt.

platkat: So around ten bucks then?

(I know the Canadian dollar has gotten stronger over the years, but I wanted to be the first to make fun of it.)

Also, why on earth would you go to a movie theater where they charge you too much to watch a movie AND rifle through your stuff? Even more of a reason to wait for the DVDwatch it on the internet.

Ghastly: I've got this overwhelming urge to head to a movie theatre with a big bag containing every manner of warped and twisted sex device I can fit in it just to stand there with a blank and unassuming face while the flustered, minimum wage usher has to pull each item out one by one.

i want you to video tape this, but i'm not sure how you'd be able to.

This reminds me of one of the local theaters, they have a "no pirates" sign up at the ticket booth. I found it odd as it is one of the shiattier theaters in town, who would want a recording of that? Also in high school I was asked what was in my pocket one day while seeing a movie there, I promptly showed them my phone and walked by with a 1 liter bottle of coke in my back pocket. I've been back there once since then, the sign is still up and I told a manager working the ticket booth that I took great offense, and he could eat a big bowl of dicks.

Searched for video cameras and snack food?
I dunno that sounds like an anti-piracy measure and an anti-competitive measure, which to me means Corporatism rather than Socialism if we're discussing the political implications of this event.

I smuggle cheap food into my local cinema all the time, I haven't got searched for anything since I was 5 (I lived in London, we got searched for bombs), good times.

Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?

Who in their right mind would submit to a search? I dont go to the movies all that often as it is. I am sure I could live without them entirely.

It's pretty sad when a mother and daughter go to the movies together.

Even sadder when the mother is such a control-freak the daughter needs to sneak behind her back to possess birth control.

Makes sense the dad was wise, broke, and disheartened enough to stay in his studio apartment all alone, jacking off to internet porn.

I only grudgingly let the TSA search my stuff. If some minimum wage jerkoff at the theater goes for it... how about no? They can give me my $10 back and go get their manager for me. That's not Internet tough guy talk, that's reality. We (North America) are on a slippery slope to letting anyone who works with the public strip search us at any time.

Wonder how they would feel if you simple let them search... then say, "Ok.. you next, turn around and spead em!"

The big corporate cinemas around here won't let any one in with an unsearched bag.

The two smaller movie theaters (EveningStar and Nickelodeon) won't harrass random customers though.

I guess its too much to have ushers like in the old days.

We can't disturb those loud kids in the theater now can we?

Alamo Drafthouse.

Beer, milkshakes, food and no children. It's Heaven.

Rug Doctor: slippery slope to letting anyone who works with the public strip search us at any time

I find it mildly amusing when morans use the term "slippery slope" not realizing that the term is actually used to lampoon or criticize their form of reasoning.

Stealthdozer: The big corporate cinemas around here won't let any one in with an unsearched bag.

It's not a national thing for Regal. But they're one of the biggest perpetrators of the LieMAX screens, so fark 'em anyway.

soze: thejoyofpi: They're searching bags before you enter a movie theater now? Well, f*ck you too, movie theater industry, I'm on Netflix.

Some theaters won't even let you in with a bag.

You mean I cant take my mother in law to a movie?

antihuman: Alamo Drafthouse.

Beer, milkshakes, food and no children. It's Heaven.

Asheville Pizza and Brewery, AKA The Brew and View. Pizzaria + small arcade separate from the movie theater + in-house local brew, and they trend toward older, obscure, or limited run flicks. It don't get much better.

Search for cameras? I just assumed at this point movie theaters had that eqipment installed at the front of a theater that could spot the telltale sign of a video camera lens pointed at the screen due to the glare of the lens, or the little red video light if it hadn't been taped over.

Im gonna tell my Daughter that the pill is harmful. I want some grandkids before I'm too old to hold em.

Impudent Domain: Im gonna tell my Daughter that the pill is harmful. I want some grandkids before I'm too old to hold em.

Sarah?

antihuman Quote 2009-05-31 07:29:35 AM
Alamo Drafthouse.

Beer, milkshakes, food and no children. It's Heaven.

Yup, I love Alamo, And now there are other Theater/restaurants in Houston. Somehow I don't think that a cinema that searches you would last long around here. I guess other places are already programmed to be good little droids.

Impudent Domain: antihuman Quote 2009-05-31 07:29:35 AM
Alamo Drafthouse.

