I'm an ungrateful bastard, I admit. Like I said, I can tell that they put some thought into this. If we're all stuck at home anyway, then one way to make it more enjoyable would be to have a good movie to watch or something. That probably led to the "movie night" concept, and home-popped popcorn in different flavors seemed like a cool idea.
At this point, however, we're somewhat "over" the lockdown. My wife and I hop in the car and just go driving sometimes. Cop a buzz, listen to tunes, road trip, like when we were younger. We do go shopping as necessary (properly masked and observing reasonable safety protocols). So maybe in the first month or two, when people were all scared shitless and literally not leaving the house at all, it would've made sense. Where I live, however, we've already adopted the "new normal". Stores are busy. Restaurants are busy. Even movie theaters are open.
The free movies, I'll take. And it's not their fault that the popcorn is basically wasted, but you take a chance whenever you try to pick something that "everybody likes" because there's always something that some people don't like. I don't dislike popcorn; it's just not in my nature to sit and munch on stuff for no reason. I don't feel the need to eat or drink while watching a movie. Even if I have munchies, empty calories are the bane of mankind. And my wife is on a strict diet prescribed by her doctor. So again, nice thought, but ultimately a failure. I don't know what I was expecting, but when you say you're gonna do something nice, and the result is a bit underwhelming, you almost feel like maybe you shouldn't have said or done anything.
Fuck. I'm an ungrateful bastard. I should just take it and shut up.