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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 20, 2017 20:45:44 GMT
I can imagine this soon in the "bad behaviour" thread. "I was distracted from the action on stage because the person next to me was online ordering a Mdonalds" Mind it's not as daft as it sounds as ATG theatres now bring food to your seat in the interval. You can either wave the menu very handily tucked into the seat in front or, as waving and speaking to someone clearly too much effort for some, you can download the app and order your things online. Hideous. I actually quite like the ATG app and regularly use it. Why queue at the bar when they'll bring stuff to my seat for no extra charge? Because it’s naff? (You did ask!) |
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Post by Tibidabo on Oct 21, 2017 8:11:05 GMT
Mind it's not as daft as it sounds as ATG theatres now bring food to your seat in the interval. You can either wave the menu very handily tucked into the seat in front or, as waving and speaking to someone clearly too much effort for some, you can download the app and order your things online. Hideous. It's really April 1st and this is a joke right? What sort of food? Stuff that smells? Stuff that causes you to keep moving your hands up and down to your mouth whilst sitting next to me? Stuff that's crunchy? I'm going to say this politely, despite inwardly seething. Anyone who partakes in this activity I would respectfully suggest belongs in a multiplex where they can gorge to their heart's content. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2017 8:48:28 GMT
Anyone who partakes in this activity I would respectfully suggest belongs in a multiplex You misspelt "oubliette". |
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Post by Tibidabo on Oct 21, 2017 9:04:49 GMT
Well if they're selling those I'm definitely sending back my ATG card. Anything made with egg stinks the place out. (Cheese oubliettes in particular are extremely pungent.) |
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Post by shady23 on Oct 21, 2017 19:39:23 GMT
They do hummus bagels. Isn't that bad enough?
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Post by Dawnstar on Oct 21, 2017 21:52:18 GMT
I was at the theatre in Peterborough tonight & there was a hot dog stand in the foyer! I had to go & wait in the bar as the smell was making me feel sick. Fortunately no-one seemed to be eating them during the show. (I hope ATG don't read this & decide to introduce at-your-seat hot dogs.)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 6:40:16 GMT
When I was young, hot dogs were synonymous with a trip to the theatre: at seven or eight when I was taken on a coach to the annual pantomime, there were always hot dog stands in the foyer. I used to love them, splitting half my ‘spending money’ on one and the programme! (An added fascination was a kind of tangy/sweet mustard they used to zig-zag all down the ‘sausage’!) Then as a teenager when I went to see my first West End show, there were hot dog stands positioned just outside many of the theatres at the end of each show. They’d appear and diasappear in no time. By then the fascination with eating them had gone, although I still loved the sight of them with the smells and their little lights which looked cosy and warm. Now I’m all growed up, I wouldn’t want to see them reintroduced inside! Funny how our tastes change with age...
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Post by Mr Snow on Oct 22, 2017 8:04:35 GMT
Mind it's not as daft as it sounds as ATG theatres now bring food to your seat in the interval. You can either wave the menu very handily tucked into the seat in front or, as waving and speaking to someone clearly too much effort for some, you can download the app and order your things online. Hideous. It's really April 1st and this is a joke right? What sort of food? Stuff that smells? Stuff that causes you to keep moving your hands up and down to your mouth whilst sitting next to me? Stuff that's crunchy? I'm going to say this politely, despite inwardly seething. Anyone who partakes in this activity I would respectfully suggest belongs in a multiplex where they can gorge to their heart's content. This thread has taken the mother of all diversions but... Why is unacceptable behaviour in a Theatre, acceptable in a Cinema? Popcorn ARRRRRRRRRGH! All the food stuff sold in these places is S+++, sorry "unhealthy". Our only hope is that it becomes socially unacceptable to eat S+++, sorry 'unhealthy' food in public. |
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Post by Tibidabo on Oct 22, 2017 8:51:45 GMT
Why is unacceptable behaviour in a Theatre, acceptable in a Cinema? Popcorn ARRRRRRRRRGH! You're right, of course, Mr Snow . It shouldn't be acceptable either. However, HMS Popcorn sailed decades ago across the cinemas and I fear there is very little to be done other than to accept it. But I feel we should take a stand with regard to our beloved theatre experiences and try to ensure this does not happen. Apart from us, there are the actors close by on stage to consider. |
