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Sleepyjack · 12-30-2003, 10:18 PM

This is an interesting one for me. Basically, whats the deal with any kind of saving seats or position in line or what have you.

I went to see Return of The King on boxing day and there was a massive line to get into the movie (It was opening day in Australia). ANyway, we (me and my sister) were about 30 or so people back and when we finally got in, some guy had saved about 7 seats with bottles and other nonsensical items.

Now i was wondering if there should be some saving seat etiquette, where you can only save a seat with a certian quality item (not a fucking water bottle) and also in a certain ratio. Like, i couldn't be the first in and save 40 seats or soemthing. That'd be a 1:40 ratio. Surely they could work out an apt maths equation for this. They really should have more stringent rules for this.

It's a different story when someone has already been sitting there though and has got up for a second (to get popcorn or go to the bathroom). Cause, altohugh the seat would be officially claimed then, they'd probaly leave a better qaulity item (like their jacket or bag/clothing) to save the seat anyway. For example, once we got our seats, i used my catcher in the rye book and my bag to save the seat

also, my sister was sitting next to it anyway...

It's the pre-emptive seat save which pisses me off. Especially when it's excessiveluy out of a ratio (like more than 1:2) and also, nonsensical items are saving the seats. What, a water bottle is better than me! aggghhhh

Same dealy with lines as well. I mean, you can let in 40 friends if you're the only one in line, that's not right. What are people view on line cuts as well, between friends? I've let in a few friends before and have had a few people let in in front of me as well. Although when you let in more people than you have people in line, it's really fucking dodgy. Also, there maybe some position issue as well. If the first person in line let in 3 people, then those 3 people are then ahead of all these other people. Although if someone in the middle of the line lets in 3 people, they're only pissing off half the people in line, which isn't as bad... i guess?
So they could be position ettiquettes aswell.

It'd be good is a stringent rule book covering a vast number of scenario's was issuesed, to sort out these subtles and annoyances. So if someone let in 3 people and he was the only one there, i could get him on a ratio violation error, in which he let too many people in (ie 3:1). Or if someone was saving a seat with a water bottle, i could get them on a water bottle save violation

What does everyone else think on this or just the etiquette and peoples experience with the saves etc in general?

good times

12-30-2003, 10:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sleepyjack Fast'n'Bulbous Location: Australia, Perth	Saving seats/position etiquette This is an interesting one for me. Basically, whats the deal with any kind of saving seats or position in line or what have you. I went to see Return of The King on boxing day and there was a massive line to get into the movie (It was opening day in Australia). ANyway, we (me and my sister) were about 30 or so people back and when we finally got in, some guy had saved about 7 seats with bottles and other nonsensical items. Now i was wondering if there should be some saving seat etiquette, where you can only save a seat with a certian quality item (not a fucking water bottle) and also in a certain ratio. Like, i couldn't be the first in and save 40 seats or soemthing. That'd be a 1:40 ratio. Surely they could work out an apt maths equation for this. They really should have more stringent rules for this. It's a different story when someone has already been sitting there though and has got up for a second (to get popcorn or go to the bathroom). Cause, altohugh the seat would be officially claimed then, they'd probaly leave a better qaulity item (like their jacket or bag/clothing) to save the seat anyway. For example, once we got our seats, i used my catcher in the rye book and my bag to save the seat also, my sister was sitting next to it anyway... It's the pre-emptive seat save which pisses me off. Especially when it's excessiveluy out of a ratio (like more than 1:2) and also, nonsensical items are saving the seats. What, a water bottle is better than me! aggghhhh Same dealy with lines as well. I mean, you can let in 40 friends if you're the only one in line, that's not right. What are people view on line cuts as well, between friends? I've let in a few friends before and have had a few people let in in front of me as well. Although when you let in more people than you have people in line, it's really fucking dodgy. Also, there maybe some position issue as well. If the first person in line let in 3 people, then those 3 people are then ahead of all these other people. Although if someone in the middle of the line lets in 3 people, they're only pissing off half the people in line, which isn't as bad... i guess? So they could be position ettiquettes aswell. It'd be good is a stringent rule book covering a vast number of scenario's was issuesed, to sort out these subtles and annoyances. So if someone let in 3 people and he was the only one there, i could get him on a ratio violation error, in which he let too many people in (ie 3:1). Or if someone was saving a seat with a water bottle, i could get them on a water bottle save violation What does everyone else think on this or just the etiquette and peoples experience with the saves etc in general? good times Last edited by Sleepyjack; 12-30-2003 at 10:20 PM..