The last thread is HERE and on page 35 so I thought I'd start a new one
I went to the theatre recently to a massively popular show and couldn't believe what I was seeing, about 5 minutes before the performance started 2 women approached the usher who was about a metre away from us "can you tell me, is Row B (6th row back) a better view than Row K or the other way round" the usher, obviously, said that Row B would be a better view. She then replied "OK great, well we have one ticket for Row B and one for Row K, but we want to sit together so can you just get someone in Row B to swap" 🤨
She was most put out by his unwillingness to help, and kept repeating it. He said that it's unlikely but if there is a single person in Row K they may be willing to swap, and she had a mixture of shock and disgust on her face "Nooo, we need you to get someone from ROW B to move to ROW K " 😠 "You work here, just tell someone they need to move" he again tried to explain this wasn't possible and that they needed to take their seats as the performance would be starting soon, she interrupted and demanded to speak to his boss. He told her that wouldn't be possible, they needed to take their seats or leave, and that he would get a manager over in the interval if she still wanted one. The friend was basically like a backup singer, nothing to add accept "yes, definitely, yes" etc, but had the same arrogance and facial expressions
The lights dimmed at that point and he ended up ushering them out, not sure what happened after that but I asked to speak to the manager in the interval and told her he handed it brilliantly, stayed calm and offered alternatives before finally making sure she didn't ruin the performance for the rest of us
So that's my latest, does anyone else have one/some?