We even suggested politely that he could move to the row behind us which was the last seat in the auditorium and was empty. The child could stand there if she wanted to and not block anyone's view. He refused. đ¤Śđ˝ââď¸
Or go sit in the kid's vacated seat.
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or stand in front of them. Or sit in the dad's lap. Many choices!
And stare at him the whole show
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Gotta assert dominance right??!! ;)
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Why wait for them to leave? Assert dominance
It wont even affect the person it should
Stare into their pasty pudgy faces while you do it. Then caress their faces once youâre done.
Lmao for a school play lol u get my upvote
Judging my the kids and the stage, this is a children's balet performance, and the standing girl is going on stage at some point. Likely just seeing her dad in the audience.
But if sheâs blocking people from potentially being able to see their kids, that they paid to see, then it doesnât really matter if sheâs âseeing dadâ. Itâs about common courtesy. He could have moved or she could have sat next to him to see him.
Her head doesn't even look much higher than others in front of her. At the pic angle, lots of heads are blocking the stage.
Yea. I think this picture height/angle is misleading, otherwise OP is super short. I donât deny they might be blocked a bit by the kid, but it looks like they would be blocked just as much by the guy sitting up straight, if not more. Who OP should really be mad at is their parents, if theyâre truly as short as it appears, or less jokingly, the idiot who designed this auditorium seating with not enough slope to it
Or that two heads block the view far more than one?
How do you not see that the dad is slumped over the side? If his kid wasnât standing there the guy may not have been slumped over to the side as much and could be blocking even more of OPs view. Iâm not defending this guys shitty behavior at all, donât misconstrue what Iâm saying.
Her being just as high (a bit higher, actually) but offset to the right does break the alignment of people properly in their seats that lets someone look down an open column of shoulders between heads.
Itâs weird that some people donât understand the word âprinciple.â Doesnât matter if sheâs ânot much in the way.â We all coexist with a social contract, though thatâs slowly degrading.
Today it's a little girl on her father's lap, tomorrow it's a complete breakdown of the social order, a mad max world. Clearly social services needs to step in here, for the good of us all!
You know what's more rude though? Taking a stranger's picture and uploading it to a public forum to passive aggressively bitch about.
Agreed, this is a little girl taking some comfort from her father. Fuck OP.
You talk at the movies and cough without covering your mouth in public donât you
Is she blocking more than he would be if he sat up? Shitting seating isn't his problem. Stand up in the back if it is such a big issue
Lmao what a fucking Reddit moment
Nah, fuck you. If I can't watch the show I paid for, I'm getting a refund. Simple as.
A refund? This looks like some children's play or dance show. People are going to this because they have kids in it.
The seats are not allocated. This isn't a cinema. You don't like your seat? Move to another one. No other seats? You should have been there earlier to get the good ones closer to the stage.
If this child sits down she would be staring at people's backs and wouldn't be able to see. You're the adult in this situation, so be one.
Reddit making sense today? No fuck way
But you shouldnât be forced into having to do that. Certain people should not be allowed to procreate. That behaviour is being passed down to the child as acceptable and it clearly isnât.
You believe this is a crime so extreme that this little girl shouldnât exist?
Enough social media for you today.
No one said anything about the little girl who already exists? You know damn well they did not mean it like that. saying idiots should not procreate does NOT equal wishing death/nonexistence on an innocent little girl
Most of us can draw context clues and not literally interpret everything.
These people are terminally online. The brain rot has already set in.
It not the little girlâs fault and I never implied otherwise. Itâs clearly the parentsâs fault for being an inconsiderate jerk. Get a grip.
It sucks no matter what. Kid can't see from the seat, but if the kid gets a boost, then the people behind can't see either. Seating just isn't arranged in an ideal way at this theater.
Yeah the seating isn't designed well but the dad could have acknowledged that and chosen to sit further back, or on an end where the kid could see but also not block other people
How would they know that was an issue beforehand? Similarly, it looks as though the dad is slouching to the left. If he sat up straight then OPâs view would be even worse
OP said they asked him to move back because he was blocking their vision and that he refused.
