This applies directly to the discussion of speeding golf carts too. The actions of a few mandate that rules be made and enforced, otherwise the minority actions become the norm for the majority.

concur

Not to worry. I am planning for me and PTurner and Redwitch to walk around and beat the crap outta anyone who is saving chairs.

I haven't asked them yet, but we could wear black shirts that say "If you touch a chair, your fanny better sit in it" and carry squirt guns too.

At the post office in our home town there are signs that say "Please be considerate of others by not using your cell phone".

Works sometimes..........

I think this may be the only solution.

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LOL That's a good one BK. As I was watching the video I was envisioning that the kids were geezers. :1rotfl:

We can use the arms that they are replacing at the gates as our "police sticks".:police:

Or maybe your shirts could say Chair Traffic Controller.

Boomer

:1rotfl: You are too funny.

Or their shirts could say, "Seat inspector." That could be fun under the right circumstances.

Hmmm, I guess we'll be operating by the seat of our pants.

All you need to get control of any situation is AnonChick. She'll shoot 'em in the knees.

:a20::1rotfl: You guys crack me up. Just came back from watching RED at Sumter Square and now I get a belly laugh before bedtime.

Of course I'd shoot'em in the knees. That way, they'd HAVE to actually SIT in those chairs they claimed.

In the words of Kelly Bundy: It ain't rocket surgery ya know.

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I still do not see the problem.How many times dates are we talking about. 6 or 7 times a year.If you want good seats go there early. Sounds again like a 4 grade problem.Stop complaining.

You're not understanding the problem, if you think that's the solution. The problem is people -do- go there sometimes several -hours- early, and "claim" seats by putting things on them, or roping them off. They do this expecting that no one will take those seats. And then, they leave. And sometimes they'll come back for the event, sometimes they won't. In the meantime, people who show up between the time the seats were "claimed" and the time of the show, see all these empty seats, and don't sit in them, because they were supposedly claimed by people who *ARE NOT THERE* to sit in them.

This is unfair for the people who are willing to actually sit down while they wait for the event. It is the same mentality that has people on cruise ships showing up at 6 in the morning to claim seats at the pool, then go off to spend their day, show up at 1 in the afternoon, knowing that no one took "their" seat - and dozens of people who want to actually sit at those seats, dare not, because they think the "claimant" will show up any minute. And of course, they don't, because they put towels there knowing that no one will move them. It's a herd mentality and it's incredibly effective. It's also incredibly manipulative and unfair.

It would be easy to enforce a "no saving tables" (or chairs) rule. Just put a notice on each table that reads "Items Left Unattended Longer Than 30 Minutes Will Be Removed and Discarded." Than maybe every hour or so a staff member could just walk through the area and upon seeing sweaters, bottles (or what have you) leave a post-it note with the time stuck on the table. Thirty minutes is time enough to park etc.
At the next walk-through if the items are still there unattended take them away. The post-it would be the simple way to see if enough time has elapsed. Maybe do this until about an hour before the show/event.
When the inconsiderate jerks show up later and other people are sitting in "their" place they may start to get the message.