Ster Kinekor, wake the fuck up!
Posted by Rich...! under Uncategorized on September 19 2006 at 9:37 PMEither that, or just sell me a cuppa coffee!
So here’s the deal. The other day Andrea and I took Cal to Cresta to watch Monster House.
Andrea went off to Mugg & Bean to get us some coffee, while I waited in the queue to get some sweets and a cooldrink for Cal. Next thing I hear is Andrea (aka The Government) in a dispute with the manager over the coffee. I left the queue to see what was going on, here’s the converstation we had:
Him: Sorry sir, but you can’t take the coffee into the cinema.
Me: Why not bro, we always do? (we really do)
Him: Thanks for bringing this to my attention, I need to speak to my staff about this as it’s not allowed.
Me: Why not?
Him: Because you need to buy your drinks from us.
Me: Oh. Okay, no problem. Just show me the counter where I can get us a couple of cups of coffee and I’ll happily throw these two away.
Him: We dont sell coffee sir.
Me: Any hot drinks?
Him: No.
Me: So even though I dont want a cool drink, and am not going to buy one regardless – except of course the one I was busy buying, from you, for my kid – you’re not going to let me drink my coffee? Can you give me one good reason for this?
Him: It’s the rules
Me: Keep your fucking movie ticket (which I threw at his feet)
Now I’m the first to admit that my response was a bit childish, but there is no excuse I hate more than “It’s the rules”. I translate this as “I’m a useless muppet incapable of applying logic or reason to an argument, so instead I’ll hide behind the small print.” This irritates me.
Ster Kinekor, firstly, your policy is daft, either join forces with a coffee shop to sell some great coffee, charge a corkage fee for people bringing drinks from elsewhere, or just make and sell your own – but dont force a consumer to buy something they dont want. That’s archaic.
Secondly, hire managers capable of thinking on their feet, when this guy ran out of logical answers, he just hid behind the rule book, this middle-managment Dilbert mentality will do your brand no good.
I think, therefore I don’t manage a cinema…!
Update: I love sheldon’s advice in the comments: “You gotta quit while you’re ahead! Don’t go down the road! If such people had the capacity to debate with you, one probably wouldn’t have started!” Haha, too true…!
September 19th, 2006 at 10:19 pm
Hey dudies…
I concur. Btw… make reference to the fact that NuMetro Hyde Park has a brilliant agreement with Seattle Coffee Co….
My suggestion is, rather get yo-self a lekka Hazelnut something or Frozen Mocha from SCC @ Hyde Park and actually enjoy the moofie with more cultured peeps.
G
September 19th, 2006 at 10:24 pm
You should try out Hyde Park…
Not only do you get to take in coffee from Seattle (which I think is far better than Mugg & Bean), but you can also take in biltong and frozen yoghurt with smarties.
And the best thing of all is that if you’re an Edgars club member, you pay half the price than what you pay at Ster Kinekor, and the product you receive is a gazillion times better.
September 20th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Damn man, that’s so ignorant. I think you SHOULD own a cinema.
When I was in Hollywood I went to the most awesome independent cinema. It was a full on cinema screen showing, well, no Hollywood films, and it was also, wait for it… a restaurant! How cool! You enjoy a (bloody good) meal and a glass or two of wine while watching a movie. So damn cool!
Alas, apparently SA’s movie-hierarchy won’t allow this. Gaslight video (Hazelwood, Pretoria) apparently tried something a few years ago. They dedicated a room to watching underground “art” movies, where you could basically bring a picnic for yourself in the evenings and watch cool movies with like-minded people, and bring in your own wine / dinner etc.
However, they were stopped from doing this by a large cinema complex nearby for TAKING AWAY BUSINESS. Legally, this little video store was not allowed to do this. How is this possible???
I hereby vow to never go to Ster Kinekor or Nu Metro again. Granted, I’m in London, but that’s not the point!
September 20th, 2006 at 4:47 am
Its the same here in NZ,
I\’ll give a thought to you the next time i sip on a glass of wine and enjoy a movie.
