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This is it – a crabby moment!  A few nights ago, I decided to see a movie.  I looked up my choices online and decided upon Pineapple Express, which was showing at 7:55pm and the Rave Theater on Bayou in Pensacola, FL.  Being that this was an evening show, a nice, warm cup of coffee sounded perfect for the occasion.  On the way to the show, it came to mind that this particular establishment, the Rave Theater of Pensacola, does not sell coffee.  I learned this unfortunate fact last time I visited, which was approximately 2 weeks ago to see Wall-E.  This being the case, I felt justified in stopping to get a cup of joe before heading into the theater.  Once there, I purchased my ticket with no problems and absolutely no mentioning of the obvious beverage I was holding.  Upon showing my ticket to the ticket-taker, he informed me that I would not be able to bring any outside beverages into the theater.  This was totally understandable.  A young student simply has to follow the rules, he doesn’t make them, but he must follow them.  Fine.  Might I add that he was very polite and also appologized for the inconvience.  He then pointed me to the direction of his manager who happened to be standing just down the hall, unaware of my situation.  I approached her and very nicely explained the scenario.  I brought to her attention that they did not sell coffee and also included that I would be happy to purchase some additional movie treats from their concession stand.  Absolutely not.  She continued to inform me that Rave Theater of Pensacola sells other caffeinated drinks and that I was “welcome to enjoy the rest of my beverage outside of the gates before the show.”  I found this to be frankly quite mean.  I was a single person, obviously not going in to cause trouble, obviously just wanted to enjoy a simple cup of coffee with the movie that I was going to see….alone.  However, she felt the need to disengage and last bit of compassion in her to tell me that it was against the “rule” to bring coffee in.  Then she offered that I could drink it outside – as if I didn’t already know that.  In fact, I’ll be she’d just about HAVE to let me drink, eat, or DO anything I wanted OUTSIDE.

Moral of the story – I do understand that she did in fact have every right to tell me no.  Once she had made her decision, I simply threw my delicious coffee away (a full cup at that) and went into the show without any more confrontation.  The point however, is how heartless and cold people in charge can be.  I just feel like if people could use a little more compassion and just be willing to meet the needs at hand – the world may be a little brighter.  That rule is clearly meant to prevent people from bringing in cheaper, outside snacks that the concession provides at ourrageious rates.  It would be different if I was trying to bring in a sack of gummy bears to avoid spending the extra $5.75 at the movie concession, but I wasn’t.  All I wanted was a cup of coffe, something they didn’t even offer.

Posted: Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 @ 8:20 am
Categories: Coffee Talk.
Tags: Coffee, Crab, Pineapple Express, Rave Theater.
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