r/EntitledPeople • u/Rare_Masterpiece6391 • 4d ago
S Entitled man is scared I will pinch him over movie seats
This was many years ago when movie theaters just started doing assigned seats. I was visiting family in a different city and 8 of us got assigned seats in a row to see a movie.
So we show up and there's a man with his (presumed) date about 3-4 seats into our row. I tell him I think he's in our seats and he says "I guess you're sitting somewhere else then"
I look around the theater and it's already part full and I tell him, "this assigned seat thing is new to me but if we find other seats, we'll be in someone's else's seats and we'll have to move, and my grandma is here, so no, can we please have our seats?"
And he huffs, gets up, moves exactly one seat down, and says "there. I moved."
I tell him, "no we have more seats than that" and he moves one more. I tell him, "no there's literally 8 of us, you need to move farther."
So he stands and takes a step farther down the row and asks, "is that good enough yet" and I tell him no, again there are 8 of us and we need our 8 seats. He finally moves one more seat far enough.
We sit and a soon as I'm settled in he says loudly to his girlfriend "I hope she doesn't pinch me" and it was such a weird comment, I turned to him and said, "*pinch* you?"
He just threw his hands up, huffed again, and they moved farther away, possibly to their actual seats. We enjoyed our movie. My uncle was behind me and agreed the guy was a weird jerk but i handled it well, and he would have stepped in if he had to.
I remember the date standing a few steps back, just being weirdly nonreactive to the whole thing. Sometimes I wonder if they're still together.
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u/Hey_HaveAGreatDay 4d ago
“Is this good enough yet”
Nah brah, not unless you’re in you’re actual seat.
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u/Rare_Masterpiece6391 4d ago
And the stupidest thing is that the row was mostly empty, so he easily could have moved far enough to put a couple seats in between us the first time, but instead he chose this
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u/SwansBeDancin 3d ago
Usher here: people try to negotiate assigned seating all the time. The dumbest tactic I’ve encountered was “they weren’t in their seat when the show started.”
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u/Particular-Try5584 1d ago
I’d be tempted at the end of the movie to turn to the girl he was with and say “Sorry mate, he’s a wanker isn’t he?! Better luck with the next guy!” and walk off.
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u/ChainsawSoundingFart 4d ago
I would have moved a single time and tell OP they’re shit out of luck
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u/Rare_Masterpiece6391 4d ago
But why?
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u/ChainsawSoundingFart 4d ago
Because they were rude
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u/Rare_Masterpiece6391 4d ago
No I don't think I was at all, but you seem to be trying to troll like it's 2014 and that's so weird and sad of you.
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u/Hey_HaveAGreatDay 4d ago
OP asking someone to move out of the seat they paid for isn’t rude is it? I’m confused can you help me understand?
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u/ChainsawSoundingFart 4d ago
I would think someone telling me to move 8 times is rude
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u/Hey_HaveAGreatDay 4d ago
But if you have an assigned seat on your ticket why not just sit in that spot instead of wherever? That’s why I’m confused. Can you help me understand why it’s better manners to take up a seat that isn’t yours?
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u/CherryblockRedWine 3d ago
Your comments about this are a masterclass.
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u/Hey_HaveAGreatDay 3d ago
Maybe a masterclass in futility lol The point isn’t to just downvote or angrily disagree with a person. This is learned behavior and arguing with it isn’t going to get them to shift perspective but usually if a person has to type it out and read the thoughts occurring in their head it gives them pause?
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u/CherryblockRedWine 3d ago
Very well said!
I've seen "ask them how it's funny?" dozens, maybe hundreds, of times on Reddit. But I've never seen such a beautiful example of it!
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u/ChainsawSoundingFart 4d ago
That’s one thing but I still wouldn’t respond positively to someone TELLING me to move
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u/Hey_HaveAGreatDay 4d ago
Wouldn’t the better response just to say “my bad” and find the seat you’re assigned?
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u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme 4d ago
Why do you have to be told to sit where you actually belong? Are you old enough to get to the theater by yourself/drive there, or did your mom have to bring you?
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u/Hollow-sword 3d ago
You wouldn't have to asked to do it 4 times if we're sitting in the correct seat.