September 20th, 2006 at 10:32 am
I noticed that the Cinema Nouveau in Rosebank sells coffee at the concession stand. I do think that Ster Kinekor, if it is going to insist that patrons buy its goods, should cater for adult needs and that would include coffee and tea and other stuff.
September 20th, 2006 at 10:38 am
Same story at Nu Metro Menlyn at times. Menlyn at least HAD the Prive where you could get literally anything to drink (booze, hot and cold) before and in the movie (plus hot and cold snacks). That didn’t last long, now all that’s left is the lounge with an empty bar and food heaters. Reminds of an Eddie Murphy stand up “Nothing lasts we have the Grand Opening, then the Grand Closing”.
September 20th, 2006 at 10:53 am
Reminds me of this one time:
Telkom are trying out some shitty new automatic teller machine for “fast” telephone bill payment. I give the thing a shot and then it says, R10 short. I CAN read. The “assistant” dude leans over and slowly tells me I’m R10 short. AFTER helping me pay the machine with multiples of R20s!!! NO!!! He helped me pay the machine!!! With R20 notes!!! But I was R10 short!!! I blew a gasket when he said “..err that’s what the machine says sir…” somewhere.
My advice: You gotta quit while you’re ahead! Don’t go down the road! If such people had the capacity to debate with you, one probably wouldn’t have started!
September 20th, 2006 at 11:42 am
How hard is it to have a coffee machine at the counter. In winter the last thing you want is an ice cold coke to go and sit down to drink while watching a movie.. In Canada at West Edmonton Mall
they had pizza and subways and macdonalds at their movie theaters and if you could not find what you wanted to eat while watching a movie you could buy it on the outside. All they wanted was you to watch the movie at their theatre.
September 20th, 2006 at 3:59 pm
Yip. They said the same about my picnic basket.
Bastards.
September 20th, 2006 at 4:08 pm
You threw your ticket at his feet?!?! I would have shoved it up his arse and then kicked him repeatedly in the face with a well aimed stiletto until his name badge was the only recognisable object lying in a pool of blood in the foyer. I should get some help i think. My kick just isn’t what it used to be.
September 21st, 2006 at 9:56 am
Maximum Respect!
I am exactly the same. I also lose my rag completely when underpaid Johnny ‘No Stars’ tries to enforce some gay rule on me that makes no fucking sense…
You should start a unofficial competition concerning who can manage to smuggle what into the cinema!
I am going to load my espresso maker in my wife’s bag and head to Cresta later…
September 21st, 2006 at 9:58 am
This one time, i took in a whole buffet trolley and a keg of Guiness…
September 21st, 2006 at 10:50 am
May friends and I had the same problem @ Clearwater mall about three weeks ago. I had Ice Tea in a plastic bag, when the manager stopped me and said that I have to leave it at the counter. I then argued that, what if I do not drink any fizzy drinks or bottled water, am I supposed to sit all dry mouth in a movie ? He then said that he’ll allow it in this case. I think this whole thing is just to make a quick buck from people who don’t know any better.
September 21st, 2006 at 11:03 am
and that’s why people buy pirate movies.
you can eat and drink what you want in your own lounge and don’t even need to sit near the stinky dude.
I’ll take that over any cinema.
September 21st, 2006 at 11:08 am
uh..I meant to pirated..not pirate. well whatever.
a pirate movie is at the top right now anyway so it don’t make no difference how you say it.
arrrggghhh
September 21st, 2006 at 11:17 am
Feeling smart? Here’s something to think about:
The Competition Act, 1998 imposes, inter alia, restrictions on certain anti-competitive practices by companies. These restrictions are particularly onerous on companies which occupy dominant market positions. The defintion of “dominant” can be a point of argument, but as far as Ster Kinekor is concerned, I think it would struggle to show that it is not a “dominant” company for purposes of the Act.
Right. Still following me? Good.
Section 8 of the Act prohibits dominant companies from engaging in a variety of practices, which include engaging in “an exclusionary act if the anti-competitive effect of that act outweighs its technological, efficiency or other pro-competitive, gain” and “selling goods or services on condition that the buyer purchases separate goods or services unrelated to the object of a contract, or forcing a buyer to accept a condition unrelated to the object of a contract” (the latter act is referred to as “bundling”).
