I heard something this weekend that reminded me of the "moral scenarios" from our Shabbat dinner. My film-obsessed friend went to the movies over the weekend, but after her movie ended she decided to sneak into another theater in the builiding to watch another one. But - she got caught. The people made her leave, but they were also very rude and obnoxious, and she felt like they treated her inappropriately. She decided to file a complaint with the manager about how they treated her, and the manager ended up giving her more free tickets!
What would you do - give them away, throw them out, or use them?
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I probably would use them. It would be a waste to not use the free tickets. I don't think the lady should've gotten the tickets in the first place though. She shouldn't have tried to sneak into another theater, and acted very rude to complain about the staff trying to stop her from breaking the rules.
Not only did she sneak into the next show, which is basically stealing from the theater, she then complained about getting kicked out! What chutzpah! I will let you know if she uses the tickets or not...
Someone did suggest to me that it's not really a big deal to sneak into the next show, since the theater is a huge corporation and isn't really losing much if you don't pay for the second movie. Thoughts?
I think it does matter. I mean, the people who run the theater to make sure that the people are happy and satisfied. The least we can do is pay for a ticket and show some courtesy.
I think thats sneaking into the next movie is not so bad. I mean the theaters are basically staeling from us, I mean 5$ for a little thing of popcorn NO WAY!!! They charge an exorbant amout of money and we steal alittle. Yes, techinacally it's wrong but really I think they're the ones who are stealing
I disagree with you, Saul. I feel like, yeah the stuff is expensive and like one bag of popcorn should not be so expensive, but the move theater uses the money they receive to help us and other people who go to the theater. The money pays employees who clean the theater, gets you snacks and food and stuff, and more. The money also goes to get more snacks and food for you to purchase and eat. So the money kind of goes toward you for a good reason instead of like your giving it away for nothing.
If I was the manager of the theater, I would probably make the employees keep a better watch on people who try to sneak into other theaters and make them BUY A TICKET. I mean, sneaking into a movie theater is basically stealing $8 or however much a ticket costs in your theater. It may not seem like a big deal, but technically you really are stealing.
i still hold fast my opinion. I think of the stealing and the prices as a system of checks and balances. Really high prices means people don't want to spend a LOT of money so they steal, but on the other ahdn I think that if they lowered their prices people would still steal. I have another ethical question for you bloggers: You need to be (or have one with you) a 17 year old to get inbot the R rated movies. Is it unethical to buy a ticket to a say pg movie and go into the R rated one?
I should have included this in my last blog but I didn't see Micha's response to my blog until now. People are willing to pay for it because America is FAT. We will pay 5$$ for like an 1/2 ounce of popcorn because we want to eat it. No one is going to boycott the popcorn prices because noone has enough will power to stand not eating it.
Interesting question about the R rated movie.
My initial thought is that in this new situation the viewer is not ripping off the theater by sneaking in for free, so it's really a victimless offense. Nobody is getting hurt by it (except maybe a young viewer who is being exposed to inappropriate content), so it's much less of an ethical problem.
On the other hand, the viewer should still be prepared to be tossed out if s/he is caught, since it is the law, after all.
You raised an interesting point about food and will power (with a lot of truth to it--people could hardly control their will in class to keep their hands off my chips!). Judaism has a lot to teach us about this. For example, one thing that keeping kosher helps us do is set boundaries and limits--we don't just eat whatever we want whenever we want. In addition, we say a beracha before (and after) eating. By taking the time to say a blessing before putting food in our mouths, we ensure that we use self-control when we eat, rather than pig out. Kashrut and berachot elevate the natural act of eating, that all animals do, and make it more holy.
I think that if you buy a ticket for one movie and go in another isn't stealing, but it's just wrong and dishonest.
About the fat people thing only buying movie food because their hungry and they don't really care if it's expensive is KINDA true. I mean yeah, a lot of people in America are obese, but that's why movie people make the food so much money. The point Saul made before that people buy food at theaters because they like it, is basically WHY movies sell their food expensively. That's basically a good business idea, (even though I admit that I don't like it!)
I think that it's a good business move to price things highly if people like them, WHEN REASONABLE. Like, if someone sold necklaces that supposedly cured cancer like Saul said, that'd be good, IF IT WAS POSITIVELY GOING TO CURE THE CANCER! If the seller didn't know if it would cure it or if he did cure it, then it isn't right.
When the manager gave her free tickets it was probably a good idea because she would be scared and embarrassed to show here face in that theater again, but the free tickets would make her more at ease in coming back and paying with her own money for other tickets, and possibly recommending the theater to her friends, the free tickets being no loss in money for the theater, for the movie was already playing. This means I would use the free tickets because the theater is at no loss.
Sorry, in my last comment I made a typo. I wrote: If the seller didn't know if it would cure it or if he did cure it, then it isn't right. I meant if he knew that it wouldn't cure it.
I think that her sneaking into the movie theater is completly wrong, but still, she was treated badly so I think she half deserved the tickets and half didn't. I would give them to a friend.
I can see your point of view Sarah, but really the movie guy was enforcing the law. It's like if you litter in front of a policeman and he forces you to pick it up, it's like that. Everywhere you go there are a new set of laws. In school classrooms, at your house, in your room, and it's just common respect to obey the rules.
Well said.
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