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Post by sweetshabbyroses on Jun 4, 2021 17:14:34 GMT
Let's say you are attending a program in an auditorium with 300 plus people in attendance. You know you are going
to have to leave before the program is over. Would you sit in the very front and when it came time to exit, know that
you are going to probably have 300 sets of eyes on you as you climb over people and walk out or would you sit in the back,
near the door, where you could make a discreet exit.
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Post by christinec68 on Jun 4, 2021 17:16:58 GMT
I'd sit in the middle of a row in the middle of the theater so I could disturb as many people as I could.  j/k - I'd go for an aisle seat closest to an exit. |
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Post by miyooper2b on Jun 4, 2021 17:19:13 GMT
Umm . . . that's really kind of obvious, in the back. I'm guessing someone you know (or saw) sat in the front and disturbed everyone while leaving.
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Post by katlady on Jun 4, 2021 17:19:14 GMT
I'd sit in the middle of a row in the middle of the theater so I could disturb as many people as I could. j/k - I'd go for an aisle seat closest to an exit. And I would make sure I need to leave at a key moment in the program. 😆 |
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christinec68
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Post by christinec68 on Jun 4, 2021 17:21:01 GMT
I'd sit in the middle of a row in the middle of the theater so I could disturb as many people as I could. j/k - I'd go for an aisle seat closest to an exit. And I would make sure I need to leave at a key moment in the program. 😆 and whistle on my way out. LOL |
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Post by sweetshabbyroses on Jun 4, 2021 17:21:43 GMT
No, actually, I was criticized for sitting in the back and not with my friends in the front. Just wondered if I was crazy of something.
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Post by katlady on Jun 4, 2021 17:24:26 GMT
No, actually, I was criticized for sitting in the back and not with my friends in the front. Just wondered if I was crazy of something. No, you were not crazy. That was very considerate of you! |
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Post by bc2ca on Jun 4, 2021 17:38:23 GMT
No, actually, I was criticized for sitting in the back and not with my friends in the front. Just wondered if I was crazy of something.  |
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Post by melodyesch on Jun 4, 2021 18:18:56 GMT
I think it would depend on how formal the program was and if leaving meant crawling over a half dozen people and then marching down a center aisle. If it was something where I could sit on an outside end and walk down a side aisle I might have sat with my friends. Or something with children in the audience since one would assume there would be coming and going for parents to take kids out to the bathroom or whatever. If it was something formal where it would be a clear distraction, then I’d sit in back.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jun 4, 2021 18:19:14 GMT
If I had to leave mid-way, I would sit in the back, preferably in an aisle seat.
For programs (choir, orchestra, play, etc...), specifically at the School, I arrive usually an hour+ early specifically to acquire an aisle seat in one of the first few rows.
The one thing I will NOT do, is move in towards to the center, to allow a last minute running in late arrival to have my coveted front row seat(especially if I was able to get an aisle seat.
It pisses me off when whomever the powers that be (play director, band leader, Principal, etc...) starts saying "if everyone come please move over to fill in the center seats, to make more room for those just arriving". Oh hell no! I will gladly stand up, and allow someone to pass by so they can sit in the random center row seat. No way am I giving up my prime seating, especially if I stood in line an hour or more to acquire it.
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Post by epeanymous on Jun 4, 2021 18:25:36 GMT
In the back is the polite thing to do. I do not get the counter-argument (and as a frequent presenter, if someone in the front gets up and walks out, I wonder if I bored them or did something).
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Post by freecharlie on Jun 4, 2021 19:37:03 GMT
The back, at an aisle
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jun 4, 2021 21:02:32 GMT
At the end of row on outside aisle halfway/toward the back.
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Post by lisae on Jun 5, 2021 0:58:30 GMT
Aisle seat near the back.
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Post by papersilly on Jun 5, 2021 3:07:40 GMT
aisle seat furthest back
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 5, 2021 3:28:19 GMT
All the way in the back, on the side aisle at the end.
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Post by gar on Jun 5, 2021 8:14:08 GMT
No, actually, I was criticized for sitting in the back and not with my friends in the front. Just wondered if I was crazy of something. Did they know why you sat at the back? |
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Post by scrapmaven on Jun 5, 2021 17:06:49 GMT
I would sit in the very back corner near the exit. I hate when people interrupt a performance or lecture to get up and walk in front of a bunch of people.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jun 5, 2021 17:53:26 GMT
No, actually, I was criticized for sitting in the back and not with my friends in the front. Just wondered if I was crazy of something. You are respectful of your fellow patrons and the performers, and as someone who has to "manage" the house for theatrical productions, I appreciate you! |
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Post by mollycoddle on Jun 5, 2021 18:44:41 GMT
As far in the back as possible.
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Post by dewryce on Jun 6, 2021 2:42:02 GMT
If I had to leave mid-way, I would sit in the back, preferably in an aisle seat. For programs (choir, orchestra, play, etc...), specifically at the School, I arrive usually an hour+ early specifically to acquire an aisle seat in one of the first few rows. The one thing I will NOT do, is move in towards to the center, to allow a last minute running in late arrival to have my coveted front row seat(especially if I was able to get an aisle seat. It pisses me off when whomever the powers that be (play director, band leader, Principal, etc...) starts saying "if everyone come please move over to fill in the center seats, to make more room for those just arriving". Oh hell no! I will gladly stand up, and allow someone to pass by so they can sit in the random center row seat. No way am I giving up my prime seating, especially if I stood in line an hour or more to acquire it.Same. We aim for aisles because my DH is 6’5” so it’s often a matter of physical comfort for for him. |
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Post by mikklynn on Jun 6, 2021 11:27:59 GMT
No, actually, I was criticized for sitting in the back and not with my friends in the front. Just wondered if I was crazy of something. You are not crazy, your friends are clueless. You did the polite thing. |
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