Movie Theater Horror Stories

[Ringtail Z28]

Is soda with real sugar that hard to find where all you guys are at? I have no problem finding all kinds of the stuff at supermarkets and convenience stores, I can't enjoy it though since I'm still doing the diet thing.

[Raieth]

there is this delicious cane sugar pop called Boylens at my local convenience store. As a note, I didn't even know that coke w/sugar existed.

[Jbball]

I don't know if you're in the states or not...but THANK YOU for spelling 'theatre' correctly. It's 're' not 'er'. Yeah, I know 'British spelling' and all that...but you will not find one single theatre professional in the US who spells 'theatre' with an 'er' at the end.

What's really crap? American publishers require you to use 'theater' in books/articles/so forth. So annoying.

Sorry for the

It's all good. I am in the States, and I've always called spelled it "Theatre". I tried spelling it as "Theater" a couple times in e-mails and such when I worked there, but I just couldn't do it.

[BaristaTrav]

there is this delicious cane sugar pop called Boylens at my local convenience store. As a note, I didn't even know that coke w/sugar existed.

Does Anne work there?

[Jewels]

Does Anne work there?

I think she got axed.

[Brightglaive]

Here in the Philippines ... all of the drinnks are Kosher ... just because they don't use that nasty high-fructose corn syrup. MMMMM .... soooo good.

My favorites are Royal Tru-Orange and Sarsi. RTO I like in the larger bottles (12oz. as opposed to 8 oz.) but there's nothing like an RTO of any size after a long hot Jeepney ride.

Where I am the supermarkets stock Jarritos (mexican soda) and jones soda regularly. I also see a lot of the coca-cola with cane sugar at little stores around the city. I get my RTO at a little philippine import store. While not a soda, the one drink I truly miss and have a hard time finding at all in the US is Pomelo Tang (sometimes spelled pummelo or pomello).

[Ironclad Alibi]

Does Anne work there?

I think she got axed.

But she found a position posing for hauntedheadnc's avatar.


(Anne is the one in all black.)

[Gurndigarn]

Jungle Jim's near Cincinnati, OH usually has the real sugar versions of regular sodas for sale. Probably other importers do as well, if you need a fix.

The fix I've been looking for for a long time is Buzz soda. I ran across the stuff in Ecuador a few decades ago, and wish I could have found a stateside importer. Failing that, a bottle of Tropicana would be wonderful trip down memory lane... and before anyone thinks orange juice, the stuff I'm talking about is pink and carbonated.

[Becks]

Me: Welcome to RTS Theaters. How can I help you? (Working the concession stand)
SC: Hi. Do you sell popcorn?

I've never been to a movie theater (sorry, just my way*) that didn't sell popcorn.







*Now, if we're talking Broadway calibre plays, I'll go with theatre.

[Andara Bledin]

I've never been to a movie theater (sorry, just my way*) that didn't sell popcorn.

That's where they make most of their money. They don't really get squat for the tickets; that all goes to the studios.

^-.-^

[Geek King]

Failing that, a bottle of Tropicana would be wonderful trip down memory lane... and before anyone thinks orange juice, the stuff I'm talking about is pink and carbonated.

I know what you're talking about. They sell that in most of the grocery stores here in Ohio, Mejier's and Kroger included. I've seen 20oz and 2-liters of it.

[Jbball]

Here's one I've told here before:

Girl orders popcorn with "butter" (butter flavored oil).

Me: "Here's your popcorn, enjoy your movie."

Girl takes a bite from the top.

Girl: "Your butter tastes like semen."

/me dumbfounded (and should've got her digits).

[Stryker One]

From time-to-time, Costco will sell flats of imported Coke from south of the border. It comes in glass bottles and is made with cane sugar, it tastes much better than the HFCS crap.

[Pagan]

I was once down in Belize for an Audubon Society trip, and got thoroughly addicted to the Coca Cola south of the border (real sugar, not corn syrup). YUM.

I can't drink that stuff, it's just too sweet for my tastes.

I love Tampico tropical punch (I know, it's not a soda). I got addicted to it when I lived in El Paso (or "my year of insanity" as I call it).

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Girl: "Your butter tastes like semen."

/me dumbfounded (and should've got her digits).

I would've.