A few Fridays ago, I went to an 8PM premier of a comedy movie. The theater was relatively full, but as human nature dictates when someone occupies a seat, the next party will choose not to sit directly next to that person if possible. That’s just how it goes and as a result their was a lot of empty one seats throughout the theater (to ensure comfortable buffer zones). It was here I witnessed something I had never seen in all my years of movie going.
People coming into the movie theater about 3 minutes before the previews started were asking ushers to find them seats. This loosely translates to ushers approaching you and asking if you will slide down one metric seat to accommodate others. I never knew this was an option or that anyone would have the audacity to ask that. I should also mention that there was a whole section at the bottom of the theater closer to the screen that was virtually empty.
Now, I understand this concept is not a big deal, but I also think it’s bullshit. Why should people get rewarded by coming late to something that you know you have to come early to? Suck it up and sit in the fucking front of the theater. We’ve all had to do it before, those are the breaks. It’s really not that bad.
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I’m glad I’m not the only one aware of proper theatre behavior. It’s sad, but not surprising since this is the me generation afterall that someone would ask…but as Cap’n Flinthart said, suck it up and sit up front like the other (mostly) normal people.
In my day, the Moving Picture House was an first come first serve establishment. Whoever arrived firstly in their race’s section sat where they pleased!