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Smartie has
a problem with bottled water. More specifically, his issue is with
being charged £2.25 for a 250ml bottle at the cinema.
I think there are two issues here. Both
valid and worthy of a gripe:
- Charging for water anywhere.
(I understand that there's a cost involved in getting clean
drinking water to us, but what's a water bill? £100 a quarter?
Including baths? For two people?
My particular bug bear with this
is that in any restaurant beyond the type that provides a "free
gift" with their kiddies' meal, they make you feel like the
Great Unwashed if you ask for tap water.
"And would you like water with
that, Sir?"
"Yes, please"
"Still or sparkling?"
"$%&* off. I'd like the stuff
that comes out of the tap, has been treated for impurities and
isn't going to cost more than my starter."
Obviously I wouldn't say that to
him, because he'd probably spit in my food, but it's what I'd
like to.
- The pricing strategy of
cinemas. Let's leave water for a minute and talk about
popcorn: IT'S A BOX OF OVERCOOKED SEED! That's all it is!
Charging the cost of a steak for a large box of the stuff is
more than a cheek, it's criminal. (Handing over money for it is
criminally insane, but then we're talking about people who go
all day at work without needing popcorn and have cerebral
cortex blowout once a month when they walk into the Odeon and
have to have a small coffin of the stuff. It's only for two
hours, and why don't they sell it at rugby matches? Or the
theatre? Or on the Underground?)
And why's it ok to charge me to
watch a film, and then force me to sit through half an hour of
advertising? Aren't there laws against that?
Smartie, thanks for raising awareness
here and, in future, stick to wine gums. |
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