- Apr 11, 2011
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I am starting to wish the events were ticket with assigned seats. At our last comp. I got there very early with a group of friends. My 12 year old daughter had been siting in the same seat for over an hour. One of our mini teams finished performing and a Mom asked her to go pick up her child. The second she stood up to go pick up this little girl a Mom yelled at her son to get the seat. I politely told her my daughter was coming right back. She did not care. She was very rude and made her son stay in that seat even though it was not by her. When my daughter came back she there were no open seats near our group. This young boy was sitting smack in the middle of a gym he did not know. I felt bad for him. I talked to security and they said since it was not a ticketed event they were allowed to do that. they also said the second the boy got up I could take the seat back. I asked, so if I leave my bag on the seat to go use the restroom my seat is fair game. They said yes. This just seems so ugly to me. We are a family sport and need to be examples for our kids. Thanks for letting me vent. And it was not the actual seat that upset me. It was the principal of the situation. I don't get parents being rude and ugly at a family sport event.