The INOX Experience

Is it Bangalore, or is it INOX or what? Since when has watching a movie become a Rs 2000 worth experience. First reaction…..It’s such a rip off !! 

Is it really??

                                   Dhruva and Diksha, with their popcorns

A ticket on Friday evening costs two times what it does on weekdays. And the popcorn and coke…actually as much as the ticket. But then it’s true right? Weekends are the right time. And popcorn? totally integral to the experience. In fact, I like caramel, but I also like butter, and I love these guys who’ve innovated and come up with a popcorn cup with a divider in between, where I get to have both in one cup. They’re actually thinking of you.

Overall real nice experience.... so what exactly are we cribbing about? 

This whole value for money is such a mind thing. 

A small anecdote on this:

I remember this was way back when we’d get salary in cash and dhruva would get to buy an Asterix on salary day. It was ritual; pick him up from the gate and go buy with the first notes ( we used to even get crisp new tender). And there was resistance from some saying 400 rupees (like 15 years back) for reading something in ten minutes…it’s not even a book.

But to Dhruva, they were like really dear...like friends I think. If Diksha or I wanted to read, we’d have to say Hello to the book, finish it, and then give it a pat, say Thank You to the book, and put it back on the pile. At first Diksha was like..nuts or what, I’m not doing all that. But he wouldn’t let her read, and slowly we both got used to doing it. 

So yes, value is really what we give to anything, its not necessarily about value for money.  End of evening I was happy with the evening, so totally worth what it costs no. .All of us do what matters to us, but we crib. Maybe we shouldn't.  Do, and do happily or don't do.  Going forward, no grudging, just budget better :)