Movie popcorn prices

[CyrilMorong]

I have been using the book The Armchair Economist for a few years in my
classes.

A student who worked in a movie theater suggested that popcorn(and candy,
drinks, etc.) cost more at the movies because the theater has to have many
workers around to handle the rush right before a movie starts.  Then those
workers have nothing to do for a couple of hours but they need to be paid for
the entire time they are there.  It would be too costly for them to go home
and come back every two hours.  So when you buy food there, the extra cost is
for the time workers are getting paid and not doing anything.

Cyril Morong
San Antonio College