She also told us there were other seats, like girl what lmfao
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People confused about reserved seating at movie theters
- Thread starter Ogami Itto
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I don't understand, you would have picked the best spot when you reserved. Anything afterward would be seats people didn't want. It's not like layouts have changed much in the last decade since stadium seating.
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People like him don't give a shit about others, kinda like the people who walk in right when the movie is supposed to start and expect everybody to move so they can get the best seat.
Reserved seating has been standard in México, or at least in my state for almost 20 years, thank god. I've never had someone sitting in my seat.
Never had a issue with it. No one ever has sat in a seat I reserved and I don't go in until the trailers start.
I think i saw it happen one time to someone else and after a few seconds the person moved to their correct seat.
I think i saw it happen one time to someone else and after a few seconds the person moved to their correct seat.
Lol, again see something me and my family never did. We just showed up to the theatre and go to the teller.
its inflexible, and its a hastle when the movie doesnt start for a while but the theatre is filling up, and you try to pick a seat but by the time you press it nothing happens because it was taken in real time. that shit is infuriating. I just want to walk in, first come first serve.
I don't care as long as they don't give me shit when I tell them that they're in the seat that I paid for...
I'll NEVER go back to waiting in line for "first come first serve". I have better things to do than wait an upwards of 2 hrs for decent seatings (bigger population, more people, people used to lining up for stuff). I LOVE that now I can eat dinner with friends and if we run a couple mins late, our seats are still there, purchased in advanced.
if I have to plan my life around a movie fuck movies im staying home.
What are you talking about?
It's still "first come first serve", but it's about being the first to reserve the tickets. I can reserve as many tickets as I want for free, without any obligation to buy them, days in advance. You have to explain how that is, in any way, a hassle.
Regarding flexiblity, you can spontaneously pick the seat from the person while buying up to seconds before the movie starts, if you feel like it. But why would you want that if you can just pick the seats you want hours or days in advance?
I don't think you understand how reserved seating works.
"I want to see this movie tonight" -> "I reserve the ticket online within seconds, picking my seats. I can choose to just reserve them (and pick them up up to 30mins before the movie), or instantly buy them." -> "I go see the movie. I can arrive seconds before it starts and I have my seat, if I have paid for my tickets."
How is that "planning your life around a movie"?
But you know exactly which seat you have. You don't even need to show up if they don't have what you want. How is this different than someone grabbing the seat you want before the movie starts and after you've paid?
Right? It's why I never go to any theater, even ones without reserved seating. I mean, having to call up a friend, decide which movie to see, when to see it (they don't even let me pick the time, no, I have to choose one of their times) and then actually go to the place... That's asking a lot. I'm not gonna plan my entire life around a simple movie trip!!
notice how that sounds hilariously over the top?
because that's what your post makes you sound like
I mean...the movie will still be playing at a predetermined time, so you kind of have to, regardless.
They're trying to save face for the fact that they were either too lazy to reserve good seats or too cheap to pay for the best ones.
"Wuhhhh... I didn't know this was reserved.. sorry!"
Pretending to do this act is how I sit in First Class on trains. Better to ask for forgiveness than permission.
There was one case where two boomer couples must have been able to somehow reserve the same two exact seats as each other. Neither couple would give in and one pair was standing up and talking loudly for a good 10 minutes of the beginning of the movie. Management had to get involved and in turns out they actually had double sold those particular seats. The super annoying thing was a lot of the theater was empty and yet they still insisted on standing and squawking about it during the movie.
Careful with that, in many places that kind of stuff earns you a penalty fare.
if I dont reserve it online, aka plan my life around the movie, Im punished by people who do?
I can't remember a time when I was in a theatre that didn't have reserved seating and this has literally NEVER happened to me or anyone I know.
If you think going online(or phoning) to reserve tickets before you head out the house is "planning your life around the movie", I legit pity you.
But yeah. You're punished by the people who care enough to take less than 5 minutes to purchase their tickets early.
First come, first serve, the way you like it.
Even worse was when I worked my first job at an AMC and people could just not wrap their head around the concept of what theatre their movie was at. We'd tell them at the box office, at the ticket-tearing station, and it's literally the biggest thing on any ticket stub, but every day you'd have at least five clueless customers asking what theatre their show was in (usually while flaunting the ticket stub).
I have never been to a movie theater with numbered seats or reserved seating. First time I have ever heard of such a thing.
It happens at concerts and sporting events as well, it's always strange to me, maybe they don't go out much and can't read
Are you really gonna act like "planning your life around the movie" is not ridiculous hyperbole? It's no more a plan than making a reservation for dinner. It's actually much less so because you have 0 social obligation to pick up the reserved tickets.
