They said: “So, me and my friend went to see a play at a small theatre (Beauty and the Beast, loads of fun), we got the tickets late so ended up at the absolute tippity-top of the place, but right next to the bar so no problem. [sic]
“During intermission, my friend went to the bar and I stayed to watch our seats (this section is not assigned seating). So I’m looking back over my shoulder in anticipation of her coming back when I see a family of four approach four kinda empty seats.”
I only say kinda empty because the previous occupants had left their jackets over their chairs to reserve them. This isn’t a rule, but where I’m from, it is generally respected, if there’s a coat on the chair it’s occupied – find another. [sic]”
They added that the new family “ignored etiquette and gathered up the other family’s belongings and dumped them on an empty chair in the row in front”.
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From here the plot thickened, and the user added that after the move they were “glued” to the incident and became very interested in how the next family would react.
They said: “I wasn’t close enough to hear anything, but the previous occupants came back, another family of four, and things get heated.
“I could see the parents of the newly seated family pointing aggressively and their mouths moving fast. They’re not giving the seats up.”
After a further exchange of words, the family reportedly walked away and came back with a member of staff before leaving.
Although it appeared the family who had taken the seats had won, they were in fact about to find out how much they’d lost.
The Reddit user wrote: “They keep walking and disappear out another door, only to reappear a few seconds later inside one of those fancy boxes that sit right next to the stage, the ones that usually seat famous/important people.
“I look back to the entitled family, the mood is visibly ruined. I’m just sitting there buzzing off the contact high of witnessing such a satisfying moment of karma.”
The story received dozens of replies on Reddit, with many praising the staff for how they handled the situation.
One user wrote: “Saintly theatre workers doling out karma to entitled a**holes everywhere, love it!”
Another said: “I hate the idea of strangers moving my jacket in case I left something in the pocket and it falls out when they carelessly toss it on another theatre seat.”
Another said: “Theatres should have a ‘revenge box’ for things like this and during intermission/right before the bow and it’s announced who got to sit in the revenge box and why.”