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Post by viserys on Oct 22, 2017 9:17:25 GMT
Then as a teenager when I went to see my first West End show, there were hot dog stands positioned just outside many of the theatres at the end of each show. They’d appear and diasappear in no time. By then the fascination with eating them had gone, although I still loved the sight of them with the smells and their little lights which looked cosy and warm. Now I’m all growed up, I wouldn’t want to see them reintroduced inside! Funny how our tastes change with age... I remember those outside the theatre from the late 80s when I started my theatre-travelling to London. I did buy one on one occasion, but soon after they were gone. Funny enough I saw one again for the first time last weekend when I left the Palace Theatre after Harry Potter. The chap had set up his stand in front of the McDonalds on Cambridge Circus. Maybe they ARE coming back? Hopefully not in some version with handcrafted sausage in artisanal sourdough bread with organic pickles at £20 a dog. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 9:23:05 GMT
Probably, the long disappearance and incipient return of mobile hot dog stands is linked to Brexit and the UK's move away from EU food safety standards.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 11:59:55 GMT
Why is unacceptable behaviour in a Theatre, acceptable in a Cinema? Popcorn ARRRRRRRRRGH! Something to do with theatres only amplifying their performers so far while cinemas crank the volume up as far as possible, not to mention cinemas making the bulk of their profit from selling concessions because the ticket prices barely cover the rights to show the films even in their currently extremely inflated state? At a guess. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 12:21:16 GMT
I've always been a little suspicious of hot dogs. There's an air of "made with 100% animal product" about them. ("Buy our new premium hot dogs, now containing mammal.")
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 13:22:28 GMT
Why is unacceptable behaviour in a Theatre, acceptable in a Cinema? Popcorn ARRRRRRRRRGH! Something to do with theatres only amplifying their performers so far while cinemas crank the volume up as far as possible, not to mention cinemas making the bulk of their profit from selling concessions because the ticket prices barely cover the rights to show the films even in their currently extremely inflated state? At a guess. And there's much less chance of distracting the performers in the cinema. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 17:34:20 GMT
There's an air of "made with 100% animal product" about them I know the American food safety standard allows a reasonable percentage of rat droppings and animal hairs per serving.  (I hadn’t a clue what that emoji was until a week or so ago when BurlyBeaR used it to tell us that Mr Barlow makes him puke. It was too small to see the vomit detail. Now I am finding opportunites to use it all the time...) |
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 27, 2017 21:46:34 GMT
Thank you for pointing out the interesting aspect of this "trick". Perhaps more Tommy Cooper than David Blaine. Did you have a glamorous assistant? Didn't work for him at the Her Majesty's Theatre did it though. |
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Post by firefingers on Oct 27, 2017 22:19:57 GMT
Why is unacceptable behaviour in a Theatre, acceptable in a Cinema? Popcorn ARRRRRRRRRGH! Something to do with theatres only amplifying their performers so far while cinemas crank the volume up as far as possible, not to mention cinemas making the bulk of their profit from selling concessions because the ticket prices barely cover the rights to show the films even in their currently extremely inflated state? At a guess. Seats are also further apart in both width and depth, and a steeper rake means offensive things are further away. The action is much bigger and all encompassing so distractions are more subtle. And theatres sell a lot more tickets at a higher price so don't really on food mark ups to get by. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 27, 2017 23:38:59 GMT
I've always been a little suspicious of hot dogs. There's an air of "made with 100% animal product" about them. ("Buy our new premium hot dogs, now containing mammal.") This now goes back full circle and that Weatherspoons sell a decent one, with fries and it comes with the added bonus it doesn't upset your fellow theatregoer. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2017 15:46:59 GMT
I've always been a little suspicious of hot dogs. There's an air of "made with 100% animal product" about them. ("Buy our new premium hot dogs, now containing mammal.") This now goes back full circle and that Weatherspoons sell a decent one, with fries and it comes with the added bonus it doesn't upset your fellow theatregoer. Phantom, you put “Wetherspoons” and “decent” in the same sentence.  Did you mean to do that? |
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