Her baby is only 40 days old, but even though she obviously didn't take a seat, she still had to pay the full price of the movie ticket. Nine euros, to be precise: That is the rate that Alessia Masaracchia, a 36-year-old from Serina (Bergamo region), had to pay at the Arcadia Multiplex in Stezzano, also in the province of Bergamo. As Repubblica explains, the woman went there with some friends to attend the screening of Leonardo Pieraccioni's new film “It Seems a Lot of Paris” at 6 p.m.
The fact
“I was with three friends and one of them, who had been there before I arrived, had bought tickets for everyone. Or rather, for the four of us and not for my baby – he said –. I hadn't read the rules of the cinema I went to for the first time on Saturday, but I hadn't even asked myself about a ticket for Andrea. I assumed he didn't pay, as is the case in many other houses, cinemas and beyond. After all, why should you pay for a service you don't use?
The controversy was apparently triggered by a ticket inspector's unexpected request to enter the hall: “He had already checked my ticket, but then he saw that Andrea's hat was sticking out of my sweatshirt and he was sleeping peacefully wrapped up in his baby carrier.” – continues Masaracchia – He asked me if I had a child with me and to my affirmative answer, he replied that we would have to buy a ticket for him too, claiming that for security reasons it was mandatory To everyone present the room”.
“Is this the treatment for someone who has a baby?”
The woman didn't protest, but replied that it would be enough to print out a welcome card, “especially since my son wasn't in the baby bath or stroller and therefore didn't take up any extra space compared to my chair.” The mask asked the person in charge and me It was confirmed that Arcadia's policy is that everyone pays for the ticket, starting with zero-year-olds. If I had been alone I would have gone, but I didn't want to leave my friends so we got a ticket for Andrea too. And we weren’t offered a discount, he also paid nine euros.”
Back at home, the 36-year-old decided to publicly tell what had happened to her: “Not because of the money, but because the situation seemed really absurd to me.” So I wrote a review of the cinema on Google and left a comment on it Published on the cinema's Facebook page – it closes -. There’s a lot of talk about creating spaces and structures that are suitable for children, and then this is the solution?”
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