So…and this is without expanding on the argument…there exists the decided possibility that Ster Kinekor is engaging in anti-competitive behaviour. And if someone were to register a complaint with the Competition Commission, Ster Kinekor could face a fine of up to 10% of their annual turnover (that’s turnover, not profit) if found guilty.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
PS. issues of materiality would need to be considered, of course.
September 21st, 2006 at 12:04 pm
Of course.
Practically goes without saying mate!?!
PS. I’m mailing this to Ster Kinekor, good thing we didnt tile this post “…is a wanker”…!
September 21st, 2006 at 12:36 pm
Hehe. To go through that again… Sheesh!
September 21st, 2006 at 2:18 pm
LOL @ the wanker comment!!
Nice one Salami.
Rich…! the sad thing is that you should not have to mail this to them. They should know about it already.
September 21st, 2006 at 4:08 pm
There should be, legally, terms and conditions, either on the ticket, website or on display upon entry of the facility to let you remind you of their policies and your statutory rights. I haven’t been in SA for a few years now so don’t know about the tickets or actual premises – but there is def. nothing on the website – in fact – half the website is not working…like this “manager’s” head, I guess…
September 22nd, 2006 at 9:35 am
In the days when Nelspruit still had a McDonald’s, one of the cinema staff had only one eye. So a friend of mine reasoned that if you hold things out at arms length on the side that didn’t have an eye, she wouldn’t be able to see what he was taking in. And would you know, we ate a lot of McDonald’s in those cinemas!
September 22nd, 2006 at 10:37 am
As long as the coffee has one of the bulletproof sip lids then its cool. I certainly dont want boiling coffee down the back of my neck from a clumsy twat that arrives late and bumbles down the row behind me.
September 22nd, 2006 at 2:18 pm
The one time they stopped me from taking in a take-away/doggie-bag from Primi – cold pizza + movie. Yeah baby.
Have you noticed the close proximity of sweet shops to cinemas in all the malls. Wait ’til they start going all airport security on you at the ticket counter – “Excuse me sir, no fluids or sweet objects. Only if you bought it here.”
September 22nd, 2006 at 4:30 pm
And you’d think that with the local cinema industry doing so badly they might actually listen to what the public are crying for.
Rules is rules alright. Business that breaks them – rules.
October 4th, 2006 at 12:40 am
I always find a way to smuggle frozen yogurt into the movies. It usually involves a scientific and mind-blistering balance act inside a plastic bag that contains other less edible things (so if I’m stopped I can proove that this bag is not actually being used to smuggle food in, how could anyone ever accuse me of such things, why would I do something so dasterdly etc) but no one ever stops me anyway. I suppose it’s because I have an innate fear that someone WILL stop me, and I try very hard to avoid eye contact or supsicious scuffling. Hey, cinema people are crazy, I’m not taking my chances with that big lady who works behind the concession stand.
But the movie industry in this country is so neglected. I just started working in a crappy little video shop, and I found out that when you buy stock for the video shop (owner just bought the shop, and the previous owner fucked the place up- theres 4000 vhs titles as opposed to 900 dvds, so there’s almost only new dvd titles) you can’t buy stuff from too far back because Ster Kinekor and Nu Metro just stops supplying stuff at some point in time.
WTF?!
October 5th, 2006 at 9:20 am
Come on, we all know that food and beverage purchased from anywhere other than the cinema is not allowed into the theatres.
Catch a wake up Smegma Sucker!!!
Paint me red and call me Susan.
October 8th, 2006 at 9:40 am
Alas SM, you\’ve spent too much time with your hand (head) up a horse\’s ass. We\’re not disputing that those are the rules, we just thing the rules are a bit daft, like you, apparently…!