OP is kind of a punk
"let me just take this picture and expose this guy to the internet because his kid mildly inconvenienced me"
Expose?
You see no identifying marks or even his face.
Easy on the theatrics.
Thatâs just an awful theater layout honestly. The adults are blocking just as much of the view as the kid.
Kiddo canât see over the people in front of them because of poorly designed seating. That said Iâd put my kiddo on my lap in front of me so they wouldnât obscure any view I wasnât already obscuring in this situation.
I agree. Even looking beyond the child, that blond lady is still blocking the view of the stage. This is just a poorly-designed theater.
Also OP may have taken a picture below eye level âŚ
The guy is also slouching pretty heavily to his left. He looks like a big guy being a good Dad and trying the best he can.
It's not a good theater, I'm positive he is only there for his daughter. If he sat up straight, OP probably wouldn't even see the kid anymore, let alone the stage. Compassion is what they should be looking for.
In the same way that people expect tall people to pay extra for front row seats on planes if they want leg room, maybe we should expect short people to pay for front row seats in theatres if they want unobstructed views.
Or maybe neither tall nor short people should have to pay extra for these things and corporations can stop bleeding us for anything and everything.
Jokes on me, am short and sitting in the very front will still not give me an unobstructed view.
I'm 5'1". My husband is 6'6". Guess we're paying double for everything and not getting to sit together.
That'll teach ya
He always tells me to eat my veggies so I can grow big and strong like him. Guess I need to get on that.
Yeah this is fine .
The architect is at fault.
The height difference of the levels is too minuscule.
The angle of the picture is lower than the dad's head if he were sitting up straight in his seat. I think op took at bad picture on purpose.Â
Came here to say this.
So if row behind was open, elevated higher than you were, whyâŚwhy didnât you just move back a row and enjoy the show?
What would you then post on reddit for all that sweet attention ?!?!?
i was gonna ask that too lmao. usually places have assigned seating that you pay for or its a first come aorta deal, so trading seats would probably be unfair to him. kind of entitled of OP to post this on reddit imo
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because the child is too short to see over the adults in front of her, duh. lol
You should do that thing where you sit on top of the thingy you lean against when you sit normally
Yes! Especially because they said no one was behind them.
Or they could stand up if no o e is behind them?
Or is that too crazy
Or even sit on the seat behind which is sligthly higher
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I was thinking the same. Like sheâs not that much higher than just an adult sitting there.
Thing is people cant help how tall they are, what the can help is not purposefully obscuring someone's view needlessly to be petty
To be petty? The kid can't see. It's CLEARLY a kids show.
Why do you imagine this is pettinessÂ
The point is, if they put their kid down and continued to sit normally, theyâd have the same issue
Not really. Dad is leaning left, kid leaning right, middle obscured, no way for poster to lean just slightly to one side to see now like they could if only one person were in the seat.
No they wouldnt because in this instance the dad is being explicitly inconsiderate. One head is annoying but all you need to do is lean to the side a bit, 2 heads is wider coverage and entirely unnecessary. He was told of a more considerate option in moving back a couple rows where no one would be inconvenienced and the quality of the show would certainly not be that affected, but he refused despite knowing what he was doing is inconsiderate. Can't believe i have to explain this.
Would they? Youâre suggesting that the man and the child are no more obstructive to the view than just the man? You understand how objects and opacity work, right?
Bro, a person's head isn't that wide
It's like Sputnik.
But his head is bigger than his daughters and shoulders are wider. Op has a better view here than if the guy were sitting properly
It's hilarious, but it's now 2 heads wide genius.
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Probably so she can see the stage.
I remember I said I got pretty annoyed when tall af ppl donât move to let smaller ppl see. Iâm pretty short as an adult and Iâve never been able to see at concerts where seating isnât available bc ppl who are like 6â3 will stand in front of me and will not move for somebody who is under 5â0.
Little kid wants to see too bc she probably also couldnât see. Understandable her father would like to show her the stage.
