Rants And Raves

An open, ongoing thread for random complaints and petty annoyances that don’t warrant a thread of their own.

17 W. Market St. - Corning Website This is another nice, locally owned theater. It was 8.00 per adult for a 3:00 matinee, concessions were reasonably priced. We got two medium sodas and a small popcorn which only came up to $16 I believe. So once again, we enjoyed a movie for the price of two tickets to a corporate theater. The theaters are upstairs, but there is an elevator available for those who need it. As you can see, they're on the smaller side, I think 90 seats or so. The seats are pretty comfortable. Bathrooms are a little bit of a hike from the theaters, so plan your pit stops accordingly during the movie. The staff was very friendly. Overall I'd say it was a go…

205 S. Elmer St. Sayre PA Website Ever since the closing of our beloved Heights Theater, I haven’t really looked forward going to the movies like before. Sure, the mall theater has those big comfy chairs, but in addition to the ridiculous prices, the experience just weren’t quite the same. Today we went to see the new Star Wars movie at the Sayre Theater, which we’ve been wanting to try for a while now. Let me tell you, this is our new place to go. We caught the matinee ( $10 per adult ) and got two medium drinks with a medium popcorn for under $40. Staff was very friendly and informed us that they’d recently lowered their popcorn prices. Small theaters don’t make their m…

I absolutely hate this store. Once upon a time, it was a nice store. But it seems like when they closed the S. Main Street location, the Southport store took a nosedive. The immediate interior of the store is gross and needs a makeover. Their produce absolutely sucks. You have to pick through stuff that's obviously past the good stage to find something worth buying. Even then, they must have special lighting that makes it look good, because it appears to start going bad the moment you leave the store. They're always understaffed and I've gotten used to having to bag my own groceries. More often than not, in the morning, there's only one lane open. I actually saw a mor…

Website We've never rented a dumpster before, but this year we decided it was time to do a heavy clean out of our house and garage. I'd seen Clark's dumpsters all over the place in the past year or two and since they're a locally owned company, decided to try their service. I'm glad we did. Everything is done online if you want. You can choose which size you need and you'll see what it costs. They offer a list of what they do and do not take as well as extra costs if you're disposing of certain items. We got one that was slightly larger than what we needed ( though we did come close to filling it ) and I think the price was quite reasonable. I had a question about a coupl…

For the longest time, I missed reading an honest to God newspaper. Yeah, you can get your news online now, but it's not the same. Unfortunately, the Star Gazette is expensive and doesn't have enough there to line a parakeet cage with anymore. So last fall I took a chance on the Sayre Morning Times. They report a lot of stuff from down in The Valley of course, but there's still the occasional news item from Chemung, Van Etten, Baldwin etc. Even when there isn't news about Chemung County, it's interesting to read stories about what's going on in the small towns in the region. They only publish Tuesday through Saturday, so you won't get that big thick Sunday paper we all rem…