October 12th, 2006 at 12:37 am
Sadly, brothers like our managerial friend from Cresta generally don’t get jobs like these based on their mental prowess. the generally accepted doctrine of nepotism decrees that our pal Mr.Naidoo (10-1) probably got the job through his uncle because he didn’t have the grades to get into an Accountacy course anywhere…
October 19th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
So let me get this straight, you get pissed because the rules of another doesnt fit your needs? Thats like walking into mcDonalds and bitching because they dont sell playboy magazine. stupid.
obey the rules man, im not saying you have to like it. but the problem is you, not ster kinekor.
October 19th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
That\’s where you\’re wrong dude. You see, Ster Kinekor is fighting a difficult war. I have choice, they need me more than I need them. I have a nice big screen at home, a pretty fast brooadband connection, and of course, Nu Metro.
Your metaphor is silly. Watching a movie and drinking a hot drink is natural, and while reading a girly book while you read fast food is obviously natural to you, I\’d guess McDonalds wouldn\’t stop you reading your mag in their store (as Ster Kinekor did to me).
They can have their rules, but if they want to keep me, and many like me, as a customer - which they obviously do, then they\’ll need to evolve their rules.
The evolution of rules is not a bad thing, wake up dick-wad…!
October 19th, 2006 at 7:27 pm
Ster Kinekor and Nu Metro have a complete duopoly over the SA movie market and there is easily a case for anti-competitive behavior with regard to their food policy. You make an excellent point, people wouldn’t take their sh*t in America, why do Saffa’s take it at home.
Jeez I know its not a matter of life or death but if you can’t see whats wrong with their policy then please can Zimbabwe give you a visa which once you enter never allows you to leave!
November 4th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
Are you joking!!!!!! I buy wherever I want and take it in no one dictates where I spend my cash. Coffe a bit hard to hide in my jacket but if need be I’ll find a way. Or a big screen TV a flashy DVD and a couple of hot birds to watch with me while movie house after movie house (hopefully) shuts down.
December 24th, 2006 at 10:25 am
Nix to the meltdown actually, I nearly had an apoplexy when idjit manager at Fourways stopped me from entering an about-to-start movie with my kid because I’d bought stuff from a sweet shop down the hall.When I calmly pointed out to the obviously blind #%@$*! that the queue at his food counter was snaking nearly out of the complex (largely because there were only two servers slinging popcorn),which meant that if we stood in said queue, we’d miss half the movie, he said… you guessed it: ‘It’s the RULES.’
O-my-gooooooooooooooood donteversaythattomeeeee specially when the system isn’t fucking wooorkiiiing.
So in an act of almost inhuman self-control (but only for the sake of my mortified 6yr old) I restrained myself from shoving our illicit popcorn where it would hurt most, and demanded my money back. D’you know, the Mismanager then offered to give me the phone number for Head Office where, presumably, I could do HIS job, and point out to those on high, how ridiculous their fucking RULES are.
Is there a game show called ‘It’s the Rules’? There should be, movie house managers would walk away with millions.
I swear, I now only go to a simplex if I ABSOLUTELY TOTALLY have to take my kid to see something… otherwise, I’ll wait thanks, and watch movies at home… small victory I s’pose, considering the widespread control this ridiculous duopoly enjoys.
January 7th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
I agree………………
January 7th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
What the fuck is wrong with the kak plek
January 10th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
I agree entirely as this too has happened to my friend who infact played along and left his items at the door, and watched the movie.
In the same respect you need to look at why people don’t buy their food items.
The Answer, they are ripping off the consumer… I mean, how on earth does it make sense buying your movie ticket for R8.00 (Discovery Member), and then buy a Coke, and Popcorn, which sets you back another R30.00…. when 2 steps away in the Sweetie store, you get the same thing for R15.00… not only are they being anti-competitive, but also being entirely greedy.
I rekon that “The salami from kyalami” advice should be taken up, and Rich you should take it up to the very top.
January 17th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
I went to SterKinekor Tygervalley (CapeTown) last night. Bought my 500ml sodafountain coke (gross i like the coke that comes in a bottle thank you very much) then when the 7 of us wanted to go in the cinema it went something like this:
Woman at door: *pauses*
Me: Yep, that all of us
Woman: *pauses*
Me: ok
Woman: are you 18 she asks the girl next to me
all of us: yes you want to see the driver licences.
woman: Yes
And she checks the id numbers on all the drivers licences (even though you cant get 1 of you aren’t 18)
F&^% you very much Ster Kinekor.
