[JoeC1947]

I would love to be part of The Villages crew that goes around removing items from saved chairs. I'm sure that The Villages would have no trouble enlisting as many volunteers as necessary to get the job done and, when there is no event going on these same people could monitor the rabs with cameras and post pics like the gate crashes.

[CSB1228]

I wonder why you live here. You don't sound like you're enjoying yourself. No one will take a seat after the entertainment starts if something is left on it to show someone is sitting there.

[buggyone]

Originally Posted by JoeC1947

I would love to be part of The Villages crew that goes around removing items from saved chairs. I'm sure that The Villages would have no trouble enlisting as many volunteers as necessary to get the job done and, when there is no event going on these same people could monitor the rabs with cameras and post pics like the gate crashes.

What is monitoring "the rabs with cameras"?

If you do go to one of the town squares and see seats tied together after the show has started, feel free to remove the ties and sit yourself down. Some folks use plastic bags to tie chairs together. Just toss that in the trash and sit on down. No one is going to fight you for the chairs. They may question you but just say they were not tied together and that they must be mistaken which chairs they had.

[Uptown Girl]

We haven't seen a second post from the OP katsudden.

I was hoping she would understand or at least acknowledge our alternate point of view.
Perhaps she was only posting to have someone validate hers...(sigh!)

Will you save seats upon your next visit to the square, katsudden?
Does the consensus matter to you?
I am truly curious.

[JoeC1947]

Originally Posted by buggyone

What is monitoring "the rabs with cameras"?

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That part was kind of a joke.

[katsudden]

Originally Posted by NotGolfer

We've lived here going on 4 years and this has been a HUGE problem that needed to be addressed! Saving seats anywhere is rude and disrespectful in my opinion. We've attended a church where folks will "save" a whole row for their friends/family who might get there late. Don't get it! "IF" someone wants to be sure to have a seat, then I agree that their body should be occupying that seat/chair.

IF you need to go and eat...then by all means do so but bring your own chairs down, scope out the area that best suits you and you're set without a fuss.

KUDOS to The Villages staff for taking a pro-active part in taking care of this issue!!!!

Sorry no sympathies here....and I too have mobility issues!!

So...what is the difference between saving seats by bringing my own chair and saving seats by using "village" chairs? I'm still saving a space.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by katsudden

So...what is the difference between saving seats by bringing my own chair and saving seats by using "village" chairs? I'm still saving a space.

You were thinking to bring a chair and leave it unattended?

[katsudden]

Originally Posted by Uptown Girl

We haven't seen a second post from the OP katsudden.

I was hoping she would understand or at least acknowledge our alternate point of view.
Perhaps she was only posting to have someone validate hers...(sigh!)

Will you save seats upon your next visit to the square, katsudden?
Does the consensus matter to you?
I am truly curious.

We were at Spanish Springs for Scooter last night. There were many seats saved there and so we saved once again also. There were no problems. No one seemed to mind and no one came and took the seat savers off. Everyone had a great time. I guess I still don't see why others see us as "entitled". Everyone has the same right to do as we did. Just because we make the extra effort to go early and "save" we are in the wrong? What makes it so right to come late or at the last minute and rip off our seat savers and sit there? Please explain that.

[katsudden]

Originally Posted by cquick

It seems like they save seats at Spanish Springs more often. I don't get it. How do they get away with it?

I believe they get away with it because they realize that if they wanted to save seats themselves, they can choose to do so or not. It is a choice.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by katsudden

We were at Spanish Springs for Scooter last night. There were many seats saved there and so we saved once again also. There were no problems. No one seemed to mind and no one came and took the seat savers off. Everyone had a great time. I guess I still don't see why others see us as "entitled". Everyone has the same right to do as we did. Just because we make the extra effort to go early and "save" we are in the wrong? What makes it so right to come late or at the last minute and rip off our seat savers and sit there? Please explain that.

It seems that it has been explained pretty well.

