I just had to make a few quick notes. One, the Cafe and Concessions are CASH ONLY. Seriously, everyone has to be sick of me complaining about it, but people still don't get it. First-timers, I'll allow. Well, only with Cafe. Cafe only has it written once or twice, and then you only really see when you reach the register. With Concessions, we have a sign when you enter the line, a notice on the price board, a sign on the pillar between concession ordering and paying windows, and a last notice on the register itself. So no sympathy, especially when it says in BOLD "Cash Only" and yet people still ask if we take FSU card or any kind of card at all. There are even those special few who, having walked past and seen the signs, ask if we are STILL cash only, as if we would have changed to accepting cards and yet have left the signs up.
Two, we only accept the currency of the United States of America, and no bill larger than a $20 one. Yes, I have to be that specific. We accept your dollar coin, your Susan B. Anthony coin, and your JFK half-dollar. We even accept the $2 bill. Just no $50s or $100s. Who really walks into a bank and asks for that large of a bill anyway? Anyway, why do people try to pay in foreign currency? I haven't had the euro, I'm waiting for it (don't do it after reading this or I'll "spill" your soda on ya) but I have had CANADIAN currency. If you are the girl I just talked to today, don't feel bad for trying to use a Canadian quarter (it is similar to the U.S. quarter after all) but you should feel bad for trying to get me to accept it afterwards. Canadian currency is not equal to U.S. currency (ever wonder why your book has two prices on the cover? The larger one is Canadian). I can feel the weight difference (Canadian is lighter) and even though state quarters help camouflage it, our money doesn't have a queen on it! The first time someone used a Canadian quarter, I didn't catch it till afterwards, so we lost money, but I HAVE caught four more and told their owners to pony up U.S. money fast or be denied their food. Also, your friend telling me she passes off pesos at other places just puts me on guard to catch those as well.
So please, bring cash. We are cheaper than a commercial theater, and the profit from concessions pays for staff and helps pay for movies. New blockbusters are EXPENSIVE and we try not to use up your SGA fees on just movies. It's not that hard to carry the $9 you would spend on a movie ticket and use it to buy a large popcorn and two large drinks. If you come to the movies with friends who talk about getting popcorn, please remind them we are cash only, so I don't give them a dirty look when they order or stand in line for 10 minutes without realizing we are cash only.
Quick, third note. $0.50 popcorn is GONE. It's over, we have a new special. It's on the front of the schedule. Every Tuesday and Saturday is 50% Small Popcorn and Small Soda special. Normally, a Small Popcorn is $2.75 and a Small Soda is $2.25. That is $5 total. At 50%, that is $2.50. This, for those not current in economics or math, is a $0.25 popcorn special. We made it CHEAPER! Stop complaining.
Thank you, and come to the Middle East Film Festival.
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Cash only is retarded, get with the times and start accepting plastic, then maybe people will stop annoying you. And until you do accept cards...I hope they do.
Canadian money is more valuable than US money these days.
Businesses are charged by the credit card companies everytime a credit or debit card is used in a transaction. These fees are small, but for a little or nonprofit business , they make dealing with credit and debit cards more trouble than they're worth. Also, drawing from my years of experience as a lackey of the customer service industry, I can be fairly certain that if it were practical, they would pick up credit cards if only to shut you people up. I mean really.
Just as a side note, I think some banks might exchange/accept Canadian money, at least that's what I was told at my old job.
You guys should at least try and accept flex/garnet bucks. I for one would spend a LOT more if you guys did.
Yeah but how long does it take when you go to the union or somewhere else and you have to wait behind someone paying with a card of any kind? You want to add that to the lines at concessions for advanced screenings, midnights and other packed movies? And being a small business the credit card companies would charge us for credit card purchases. All of our money, ALL of it, goes to bringing movies and having concessions to sell you guys. Besides having cash isn’t exactly a hard ship, and it’s not like this is something we just sprang on you guys. The concession stand has ALWAYS been cash only. So why should it be a surprise after your first visit? But someone tell me why you would actually try to annoy the people in the concession stand by bringing cards and no cash? We’re students just like you. We get the same frustrations with class and parents and whatnot why add to it? That just seems immature to me, especially for college students.
Accepting flex/garnet bucks would mean that the SLB would be in the umbrella corp. of Aramark and, as one could probably tell, they most certainly are not.
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