chair rage at the leavers concert...

[Frogisatwat]

I arrived at my sons leavers assembly. On time. No chairs available so I thought ok so we stand... fine. The teachers then brought out a lot more chairs and put them in front of the existing front row. So I could now have a seat.
Cue all the people who were now in the second row diving forward. I managed to get two chairs before they were all taken completely by the moving second row and a mother looked at me and shouted 'but I got here early so I could film it!!!' and tried to pinch my chairs. So I told her tough shit and it was my chair. Except I didn't say tough shit. I was slightly more eloquent.
Was I unreasonable? If it were me I wouldn't have dreamt of moving forward when the standees had been given seats.

Lol, I bet the teachers do this on purpose and have a good laugh about it every year. . I would.

YANBU

It's a seat. Not sure how people can get worked up about it unless they're all particularly short and need to be at the front or they won't see at all.

YABU.

I like to get to places early to ensure a good seat too.

I would have let them have my seats tbh. But I would have thought they were a bit twatty to make a fuss.

I bet the school did it on purpose, as revenge for having to teach everyone's little darlings all year I would

DS school always does this, I stroll in late, they bring out more chairs right at the front, sorted.

X-post Jamsetjee, see you at bad teacher training college!

The people in the row which became the second row should have had the front seats. YABU OP. It's like those awful people who leap to newly opened tills and shove the people in front!

Everyone knows that the best place to do filming is standing up at the back, surely?

Oh mrs winnibago I am like a whippet when a new till opens...

Am I the only one concerned about the filming, on safeguarding grounds?

God, I don't miss school concerts!

Sooty, if there are children there who shouldn't be filmed the headteachers make that clear.

Are you allowed to film school events? DD's school never allowed it and made a point of announcing it every play, show, concert, awards event.

But you could purchase the DVD they had made of the event afterwards

Am I the only one concerned about the filming, on safeguarding grounds?

What would be the safeguarding grounds? Surely people should be allowed to film their kids plays etc.
Parents are allowed to take pictures and film at DS's school it's never been an issue.

Is this a reverse? "I got to the concert early purposefully to get a front row seat so I could film it for my DH who's at work /elderly mother /relatives abroad. Right before it started, the school put out an extra row in front of us, and this parent who'd only just arrived pushed straight to the front and took one! when I politely explained, she told me 'tough shit '. Op, YABU.

ha ha yes probably a plot by the teachers to irritate the parents who are the equivalent of the German sunbed reservers it's always the same ones too

I just don't know about this one. I would just have stayed in my seat I think, unless your behind giant haystacks you would get a good view still.

How do you film your own children and not film other children? There are plenty of very sound reasons why parents and carers might not want their child filmed by other people.

They normally put extra rows of seats at the back. I'd have been pissed off, too; it's a bit like an extra checkout opening when you've been queuing for ages, and the ones who have just joined your queue race to the front of the newly opened one...

If there are reasons the head will know them and not allow filming.

I think I would have found it either slightly amusing or been annoyed with the front-rowers depending on my mood. This is my seventh year as a primary school parent and at every play, concert, carol service etc it is always (yes for 7 years) the same two or three families in the front row. Without fail. It bugs me. YANBU.

I'd have been annoyed if I'd got there early but I wouldn't have blamed you at all or tried to make you swap, I'd have just thought "harrumph, typical" - like the shopping tills scenario above.

Yes puppy I would have thought just my bloody luck! As I said I wouldn't have dreamt of moving. It clearly is an issue though. I just sit in whatever seat is available and don't give much thought to getting a front row place.

We are allowed to film. All concerts and assemblies.