Beer, milkshakes, food and no children. It's Heaven.

Yup, I love Alamo, And now there are other Theater/restaurants in Houston. Somehow I don't think that a cinema that searches you would last long around here. I guess other places are already programmed to be good little droids.

That, and the sudden volleys of gunfire would tend to discourage such behavior.

Why do people put up with this? Seriously, bag searches to see a movie? Refused entry because you have a packet of M&Ms not bought at the cinema?

I'm in Australia and this doesn't happen. If it did, I'd complain to the consumer affairs and fair trade departments. No way this can be legal. It's anti-competitive. I'm sure they have a 'right to refuse entry' policy, but only for anti-social reasons, and I doubt if the case were pushed they'd win for refusing entry to someone who has bought and paid for a ticket just because they had a bottle of water.

Needless to say the mother was not pleased to find out in this manner that her daughter had those pills in her possession.

Guess what, biatch? Your daughter was already farking, at least you know she's taking precautions not to get knocked up. You should have given her a high-five (and then sue).

Oh and,



I HAD A MOUSE!

why is the daughter carrying around her pills anyway?

Bee Roo Ga Ho Shee: I smell another Fark thread jam-packed with sex, minors, birth control, and right to privacy, tinged with a hint of responsible parenting.

/grabs popcorn

I hope you paid for that you commie bastard!

Which farker wrote this gem:

Pat-down searches used on the general public are not effective. Anyone who has had the pleasure of a stranger molesting them knows they don't search the groin. The general public will not accept a thorough groin search.

So, I generally keep my recording devices, flask, pistol, and skittles directly under my junk.

I like it!

mialynneb: Pat-down searches used on the general public are not effective. Anyone who has had the pleasure of a stranger molesting them knows they don't search the groin. The general public will not accept a thorough groin search.

So, I generally keep my recording devices, flask, pistol, and skittles directly under my junk.

I like it!

eww nut skittles?

enzoweb: Why do people put up with this? Seriously, bag searches to see a movie? Refused entry because you have a packet of M&Ms not bought at the cinema?

I'm in Australia and this doesn't happen. If it did, I'd complain to the consumer affairs and fair trade departments. No way this can be legal. It's anti-competitive. I'm sure they have a 'right to refuse entry' policy, but only for anti-social reasons, and I doubt if the case were pushed they'd win for refusing entry to someone who has bought and paid for a ticket just because they had a bottle of water.

A huge part of the profit margin of theatres is the markup on the concessions. Ten cents worth of (electricity + corn + oil + depreciation on machine + bag + concession lackey's labour) = $5.00 large theatre popcorn. That's what the REAL reason for this is. The paranoia about "copyright infringement" is just a bullshiat reason for these searches.

So, this is done to appease those poor, poor, unfortunate little shareholders who get soooo upset if they don't make their dividends so they can make their beemer payments.

Yes, think of those poor, sensitive little shareholders. I'll think I'll grab my little violin and play it for 'em.

They've been doing this ever since they could start with the 9/11 excuse. My female friend (the one in the group) used to bring her mini-backpack, we'd stop at the CVS next door to the theater and get soda and candy. Not long after 9/11, they instituted the no-bags-or-search policy. "For our safety," of course.

That's why my friend's younger brother wears cargo pants.

/no frisking at local theaters

Podna: mialynneb: Pat-down searches used on the general public are not effective. Anyone who has had the pleasure of a stranger molesting them knows they don't search the groin. The general public will not accept a thorough groin search.

So, I generally keep my recording devices, flask, pistol, and skittles directly under my junk.

I like it!

eww nut skittles?

So that's NOT the rainbow you can taste.

Ghastly: I've got this overwhelming urge to head to a movie theatre with a big bag containing every manner of warped and twisted sex device I can fit in it just to stand there with a blank and unassuming face while the flustered, minimum wage usher has to pull each item out one by one.

Newsletter, please.

Podna

eww nut skittles?

I just have my wife hide the skittles in her hoo-ha. Gives it an extra flavor.

Day_Old_Dutchie: So, this is done to appease those poor, poor, unfortunate little shareholders who get soooo upset if they don't make their dividends so they can make their beemer payments.

This is the real truth.

Who wants to buy shares in a company that gives only 5% return annually? Seriously? Every investor thinks that they have a god-given right to 15-25% rate. do you know what that's called ?

Usury.