Anon's job sucks

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sponge_hitler · Wise · 11 points · 5 years ago

its a manlet

VoidX · Wise · 17 points · 5 years ago *

As someone who builds movie theatres, I've also seen and heard some shit.

Once a guy brought in a loaf of bread, jam, and multiple knives to make his food. In Hungary, the ticketing can't legally ask you to open your bag, so they can bring in whatever they want (those cases are another story). Eating your own stuff in cinema is fairly common around here (once I ate a bowl of soup, too), but cutting bread and spreading jam on it is not. This guy did not stop here, he left the knife IN the chair. Yeah, the next viewer sat on it.

There's jam also where you don't expect it. When the largest theater in the region was built, they rushed it so much, they left their stuff in the walls. When the CO alert rings, you have to climb in the walls, and walk like 100 meters between them to shut it down. It usually takes about 10 minutes for someone to do it. Anyone who made this journey finds different shit: radiators, jam, cutlery, rice, bottles of paint, screwdrivers, etc. The building is about 11 years old.

There are even worse cases, like paying off electrical safety personnel to mark places as safe. There is a story of a technician dying in the projection booth for unknown reason, and since this case, we don't want to (or at some companies they don't let us) work alone.

Recycling is also a huge problem. Since the sold amount of drink and food is calculated by the number of cups and baskets remaining, there is always someone from the personnel who brings trash back, washes it, then sells it again, but this time they keep the money. This usually yields a 10x payment increase. One woman was shut down after she bought a large house and an Audi R8 from this money, in less than 5 years. Security guards are usually also in this game.

mctrump · The Insane · 11 points · 5 years ago

Should companies that release movies over 2 hours in length be contractually obligated to remove the inevitable piss bottles?

You decide

Fuchino · 10 points · 5 years ago

or you know make a break after 2 hours or so

SteveTheMage · 8 points · 5 years ago

Intermissions used to exist for a reaosn. Hateful 8 was also long as ***, but I’m pretty sure there was an intermission when I saw it. This would also be great for cinemas, since they make most of their money by selling shit at a 10,000% markup.

VoidX · Wise · 1 points · 5 years ago

Tarantino respects the old cinema, that's why he always includes intermission in the projectionist instructions. Some distributors, however, don't care, and won't forward said instructions, like Fórum Hungary (as the name does not suggest, this company is from Israel).

There are other director instructions, usually only from the big boys, for example Nolan usually sets the volume (to be equal with the IMAX/Dolby reference levels, as cinemas are usually turned down), or Luc Besson, who basically just wants to *** your shit up, I've included an old screenshot with one of his emails.

cicero101 · 5-Year Club · 2 points · 5 years ago

The issue is - as f*cked up as it sounds - it's not up to the theaters to decide. The studios decide whether their movies may be split up or not and the cinemas would pay enormous penalties if they'd break the contract.

kosobi · Wise · 7 points · 5 years ago *

Long movies used to have intermissions in the past. Dunno why we stopped making them.

Lord_ · Verified · 6 points · 5 years ago

where i live there are still intermissions, even in 2-hour movies

Bob_Bwaa · Early Member · 5 points · 5 years ago

Are you Belgian?

Lord_ · Verified · 9 points · 5 years ago

haha yes

Bob_Bwaa · Early Member · 1 points · 5 years ago

Nice! Wallony or Flanders?

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dakuhonoo · Commenter · 1 points · 5 years ago

what's that? Dutch, heretical Dutch or French?

Bob_Bwaa · Early Member · 3 points · 5 years ago

It's fries-and-mussels-French or south-New Kids Turbo-Dutch

Vinskaja · 10-Year Club · 1 points · 5 years ago

Or just hold it, it is not that hard.

MidgetCorn · 4-Year Club · 5 points · 5 years ago

or just hold your ***ing piss?

mctrump · The Insane · 15 points · 5 years ago

I don't see how that would help

My hands are significantly smaller than a typical bottle

MidgetCorn · 4-Year Club · 4 points · 5 years ago

but it's harder to leave them there accidentally

alibaba3317 · 4 points · 5 years ago

Or do an alibaba and dry out for 17,5hours before and don't piss for the rest of the day, ez

Chipi2012 · Poster of the Day · 3 points · 5 years ago

Inevitable piss bottles? Is this common? WTF?

damnstraight · 5 points · 5 years ago

> excuse me, I've got to check your bag

There starts your problem; you stop people from taking a ***ing bottle of water into the movie, because you want to overscam them with your 25$ soda crap.

(and yes, I know it has nothing to do with them pissing in bottles, but still).

AdvocateDiaboli · Hardcore Commenter · 6 points · 5 years ago

> excuse me, I've got to check your bag

There starts the problem: Why should I let you look in my back at all? Why should you check it?
(Also the bottles in the green text were empty.)

AlanoftheWake · Hardcore Commenter · 4 points · 5 years ago

... they're American, you know

RUSHWAYC · 8-Year Club · 2 points · 5 years ago

I do agree that prices at the movie theater are a scam but if they weren't selling snacks for a bit higher price they'd operate at a loss.
Movie theaters used to be against snacks, but as the cost increased they had to crumble down.
Interesting video about that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLbQ5sPrybU

damnstraight · 2 points · 5 years ago

"but if they weren't selling snacks for a bit higher price they'd operate at a loss."

Hell no. It's either not true or they have terrible buying negotiations.