of course they will never come out and say it. Are you incredibly naive?

what your original argument was suggesting was to buy the expensive first class tickets and pitch a tent in the middle of a quarry and hunt squirrels for food at your dream destination. Might as well not book the flight in that case.

What sort of parent will say no to popcorn at the movies? Especially if their kids ask and its supposed to be a fun night out?

You don’t seem to understand that you can’t always say no or you might ruin the day for somebody else and in extension… yourself

That just tells me you’re single. There’s never any scenario in which you spend 0 at the theatre if you have family, even more so if you have kids.

maybe that was what he was implying in the first place: “A profit seeking entity made this?”