“If the hot dogs don’t look like raisins, they go back into the fridge to be put out again the next day.”
to tell us what insider secrets we should know. Their responses didn't disappoint — here are some of the best:"You’d be surprised just how often we had to remove people from screenings for engaging in sexual activity.
It was, like, monthly at least, and often in the weirdest films, including Pixar and horror flicks. It was ridiculous!" —"At the theater I worked at, the 'butter' was actually a huge container of half-gel, half-liquid peanut oil. Other than the label on the container — which is behind the counter so no one can see — everything associated with it stated that it was butter. No one ever seemed to notice or care." —Anonymous"The 'butter' is usually vegetable oil. Sometimes theaters will use coconut oil blends, but it's not as common. Movie theaters that don't make fresh popcorn often use the coconut oil because it stays fresh tasting longer." —Anonymous"Do not order the hot food like pretzels, pizza, chicken nuggets, or hot dogs. They are heated up in a microwave and sit out all day. They are usually super stale." —"I once got yelled at for throwing away hot dogs that had been sitting on the roller all day, but weren't yet shriveled. If they don't look like raisins, they go back into the fridge to put out again the next day." —Anonymoustoo seriously. When working concession, you’d be given a sleeve of 25 cups. You had to count them all out at the start of your shift and notify management if any were missing from the sleeve. Then, all your cups would be counted at the end of your shift and matched to what you sold. All of the paper products were treated like gold." —Anonymous"There was a red button inside a 'locked' plastic case in the box office and a little black speaker was attached. One of the ushers told me it was for making announcements out on the sidewalk so that people could hear. One night, about 20 minutes into the shows, I opened the box, pushed the button, and announced that all the movies were cancelled for the night. Nobody was outside, so I figured it was harmless.""The next thing I heard was thunderous footsteps above my head…the red button actually stopped all of the projectors, and my announcement was [broadcast throughout] every theater. The projectionist came down sweating a few min later and gave me my new nickname: 'Button Pusher.'" —Anonymous"If you aren't 100% sure that there's going to be a post-credit scene, please Google [to check] instead of just staying in your seat. When you've been working for 12 hours or more and you're waiting for everyone to leave so you can clean and lock up, it's infuriating when people just sit there when you know there's no post-credit scene."Nacho cheese was made in a five-gallon bucket with a big spoon. Back then, we wore white collared shirts and polyester vests [while working]. As you bent over to stir cheese, often the change you found in theaters would spill out of your shirt pocket. There's no finding objects in five gallons of cheese. Some employees would also [secretly] put fun stuff in the cheese, like Skittles." —Anonymous"I worked at a movie theater that had a regular customer who turned out to be a serial killer." —Anonymous"We have to clean up diarrhea more than you think. A few months ago, we had the worst case. This guy had explosive diarrhea during a movie and ran out of the theater. On the way out, he shit some more all over someone’s shoes — like, to the point that the person took off their shoes and it was filled with it." —Anonymous"You have a better chance of sneaking into an R-rated movie if you’re nice to the workers. If you’re an asshole, I’m checking your ID. The same thing goes for buying a child ticket if you’re an adult." —Anonymous"Christmas is the worst day to be at the theater. First off, do not comment to a staffer about how they are working on a holiday. They have family and friends too — the only reason that they are there is becauseare there. When families get together for holidays and can't stand each other for more than a couple hours, they think sitting in a dark room watching a movie will be easy. I broke up at least one physical family fight every Christmas for four years straight." —Anonymouswe would start making the popcorn for the Friday night premiere on Thursday, or even Wednesday night. Then, we would just scoop it into large bags and tie them off. However, we'd still have the popper going so everyone thought the popcorn was fresh. We'd also try and pop enough popcorn on Sunday to get through the week because the popper was SO hard to clean. A Wednesday night popping was for the weekend, so the popcorn you ate was probably three or four days old." —Anonymous
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