OK, I’ll play.
The OP is not an asshole.
Now what?
Amen.
I’ve not studied the exact seating arrangement (did I miss the link to the Youtube synopsis?) but Mlle could have kept her original seat had her friend condescended to switch to Mlle’s opposite side. Does anyone really think Mlle’s refusal to move was anything other than a “Matter of Principle”?
And? That still doesn’t make it rude. Those people can go quietly ask someone else whose principles differ. Their follow-up actions were unacceptable.
Rudeness doesn’t excuse rudeness.
I would have never had the chance to “be rude” if they had not just interrupted my in-progress movie to say they wanted me to basically give up my seat.
Phew. I thought this thread was dead. Looks like it is coming back to life.
Then next time move over or rent out the entire theater, bitch.
That is what I would have done.
By the way mademoiselle, I was puzzled when I saw that you came back after 10 years of not posting just to talk about movie seats. Um… I am just curious to know, why did you stop posting for 10 years, and come back with a thread about movie seats?
Get a life asshole.
And stop calling AU a bitch.
10 years ago (when you were, uh 5…), the SDMB was not the shit show of bullies/trolls/shit stirrers you see currently (with a few quality posters still here now). It was a message board I liked, in which I thought I could find opinions. Yes, even dissenting ones.
The thread really riled people up into childish name calling, angry rants, and nonsensical rage. You introducing it to the Pit made it even worse.
But what about Next Time? Are you going to move over? Or are you going to stand your ground?
Well 300 posts is tantalizingly close.
Oh, now. Without OP participation this thread would have died a contented death a good 15 pages ago. You are lapping up all of this attention, mademoiselle. Did you get a little thrill when you saw how big your name appeared in that word cloud thing? It was realllllly prominent. I’m not trying to give you any suggestions here, but it would probably look very nice as a computer desktop background. Just saying.
Gotta love people who don’t pay attention.
I ignored this thread for several days. Others kept bumping it. Including you, just now.
Step by step.
First, I hope Mlle doesn’t take any of this too personally. Many people (including myself) have been far more rude on many occasions.
Let me synopsize the thread in little words.
(1) Latecomers wanting good seats – RUDE
(2) Mlle refusing to move – RUDE
(3) Latecomers loud and/or profane – VERY RUDE
Opinions differ whether (1) or (2) was MORE Rude,
… But it doesn’t matter:
Two wrongs don’t make a right
(I think I was taught that in 2nd Grade; where did you go to primary school, Mlle?)
Can we agree that if number one had not happened, number 2 could not have happened in response?
So I would not have been wrong, if by your logic, I was not wronged in the first place by the other party.
And I did not take it personally. Thank you for being better than most of the dissenting posters in this thread, for attempting to have a rational discussion.
I regard the incident as so minor, that I’m rather astounded by the length of the thread!
If I posted about some of my own hot-tempered rude behavior I’d be flamed into cinders. On the other hand, there were one or two incidents that went almost magically well because I kept a smile.