I couldn't enjoy myself doing something that makes so many others annoyed. I could NOT personally ever take a seat cover off. But it makes me SO upset when I see people saving seats with cushions and ropes and chains and tilting chairs.. If a person is sitting in the seat to save it then that is another story.

I hope that the event staff will begin monitoring and stopping seats saved without a bottom in them at Spanish Springs SOON.

[katsudden]

Originally Posted by scrapperonce

Hooray for the Event staff! I believe it is about time that a STOP is put to saving seats. Not too long ago, my husband and I were at LSL for an event for which seats were at a premium...A whole row of people sitting "up front" got up, left jackets, water bottles and other paraphernalia to "save the seats" and left the area...My husband and I stood for a while and then went to the Lighthouse to eat...and who do you suppose were all sitting at the restaurant, eating???? Yep...That whole row of people! So...while people were being forced to stand, that whole row of chairs was left empty by this selfish group preventing folks from being able to sit and enjoy the entertainment...so I say...Good for the Villages for starting to address this problem.....None of us is "entitled" and it would be a good thing in my opinion if folks stopped being selfish and started thinking beyond themselves....

Why do you think it is "selfish" and "entitled" to save seats? You can bring your own chairs or go early and save chairs also. Just because you don't think ahead to do so, you look down on those who do? So who is feeling "entitled" here? Seems that you are because you are feeling "entitled" to the seats that someone else has saved!

[sueandskip]

Originally Posted by gingersnap

Well I must confess that we too had our seat pads removed from our seats this evening. My husband put them on the chairs about 3:45. I got delayed at the beauty shop so I was meeting him @ the square @ 4:00. He went to get a drink, stopped for a couple minutes to talk to someone and when he got back to the chairs our pads had been tossed in the bushes. We are new here at TV and did not know this was an issue. This is the very first time we have ever even used seat pads @ the square. I understand what everyone here is saying about saving seats, we did not feel we were being disrespectful. However, how can we patronize the Bait Shacks, etc. or even dance if our seats are going to be gone when we come back to them. Some of the line dancing goes on for many songs without dancers leaving the floor to go back to their seats. I have never seen their seat pads removed. It's a difficult problem to address. Maybe TV needs to make a public announcement regarding saving seats, and by all means, get the info out to newcomers as we did not know this had been addressed before. It all turned out OK...I ran home, got a couple of chairs and put them up. It was a great night...until the rain came down!
Thanks to the entertainers!

During a big event it is best to have one person stay with the chairs , but no one will steal your chairs while dancing...

[katsudden]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

It seems that it has been explained pretty well.

I couldn't enjoy myself doing something that makes so many others annoyed. I could NOT personally ever take a seat cover off. But it makes me SO upset when I see people saving seats with cushions and ropes and chains and tilting chairs.. If a person is sitting in the seat to save it then that is another story.

I hope that the event staff will begin monitoring and stopping seats saved without a bottom in them at Spanish Springs SOON.

GracieGirl...I don't think it annoys as many people as you think it does. But those who are annoyed are going to ruin it for people who are "organizers" and think ahead so they will not be in the same boat as you who feel "entitled" to sit in the saved seats because you weren't smart enough to think of it first. Obviously you are among those who get annoyed at the "littlest" things. So bring YOUR OWN chair and quite complaining about not having a "village" chair to sit on. By the way....our seat savers were "cut" off and thrown into the bushes by a guy in blue who admitted to doing it. Very friendly!

[katsudden]

Originally Posted by sueandskip

During a big event it is best to have one person stay with the chairs , but no one will steal your chairs while dancing...

How do you know that? Someone might think you are at a restaurant.

[katsudden]

Originally Posted by CSB1228

I wonder why you live here. You don't sound like you're enjoying yourself. No one will take a seat after the entertainment starts if something is left on it to show someone is sitting there.

I enjoy it here just fine when people are respectful. By the way...I have witnessed people taking off seat savers after the entertainment has started. When the original people come back to their seats, the new "sitters" simply say that there were no cushions on the seats when they arrived. No one says anything because they don't want to start a fight.