1. We Badger You About Buying Larger Drinks and Popcorn Because it Supplies Us Employees
Look, when I was under 17 (18 in some states), I was bent on sneaking into movies. I'd buy a ticket to see something PG-13 and sneak into
American Pie or something. And many theaters have policies about catching those miscreants and throwing them out if they skip films, but the fact of the matter is, we really don't care as long as you buy a large popcorn and drink. I'm under the assumption that our theater is like other theaters in that the establishment doesn't make a profit off ticket sales; they're run by concessions. That's why there's often times so many options and it's so expensive. That's where our paycheck comes from. We don't care if you buy sixty tickets for
Madea's Big Fat Movie of Stereotypes; if you're not buying concessions, we die a bit inside. And, of course, we up-sell our products to you, asking if you want to make your mediums larges and so on and so forth. That's why we do it. And we're not supposed to beat you over the head with it, but it's in our job statement that we're
supposed to ask, at least once in some capacity. So, be a friend. Purchase more. Everyone will be happier.