February 2nd, 2007 at 8:05 pm
This cheeky useless very rude manager, seeing here in the pic, taken at Cresta, has now been promoted to the Northgate branch. I have encountered him there, & I had one hell of a fight with him recently.
February 2nd, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Aw, that sucks GustaV, Northgate’s my local…!
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Try being a diabetic like me and try to take in diabetic cool drink and after being told you can.t log a discrimination law suit against Ster Kinekor and get millions of rands. I am looking for a pro bona lawyer wanting to take this case?
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Just for the record, Nu-Metro has the same policy – it’s standard procedure. You are all so fucking ignorant and complain about the most rediculous things. There are rules in every company, and i think they (Ster-Kinekor & Nu-Metro) have every right to inforce the rules they have set. Can you imagine going in with hot coffee and then spilling it on someone – no I guess ur little pea brain didnt think that far did it – or what if u take in greasy food (can u imagine what those seats will look like with everyone wiping their hands on them). Nu-Metro sucks in my books, their seats are always broken, their staff are unfriendly, and they certainly do not have the state of the art booking system that ster-kinekor does. so the manager was a bit clueless at cresta – but are u perfect?
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Shit Sam, wake up. Ster Kinekor sell (or sold) greasy nachos with hot runny cheese. It’s got SFA to do with heat or grease, it has everything to do with greed.
Further, before you throw around words like “ignorant” and “pea brain” (which should be hyphenated btw, I’d suggest you look up the correct spelling of:
-rediculous
-inforce
Just because something is standard procedure, does not make it correct. However I thank god every day that the world is full of people like you that think like this, it makes it possible for those of us that can think beyond the norm to make a lot more cash with little innovations.
Enjoy your box…!
February 26th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Their prices are the biggest ripoff…to take myself and my two kids to a movie can end up costing close to R100 just for all popcorn and crappy soda fountain drinks and some wine gums…I mean wtf are they INSANE? No wonder they dont want anyone bringing stuff in that costs half the price outside. So fuck them I avoid going to movies as much as possible. No wonder piracy is alive and well. And don’t get my going on the cost of DVD’s either. These clowns just keep on handing the pirates a loaded gun. Make the DVD’s a max of R40 each and see how fast piracy vanishes. But with twats like these that will never happen. If the pirate DVD’s in China only cost around US$1 (thats R7.50) and the pirates are making a roaring profit where do these jerks get off charging R200? And fuck all the royalty arguments, that doesn’t account for the difference. Sell more DVD’s at a way lower price, end of story. No wonder the movies are always pretty empty when you do brave the rip off run. They can keep it.
March 2nd, 2007 at 5:08 pm
I AGREE with your rant! It pisses me off so much. ALSO – their popcorn tastes similar to polistyrine packing material!! It’s bloody awful. THEN they charge you a fortune for it.
AND, the BEST of all, when you want to buy a small cooldrink, their SMALLEST is a huge 800ml!!! ANd that’s the SMALL!!!
And then, of course, they charge you a fortune for it!!
Here’s a plan: carry all your goodies in a rucksack.
ALSO I have seen this blog appears high up on Google’s search when ‘Ster Kinekor’ is typed in.
But then again – companies in SA don’t give a flying fuck about bad publicity – and even less about losing customers!!!!!!!!
March 28th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Final a Forum, maybe we should be a support group?! When I want to watch a new movie with all the sound and visual effects, I do so at the cinema as opposed to waiting for said movie to hit DVD. Ster Kinekor has always been my first choice, till now. Since going to Maerua Mall, there has not been on single time that there was not a problem with projection, I swear. I’m not sure that these guys wait for me to appear just to p**s me off! Visuals & audio? Forget Maerua mall Ster Kinekor, they’re the pits. Now, I’ll wait for the DVD to hit the market and watch in the comfort of my lounge with surround sound… Blah!
