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Author Topic: Mike & Ikes Goood for allergic problems Mike Frese Master Film Handler Posts: 465 From: Holts Summit, MO Registered: Jun 2007 posted 07-20-2011 10:48 AM                        We have been doing $1 kid shows this summer and of course they bring the tight asses out. Especially those who bring their own stuff and sneak it in. Today was a first. A woman brought her own theater size box of Mike & Ikes (which we sell). She also had 3-4 drinks not bought from us. Other candy and I am pretty sure she brought her own popcorn in. She claims she brought in the Mike & Ikes because it is one of the few things their kid can eat due to food allergies. I want to believe her, but it kinda seems like a stretch to me. Again we sell them and 40 other candies as well with theater size candy being sold for $2.  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 07-20-2011 04:47 PM                        My standard line when someone walks in the door carrying candy/drinks/pizza box/whatever is "Would you go to a restaurant and bring your own sandwich?" The biggest thing I've ever had someone sneak in was a case of 24 beer in bottles. Box and all. I found it between the rows of seats when the show was over. That was many years ago and I still don't know how anyone managed to sneak something that big into the theatre without me noticing.  |  IP: Logged Kenneth Wuepper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1026 From: Saginaw, MI, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-20-2011 04:58 PM                     Frank, Are your EXIT doors alarmed? They sometimes also work as entrances for people and contraband. That is where the old saying, "Count the House!" came from. KEN  |  IP: Logged Jerome Holmes Film Handler Posts: 35 From: San Jose, Ca Registered: Nov 2008 posted 07-20-2011 10:21 PM                     There is no circumstance in which the Mike and Ikes she purchased would have been handled in a different manner than yours in that yours would have allergens while hers wouldn't. They're handled in a facility outside of the facility that handles nut products, and to my knowledge there are no varying recipes for M&I. If the woman is bringing ALL of that stuff in, I'm pretty sure that she's more allergic to spending money than the child is to anything. Under NO circumstance should a patron bring in their own popcorn, its a flagrant workaround and a common excuse. Haven't heard of drinks that would be specifically had because of allergies, since likely you have non-carbonated alternatives as well as diet sodas, and perhaps even "vitamin" water or stuff of that ilk.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 07-22-2011 06:41 PM                     You should've said "Oh! That's interesting. What's he allergic to, if you don't mind me asking?"  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 07-22-2011 11:20 PM                     Boy, that's a new wild reason that someone can try to fool someone with ... ..at my previous employer, we had security put a stop to these people coming in with outside stuff.. ..Monte ..  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 07-27-2011 07:09 PM                     quote: Jerome Holmes Under NO circumstance should a patron bring in their own popcorn I have one regular who I allow to bring in popcorn because she can't eat hulls and she gets some that they grow without hulls. It's some digestive disease she mentioned and I started to get grossed out when she began to describe it so I just said no problem because she's a regular.  |  IP: Logged David E. Nedrow Master Film Handler Posts: 368 From: Columbus, OH, USA Registered: Oct 2008 posted 08-01-2011 08:36 PM                        quote: Chad S It's some digestive disease she mentioned Most likely diverticulitis. Good thing you're not dealing with the Whiners.  |  IP: Logged Jen Pelto Film Handler Posts: 30 From: Muskegon, MI, USA Registered: Aug 2011 posted 08-12-2011 04:24 PM                     We have a few nutty parents that think they are "above the 'law'", too...the "my kid has allergies" line is almost always used. (We have plenty of alternatives for everyone -- and I'm quick to point that out). I find it rude that people come in with outside food or beverage, clearly ignoring the posted signs on the door, because they just "need" to snack during the movie. How about the women that come in with cranberry juice and say they need it because it's "medicine"?! Lord knows your UTI is going to have a wicked downfall if you take a 90 minute break from your cranberry juice consumption!  |  IP: Logged

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