So I was at DS Christmas performance last week and parents had been queuing to go in from 1.30pm, performance started at 2pm. Anyway, a cluster of us were queuing from 1.30pm including a mum who I'm not friends with but from the little we've chatted over the years, she is a single parent and often isn't able to attend term time things such as awards and assemblies because she can't get the time off work.
Xmas perfomrance was announced in the newsletter from school so plenty of time for me and other parents who need notice to book it off.
So we get there, queue. Doors open at 2pm sharp and we go into the hall, me and this other mum are in the hall and we head to the row of chairs at the front, this 3rd mum, call her B for Bitch, turns around and says 'sorry, this seat and these seats too are reserved, I'm saving them for my mum and dad and DH...' by this time all the other seats near the front have been filled and B is glaring, her parents walk in then and B tells her mum 'this woman has been really rude to me about the seats! I've just spent 2 hours in school photocopying AND I volunteer in class 2 days a week!' B then turns around to working mum and says 'what do YOU do for the school!!??'
Not sure what other mum replied with, my reply would have been quite colourful!
I think people that 'save' seats for others are BEYOND selfish, only think about themselves and have no awareness of others!
I would have said to B, in case she's reading this, you are not special because you volunteer in school you loser! You are not entitled. You are rude and obnoxious and your roots need doing.
Rant over.