[Mudder]

Today after golf we went to Lake Sumter Landing for lunch. As we turned into the square we saw lots of tables and chairs set up for tOctoberfest, I saw a man sitting at one table and I remarked, "gosh people are here 4 hours early to get a good spot". Then I looked at the other tables....every single one of them had something on them, a small cooler, a jacket or two, anything and the chairs turned into the table. Obviously saving the tables for this evening. I don't know it just seems a little to much to me to be there at the crack of dawn to save tables, that's jmho. As for us, we'll go to Spanish Springs, who knows may be the same thing is there too. We'll find a spot and enjoy.

[graciegirl]

It bothers me too.

[jblum8156]

I'm afraid this is fairly typical of events in TV. Seems like a lot of people have too much time on their hands.

[BogeyBoy]

Originally Posted by Mudder

Today after golf we went to Lake Sumter Landing for lunch. As we turned into the square we saw lots of tables and chairs set up for tOctoberfest, I saw a man sitting at one table and I remarked, "gosh people are here 4 hours early to get a good spot". Then I looked at the other tables....every single one of them had something on them, a small cooler, a jacket or two, anything and the chairs turned into the table. Obviously saving the tables for this evening. I don't know it just seems a little to much to me to be there at the crack of dawn to save tables, that's jmho. As for us, we'll go to Spanish Springs, who knows may be the same thing is there too. We'll find a spot and enjoy.

My guess is that those items were there at the crack of dawn.

[missypie]

Same thing happens on a cruise ship, saving chairs.

There are ways of stopping this though..........

Anybody gonna take this one on???

[paulandjean]

No problem with me. If I wanted a table and chairs I would get there early also.Seems like a 4th grade problem.

[ConeyIsBabe]

IMHO is is very rude and it should be the responsibility of the Management to prohibit that action unless a real person is physically sitting in one of the chairs

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by ConeyIsBabe

IMHO is is very rude and it should be the responsibility of the Management to prohibit that action unless a real person is physically sitting in one of the chairs

--------------------------------------------------------------------------I agree. If some people have the time to swing by to throw items on chairs, they should have the time to get their early if getting the best seats is important to them. If I person is handicapped, I could see someone trying to accomodate a friend or a family member.
IMHO - Getting there early and sitiing on a chair is the right way to do it and no-one has to get annoyed.
I'm still a wannabe but when I move to TV, I will have to resign myself to the fact this is a frequent occurrence.

I would think an occurence of this nature should be filed under the thread of,
"what I don't like about TV", (Sorry that I don't remember the exact thread off the top of my head0.

[JenAjd]

I still ascribe to the "Golden Rule"...being "do unto others as you would have them do unto you!" I 1st learned this btw in public school back in the 50's. BOY have we digressed over the years.
You will also see this at resorts by the pool...people up at the crack of dawn,scoping out their chairs--reserving them with towels. THEN never showing up in the afternoon so they were doing it "just in case". I've seen alot of behaviors here that mirror junior high school. Wish people would just "chill" and go with the flow. I personally won't be down near the squares due to much of this.....

[vj1213]

We were here last year for our lifestyle visit at the time of the lighting of the Christmas tree. People came and roped off whole rows of chairs as they were being set up. Then they didn't show up until late during the entertainment, so there were several rows of vacant seats throughout the night. What bothered me were there were a lot of disabled people who were standing while there were so many empty chairs.
Maybe this year one of Santa's elves might just have a pair of scissors in their hip pocket!

[Bottaboom]

Simple solution. Just put the item that was saving the table on another saved table and let them duke it out. I have never had the guts to do it but I might someday.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

I've seen the "saving places" occur at car shows in the past. Someone gets there a bit early and puts out chairs, etc. to save a couple of spots for his/her buddies who will arrive later on. But I've also been to some shows that are advertised as "No saving parking spots" and they DO enforce it - people putting on the show will remove any chairs. It does work when enforced!

Don't know how well that would work at a TV event, though....

Bill

[dominick]

Selfish, ignorant people and their "I got mine" mentality are everywhere, not just in TV. They rely on sheeple like me not to challenge them. Maybe,someday soon, the old crazy Dominick will resurface and cause a real nasty scene.

[sandybill2]

Honestly---I don't worry about what "others" do---don't think it is fair--but figure if they want a table bad enough to set up a schedule so that "someone" is always sitting there---they have more time than I do--and it means more to them than it does to me-----Most of the "special nights; i.e.; Italian American Night, Octoberfest, etc,. are basically just like every night at a Town Square--other than the stilt walkers--maybe a parade---and LOTS MORE PEOPLE. I have company --- we got the dinner to go from Red Sauce--picked it up at 4:00---therefore, we could walk around---not get in any lines---know our dinner was at home--ready to be heated and wonderful---Our company enjoyed the walking around and our chicken parm. and ziti from Red Sauce was really good.

[Ajack]

Originally Posted by dominick

Selfish, ignorant people and their "I got mine" mentality are everywhere, not just in TV. They rely on sheeple like me not to challenge them. Maybe,someday soon, the old crazy Dominick will resurface and cause a real nasty scene.

ROTFLMAO Maybe the old crazy me will join you!!!!