Posted by Jantsen Koh
Online Content Writer
Online Content Writer
Some of us more enthusiastic than others. I suppose you can say his corn has been popped.
Now, the snack we love to hate: Popcorn. Comes in all varieties, sweet, salted, buttered, caramel-coated. Many different flavours which many of us like in all sorts of different sizes, small, medium, large, jumbo…
And one common criticism, which oftentimes rhymes with “Oh my god what the hell did that just set me back ten bucks?”
I’m with you here, bro. I feel ya.
Well some of you might be interested in finding out why you usually buy popcorn here, and those are very valid reasons, but that’s not what I’m here for.
I’m here to kind of just tell you my stand on why the Cinemas that we know – and love – see it fit to punch us in the wallet so brutally every time we go to one of their snack bars.
It’s not exactly just one slug, either. It is many repeated and painful strikes. Trust me, I feel it every time. (I think all six?), this year, and believe me, I bitch and whine about it every time too.
I never really thought I’d say this, I’m a very stingy student and I cling onto every cent I can. To my friends I’m pretty much the ultimate miser.
I feel the cost is justified. Yes, you read that, not a typo. It is justified.
Because to me, personally, dollar for dollar $10 for a large popcorn and a drink isn’t really worth it, but add on that I usually share this with a friend and you can basically halve that. So that’s $5 to keep our mouth itches scratched for pretty much the duration of the entire movie. (And trust me on this, when I get a popcorn combo from Shaw, even when I share it with someone we can never seem to finish the damn thing.)
The best part is, since watching movies is really just a once in a while thing for me, I really don’t mind splurging on snacks once in a blue moon. Sure, it’d sting, but it’d fade. And I can live with it.
And that’s because I know I’m not just paying for food. I’m paying to sit in a shadowy theatre with friends, laugh and just really have something to chew as explosions are going off in the screen.
Cost is relative. So yes, I am officially a supporter of capitalism.
Now, with that in mind – do you mind that popcorn is universally recognized as overpriced and unworthy? How would you overcome your snack cravings if you refrain from popcorn? Let me know in the comments!
Now, the snack we love to hate: Popcorn. Comes in all varieties, sweet, salted, buttered, caramel-coated. Many different flavours which many of us like in all sorts of different sizes, small, medium, large, jumbo…
And one common criticism, which oftentimes rhymes with “Oh my god what the hell did that just set me back ten bucks?”
I’m with you here, bro. I feel ya.
Well some of you might be interested in finding out why you usually buy popcorn here, and those are very valid reasons, but that’s not what I’m here for.
I’m here to kind of just tell you my stand on why the Cinemas that we know – and love – see it fit to punch us in the wallet so brutally every time we go to one of their snack bars.
It’s not exactly just one slug, either. It is many repeated and painful strikes. Trust me, I feel it every time. (I think all six?), this year, and believe me, I bitch and whine about it every time too.
I never really thought I’d say this, I’m a very stingy student and I cling onto every cent I can. To my friends I’m pretty much the ultimate miser.
I feel the cost is justified. Yes, you read that, not a typo. It is justified.
Because to me, personally, dollar for dollar $10 for a large popcorn and a drink isn’t really worth it, but add on that I usually share this with a friend and you can basically halve that. So that’s $5 to keep our mouth itches scratched for pretty much the duration of the entire movie. (And trust me on this, when I get a popcorn combo from Shaw, even when I share it with someone we can never seem to finish the damn thing.)
The best part is, since watching movies is really just a once in a while thing for me, I really don’t mind splurging on snacks once in a blue moon. Sure, it’d sting, but it’d fade. And I can live with it.
And that’s because I know I’m not just paying for food. I’m paying to sit in a shadowy theatre with friends, laugh and just really have something to chew as explosions are going off in the screen.
Cost is relative. So yes, I am officially a supporter of capitalism.
Now, with that in mind – do you mind that popcorn is universally recognized as overpriced and unworthy? How would you overcome your snack cravings if you refrain from popcorn? Let me know in the comments!