Jimu News reporter Cao Xuejiao
htmlOn January 27, a netizen from Dongguan, Guangdong posted a video reporting that she ate the smell of mouse feces in the popcorn sold at a movie theater in Qishi Town. On the 27th, a staff member of the movie theater involved said that the popcorn insulators in the movie theater were covered with lids, and the staff also ate them, so there could be no rat droppings.On January 27, the netizen involved told a Jimu News reporter that on the evening of the 26th, she purchased a 69-yuan movie-watching package for two people on the platform and went to a movie theater in Qishi Town, Dongguan City to watch a movie. The two-person movie-watching package also included a movie. of popcorn. While watching the movie, a netizen noticed a stench in her mouth after eating popcorn, "like the smell of mouse droppings." The netizen said that the screening room was so dark that she couldn't notice it, so she quickly spit it on a tissue, and later discovered Even the tissue used to wipe my mouth smelled bad. After the movie, she and her companions went to the front desk to argue with the movie theater staff, but a male staff member said he didn’t smell any smell on the paper towels and denied that there would be mouse droppings in the popcorn, saying that it might also be due to corn spoilage. If there is a strange smell, you can refund the ticket money to the netizen. But the netizen at the time believed that even if the corn was rotten, such a stench would not be possible. Afterwards, she called 12315 to complain.
"We took the remaining popcorn and the residue on the paper towel home and waited for the relevant departments to come and detect it." The netizen said that she would not dare to eat popcorn in the cinema in the future.
Popcorn purchased by netizens at the movie theater that night (picture provided by the interviewee)
On the morning of the 27th, a staff member of the theater involved responded that two consumers did come to report that they ate rat feces in the popcorn on the evening of the 26th. As for the smell, the insulated box where popcorn is placed in the movie theater is usually covered with a lid, and the box is closed when no one is around. The surveillance is on 24 hours a day, so it is impossible for a mouse to get in.
"And the popcorn will be changed regularly, and our employees will also eat it. There is no possibility of mouse droppings. Even if there is black foreign matter, it may be sugar roasted at high temperature." The staff member said that according to his understanding, two The consumer did not provide any evidence of a foreign object similar to rat droppings and demanded 1,000 yuan in compensation, which they felt was unreasonable. After that, the two consumers left. They believe that if these two consumers think there is a problem with the popcorn in the movie theater, they can find the relevant departments to solve it according to law.
Regarding this, the netizen who posted the video said that the remaining popcorn in the bucket had no taste. Only the popcorn she ate had a very bad smell, and it was mixed together after chewing. After they reported it to the movie theater, they felt that the movie theater's handling attitude was not good, so they asked the movie theater to pay compensation of 1,000 yuan in accordance with the law.
(Source: Jimu News)