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Monte L Fullmer
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From: Nampa, Idaho, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted 12-05-2009 12:48 AM
Why they don't allow outside food and drink is for insurance/liabiliy reasons:
You bring that pizza in the house and you forget to take your drippings out to the trashcan when you leave. Some senior citizen, or little kid will step on the drippings that you leave and crack his butt on the floor when he slips on that stuff.
He files a insurance claim to the cinema company, in which the insurance writers for that cinema has put a clause in the contracts that any food or beverage that isn't sold at the concessions stand, that patron WILL NOT be covered by the liabilty coverage since he cracked his butt on the floor due to the products not being sold at the concessions stand of that cinema venue.
Then that patron will file a lawsuit and put the cinema in major debt for out of court settlements, or that cinema has a new owner.
BUT, if he cracks his butt on products bought at the concessions stand that was left on the floor, then the insurance coverage is in effect and all is good.
(This also pertains to people coming in with bare feet - if that patron cuts his foot on anything in that location, good luck in insurance coverage...Shirts and Shoes required...)
This is basically why, theatre checks are to be done, checks at the door for outside food or drink-anything that can put that cinema in jepardy to protect them from any liability issues.
For example: many moons ago when I was working at a 4screen venue under a large California company, a woman did crack her butt on the floor due to someone leaving a "Big Mac" on the floor left by a customer who snuck it in and wasn't checked. That woman won a 6 digit out of court settlement. The manager was suspended for two weeks and warned next time to look for another job if this occurance happens again.
-Monte
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