My seat = Your problem

[Mmmcheese89]

Firstly I know I'm not BU but I need to vent a little.

I'm at the cinema for a ROH streaming. I booked my seat over a month ago not because these things get full up round here but because I wanted the best seat I could get.

Turn up and there's a pair occupying my seat and the one beside. I ask them to vacate and they do. But make snide comments about other seats being vacant and someone else pipes up'join me in the cheap seats'.

1. all the seats cost the same.
2. I chose this seat in advance because it's literally the best view (halfway up in the middle).it's obviously why they sat there too. My planning shouldn't be scuppered because the turned up first.

They're sat two rows back not even hiding their disgruntledness.

Raaar! Anyhow, it's starting now. I'll be back at the interval to let you know if they stop grumbling as the dancing starts!

Oh, I hate that. Sod them, enjoy your movie and do your best to ignore them. 🙂

You pre-booked it - it’s your seat.

ignore the snide remarks.

Just so rude and trying to ‘save face’ when in the wrong.

most People in the wrong would have apologised and moved… but these 2 just had to try and be clever.

enjoy the show and ignore them - just not worth your time and thoughts.

Oh this sort of crap really annoys me. They're being twats and trying to deflect because they know you're right.

I hope you enjoy the show.

I’ve had that attitude when asking someone to move from my forward-facing window seat on a train. Ignore them.

When they voiced there was plenty of other seats was your opportunity to say Off You Pop Then Cunty Chops...

I once went to a very full up screening of a new film. There was a lot of faffing further down our row with changing seats and everyone swapping around. I said to my friend "urgh I hate when people can't just sit in the seats they booked. Look at all the chaos they're causing."
I then quickly went to the loo before it started. Realised on the way back when looking at my ticket again that we were in the wrong bloody seats!!! I think it was us that caused the chaos further down as the people who's seats we were in probably didn't want to tell us to move! I felt really guilty! It was a total accident. I knew we'd booked the end of the row but thought it was the other side to what it was! And I didn't check the seat numbers as I was so sure! Oops! I always check properly now!

Over many years of analysing others behaviour and trying to understand where I may have gone wrong, I have concluded that some people are just dickheads.

I once went to a film with a friend and the only spare seats in the whole room were one either side of a man on his own.
We asked him to move one seat further along so that we could sit together, and he said no.

We didn't make a fuss but it made it awkward as we had to sit either side of him.

Yep, there isn't always rhyme or reason to what some people do

Thats ridiculous. Booking seats is for when it's busy, and if someone asks you to move as you're in their seat it's polite so move.

Saying that, i had the opposite.

Mate and I went to see a film. Only two other people in the whole theatre. We faffed around and eventually picked two seats. Settled down. Realise it's just us, and two others a few rows back. Settle down with popcorn and drinks.

We got through the adverts. And the first 20 minutes of the film.

A couple walk in late. Walk all the way over to us. To tell us we're in their seats.

We just looked at them and said they weren't when the film started. They shuffled off

Yes we absolutely would've moved if the place was more that a quarter full. But Christ.

They do sound like twats.

I also really hate when people use the fact they are in a pair (or more) to talk about you and intimidate you in this sort of scenario.

Some people are selfish and think they can get away with it. They grumble when challenged either because they think you might back down or because are slightly embarrassed for getting called out on their behaviour.

Once my movie was delayed because one group sat in the wrong seats and there was a knock-on effect until someone went to find a staff member to sort it out. It turned out in this case someone couldn't find row J and so decided there wasn't one. The whole theatre was just watching this play out. It culminated in them asking: "Well, where's row J then?" And everyone just pointed to row J and they moved into their empty seats and everyone else got into their assigned seats.

Please tell me you were sharing a massive tub of popcorn and had to keep passing it across him!

@DialSquare we had some sweets which we passed once or twice but didn't want to be a pain.

He said he had calculated the precise centre of the room and picked that seat. I thought maybe he was ND.

Fuck ‘em OP. Enjoy your seat and the show

You should have moved if you were in their seats!

When my autistic son was younger there was only one seat in our local cinema he liked. A seat in the back row with just the aisle/stair in front of it rather than any seats.
We only went to watch a movie if I could book him that seat.

One day we turn up to an empty movie theatre except for 2 people, who were of course in our seats.

They were totally incredulous when I asked them to move but I stuck to my guns and they moved.

Bless him.

They did stfu once it started. Now the interval is here the chuntering has resumed, though now they're complaining about the price of cinema sweets and how it's a shame Cineworld don't come with ice-cream like the local indi do (I agree it's a shame but totally understandable).

In better new, this cinema chair is possibly one of the comfiest I've ever had, which I saying something as I have a bad back.

A few weeks back I watched a dad have a full on argument with a guy who was insistent they were in his seats, guy was repeatedly trying to tell him he wasn’t but couldn’t get a word in. Two young kids behind him were stood with their popcorn etc.

after a few moments the guy sat in the seat gestured towards the screen that was now displaying the ‘the movie is rated 18’ logo and the dad grabbed his kids and exited sharpish.
wrong seat. Wrong screen totally.

I put UABU because you have admitted to being on the phone in the cinema which is annoying for the people behind who can see the light.

Absolutely this! The time saved once you stop trying to work out 'why' is considerable.

Never underestimate the defensive reaction people have to being called out for deliberate cheekiness or embarrassed if they have made a mistake.

You cannot go to the cinema without booking seats these days can you??

I agree. But it was before the cinema lights went down whilst Darcy Bussell was chatting. And they raise the lights again between acts (like it is again now). It's not like a normal movie where once it's started it's straight through to the credits.