Narcissistic entitlement refers to a belief that one's importance, superiority, or uniqueness should result in getting special treatment and receiving more resources than others. ... Narcissistic entitlement also includes a willingness to demand this special treatment or extra resources.
Bruce, I guess my friend was a narcissistic 15 year old teenager back then. Other kids pushed and shoved people out of the way as they scrambled and trampled to the front after the gate was opened. Kids just moved out of his way. As I said, pretty sleazy, but funny.
Peter... Just to clarify... No one is consciously booking a cheaper seat and moving to a more expensive one. At shows, seats are often sold out. Then, the only choice is to gain an entry by paying for a side seat. However, many don't turn up, and then we shift. Empty seats can easily be spotted, and it is just a matter of timing, in the interval or before it during a break when the artists walk off, that we need to do this.
All my advanced booked seats at barbican or royal festival hall, for example are booked at maximum price at the right seat. However I go to a lot of concerts deciding on that day itself, on the way back from work... Or closer to the time...Where this is not possible. Then you have to shift seats otherwise the concert is a total waste.
At times, though very rare, I have had to shift to a cheaper seat because it was better. This happens in unfamiliar concert halls.
I never do it, because: a) some people do show up during the intermission; b) they may be season seats, so it's effectively trespassing; c) impossible to tell if the seats were just never sold
Of course if somebody shows up I would relinquish the seat to the rightful sitter. Absent depriving a rightful sitter of the squatted seat it really is a Pareto Optimal outcome, of which I am a big fan.
For the record yesterday was literally the first and only time I have moved seats in the 15 or so times I have been to Walt Disney Concert Hall in the last two years. It actually never occurred to me to buy a cheaper seat in the hope of moving to a more expensive seat. I just don’t think that cheaply. I am fine to buy an expensive seat I want for a concert I care deeply about if it means that much to me.
Mozart Symphony No. 41 is my single favorite classical piece. Single concert purchases for non-season ticket holders for this performance opened last September. I immediately bought two tickets last September, but the season ticket holders had already reserved almost all of the front orchestra seats. I saw only two front orchestra seats left, for about $600 each, but paying that much for a performance kind of takes the fun out of it (even for my favorite classical piece).
So I wound up paying $180 per ticket (already super expensive!) for by far the worst seats (upper level mezzanine, pretty far towards the back) I have ever purchased at Walt Disney Concert Hall. During the performance I learned that sitting that high and that far back from the stage made the sound kind of distant and involving. No likey.
We saw two empty seats in the front row, almost directly behind Dudamel. Targeting those two seats we immediately devised a plan of action. After the intermission we executed the plan!
We encountered a dirty look from a guy with a walkie-talkie and took evasive action. After that it was a clear shot to the target!
Narcissistic entitlement refers to a belief that one's importance, superiority, or uniqueness should result in getting special treatment and receiving more resources than others. ... Narcissistic entitlement also includes a willingness to demand this special treatment or extra resources.
Of course if somebody shows up I would relinquish the seat to the rightful sitter. Absent depriving a rightful sitter of the squatted seat it really is a Pareto Optimal outcome, of which I am a big fan.
Just to give you guys an example... This is just one email screenshot of booked tickets at the barbican, where most of the tickets booked in advance are at a seat I wouldn't shift from.
However there are others I would want to, in other halls, booked not well enough in advance, etc
You can clearly see a pattern here of sticking up seats in the 30s and preferring the P, Q, and S row
For some reason I can't quite explain, this post reminds me of the ones where Ron comes in and writes, "Please, NO politics."
Something about going back and researching the gear he owns, learning that he likes vinyl, and then passing judgement about the guy's behavior. I don't think I'll vote in the poll.
I never do it, because: a) some people do show up during the intermission; b) they may be season seats, so it's effectively trespassing; c) impossible to tell if the seats were just never sold
I thought about that too, and it made me said what I've said earlier.
Anyway it's not in me (@ my age or even younger) to play musical chair in a music concert hall.
As for voting or not; it makes zero difference to me. But to some others it might; so I simply abstain.
There are three guys now who voted no.
I believe that in order to get a more accurate representation a minimum of 100 voters would be more like it. Right now it means less than zero nothing.
I say, just grab that damn seat, and if the rightful owner taps you on the shoulder, say they can take your seat, transparency/you are there/they are here/texture/pitch black background/tonal balance/timbral accuracy/etc etc, is SOOO much better in your seat.
I say, just grab that damn seat, and if the rightful owner taps you on the shoulder, say they can take your seat, transparency/you are there/they are here/texture/pitch black background/tonal balance/timbral accuracy/etc etc, is SOOO much better in your seat.
Say the empty seat you switched for is the seat of a big guy (Hells Angels) who decided to only assist to his favorite part of the music concert, after the entracte; and he has a hot temper?