Matt and I went to see the new James Bond* movie last night (almost two full thumbs up -- it drags in the middle but was great fun and action-y overall) and a few minutes before it started, a couple came and sat down right next to me. Now, in a crowded theater, you expect to be sitting next to people you don't know. In a theater that is at maybe 20% capacity, though, is there any circumstance in which it is acceptable to disregard the unspoken one chair buffer rule? I can't think of one. I spent the whole movie ceding the armrest to the dude next to me when we each could have had our own if he had just followed the generally-accepted and usually-followed movie theater rules. What do you think? Was he justified? Or did Armrest McStealerson commit a moviegoing faux pas?
*I'm not the biggest 007 fan, but I have to say Daniel Craig pulls it off way better than Pierce Brosnan. Maybe it's the eyes...
Saturday, December 2, 2006
It's a little thing I like to call personal space
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That's a definite faux pas. Once someone's done that, the question is whether you get up and move (and so make it obvious that you aren't happy sitting next to them) or you duke it out for the armrest throughout the movie. It's a tough one.
I too like my personal space....what was he thinking. Matt definitely should have traded places with you to see if the dude liked sitting next to another guy.
Seriously. Completely unacceptable. I would NOT have ceded the armrest because I was there first. What--do they think they know you?
Love the new Bond too.
I like the idea of switching seats with Matt. I once went to a movie where two of my guy friends ended up sitting next to each other (although there were five girls) and the one got up and moved to the end of the row after approximately 5 seconds. Haha.
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