<p>Hmmmm. . . .this is almost exactly the situation I was addressing about amonth ago when I said somthing to the effect of sitting in the front row to get that picture. [and getting lambasted for it]. What I did not mention is that the people who were “staring” at me were those who were saving seats; “saves” that I chose to ignore since it was about two minutes before the Plebes started marching in and I figured that anybody for whom the seats were saved should have already been in place.</p>
<p>Since then, I have chosen to be more agressive about ignoring “saves,” especially if it involves large numbers of seats being saved by two or three people.<br>
I had a lady get out of line the other day and she says: “I’ll be right back” The mid and I laughed w/ each other: “Okay” while we looked puzzled to each other. We sort of laughed to each other “I’ll be right up at the cashier, when you get back.” She must hav eoverheard us and said: " I was just trying to be considerate." And we asked: “To whom?”
“Considerate would have been letting us go ahead of you while you went to get whatever it was that you forgot. Where you being considerate to yourself?” I guess you had to be there to appreciate the silliness of it all, but it made us laugh.</p>
<p>So, I agree, large “saves” are out of line. We will get to graduation early and do the requisite scouting for the “perfect” seat; but if I enocounter a row of “saves” by just a couple of people in the “perfect” place, I intend to sit down anyway.</p>
<p>What are they gonna do? Call the police to evict me? If seats are not reserved, then I don’t think anybody has a “right” to save.</p>
<p>But, it’s a good story anyway.</p>