# Yes, this is real: Sip & Develop–enjoy your own drink while you watch your film develop, at a strip mall near you **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-real-sip-develop-enjoy-your-own-drink-while-you-watch-your-film-develop-at-a-strip-mall-near-you/956012 "2021-12-14T00:59:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-real-sip-develop-enjoy-your-own-drink-while-you-watch-your-film-develop-at-a-strip-mall-near-you/956012/21 "2021-12-14T23:45:03Z")
> [@Dandan](#): > > Gotta be St Mary’s County. I should have stayed there. > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Lovely area, great crabbing yeppers. We’ve been here 17 years and we love it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-real-sip-develop-enjoy-your-own-drink-while-you-watch-your-film-develop-at-a-strip-mall-near-you/956012/22 "2021-12-14T23:57:09Z")
Yet another issue with this business model: I’m not a wine drinker (or any other sort of alcohol, for that matter), but would being in the same room as a big vat of acetic acid really be conducive to appreciating the flavor of a fine wine? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-real-sip-develop-enjoy-your-own-drink-while-you-watch-your-film-develop-at-a-strip-mall-near-you/956012/23 "2021-12-15T00:21:51Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > but would being in the same room as a big vat of acetic acid really be conducive to appreciating the flavor of a fine wine? The customers of the various “Wine & (whatever)” businesses do not care about appreciating a fine wine. It’s an excuse to do some kind of artsy activity while getting drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-real-sip-develop-enjoy-your-own-drink-while-you-watch-your-film-develop-at-a-strip-mall-near-you/956012/24 "2021-12-15T01:12:39Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Why aren’t you using a timer? We would only roll in the dark, the rest of the process was in the light as sealed containers were typically used, and minimal exposure to chemicals. (The exception is when I dunked C41 film for a wire service – that we’d do in open tanks, but we still used a timer.) The only times I ever developed my own film was when I took a photography class in community college, and we were told to keep the lights off even after sealing the container, probably because they were using low budget equipment that wasn’t fully lightproof. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-real-sip-develop-enjoy-your-own-drink-while-you-watch-your-film-develop-at-a-strip-mall-near-you/956012/25 "2021-12-15T01:39:14Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > Rent’s not cheap here; somebody’s fixing to lose some money. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Ironically, this guy was a regular customer at the last tenant in that location; Get High & Think Up a Business Plan Okay, this was great! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-real-sip-develop-enjoy-your-own-drink-while-you-watch-your-film-develop-at-a-strip-mall-near-you/956012/26 "2021-12-15T04:05:03Z")
Last night, I watch the WeWork doco on Hulu, and kind of wondered the same thing myself. One of the interviewees said, “This was a %^&\*ing desk rental company!” > **[WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn (2021) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11188154/?ref_=hm_rvi_tt_i_1)** > > WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn: Directed by Jed Rothstein. With Ashton Kutcher, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, Farah White. An account of the six-week death spiral that brought down the company's IPO, a... I’m not aware of any WeWork facilities in my neck o’the woods, but it sounds like he was trying to take over Manhattan. As for the OP, who knows? Maybe it will be a success. Time will tell. It doesn’t have any better or worse prospects than the coffee shops and cafes that are springing up like mushrooms, and in most cases fading away as rapidly, in my area. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-this-is-real-sip-develop-enjoy-your-own-drink-while-you-watch-your-film-develop-at-a-strip-mall-near-you/956012.md?page=1)