And the act of reserving is something you can do while walking, while having lunch, while sitting on the toilet.
You're coming off like someone who just can't accept change, even if positive. "My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it."
It's actually really nice. Say I want to watch Jurassic Park tomorrow, I just go to the website, and I get this:
The 4 dots are seats that are taken. "Bildwand" is the screen, and in red are the seats I have currently clicked.
It doesn't cost anything extra, and if you choose to just reserve(not buy) and you don't show, it's all fine, the tickets just go on sale 30min prior to the movie.
If you don't want to do the online thing, you can call the cinema, or simply show up spontaneously and take what's free.
This is very strange. There is nothing remotely stupid about it. Only positives, no negatives.
You can't possibly think that is even remotely the same thing.
What is this nonsense comparison?
The video games I buy are not physical, they are not limited. Seats are. Of course I don't reserve something when reserving has no potential benefit.
But yeah, as long as I bought physical games (up to the wii), I did reserve games, to make sure I could get them. What's your point?
Works the same here in Peru and I love it. If I feel like watching a movie later with a friend I just enter the app, get my tickets at the seats I want and pay with my card, that's it. Reserved seating has been a thing here for so long that I actually can't remember when we didn't have it, even back when apps weren't a thing, reserved seating was already there.Are you really gonna act like "planning your life around the movie" is not ridiculous hyperbole? It's no more a plan than making a reservation for dinner. It's actually much less so because you have 0 social obligation to pick up the reserved tickets.
And the act of reserving is something you can do while walking, while having lunch, while sitting on the toilet.
You're coming off like someone who just can't accept change, even if positive. "My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it."
It's actually really nice. Say I want to watch Jurassic Park tomorrow, I just go to the website, and I get this:
The 4 dots are seats that are taken. "Bildwand" is the screen, and in red are the seats I have currently clicked.
It doesn't cost anything extra, and if you choose to just reserve(not buy) and you don't show, it's all fine, the tickets just go on sale 30min prior to the movie.
If you don't want to do the online thing, you can call the cinema, or simply show up spontaneously and take what's free.
right, the concept of going to a theatre is already nonsense, being told where I can and can't sit before I walk in just makes me question the whole thing.
When you experience it you'll come back here to start a thread on it. It's pretty good.
The comparison is nonsense because digital games are of infinite supply (or so close to infinite there's no practical difference), whereas good seats in a movie theatre are very much finite.
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paying for seats is also nonsense, of course only the diehards put up with it, which is why you cant stream it until months later.
Alright, you lost me after that. But hey, no trouble, just stay out of my seat and you can question whatever you want.
EDIT: I just saw your next post. Jesus Christ, so mad at cinemas. Weird.
It's too late now, but I'll call up my parents tomorrow, ask if they ever had anything but reserved seating. I know it was already a thing in 1994, when I first went to see a movie, so it's probably been around a bunch longer. I really wonder why the US took so long to get a taste for that. The benefits are immense.
Everybody who sees a movie pays for their seat assuming they don't sneak in...?
you dont pay for a seat if you stream a movie off the internet
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We are always behind when it comes to shit like that, see also chips in credit cards.
Reserved seating is the way to go. I got fucking tired of having to show up at least an hour early to have a shot at a seat that wasn't going to strain my neck or my eyeballs.
That said, I have had people sitting in my reserved seats before, and they literally treated me like I was lying about it until I showed them my ticket stub. They ended up taking a couple of seats in the front rows, the only places where seats were still available... Likely didn't even buy a ticket.
That said, I have had people sitting in my reserved seats before, and they literally treated me like I was lying about it until I showed them my ticket stub. They ended up taking a couple of seats in the front rows, the only places where seats were still available... Likely didn't even buy a ticket.
Sporting events have reserved seats.
Concerts have reserved seats.
Broadway shows have reserved seats.
Airplanes have reserved seats.
Reserved seating is not a new thing, nor is being able to plan a couple of hours ahead. It seriously takes less time to buy the tickets on your smartphone than it usually takes to stand in a traditional line at a movie theater.
Yup. It sucks if you're buying tickets last minute for a movie that's still decently popular, but that rarely happens in my case, so I fucking love reserved seating, plus apps have made this concept 10x better.
You're also not in a theatre so if you exclusively behave that way I can't fathom how reserved vs non-reserved seating factors in at all.
a prerecorded movie is not an exclusive event, or at least it shouldn't still be one if we have the internet and discs obviously.
most people who listen to music don't go to concerts.
Yes, we all have giant 50 ft screens and Dolby Atmos in our houses. Looks like you just don't like going out, rather than wanting to "plan" stuff.
(I know I shouldn't press this further but, lol)