March 30th, 2007 at 10:42 am
Rich, hon, all you need to do when you next go to the movies is dress like a woman. Nobody ever looks twice at a woman carrying a handbag, no matter WHAT size it is! Of course, if you’ve got a kid with you so much the better, it makes you even more invisible. And hell, you’ll be amazed at what you can fit in a handbag. So, get some sort of Thermos, pour your coffee in that. Get to the movies, pour into a cup and enjoy. Oh, just don’t forget to take your tickets out of aforementioned handbag before getting to the door. It can get messy otherwise. Or, if you go for the meterosexual approach, a manbag is perfectly acceptable too!
April 1st, 2007 at 3:00 pm
I do not agree, if you go to a cinema to watch a movie you should adhere to the rules. You woukdn’t take your own food to a restaurant an eat it there. People should remember that ‘When in rome do like the Romans’ and if you don’t want a soft drink or anything else go thirsty and hungry but don’t make scene because the management might just remember you for all the wrong reasons.:-)
April 1st, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Sandra, you’re logic s flawed on many levels. If I want to take wine to a restaurant, I simply pay a corkage. That’s what I suggested above. Also, your statement, “when in Rome do what the Romans do” is not relevant here, and besides, if everyone thought like that, we’d have no innovation.
Also, if you look at the Salami’s comments above, what Ster Kinekor does is just plain illegal, thus you are suggesting it is okay to back lawless activities because everyone else does…!
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:50 am
what a bunch of moaning minnies. the problem with most things in this country stem from a lack of discipline and most of the comments here are a perfect example of this. “ah shame, poor me, bad man wont let me do what i want to do! Let me kick and scream and swear at him, just like i did with mommy and then i will get my own way, just like i did with mommy!” bunch of whinging little dick heads. Put yourself in the shoes of that manager before you throw your puny little weight around.
April 5th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
I agree with tonebone, it is not the manager’s fault that you aren’t allowed to bring your own shite into the movies. He is just upholding the rules which his “employer†has given him, i.e doing his job.. Would you be happy if he got fired/reprimanded because he decided that he doesn’t need to listen to his bosses rules. Personally I think that there are a lot of rules at my company which I think are stupid, but I have to obey those rules or face the consequences.
Obviously Ster Kinekor need to have a look at their rules, but it is not fair to blame the manager for doing his job. Lets be honest, being the manager of a cinema is not generally a job that people aspire to, so I think it is unfair to expect that person to be a well educated laterally thinking kind of person. The fact that Ster Kinekor have decided that they are happy to employ this person as a manager is once again down to their shoddy company policies, and should not be blamed on the poor manager.
Just think about how many people swear at him everyday, just for doing his job.
For the record I hate every aspect of going to the cinema, so I just don’t go. The difference is that I don’t need to swear at, and complain to however, just to make myself feel better.
April 5th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
I would like to say although my opinion is seen as flawed by many. I would just like to say I don’t always want to buy Ster Kinekor products to eat and drink, but if I’m thirsty I’ll adhere to the company’s rules and buy a soft drink there and not moan and groan because I can’t take my own juice, coffee etc. into the movies with me.
Maybe someone should offer to open a coffe shop in all the Ster Kinekor cinemas in the country and then everybody will be ‘happy’ because they got their way, or maybe not.
April 5th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
I think Ster Kinekor SUCKS! Their refreshments are pathetic and REALLY expensive! I smuggle in stuff all the time cause why should I pay R15 for a box of Smarties at Ster Kinekor, when I can buy same at say Pick n Pay for R7.00?? Go figure! BTW Rich…! you ROCK!
April 5th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Oh and Sandra – get off the cross we need the wood!
April 6th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
What a pleasure to see I am not the only one pissed off with this policy.
Apart from limited choice, the sizes of Cokes/popcorn/packets of sweets etc are obscene.
With prices to match.
Total wankers. Someone should test them with a lawsuit.
