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What would you have done?

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Wyksy · 03/08/2025 13:25

Person a bought 2 very expensive tickets for a London show that included free food and champagne. They travelled by train into London together (several train changes)

Half way though the show there was a brief break for food. Person b lost their phone and was given it back. After the intermission, they both found their seats (front row) and person b accidentally spilt 4 glasses of champagne over person A (both were drunk)

Person a was very wet and went to dry off but they weren’t allowed back to their seat as it would “distract” others from the show

After the show, they couldn’t find each other (person b was ridiculously drunk).

what would your next move have been?

aibu to think person a should have called the very drunk person b to locate them so they could travel home together

OP posts:
WestwardHo1 · 03/08/2025 14:17

Drunk in a theatre?

Classy, proper classy.

I'm glad you Person A wasn't allowed back to their seat. Why should the people around you put up with drunken behaviour at the theatre?

ThePhantomoftheEcobubbleOpera · 03/08/2025 14:16

I think the op is person A, person B wouldn't be saying who paid for the tickets and nor would they have know that person A had been refused entry so as to not disturb the audience, they would just be labouring under the assumption that person A got the huff and went home.

YouBelongWithMe · 03/08/2025 14:15

I have secondhand embarrassment for the both of you. Adults?!?

Palmparlour · 03/08/2025 14:15

I thought they didn’t serve alcohol until 18

LemonPies · 03/08/2025 14:14

Who doesn’t know that if they aren’t in their seat at the theatre, they can’t just bustle in late?

I don’t know what I would do as none of that would happen to me.

Mewling · 03/08/2025 14:13

KingfisherAmmonite · 03/08/2025 13:51

So he buys expensive tickets for a show.

She makes a total twat of herself by getting pissed and pouring four glasses of champagne over him.

He can't get back to his seat after going off to clean up, so goes home.

She thinks he should be waiting for her and take her home!

She needs to give her head a wobble. He must have been so annoyed after spending a lot of money and she ruined the evening.

Did he think she might have left the theatre and got a taxi?

All of this.

TheHandmaidsSnail · 03/08/2025 14:12

Totally crazy situation, why were they both so drunk?

Mewling · 03/08/2025 14:12

I think the one who was ridiculously drunk probably deserved to get left behind.

Brefugee · 03/08/2025 14:10

whenever i go anywhere with someone we arrange a meet up spot for after the event, so i would have gone there and waited.

Because i know some people are twats, i always say that i will wait up to 30 minutes (or an hour, depending on time, venue and type of event) after which i will go home via X route, or i will be going to Y place. If the latter i will text anyone who didn't make it to the RV to say where i am and again when i leave.

Over the years i have learned that people are idiots, so i have always got a plan to get myself home or back to accommodation under my own steam.

Dontcallmescarface · 03/08/2025 14:10

If I was "person a" I'd be running for the hills because if "person b" behaves like that in public then I can only imagine how they behave in private.

DoYouReally · 03/08/2025 14:06

Person B is an absolute liability with a drink problem.

Person A isn't much better.

I feel sorry for persons C-Z who had their lovely and expensive day out in the theatre ruin by such inconsiderate alcoholics and also the staff who had to clean up this mess.

BoredZelda · 03/08/2025 14:02

legsekeven · 03/08/2025 13:56

Op just explain clearly without a/b person.

Yep. Entirely unnecessary. Unless OP is the one who was left behind and doesn’t want to admit it!

If someone spilled champagne on me and made me miss the second half of a show, I’m not about to hang around and wait for them.

grumpygrape · 03/08/2025 13:57

Lemniscate8 · 03/08/2025 13:27

Both are unreasonable for being so drunk. Whatever happened after is a consequence of getting drunk, so all bets are off at that point, really

As so often happens, first post nails it.

legsekeven · 03/08/2025 13:56

Op just explain clearly without a/b person.

Glitchymn1 · 03/08/2025 13:54

Lemniscate8 · 03/08/2025 13:27

Both are unreasonable for being so drunk. Whatever happened after is a consequence of getting drunk, so all bets are off at that point, really

^ This.
Both have a drink problem.

Hoardasurass · 03/08/2025 13:53

RoseaPlena · 03/08/2025 13:52

Both people sound awful. I think if I were A I would have found B, got her home but then never seen her again.

Which are you, op?

A ofcourse

RoseaPlena · 03/08/2025 13:52

Both people sound awful. I think if I were A I would have found B, got her home but then never seen her again.

Which are you, op?

CyanDreamer · 03/08/2025 13:51

So drunk that one lost their phone, spilled even more drinks.

I feel sorry for the poor sods sitting behind that pair. Why paying for an expensive show to get drunk? What's wrong with your local pub showing a movie? 😂

If people are that drunk, rules of common sense clearly don't apply here.
YABU for getting that "tipsy" and that drunk

KingfisherAmmonite · 03/08/2025 13:51

So he buys expensive tickets for a show.

She makes a total twat of herself by getting pissed and pouring four glasses of champagne over him.

He can't get back to his seat after going off to clean up, so goes home.

She thinks he should be waiting for her and take her home!

She needs to give her head a wobble. He must have been so annoyed after spending a lot of money and she ruined the evening.

Did he think she might have left the theatre and got a taxi?

TokyoSushi · 03/08/2025 13:51

Dreadful behaviour from both, I feel sorry for the people next to them who probably also paid a lot for their tickets.

Jellycatspyjamas · 03/08/2025 13:50

Person a was very wet and went to dry off but they weren’t allowed back to their seat as it would “distract” others from the show

I don’t know why you’ve used scare quotes, a tipsy person coming back to a wet seat next to someone drunk enough to tip champagne everywhere is going to be distracting to say the least.

It’s also quite rich to ruin someone’s night because you’ve got too drunk and then expect the other to wait around to get you home safely. What nonsense behaviour from a grown adult.

SchoolDilemma17 · 03/08/2025 13:47

this post makes it clear why they shouldn’t offer packages w free booze. The other people around them must have been thrilled.

PestoHoliday · 03/08/2025 13:47

Both are awful and probably disrupted the performance for others around them. I hope they both have hangovers.

Hoardasurass · 03/08/2025 13:47

Wyksy · 03/08/2025 13:42

This

the man was tipsy rather than drunk

He left her and didn’t even think to call her until he got home and realised (2 hours later) that she wasn’t home

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So she wrecked the evening that cost a fortune by getting absolutely shitfaced and then pours 4 glasses of champagne over him and he then misses the rest of the show and she's now pissed at him for going home instead of waiting for his drunk date.
He needs to dump her and find someone better

legsekeven · 03/08/2025 13:46

Well person a missed half of a show they had paid alot of money for cause person b was very drunk. Don’t blame him for leaving. The question you should be asking is why did you get very drunk. Is this a regular thing