11mo ago

A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived

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A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived | Stuart Heritage

Just wow!

What a psycho.

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11mo ago

A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived

www.theguardian.com /film/article/2024/aug/01/a-woman-brought-her-own-snacks-to-despicable-me-4-then-the-police-arrived

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Those four cops could have been doing something actually productive for society.
But no, they're protecting corporate profit margins.
- They were responding to a call, which is what they are supposed to do.
  What they should do now is have a serious conversation with the cinema chain about wasting police time and fine them. This is not a criminal issue, purely civil.
  But we want the police to respond to calls that they receive.
  
  But why 4? Why does the police feel the need to show up in force for two mothers and their gaggle of children? There is "responding" to a call and then there this, sending an implied message of "we are authorized to ruin your life in front of children, so you know you have to cooperate."
  
  Agree. The police can't evaluate a call out properly until they're actually there.
  I assume that the cinema called them with a slightly exaggerated description of the situation. All it takes is calling the (women) "belligerent" or similar to imply violence. Hence four officers.
  My actual beef is that this business is socialising the cost of enforcing their terms of service by calling the police rather than paying for their own security.
  
  I seriously doubt police respond to every single call. Some are just stupid calls or even crank calls. Plus four cops for this. Really unnecessary.
The Guardian article seems to be a bit light on details. It seems they were asked to remove the food or leave and get a refund but refused before getting into a "heated exchange" with staff, then the police were called. Apparently the brought in "a lot of outside food", “Beverages, snacks, hot food, you name it.”
I haven't been to the cinemas for a long time, sneaking in lollies and stuff was a given, but I think it's understandable not to bring in hot foods and meals. Considering they've always had rules about no outside food, getting caught means either getting rid of your food or leaving. I wouldn't verbally abuse staff if I'm the one breaking their rules.
The Herald article has a lot more detail: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/food-brought-into-pukekohe-movie-theatre-women-trespassed-police-called-after-heated-exchange/YPZA3KB3ZBCPVPLYMXIIACUBMQ/
- An off-camera voice can be heard commenting on the employee’s race.
  My god what trashy people. The Guardian article is much kinder to them than it really should be.
According to the New Zealand Herald, the two women took some children to see Despicable Me 4 at Cinema 3 in Pukekohe, North Island.
I read that as Pukehole at first and thought "that was uncalled for."
- I love that it's listed as Pukekohe, North Island, like Auckland has disowned them so they needed some other way to describe the region.
  
  I imagine that quite a few Pukekohe residents would bristle at being called Auckland.
That's crazy, I hear police don't even come when you download the movie
Just watch it at home. Seriously. I don't wanna smell your fish sandwich.
Name the cinema, you cowards.
- Read the article
  
  Is cinema 3 the actual name of the place?
The family will probably just get a wet bus ticket across the back of the hand. Soft justice system
- The family should get an apology and police should talk to the cinema about wasting police time.
  If the cinema had an issue with the family eating their own food, kick them out this is not a criminal issue.
  
  But then they’d have to refund the ticket price!
  
  The family should get home D. If we’re going to get tough on crime then let’s get tough on crime.
- Did you read the article? This is a story about a phycho cinema employee, the family seemed pretty reasonable.
  
  The family broke rules and then refused to either get rid of the food or leave. Called an employee a slur too for good measure.
  Read the herald article.
  
  I read OC as sarcasm. But Poe's law 'n' all...

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