April 9th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
I would just like to say that I really do agree with the rest & its just not the coffee or outside drinks purchased but their whole refrehments sale is a shocker. I took my kids to Sandton City today 09/04/2007 & they were out of ALL SOFTDRINKS & they were putting water & mixing the Slush Puppies…
April 11th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
My word. I am impressed at this ongoing poll. My bf and I went to Ster Kinekor about a month ago where 2 x movie tickets on a Saturday cost me R80 and the 4 juices (he is a thirsty person) our popcorn, sweets etc came to a total of R110. That is R190!!!! for 2 hours. Fine I will pay…. the sound is good blah blah BUT then I don’t want
1) To turn around and they are forcing a girl to choose between her pizza doggybag (which reallly was like 4 slices left as she opened it) and a movie she has allready paid for. She allready ate damnit! Wanna sue her?
2) Get into this fancy fucking movie place just to starve of heat due to a “technical problem” with their aircon (which btw was the excuse 3 months before as well)
Do you know what you can eat there if you don’t eat any preservatives? Besides the popcorn and water, even the “100% juice contains preservatives”. What about people with special needs? Diabetics, people with allergies etc. This is wrong. What is entertainment when you put restrictions in place…. It is not entertainment then is it.
So to everyone who is just too happy to pay R200, eat and drink what THEY sell only…. Have a nice popcorn with water movie. You never know when you will develop some kind of health hazzard and then maybe you will just shoot yourself in the head since life is soo dull and fucking boring when you go out and you cannot eat and drink shit! You ought to really move to a bloody communist country.
April 11th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
i still feel sorry for the manager person, but these movie people do have a strangle hold on the market and like most places that have monopoly there is squat we can do about it. Hitler was a great organizer, maybe we need a Hitler type person to bring down the movie industry so we may all enjoy coffee and burgers while we watch Bean’s holiday. Bring back drive in’s, i say!
April 26th, 2007 at 7:03 am
i think we should all relax and stop bitching and moaning about how ster kinekor treats its customers as a matter of fact i have also not been allowed to take my own juice and sweets into the cinemas, because of that i usually take a bigger handbag if i don’t want their sweets and go to clicks or pick ‘n pay and buy a packet of sweets put it in my handbag and cover it with a jersey i don’t intend to wear. as the saying goes necessity is the mother of invession. so i’m not totally for ster kinekor’s point of view!!
May 3rd, 2007 at 3:34 pm
Well I think all has been said, sadly all the comments have an amount of truth in them. . . mine is simple, the odd occasion that I go to the cinema I will sit to …relax…have pop corn & coke light with raisin choc’s and zero stress. If by accident I should have illegal substances from another store behold the prick that would refuse my entry, I normally threaten that I’ll kill them if they f#%k with me.
In positivity there is a smoking room at most cinema’s and that is a huge plus!!!
Keep on complaining guys and never quit trying to change the way people see things – and yep “one person ” can still make a difference in this almighty world of ours.
May 20th, 2007 at 10:45 am
After having been shortchanged by Sterkinekor staff at the refreshments counter once on my next visit I insisted on a receipt. That’s when I discovered that they charge customers for the cardboard box that holds the popcorn and cooldrinks.
Sterkinkor management please note this attitude translates into empty cinemas as is the case
May 28th, 2007 at 11:05 am
I think u should all stop talking about this in this blog because it is not gonna help, just complain to the company or inform them in some way.
It’s no use bitching about it here really.
May 28th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
You sound like a fucking childish little bitch. Bro why do people go to the movies??? To watch the fucking movie, if you wanted to have a coffee that bad then why the fuck didn,t you just go to “Mugg & Bean” ,stay there,and try to resist your urge to have a fucking picknick in the cinema.
And to all you complaining morons. If you don’t like “Sterkinekor” and their rules then don’t go there and if you don’t like their refreshments then don’t fucking buy them! There is nothing illegal about “Sterkinekor” setting their own rules. They have the right to do so, if they didn’t then this would’t be a free country.
Whats next? Should a alcoholic be allowed to get drunk and a smoker be allowed to smoke in the cinema?
Oh and Rich, wake up son your the one living in a fucking box.
June 1st, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Stefan: You are obviously a little cnutrug… Why don’t you go hang yourself in the bathroom.
June 2nd, 2007 at 9:43 am
Stefan you intellectual power house.
