Cinemark's Bag Policy

Did I not post the contact information for Cinemark above?

You can also call them at this number: (800) 246-3627.

I live in the city, and just don't take anything into the theater that doesn't fit in my pockets. It's tough enough to park that -- particularly on a very crowded weekend -- we'll just take an Uber to the theater, buy tickets in advance, walk in, flash the bar code, grab a couple of Slurpees, and we enjoy the show. That eliminates a lot of the annoyance factors with crowds, parking, and delays. It's not a big deal to us. I try to catch maybe a big mass-market film a month, but there's only so many hours a day.

I understand the rules and I kind of go in understanding that the theaters and studios make them (and the same rules apply to legitimate theater as well). We have the choice either to go along with them, or you can wait until the film comes out on DVD or Blu-ray and just watch it at home.

I have the same philosophy about restaurants: they're gonna throw you out of the place if you try to bring in a bottle or your own food, because you're taking away from their profits. Same thing if you're walking around reading a book, and you walk into a book store... or you're carrying an iPad for entertainment, and you walk into an Apple store. They're all going to gripe that it's not in a bag. Some retail establishments will pull you aside and just hand you a bag and tell you to put your stuff in that so that there's no confusion. I think there are understood rules about stores, restaurants, theaters, and other public places that have just become standard policy. You can feel free to disagree, but I'm just observing that this is the way life is.

 

Hahahha. Best laugh I've had all day. Thanks.

 

Your wife sounds cool. What is her favourite film of last year?

 

What is shrimping?

 

You buy a bag of shrimp load up your pockets and then you hide them all over the place.

 

Respect. Shrimpin ain't easy.

 

Where I live, a metal detector check-point at every theater entrance would be a welcome addition.

 

Doesn't that impact the audience as opposed to the owners? Fight the man, not the people, man......

 

This statement really struck me!
In 2019 I cannot imagine such a scenario in the USA!?!
Do you always stay within the city of Chicago?

 

Does this include women's purses?

 

It's not actually illegal.

Chicago has excellent public transit - buses, the elevated trains (aka the L), commuter trains for the suburbs and suburban buses.

 

I didn't think anyone would actually take me seriously.

 

I was picturing you taping old shrimp to the underneath of all those seats!!!

 

In this day and age of shootings occurring frequently (weekly, seemingly daily), I understand venues limiting what customers can bring into the building.

(Especially theatres; in which everyone knows, flaunts, or has seen the “outside food” policy.)

However, since the employees are not searching and looking in the bags, and smaller bags are OK, then it’s a flawed policy.

There’s a gaping, silly loophole. A big miss.

In this situation, the “manager pulled on {the bag} to stretch it to its limit.”

What’s the logic in that?
I don’t understand that at all!
The violation is literally “empty space”!!!

Can you imagine if the TSA employed that inane procedure at airport security and luggage check-ins...?

 

Sadly, having lockers - without “reasonable” inspection - also provides opportunity for cowardly terrorists.
An explosive device with a timer could be placed inside a locker, unknown to everyone.
(Just one example - the Boston Marathon explosion from several years ago, albeit that was a big pressure cooker, IIRC.)

 

You got fried shrimping, boiled shrimping....

 

How am I suppose to bring in my cell phone jammer now??

 

I think the idea of “if you don’t like it don’t go there” extremely oversimplifies the issue. If you’re an establishment open to the public your behavior is subject to public scrutiny.

 

Also, occasionally there is only a single theater or chain that has a particular film.

 

The NFL has a bag policy as well:

Stadium Bag Policy

 

For I a minute I read that as: "How am I supposed to bring in my toe jammer?"

SHRIMPING!!!!!

 

Yes, you are free to scrutinize all you want. And you are free to not go to that theater.
And they are free to not give a rat's patootie about your concerns. If it impacts them negatively, they will likely change. But for whatever reason, they have decided that they are making more revenue at their Snack bar with this policy than they are losing through pissing off customers who will now no longer attend.

Guess what? It is their business and their choice, not yours. Your choice is to not attend if you cannot play by their rules, no matter how stupid those rules may seem to us.

Don't wallow in being a victim. Find another solution. Go to a different movie house. (Which you have been doing. Good for you.)

 

Actually bay scallops might be better now that I think about it.

 

Some of your examples were good, but not this one. Apple doesn't care if you have an iPhone, iPad or your own Mac out and are using it in their stores. They actually would probably encourage it. I used to work in an Apple Store and people would come in with their Macs all the time to use the wifi or something and get some work done. It was all good.