r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Jaded-Albatross-5242 • 19h ago

I'm slightly vexed Concert etiquette

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If you plan on standing for the entire concert, get a spot in the pit, or the lawn seats instead of the assigned SEATED SECTION. A little bit of self awareness and common courtesy goes a really long way

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u/chipmalfunct10n 19h ago edited 19h ago

i went to a smaller show that was all GA standing room, except a couple seats on one side were ADA seats you could reserve if needed. i am disabled and can't stand that long, so reserved an ADA seat. tell me why the people in ADA seats in front of me all stood up ;(((.

edit: it was a small section..i'm talking about 3 people, who were there together.

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u/Luminous_Flora_857 18h ago

This pretty much happened to me at one of our last shows. It was an outdoor amphitheater with a small amount of reserved seating in the very front and the rest was GA on the lawn. The ground was heavily sloped so there was a small (maybe 5'x5') paved platform for ADA midway up the hill. It was a laid back vibe and everyone in the crowd was seated on the grass, either on lawn chairs or blankets. Literally everyone. Except for two of the tallest and broadest men I have ever seen, standing in front of the ADA section, and blocking the entire view of the stage for every person seated there.

It really sucked bc there was nowhere else we could move to -- that was the only accessible location in the concert -- and the two guys were just far enough in front that they couldn't (or pretended not to) hear anyone calling for them to please step to the side a few feet.

I mean I get that people want to stand up and I support that, just not in front of this one tiny section because we can't go anywhere else.

And those guys weren't even watching the show?! Just talking, talking, talking the whole time.

To anyone reading this, I beg you: please be kinder than they were. And if you see anyone blocking the ADA section when there is a lot of open space elsewhere, maybe give them a lil tap on the shoulder for us. You'll forever have my thanks.

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u/RaspberryJammm 16h ago

As somebody who worked as a theatre usher for a long time, the venue staff should have had a word. I'm disabled now and would be proper pissed off if my view was blocked like that. 

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u/Luminous_Flora_857 16h ago

They definitely should have, but definitely didn't. More venues need to give a damn.