Ster Kinekor is apparently looking for managers who can explain thier rules better to the money paying public.
With your charming manner and easy way with words could I recommend you for the position?
Actually you know what dont bother, slit your wrists on the way to the bathroom and follow Stassens advice
June 4th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Stefan everyday all over South Africa people are being fcked over by all kinds of institutions. Banks you may have noticed are in the process of lowering fee’s and making banking cheaper and more affordable. Do you think they are doing this because they have become philanthropical?
No my abusive friend!!! it is because childish bitch’s like ourselves have been complaining bitterly about thier unfair practises.
You ask what next? your right lets see what next? Well the public is not complaining why dont we just take the seats out the movie house that way we can fit more people in and double our turn over.
Wont happen. Why? because the public wont accept it. They’ll stop going because they wont accept the abuse. So why should we accept this abuse? Come to think about no Seats would be great I could have a full on pik nik and bring a rug and maybe get some leg over.
I got frozen yogurt, big packet of chips and four cans of coke from pick n pay into the pirates of the caribean on sunday at the blue route mall in tokai. How the rest of you do? Fck’d Fairy you still reading this manage to get anything in?
August 18th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
I feel I should once again open my big mouth and agree with a blogger. Stefan you’re a f*cking genius. If Iwant coffee I go to a place that sells coffee if I want a movie I go to a cinema.
If you don’t like Ster Kinekor service go to another cinema and see if they will allow you to take in your coffee, tee and other refreshments not sold at the Ster Kinekor refreshment counter.
Get a grip people life is sometimes to short to bitch and moan all the time. Stop and smell the roses. And f*cking lighten up.
I would rather go to Ster Kinekor than any other cinema in the country
October 16th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
to all the peeps complaining about service you are probable the moran that was told u can’t take your coffe in to the cinema, I do agree they can sell a bigger variety of refreshments but damn coffee in a cinema? please wake the fuck up!
Just imagine you are watching a horror and the guy next to you is enjoying a cup of coffee and suddenly you end up with a burning sensation between your legs because he couldn’t handle the horror in the movie and spilt his coffee all over you.
so wake up and smell the coffee this is the dumbest complaint ever and yea you were childish to throw the tiucket at his feet grow up. he is only human doing his job.
kind regards to the fucknut that thought this would be a good thing to complain about rather complain about girls being raped in the cinemas and not such benile stuff like not being able to take your coffee in to the cinema.
October 16th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
So, Lynn, how would you explain the hot nacho cheese sauce that they served earlier this year? The same principle applies.
Also, many cinemas worldwide serve coffees succesfully, even in countries with trigger-happy lawsuit policies – however you don’t come across as much of a world traveler so I’ll forgive you that.
Still, get your facts right chick, and your spelling…!
March 1st, 2008 at 8:48 am
Ever take a steak to a sushi bar just because you don’t eat seafood? Then left the remains for them to clean up? I think the latter fact is the most overlooked. People are typically so slovenly that they would never dream of actually removing their litter from the premises once they are done.
March 1st, 2008 at 9:04 am
Actually, I went to the Fishmonger on Gordon Rd with friends not fo long ago. I don’t eat fish so the owner arranged me pizza from the Europa next door. They ordered, plated, served, and cleared it for me. Sure, there’s no way that this is Fishmonger corporate policy, but it was great, and highly memorable service…!
March 1st, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Here’s to intelligent human beings making choices! (that are the rules)
March 1st, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Now you done made me hungry
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:00 am
Next time, remember to take your flasks with and decant the coffee into them before you enter the Cinema. Make sure to get a flask that can seal properly so that you can hide it in your pocket/handbag/underpants…
March 13th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Why buy overpriced coffee from McDonald’s when you can buy overpriced coffee from your local independent coffee shop and support small business?
April 5th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
I have a long female tongue fetish myself and found femaletongues.com which seems to be the best place for photos of female tongues, pierced tongues, and sexy girls with open mouths.
June 23rd, 2010 at 2:58 pm
biltong is one of the greatest things ever invented, ever since I moved away from SA I miss it so much. I really want to buy biltong here in London