Completely understandable. However, if he was going to sacrifice the ability for one person to see, it should be his - put her directly in front of him to not block to field vision of other people. I'd understand this is OK at first, but once someone asked, this should have been his solution.
The guy is slouching pretty heavily to his left. OP is slightly to their right. It looks like the angle makes her seem more to the side than the girl is. If the guy were sitting up straight this would be a much larger issue. This guy is being considerate.
There's a head directly in front of him. That doesn't work.
Seems like OP could have gone to that empty back row and had a little better view possibly
Exactly. It never occurs to people like OP to move themselves. They need everyone else to move for them.
And this guy is already moving for OP. Look at his shoulders, he's slouching pretty heavily to his left. Being a good Dad and considerate while being a big guy.
Yeah, OP is getting lambasted over that single fact alone. And OP is the husband of the person who was whining about it. This dude is basically made of cowardice.
Really psyched y'all are cooking OP on this one.Â
The kid wasnât able to see either. The dadâs being a good dad and helping his daughter enjoy the show too. Go get a refund if youâre upset or ask an attendant if thereâs another empty seat you can sit in
Refunds and attendants? This was a childâs dance recital, lol.
These comments are wild.
Like, yeah, this is just a good dad being a good dad. If OP wasnât such a fucking weirdo they probably couldâve asked if they could adjust so they can see better. Get a damned refund if he refuses.
OP and everyone acting all pissy: grow the fuck up.
And if you knew how to read you'd know that OP asked and "great dad" refused.
You are either 4 foot 3 or taking this photo from your chest.
This theaters seats suck, honestly. I hear you there. But if that man sat straight it would be the same view for you.
If I had a kid who couldn't see, I would put the kid on my lap and tell the kid that anything higher than my head is unfair to the people behind them.
That looks like a child's play.
in all fairness, the child is sitting as tall as he is. you just have bad seats
When you say he refuses, did you actually say something to them, or just post about it on Reddit?
The text in the post describes it.
The post describes a father politely declining to interact with a crazy person, from the POV of said crazy person.
Reading is so overwhelming though
Well of course he refused.
So, you asked him and he refused?
This is Reddit, everyone has crippling social anxiety and would rather suffer in silence, then just post about it. You new?
Well, OPâs use of ârefusesâ implies that he/she asked him to seat his child, yet he wouldnât abide. If this is the case, my (and othersâ) opinion changes regarding the matter.
Yeah, I was kinda just being a smart ass and I also only saw the title not the text. Both scenarios are equally likely.
This is exactly what I was thinking. Loose use of the word refused...
This kid was clearly part of this recital(bun and costume) . Instead of making suggestions for a child to stand after they presumably just did several dances maybe you should stand or move. (Or get there earlier for better seats)
If she were in her own seat and he sat up straight, your view would be blocked the same or more. That theater's seating setup is dogshit.
From the angle of this photo, even the people in the row in front of this dad's row would be blocking the screen. Is someone being a little bit disingenuous??
Even with kiddo not in this situation, your viewing situation is still shit. Not their fault. Poor seating design.
Op is a Karen with a Karen wife taking creeper pictures of people and the dad made sure his daughter could see and refused to back down.
Good job, Dad. People need to simmer down.
Dads slouching in the chair so if he sat up straight youâd be in the same situation wouldnât you
God forbid a father help his child see a play without someone complaining about it
Look at the angle the picture was taken from. If that dad was sitting up straight in the center it seems OP still would have been blocked. He's crouching down off to the side and OP is taking the Pic from a lower angle.Â
you were mildly inconvenienced so that a small child could see! How infuriating!
Hence, mildly infuriating!!! đ
Why didn't you move to the row behind you? Or talk to someone that works there? Oh wait, this is reddit....grow up, you're at a children's recital and the guy in front is already trying to be as small as he can be. You're making this shit up to gain fake internet points.
The kid canât see. Thatâs why sheâs on dadâs lap.
During intermissions, bribe the lady in front of him to swap with you. Then do the exact same to him
So, let me get this straight. You're mad because you couldn't see because a father is allowing their child to sit on their lap who wasn't able to see? Then you suggest that the child could go to a different seat multiple rows behind from the dad and stand there for the entire recital?