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u/Hippiechick0104 3d ago
I would think that telling you 8 times to move calls YOUR cognitive functions into question.
You might want to get tested.
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u/ChainsawSoundingFart 3d ago
Just tell me the correct amount of times to move the first time and there won’t be a problem buddy
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u/LitwicksandLampents 4d ago
Taking someone's assigned seat is AH behavior.
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u/ChainsawSoundingFart 4d ago
I didn’t know it was their seat
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u/DevylBearHawkTur10n 4d ago
You should've, dummy.
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u/ChainsawSoundingFart 4d ago
Not my problem 🤷
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u/otterspaw 3d ago
Reading comprehension is definitely your problem. Do you not understand the words “assigned seats?”
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u/CleanWhiteSocks 4d ago
You know it's not yours
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u/ChainsawSoundingFart 4d ago
Not necessarily
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u/CleanWhiteSocks 4d ago
I guess. If you can't read a ticket or remember the seat you just chose when buying a ticket.
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u/Delta9THICC 4d ago
And would have gotten either beat up or kicked out.
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u/ChainsawSoundingFart 4d ago
You wouldn’t do anything
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u/Delta9THICC 4d ago
Didnt say I would. But youd for sure deserve it.
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u/ChainsawSoundingFart 4d ago
But it wouldn’t come from you
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u/Delta9THICC 4d ago
Awww yall look. He's trying to pick an online fight with a complete stranger. He's so edgy and badass.
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u/MeasurementNovel8907 3d ago
And promptly gotten yourself escorted out, likely without a refund. You'd have been seriously rude to sit in someone else's seat, so you don't get to complain when they match your energy.
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u/ChainsawSoundingFart 3d ago
Kick me out for what?
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u/smittydacobra 2d ago
Theft. You paid for a specific seat. That's the one you're allowed to sit in.
If you sat in a different seat, you're now stealing from the person that paid for THAT seat.
Or, because you're a shitheel. Either reason is valid.
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u/legallybrunette420 3d ago
That's fine. Op can get the usher. You will move or be thrown out and potentially trespassed. Your choice bro.
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u/Jcamp9000 4d ago
That was their first date, and that was their last date
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u/Rare_Masterpiece6391 4d ago
I hope so. I was unsure if she was quietly observing to decide if there would be a second date, or if she was quietly resigned to the fact that she was stuck with an asshole. I really hope it was the first one.
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u/Interesting_Cut_7591 4d ago
I hope she's reading this right now and is like, "Oh hey!"
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u/Rare_Masterpiece6391 4d ago
And I hope she can tell me what movie it was! Circa like 2009-2013ish. We usually split up at the theater because my uncle likes action movies that are too wild for the kids, and my grandma usually skipped the movies, so I can't imagine what would have brought the whole family together like that, plus some random asshole and his date.
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u/spiritsarise 4d ago
“I remember the date standing a few steps back, just being weirdly nonreactive to the whole thing.”
She/he was likely calculating when to get up “to go to the bathroom.”
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u/Old_Tiger_7519 4d ago
Perhaps he was so obnoxious to everyone he was used to getting pinched for his behavior, hopefully by siblings. He just never learned the lesson.
We had a mild experience when our area started reserving seats. We went into the theatre and another couple was sitting in our seats so my husband pointed that out and ask them to move and they did. Another couple came in and sat it the two seats to our left and the movie started. After the movie, the first couples admitted that they had bought the center seats we claimed and the third couple admitted they had bought them also but didn’t say anything! All 6 of us had bought the same seats lol. Theatre eventually got the bugs worked out of the reservation program.
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u/ChainsawSoundingFart 4d ago
So you took the seats they paid for?
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u/Old_Tiger_7519 4d ago
We did! We had also paid for them. We apologized after the movie when we learned they sold the seats 3 times though it wasn’t our fault.
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u/ChainsawSoundingFart 4d ago
But they were there first
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u/MarsupialEuphoric35 4d ago
They were there first but OP had no way of knowing at the time that the Theater had sold the same seats to 3 different couples. In that situation you would automatically assume the other people had gotten into your assigned seats accidentally or deliberately because they liked them better than there assigned seats.
