To wonder how you couldn't care less about blocking someone's view at the theatre.

[Pheasantsfeather]

Today we went to a children's theatre show. It's a stage with audience on. 3 sides and small ( 5 tier) staged seating around it.

A very self absorbed mum let her 3 children go and stand right against the barrier, blocking the view for everyone behind, a member of the audience pointed this out to her, she moved and continued to stand in the aisle, still blocking people's view and left the three children where they were.

Are people just completely self absorbed and unaware of their impact on others.

I’m d have complained to the staff as well

Some people are just absolutely awful.

I'd have complained.

Some people are either super arrogant or just thick as pig shit.

YANBU but theatre staff should have made them all sit down - where were they when this was going on?

In general nowadays everyone just thinks of themselves. It is obviously a selfish point of view. Nobody thinks "If i do this how does affect others?". Maybe if everyone thinks about the affects of other people we should be happier?

The answer to your question is yes, sadly. I think somewhere along the way we’ve lost the notion of shame (about selfish behaviour).

There was a family who went to the press because another audience member complained about their son playing a toy keyboard in the audience during a pantomime. After that, nothing shocks me.

Similar at the Royal Opera House where you'd think people would know better. People in the front balcony row lean forward against the barrier which means everyone behind them (it's an oval balcony) also has to lean forward and the people in the row(s) behind lose the view of parts of the stage. I'd hope they are just stupid rather than selfish.

Why should they know better, just because they happen to be at the Royal Opera House?

It's not the local odeon. People have generally paid £100 for a ticket and you would expect better behaviour accordingly.

It isn't a load of selfish teenagers who can afford tickets that much.

I always tap them on the back and say please sit back because I can't see and they always do.

The trouble is the barrier is most likely designed for adults snd seated children can't see over it

If we go to a children's performance the first thing I do is position our family so the kids behind can see ok.

It's the people who insist on a 10 inch high pony tail that annoy me.

If you want somebody to move, if they're blocking your view, just ask them respectfully. If they don't then take it up with staff.

I remember being about 11 and seeing starlight express with my sister. The raking was bad and as I was short, I couldn't really see well. So I folded my seat up and sat on top of it, which put me a lot higher. As I was a child, I hadn't comprehended, this might mean people behind me might not be able to see either. Children often haven't reached that level of self awareness yet.

I never forgot that there was an adult behind me.And during the performance, she responded by trying to kick my seat down to make me sit on it. She put her foot against the folded, up bottom bit of the seat, and kept trying to push it forward. I didn't know what it was and I eventually realised it was her.

When she finally kicked it really hard.I turned round and I said sorry just ask me to sit down...and I put my seat as it should me.

It's unacceptable for an adult who have behaved that way towards a child all she needed to do is lean forward and say please.I can't see and asked me to put my seat back down, and I would have done it.

Ask people not do it, and if they don't comply.Take it up with staff who will do something.

Same kind of inconsiderate a$$ who plays loud music so the whole neighbourhood can hear, lets their dog shit all over the park and public pathways, drops rubbish in country lanes when no-one is looking, has the kids screaming on the trampoline at 6.30am, lets the kids kick the football up against the garage door or fence, (driving the neighbours crazy,) and parks their car on the road opposite someone's driveway (90% of the week,) when they have a driveway themselves, so the children can play on the driveway (and kick the football up again the garage door!)

Unfortunately these asswipes breathe oxygen, and we have to live alongside them.

Sorry you had to put up with this @Pheasantsfeather YANBU of course...

In the majority of cases it's not that they're unaware so much as they don't care. So long as they're okay sod everybody else.

Weren't there any staff to tell them to sit down? Seriously.

The staff were at the back by the doors, not right by her, barriers were low enough to see over but there were tricks on the floor, so less visible further back.

The person in front of us asked her to move.

We use the acronym TAPS in our family to describe people in your second group.

It’s not just seated venues that people do this. Was at an outdoor concert. We were stood at the side but beside a walk way. Security sadder were ok behind the barrier. An older drunk women’s kept dancing in the walk way. Security kept moving her and she kept pushing in front of me to the point I couldn’t see and her hair was in my face. She couldn’t see the issue as she could see and I was just moaning. Thankfully security moved her

TAPS- knew what you meant immediately