Why didnât you move back a row and stand to seeâŚ
Better take a photo and post it online
Lol youâll be ok
Sit there and kick his seat all night
What's infuriating is clicking the link in my email to find the post removed by a moderator...
It appears to be fucking children's theater. Jeeze man, find something else to complain about...
Karen decides this is her moment to go Nacey Grace and expose the insanity of his lack of consideration for others.
Tell me your father didn't love you enough growing up without telling me. đ¤
This isn't that bad, she's basically at adult height. What's awful is when you're already standing at an event, and people put their child on their shoulders. Absolutely no way to see around them even if you tried. Fuck those people.
I hope you kicked his chair the whole time
Kids = problem
I feel like part of the blame goes to the seat incline. You can't see over the guy's head, let alone the girl's
Tell the people who work there not us
Oh no! A good dad!
Sit on his lap to show dominance
Op.
Seriously?
Been this dad. Zero shits given.
Yeah, seriously. If this were the Chicago Symphony it might be a problem. Â Community theater, stop being a tool OP.
It sounds like you could have also moved back a row and avoided this whole rant. This looks like a kids play and I am sure he (and other parents) were doing this to allow their kids to see over the adult heads in front of them.
The dad would actually obscure a wider area than the child
Why donât you sit in the childâs seat? Should be empty đ¤
The infuriating thing is the theater that has bad seats. She can't see if she sits by herself, and even if she wasn't there, he would still block part of your view.
Why is this man taking a photo of a child and her dad? Thatâs a bit weird dude
I donât go to movie theatres anymore because of all the ass*oles who think itâs their family room at home and talk with their friends or family members during the movie.
You could have moved to the row behind to get a higher view
Wait. So the row behind you was the last row and was empty meaning you wouldn't block anyone if you were to sit up either?.....
This sounds like a you problem.
The people in front of them are also blocking your view, lol. Either youâre just a struggling shortie or you took that photo from an angle that favors your post
I solve this problem by not showing up at the last minute and getting stuck with whatever seat is left.
He put his daughters happiness over yours. Good Dad right there.
And then you took a picture of their child like a fucking weirdo and posted it on the internet to bitch about what? How your child couldnât see because another child couldnât see? WtfâŚ
Yall dumb, as a father I cherish every second I get with my daughter. If she wants to sit on her dad's lap, so be it. That shit doesn't last forever
OP sounds like a fucking wanker
You deserve all the shit being tossed at you in the comments. If there's no one behind you, how about YOU stand up to watch the childrens' dance recital? Absolute clown shit complaining about this.
It was a puppet show for kids.
If this is a kids play, why isn't she allowed to be al the way up front with all the kids?
Just going to say the dude is slouching. He sits up straight and heâs the same height as the girl and much bigger head.
It looks like you will have your view blocked no matter what
All the people saying 'What they'd do...' yeah okay. He's clearly not giving a fuck. He's got his little girl with him. You lay a finger on that guy, he will indeed put his child on the seat, only so she is well out of the way as he turns round and beats your face so far down your neck you'll be looking out of your asshole for some considerable time afterwards.
Child hating Reddit strikes again
The seating for the theater sucks.
If the child sits down, then they cant see. He shoulda moved, but you easily couldve also
So instead of moving yourself you offered them to and got upset when they declined? Unless you paid for this exact seat who cares? This looks like a school/church theater lmao.
I think somebody is a bit uptight
Bunch of Karen's in here, this is clearly a kids show of some sort, at a tiny theater.
You should not have taken a sneaky picture of them
The child could standâŚwhy donât you stand instead?
exactly
Kid can't see shit and it's bad - but that should NOT be resolved at the expense of other viewers.
Maybe child canât see at their own height if just sitting on the seat on their own?
Iâm absolutely okay with this. Looks like dad is sinking down in his seat as well.
Complaining about children, at a children's recital. That's a new low.
Would you rather her be sitting in the seat and crying because she feels overwhelmed or needs to cuddle with Dad?
It's okay to get up and request a refund from the manager.