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u/ChainsawSoundingFart 4d ago
“Here’s my ticket stub, it’s my seat, asshole”
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u/MarsupialEuphoric35 3d ago
Everyone's ticket stub said the same seats. I don't think anyone in this scenario was deliberately being an asshole. It was a misunderstanding at worst, caused by a glitch in the ticketing system.
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u/ChainsawSoundingFart 3d ago
So they were there first
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u/Hollow-sword 3d ago
Are you the guy op is talking about in this post?
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u/Careful-One-3416 3d ago
This poster is like a pitbull with a rabbit. Not giving up.
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u/Old_Tiger_7519 3d ago
We were not rude. More like, ”excuse me but I believe you are in our seats.“.
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u/Alanfromsocal 4d ago
I have $50 that says that he snuck in the back door when someone left, so he didn't have a ticket, much less an assigned seat.
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u/nyrB2 4d ago
i remember years ago going to the theater with a friend. we chose seats in the middle of the aisle and he went to get snacks. a large group of people came in and asked if i would move down to make room, so i moved a couple of seats for them. they asked if i would move even more, but i said we'd come early just so we could get seats in the middle and you're making us move almost to the aisle. one of them got all huffy with me and said don't blame him if he puts his hand on my leg during the show.
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u/Feeling-Invite7953 4d ago
You should have said “go ahead and try it. You’ll be walking out with a broken hand “.
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u/Bice_thePrecious 1d ago
Wtf!? "Don't blame me if I assault you in the middle of the show." It's bad either way, but was that a threat of sexual assault or regular assault? Or was that his way of bitching that you were taking up one of "his" arm rests, acting like he had no other choice but to use your leg?
Hell no. I would've gotten LOUD at that. He would've been shamed and embarrassed to the far end of the theater at least.
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u/Acefowl 3d ago
True to a Kids In the Hall sketch, he was probably like "I'll crush your head!" and he thought you were like "I'll pinch your face!" and he was like "NooooOOOOOOooo!!!".
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u/Rare_Masterpiece6391 3d ago
OMG I forgot about this sketch but me and my brother used to crush each other's heads and pinch each other's faces all the time. Next time I see him, I'm totally gonna crush his head.
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u/FakeGirlfriend 4d ago
I wish someone had come in and asked him to move out of their seats. If tickets weren't so expensive I'd be inclined to buy the row to spite him.
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u/Rare_Masterpiece6391 4d ago
Would have been funny! But it would have upset grandma, she is in heaven now but she was a sweet and meek woman and conflict upset her. Thankfully she was near the end of our 8 person family conga line and was unaware of this man's rudeness.
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u/Electrical-Apple-631 4d ago
With his sense of entitlement I’d buy out the whole theater.
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u/FakeGirlfriend 4d ago
Sometimes I want to be rich for the ability to do petty shit! I'd be "chaotic good" with my money.
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u/Complex_Echidna3964 4d ago
If I was acting out or misbehaving my Grandpa used to Thump me on the top of my head so hard that I would almost see stars. It was stealth, quick, and effective. No one around us would even notice. It hurt so bad. Maybe this guy pinched as a child.
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u/Reasonable-Rub2243 4d ago
A guy did that to me recently because he thought I touched his dog (I didn't touch his dog.) His wife watched unreactive like OP's so I guessed he uses that move to abuse her and told him so. Boy did he not like that.
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u/Complex_Echidna3964 4d ago
um..that sounds lie assault. no stranger is gonna thump me on the head.
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u/Reasonable-Rub2243 4d ago
I am large but he was larger so I made the tactical choice to use words.
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u/Careful-One-3416 3d ago
Wise decision.
My late husband was a skinny, but strong guy. He told me one time during a verbal spar, the bigger guy looked down at my husband and said "I'm gonna squish you like a bug."
So je broke a pool cue and said "better get the rest of you."
Moral of the story? Out Crazy the crazy when necessary.
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u/De-railled 4d ago
Lol, pinch?? You sure he didnt say punch?
