Eventful theatre trip

I prefer to wait until the films come on Netflix then I can watch in peace without yahoos all around me.

Going to the cinema is relatively cheap, and some cinema companies are either closing or on the brink of closure. I read that if it were not for the drinks and food that are sold (at rather extortionate prices) in the cinema, it would no longer be a viable operation.

While I think it can be off putting having people eating noisily and drinking next to you, they have usually made those purchases in the cinema.

As for the man reprimanding the OP for eating sweets at the theatre, I think it was incredibly rude.

crazyH I wouldn't worry about the sound of sweet wrappers and crisps at a One Direction concert. The music will more than make up for those rustlings .

I once had to sit next to a person in the theatre who not only ate but had very bad BO. He wasn't elderly at all. His companion smelt musty and mouldy. Neither were dressed shabily either it was horrid. There were no spare seats to move to. The couple the other side of them did not return in the interval.

The last time I was in the cinema a couple behind gobbled down a burger, nachos and a huge slurpy Coke. About 15 minutes later we were all subject to foul eruptions from both ends coming from the pair.
I once had to supervise children at the Pantomime. One very naughty little boy had a briefcase full of sweets and kept needing the loo where one of the adults had to take him. We were on the front row of the circle and he kept leaning right over and would not stop. I'm afraid I whispered very quietly to him that if he did it again I would give him a helping hand. He sat like a statue for the rest of the panto giving me dirty looks.

I loved your response Primrose and thought the "resting" actor was being incredibly rude. However, having said that, I confess to being very old school about sweet eating in the theatre. Its OK for musicals and Panto but during a play it can be very distracting. I'm still surprised that people bring drinks into the auditorium- but not at all surprised when they need the loo half way through a performance and cause a disturbance as they make their way back and forth along a row.

I am with Calendargirl. I don't understand why people have to eat anything during a performance. I went to a Neil Diamond concert a while ago and people were not only eating and drinking but walking around during the performance as well.
I agree the man was exceptionally rude but do you sit and eat sweets while watching TV at home?

It would never cross my mind to eat sweets in a theatre! Do like salted popcorn in a cinema though.

I always book seats on the back row of our lovely cinema. For some reason, the munchers don't seem to be able to make it so high.

I often go to a multi screen cinema in Bath where they actually sell food when you buy your ticket then deliver it to your seat … burgers, fries, tea coffee etc. I have taken to buying tickets when the film is at the end of it’s run then it is often moved to the a smaller screen. Last time I was there I had the room to myself. Comfy sofas and armchairs, lovely…… and I can munch my food to my hearts content!😂 Only joking but I do take water in in case of a coughing fit and some boiled sweets. Nothing better especially if it’s bad weather outside.

I always try to book a seat at the end of a row. I don't like people on both sides of me.. great retort btw Primrose53 must have been very unpleasant smell, not mention behaviour...

When he claimed to be an actor, you should have asked "And why aren't you on stage then?" I suspect actors are sensitive about not having a job.

I never eat or drink in a cinema or theatre , I’m quite capable of sitting there for a few hours without food or drink and find it weird that others can’t . I also find munchers and slurpers incredibly annoying . And I’m always horrified when leaving at the end of a film , the amount of popcorn and rubbish left by cinema goers !!!
I’m quite happy with a drink in the interval .

We stopped going to the cinema because of the amount of eating and talking going on around me. I just find it all a distraction from the film. I've had coke spilled on me, crisps spilled on me, chocolate wiped in my hood, and once got home to find a half eaten mint stuck to the back of my leather jacket. We both love films but a film night at home, with or without family or friends, is much more comfortable.

I think it was the first Star War film years ago. We were enjoying the film until the couple behind, who had obviously seen it before, kept saying loudly what was about to happen next! People were shooing etc., but to no avail.

A glass of wine or soft drink in the interval used to be the norm.

I do not eat in the theatre at all. My parents never ever bought food when we went to the thetre/cinema, so I never got into the habit.

I would find eating or drinking distracted me from the entertainment.

Calendargirl

Oh for the days when it was just an ice cream tub in the interval.

The icecream tubs are available in the foyer beforehand - fine if you can then go straight in and sit down but for some reason we all had to wait for some time and stood eating our icecreams in the queue.

There was a rattler in front of us (sweets or crisps) but I refrained from saying anything.

Jabbing you was uncalled for!

Now we want to know who this bit-player/extra/failed actor is 😁

My daughter is terrible - I’m dreading going to a One Direction concert with her on the 22nd. She brings a rucksack full of snacks - the worst culprits are the crisps - I will have to warn her. It’s truly embarrassing 😂

fancythat

I went to the cinema recently. for the first time in about 5 years.
It had a refubishment. Great.
But the cinema goers were still there!
I sort of think, would I want whoever in my house, on my couch with me, watching a film?No I wouldnt.

Ok if I can sit several seats away.

But if you don’t have cinema goers, you soon won’t have a cinema at all

It is sweet wrappers and folk sniffing which really annoys me. I have been known to turn and ask if they would like a tissue.

I find the most distracting thing is people turning on their phones for a quick look. Recently my daughter got us theatre tickets. Perfect seats in the middle of the row. A big group arrived and were either side of us. One of them asked us to move along to the end of the row so they could sit together. DH was all for moving but I said no. Why should we sit at the edge when we already had good seats!

Cadenza123

It's very distracting when people around you continually have the munchies.

I know that but I only started when several others did so. My son said I should have elbowed him and said “wanna sweet?” 🤣

It's very distracting when people around you continually have the munchies.

Love your response Primrose 53 !!
You know the saying, Hell really is other people.!!