The local movie theatre was robbed of about $250 last night. The thieves took a bag of popcorn, a combo meal, and a large soft drink.

@MostlyHarmless haha!

On a serious note, be aware of the difference between price and cost. When a company reports theft, are they giving cost or price?

The price of those items may be $250 (to be consistent with the joke), but the cost of those items was probably $3. Cents for the soda, cents for the popcorn, and a few bucks for whatever the “combo meal” was.

When they report theft, I would guess they report the retail price (as “lost revenue”) rather than their cost.

@MostlyHarmless Fools! Always take the Junior Mints.
@MostlyHarmless That's a turnaround. Normally the robbery is in the other direction
@MostlyHarmless A quality dadjoke there.

@MostlyHarmless Worse was the robbery in the hospital last week. The used syringe was was a quarter million…

#hhos

@MostlyHarmless

Thanks!

The dude at the ticket counter last night was not amused when I told him this joke. My bride smacked my shoulder for being rude.