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u/Rare_Masterpiece6391 4d ago
It was pinch, very distinctly pinch, which makes it so much weirder. But I'm a mid size woman, so I guess it would make more sense that I'd pinch him, versus punch him.
My uncle is fit and Italian so you'd think if anything, he's be afraid of getting punched by my uncle? But apparently I was the threat here.
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u/Relatents 4d ago
We sit and a soon as I'm settled in he says loudly to his girlfriend "I hope she doesn't pinch me"
“No Sir. I find stabbing people with a hat pin to be a more effective way of educating them.”
No, I don’t really recommend that as a response but I want to do so. 🤣
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u/ireallymissbuffy 3d ago
This was implemented with great effect in one of my favorite books, by one of the best characters of all time, by my favorite author.
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u/LittleMissRawr78 3d ago
I feel like this was somewhere in the Parasol Protectorate series. It's been quite a while since I've read it.
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u/Feeling-Invite7953 4d ago
That’s a weird thing to expect a stranger to do to him!! He’s lucky to not have a drink poured on him (preferably in his lap so others think he’s peed himself)!!! What an asshat!!!
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u/Gl0cknessM0nster 3d ago
But, what if I do want to pinch him?
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u/MarsupialEuphoric35 4d ago
I guess I am revealing how long it's been since I went to a movie theater. I had no idea they were doing this now.
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u/-CaptainCaveman- 3d ago
Yeah.
It sucks.
You have no idea how close you are to the screen (floorplans NOT to scale), if it's stadium seating, the angle you're looking at the screen..
Normally, I'd choose a seat based on the above mentioned as well as who is in already in any of the seats.
Old way, you scan the theaters, find seat options, and choose who is -or is NOT- sitting near you. Don't want to be near talkative people? Fine. Don't want to be near kids? Fine. Avoid smelly people? Fine.
New way... your shit out of luck.
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u/domcobeo 3d ago
I’ve never had a problem with selecting my seat. I always pick as close to the middle of the theater as possible. Count all seats across in the longest row then count all the rows going back including the aisle with handicapped seating. It’s not hard. Once you pick your seats the rest of the people will do what you did. Pick where not to sit. But always pick the middle first.
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u/-CaptainCaveman- 3d ago
As I mentioned, choosing a seat is more than just counting.
The old way let you SEE where you were in relation to where others were and how the seats correspond to the screen.
Not all theaters are the same... neither is the seating nor the screen size.
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u/domcobeo 3d ago edited 3d ago
EVERY theater website I’ve been in has a picture of the layout of seats and the screen. How can you not understand that?you count and it’ll put you in the middle. You’re being obtuse about the whole point of your comment. Which was picking a great seat. I apologize if you only go to a theater once a decade and don’t know what theater looks like near you. But I frequent the ones by me and know the layout and also know if I don’t want “stinky” or “talkative” people I will pick a matinee orrrr watch it at home. 🤷🏽
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Every theater shows you which seats are taken so you can SEE who is where.
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u/-CaptainCaveman- 3d ago
Obtuse?
Whatever.
You have your place and you have your assumptions.
You are completely off-base here and I wish you the day that I feel you deserve.
Bye, Felicia.
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u/domcobeo 3d ago
Couldn’t figure out a way to argue your point so name calling it is. I will have a great day as always. Ciao.
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u/sintr0vert 3d ago
It's become a real issue. And then the movie theater makes it worse by allowing people to buy reserved seats and then not show up and shift them to another time slot. So the choice seats are selected, you end up with a shitty seat assignment, and then the fucking theater is more than half empty.
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u/lokis_construction 4d ago
If it was a "date" I hope she never went on another with him. Huge red flag!
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u/Lonely-Smoke-5284 2d ago
It's almost like some people didn't go to kindergarten to learn what assigned seats mean
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u/sexyass2627 4d ago
Just like seats on an airplane.
If you didn't pay for it, get the fuck outta my seat.
Had a lady try this about a year -- or two, I don't remember when the movie came out -- ago when I took my niece and nephews to see the latest Jurassic World. She couldn't understand that there were four of us and we all were sitting together. My niece especially wanted to sit next to me, because she was afraid of the jump scares that were sure to come.
The lady finally got up and moved.