# I'm not giving up my seat **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 16, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431 "2013-01-16T22:34:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 70
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1381 "2013-01-23T08:09:21Z")
> [@l1I235](#): > > I will make it easy for you. Look up faithfool’s posts. You see, faithfool calculated the responses that were for me, vs those that will against me. There were were more posts that agree with what I did, you see? Sure, but I’m talking about the real world. I notice that you ignored my point about nobody ever even witnessing the commotion you created in the OP. I doubt you will answer this question: how is it possible you are in the majority if nobody has ever witnessed something like the OP? If your opinion was the majority, surely we would frequently see this request denied, right? ---
**Author:** ![l1I235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@l1I235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l1I235)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1382 "2013-01-23T08:32:55Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > Sure, but I’m talking about the real world. > > I notice that you ignored my point about nobody ever even witnessing the commotion you created in the OP. > > I doubt you will answer this question: how is it possible you are in the majority if nobody has ever witnessed something like the OP? If your opinion was the majority, surely we would frequently see this request denied, right? Please search the thread. People have said they have seen such encounters. Look at the yelp thread. It was pretty clear that people had encountered the behavior of the latecomers, and were sick of them. ---
**Author:** ![l1I235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@l1I235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l1I235)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1383 "2013-01-23T08:35:56Z")
Let’s make it easy for you. > **[Movie Theatre Etiquette | New York - Yelp](https://www.yelp.com/topic/new-york-movie-theatre-etiquette)** > > It seems as though people are running low in etiquette these days. Let me school those of you who think it is OK to come to a showing late and ask people to move their spots so that you may get a seat of your liking or sit with your people -… I take it that the op encountered this, if she felt a need to post about it. And no, it’s not me. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1384 "2013-01-23T09:01:35Z")
> [@l1I235](#): > > Let’s make it easy for you. > > [http://www.yelp.com/topic/new-york-movie-theatre-etiquette](http://www.yelp.com/topic/new-york-movie-theatre-etiquette) > > I take it that the op encountered this, if she felt a need to post about it. > > And no, it’s not me. Yep, you found 1 poster on yelp. That’s called a minority. ---
**Author:** ![l1I235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@l1I235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l1I235)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1385 "2013-01-23T09:08:20Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > Yep, you found 1 poster on yelp. > > That’s called a minority. I actually did not find that yelp thread. Someone else in this thread did. Care to cite anything to back up your claims? Or are you just going to blather on? Btw, as I said, search the thread. This thread. Other people mentioned such encounters, IIRC. Nice attempt at a dodge, though. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1386 "2013-01-23T12:05:52Z")
> [@resting](#): > > I’m not trolling, and you can’t provide any evidence in me being a troll in this thread. Obvious Troll is not only obvious, but indignant. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1387 "2013-01-23T13:29:57Z")
OTIOAI! amirite? ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1388 "2013-01-23T14:55:51Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > Nobody in this thread has even admitted to ever seeing a conflict like the one in the OP whereas many (like myself) have witnessed or been part of the same situation with no conflict. > > How is that possible if your “refuse to move” opinion is in the majority? It seems like the SDMB has more neurotic, socially awkward people than exist in a random sampling of the average population. This isn’t my go to spot for verifying social norms. YMMV, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1389 "2013-01-23T15:27:58Z")
So it’s socially awkward people who accede to trivial requests in public without a fuss? ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1390 "2013-01-23T15:33:06Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > So it’s socially awkward people who accede to trivial requests in public without a fuss? Sorry, not interested in engaging in further conversation. Please direct your question elsewhere. I’m trying to enjoy this thread. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1391 "2013-01-23T15:55:33Z")
> [@resting](#): > > I’m not trolling, and you can’t provide any evidence in me being a troll in this thread. Sit down and shut up, Socky. Here, you can have my seat. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1392 "2013-01-23T16:04:01Z")
> [@resting](#): > > Lol, bob has his own cheersquad. When did you first notice this hard-on you have for **Bob D.**? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1393 "2013-01-23T16:14:47Z")
> [@resting](#): > > I’m not trolling, and you can’t provide any evidence in me being a troll in this thread. The evidence is admittedly pretty thin: just your join date, all your posts and the definition of the word troll. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1394 "2013-01-23T16:23:34Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > The evidence is admittedly pretty thin: just your join date, all your posts and the definition of the word troll. Look at **Raffe** , 'bout to Perry-fuckin-Mason that bitch! ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1395 "2013-01-23T16:31:54Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Look at **Raffe** , 'bout to Perry-fuckin-Mason that bitch! ::hooks thumbs through suspenders:: Now I may be just a simple Southern lawyer, but it seems to me that what we have here is a case of a fast-talking poster trying to _twist_ the meaning of words eight ways to Sunday. I ask you, good members of the jury, not to be _hornswoggled_ by this Yankee and his fancy East Coast vocabulary. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1396 "2013-01-23T16:35:54Z")
I think this thread is long enough now to begin nominations for _Best of Thread_, etc. > [@Trom](#): > > It seems like the SDMB has more neurotic, socially awkward people than exist in a random sampling of the average population. This isn’t my go to spot for verifying social norms. YMMV, of course. I nominate **Trom** ’s for best synopsis. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1397 "2013-01-23T16:37:31Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > So it’s socially awkward people who accede to trivial requests in public without a fuss? I knew that if we kept at it, we would identify the iron-clad hard and fast rules that actually govern these sorts of social situations! It will be so much easier when we can just refer to particular subsections in the roommate agreement. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1398 "2013-01-23T16:56:24Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I think this thread is long enough now to begin nominations for _Best of Thread_, etc. > > I nominate **Trom** ’s for best synopsis. Well if we’re creating a highlight reel, MsWhatsit’s post some pages back is still cracking me the hell up. The three exclamation points following the shoes defense is just too much for me. > [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Next time someone tells me I’m wrong for thinking that the Dope is overpopulated with people who have no social skills, I’m pointing them to this thread. > > “If someone asked me a question in a movie theater I would simply refuse to answer.” > > “It is my god-given right to sit in any seat I want to and I am not moving no matter what.” > > “I don’t understand why people need to sit together with their friends at the movies.” > > “I might want to take my shoes off so therefore I can’t move.” (!!!) > > Not to mention the whole thing of, “I think one of the parties in this scenario behaved rudely; therefore everything the other person did was 100% justified and okay, because I cannot conceive of a situation in which two or more people could possibly be at fault.” > > The SDMB, man. I do love this place, but seriously. ---
**Author:** ![resting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@resting](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/resting)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1399 "2013-01-23T17:14:37Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > The evidence is admittedly pretty thin: just your join date, all your posts and the definition of the word troll. My join date is irrelevant, my posts have been supportive of the op’s position, and the word troll has lost all meaning it once had in a simpler Internet time. ---
**Author:** ![resting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@resting](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/resting)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-giving-up-my-seat/647431/1400 "2013-01-23T17:16:55Z")
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