A Movie Moment

You can still decide to see a movie on the sour of the moment.

It's no different than deciding to see a movie on the spur of the moment and walking into the theatre to realize all the good seats were taken by people who got there an hour in advance.

But instead of finding that in the theatre, you find out at the box office when you buy tickets.

I see a difference between one person saving one seat for a companion, or a party of 3 saving a seat while the 4th is going to the bathroom, parking the car, or getting snacks, and 18 people joining in with one couple. 20 people do not need to sit in the same place unless they are a kindergarten class with chaperones. Which is likely the snarky comment that I would make at some point, but that's just me.

It reminds me of a work event where we have around 400 people in one meeting room, and we group them in a certain way. With some grown-ass people, you would think we were ripping them from the womb in the way that they react if we separate them from their work BFF. Seriously, you are at a meeting. Is it that challenging to sit down next to someone new for a few hours? Part of the purpose of the meeting is for you to get to know someone new!

I've had this happen to me somewhere, but I can't remember where it was. I said something. My feeling is that if people want to chat with their friends they should get out of line and do so at the back of the line and I'm not shy about saying so.  Yeah, maybe the theater holds 200 people and only 20 cutting in, but it should be zero.  That's just rude. 

I was just reading this to DH. He's big movie goer but I get major anxiety. I would have been really irritated. But what can you do? We both wish we had reserved seating! That would be awsome!!  I think I would handle going to the movies more and better.

I dislike crowds and dislike rude people even more. We rarely, if ever, go to the mall theaters to see a movie. We have drive-in theater about 20 minutes from our home. We can see two movies for $7.00 per person (for both movies), kids only $4.00. We bring a cooler full of drinks and some snacks. We bring our favorite lawn chairs, piles of quilts for cool nights. We also bring pillow for those to tired to make until the movies end, which can be as late as 2AM. We get popcorn from the theater concession stand and yummy dill pickles too.

We get there early and have a tiny picnic of sorts and just chat until the movies start. No worries about the kids being loud and bothering some one or if we laugh to loudly. We usually take 2 vehicles and park next to each other and put everything between the cars. We have made many wonderful memories at the drive-in with our family. It is our favorite thing to do in the summer.

These bits made me hoot with laughter! You are my kind of funny. 

Love it!

My WTF moment was at the grocery store just this afternoon.  Major chain, I'm in the back part and I see a couple of ladies (mother and daughter was my guess) and the grown daughter is carrying a frightened little Chihuahua dog.  No vest, no leash. 

The daughter starts to walk away to get something and I hear the mother say "stay close, you know how she is when she is too far away from me ..."

I said to the daughter carrying the dog "so they are letting dogs into the grocery store these days?"  Her breezy response "it's a service dog!"  My response "yeah, right." 

It is a hot day and they both wanted to go into the store and couldn't leave the dog in the car. 

I continued making purchases but made my way up to the manager at the front of the store and told her what I had just seen and said "if that's a service dog, I'll eat this pound of hamburger raw."  She told me I wouldn't have to eat my hamburger raw and started making her way to the back of the store.

I am perfectly aware that Chihuahua's can be service dogs, but I also know a frightened dog when I see one.

Incredibly rude.

Our local theater has gone to all reserved seating. In some ways it's frustrating because a spontaneous trip to the movies is difficult, especially if it's a new release. On the other hand, it's nice to walk in and know that whenever you get there your seat will still be waiting for you.

Even with the new seating, though, people can be jerks. A few friends and I went to a movie that was filled to capacity, and a group of 20-something guys were sitting in our seats. My friend pointed it out, and they got up and moved. At first I thought it was a genuine mistake, but when I saw another group of people come in and ask them to move, I realize it was deliberate. They had gotten separate tickets throughout the theater but were trying to still sit together.


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It might not matter much if you're #21 in line but if you were #179 and were pushed to #199, it would probably determine whether your party sits together or not. If the people who join the line at the front come in after #179, then you're screwed. I'd be very upset if I got there early so that my party could sit together.

To answer the OP, after the first 2-4 people joined the group, I would have said something.