And…now I’m a racist too. Being that they were white, and I was there with my white boyfriend, and I am part white…yup, it’s all because I’m a racist.
Anything else you want to accuse me of? I’m a homophobe? Sexist? I hate gnomes?
You’re kind of a fucking dumbass, actually. I don’t know if you’re a masochist or what, but you sure are enjoying getting heaped on here. Nobody believes that you really are super offended that people think you acted like an asshole or you wouldn’t have started a thread about what an asshole you were to random people. Seriously, what is even the point of this thread?
ETA: Oh, I guess we’re in the Pit now so I can call you an obvious troll.
Wont solve the problem, as I mentioned before. Case in point: Local theaters where I live have reserved seating. I routinely reserve seats online creating a nice buffer around my husband and me, leaving undesirable single seats on either side of us. I do this when booking airline seats too, as I’m very self centered and don’t like random people touching me if I can avoid it.
On occasions when the movie is in high demand, we’ve had people book the seats on either side of us, then once in the theater, ask us to scootch down so they can sit together. Now, even though I don’t like strangers rubbing up against me, I always kindly oblige and move my ass down the row, EVEN IF they come in late and I’m all settled in. In fact, it has never even occurred to me to deny such a request, nor have I ever seen anyone else do it.
I suppose I could get all territorial and say politely “Um, no, I won’t move down so that you can sit with your date. I reserved THESE seats and they are MINE. And no means no, so don’t ask again” and I would certainly be well within my rights. But I’d be acting like a big entitled unsocialized dog, so I’d never do that.
And to all you people working up a lather about the 5 empty rows in the front…Have you ever sat in the first 5 rows of a movie??? There is a reason they are empty.
If you hate this thread so much, by all means, leave.
Exactly when was I trolling? I have been a member for nearly 11 years. If I was a troll, surely you would have seen more of me by now?
You’re trolling this entire thread, I don’t give a shit how long you’ve been around.
“Oh I’m a racist? Oh I’m supposed to just give up all of my autonomy in my whole life at the random whim of a stranger? Oh I’m supposed to just limp my way over to a new seat because someone else wanted my seat? Am I supposed to do anything else for whoever asks me to do something for them…?”
Ad nauseum.
Yeah you’re a troll.
Those were all answers to crap other people threw at me.
Again, since you hate this thread so much, by all means leave.
Everybody else was basically saying “don’t be an asshole”, you’ve managed to twist the request in your head to something akin to self-harvesting an organ for donation or perhaps skinning alive your first born. Just don’t be an asshole. Yes you were an asshole. You persist in being an asshole, and you seem to enjoy the attention. So yes, I’ll be leaving now.
Now I’m having cravings for post cake.
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Bye!
And everyone was not saying that I was wrong. Many people agreed with what I did. Feel free to actually read the thread, and you will see this is true.
Jesus Christ, you can’t be this thick. Maybe you can. So Bob Ducca (I presume jokingly) said this:
Then I said:
Nobody thinks you’re a racist, dumb ass.
Pissed? Pit? Dude, I swear everywhere regardless of my mood. I just have a potty mouth. And shit.
So all right, gotta listen to some radio, then off to hang out at the bar. I sure hope no one asks me to scoot over one so that a couple can sit next to each other, because I will be fucked before I move one foot to the left to make someone’s night more pleasant.
After being accused of insane amounts of bullshit in terms of my character and beliefs, all based on one night at the movies, I figure anything is possible at this point.
By the way some of you were reacting, you would think I was throwing infants into the middle of a busy freeway for sport.
Uh, no. They just thought you were being an asshole. You were the one that took recommendations to “not be an asshole” with the aforementioned infant-throwing incredulousness.
Well fuck me gently with a chainsaw, you ARE thick.
How hard is this to figure out?
Turning down the initial request to move over? Being a bit of a jerk. Not a colossal Hitler-esque jerk, but just somewhat petty and inconsiderate. There’s no good reason not to move and it’s courteous to do so. Yes, you’re within your rights to say no, but there’s a lot of things within our rights to do that are still mildly obnoxious.
The two people who then flipped out about the request being denied? Gigantic asses. Again, not Hitler, but much worse than the original petty rudeness. Once the OP said no, they have to take the no answer and move on with their lives, even if the no was petty and mildly obnoxious.
And then texting during the movie? Stoning is too good for them. Drawing and quartering is only partway to their just punishment. But that has nothing to do with whether the OP behaved correctly when saying no to the original request to move over.
Looks like that has changed quite drastically.
And you are welcome.
You’re not 5’2" tall, are you?
When I pick my seat, I’m not just picking it based on where it is in relationship to the screen, I’m picking it based on how tall the person sitting in front of me is. And if moving will put me behind someone tall, the the person asking for a favor is SOL - I’m not moving.
Moving is a FAVOR, not an obligation. And favors can be refused. The OP did nothing wrong.
The OP should have made up this excuse instead of the excuse she actually made up. It sounds a lot more legit.
Also late to the party, but her reason for not wanting to move is immaterial. She liked that seat and did not want to move. That is reason enough. The other couple either sits not next to each other on each side of them or in other seats available. (Big friggin’ deal.) They can bitch about her later all they like. They have no reasonable expectation that other people should move to give them more ideal seating. Correct that if you want better seats get there early.
A lot of us disagree with this approach. If you are such a self-absorbed cunt that you can’t move two feet over to the next chair to allow two people to sit together then you should probably never go out in public again.
For fuck’s sake. They probably wouldn’t have even had to ask me: standing at the end of the row and giving a little hand motion with raised eyebrows would have had me courteously moving over.
What the hell is wrong with you people?