Section 1 row 8 seats 3 and 4

[PTPer]

My daughter and son-in-law were given tickets to the Purdue-Vanderbilt game at Mackey. They were given to them by his seed dealer. When they arrived at the arena it was 30-40 minutes before tip off. There were some people sitting in their seats talking to others in the area so they sat in these seats (3 and 4) while they waited for the people talking to move to their seats. ln the meantime an older couple arrived and got very rude with my daughter and son-in-law and kept insisting very loud that they get out of their seats. They wouldn't listen to any explanation and kept yelling about them being in their seats. Total douche bags! And it was still 20-30 minutes before game time.

I hope most patrons to Mackey Arena are not like these two. Shows you how something like this can ruin it for somebody at a sporting event.

 

[Casey and his Brother]

Sewing the seeds of love...

 

[FirstDownB]

I'm afraid there are plenty of them out there. There are some in every crowd. I had a similar experience attending a freaking exhibition game against AIA about 15 years ago during warm ups when the arena was about 1/4 full.

 

[GemstateBoiler]

Is your son-in-law's name Jack? Did they give the family cow for those seeds? The older couple shouldn't have to kick someone out of their seats due to the domino effect. It might have ruined their day too, you think?

 

[euchre13]

Is your son-in-law's name Jack? Did they give the family cow for those seeds? The older couple shouldn't have to kick someone out of their seats due to the domino effect. It might have ruined their day too, you think?

If somebody sitting in your seat, whether intentionally or accidentally, ruins your day then you should stay in your house. People make mistakes on seats, sections, etc. Just say "hey, I think these are my seats". Shocked this is even debatable.

 

[Ross Mackey]

My daughter and son-in-law were given tickets to the Purdue-Vanderbilt game at Mackey. They were given to them by his seed dealer. When they arrived at the arena it was 30-40 minutes before tip off. There were some people sitting in their seats talking to others in the area so they sat in these seats (3 and 4) while they waited for the people talking to move to their seats. ln the meantime an older couple arrived and got very rude with my daughter and son-in-law and kept insisting very loud that they get out of their seats. They wouldn't listen to any explanation and kept yelling about them being in their seats. Total douche bags! And it was still 20-30 minutes before game time.

I hope most patrons to Mackey Arena are not like these two. Shows you how something like this can ruin it for somebody at a sporting event.

So your daughter was pissed that someone asked her to sit where she was SUPPOSED to sit??

OMG what azzholes!!

 

[euchre13]

So your daughter was pissed that someone asked her to sit where she was SUPPOSED to sit??

OMG what azzholes!!

He said they yelled for them to sit in the seats she was supposed to sit at. All the words matter.

 

[70boiler]

Were it me, I likely would have put my butt in somebody else's seat for a while... but I don't quite understand why the older couple would have been required to have "kept insisting" that your daughter and son-in-law get up. Why didn't your kids just stand up and say "sorry" as they moved?

 

[boilers08]

So your daughter was pissed that someone asked her to sit where she was SUPPOSED to sit??

OMG what azzholes!!

Don't want to argue -- but did you even read the message? Come on, man.

 

[GemstateBoiler]

He said they yelled for them to sit in the seats she was supposed to sit at. All the words matter.

Yeah and it's his first post here on a night when we win. Strange and I don't buy it. He wasn't there so maybe yelling was discussing. And maybe older means 80 years old or 25, who knows. It's all second fiddle and hearsay. Unless I hear the other side's views, I'm not "shocked" at all. That's an extreme emotion for an whiney post that is only alleged.

 

[TC4THREE]

I have little patience for people sitting in my seat. If someone is sitting in my seat then I either force them to move or sit in someone else's seat and create the same problem for another person. Meanwhile nobody knows when/if their seat is actually going to open up.

It's not hard. Sit where you're supposed to and then the problem is solved for everyone. It boggles my mind that someone was so upset that they were asked to sit in their own seats. Frankly, the older couple should have just got an usher to move them out.

 

[Ross Mackey]

Don't want to argue -- but did you even read the message? Come on, man.

I read it, and I have one simple question: even if the older couple were less than gracious about it, why in the hell should THEY have to be inconvenienced because the daughter and son lacked the courage to claim their assigned seats??

 

[threeeputtt]

That far in advance timewise there must have been 12,000 other seats to move to by either party that were close. End of discussion.

 

[euchre13]

I have little patience for people sitting in my seat. If someone is sitting in my seat then I either force them to move or sit in someone else's seat and create the same problem for another person. Meanwhile nobody knows when/if their seat is actually going to open up.

It's not hard. Sit where you're supposed to and then the problem is solved for everyone. It boggles my mind that someone was so upset that they were asked to sit in their own seats. Frankly, the older couple should have just got an usher to move them out.

Dude, respectfully, we obviously read two different posts.

 

[euchre13]

I read it, and I have one simple question: even if the older couple were less than gracious about it, why in the hell should THEY have to be inconvenienced because the daughter and son lacked the courage to claim their assigned seats??

Inconvenienced by saying "these are my seats". Oh the humanity..... Jesus we have become a land of wusses

 

[mathboy]

I have little patience for people sitting in my seat. If someone is sitting in my seat then I either force them to move or sit in someone else's seat and create the same problem for another person. Meanwhile nobody knows when/if their seat is actually going to open up.

It's not hard. Sit where you're supposed to and then the problem is solved for everyone. It boggles my mind that someone was so upset that they were asked to sit in their own seats. Frankly, the older couple should have just got an usher to move them out.

An usher could have assisted the young couple that hesitated to sit where their tickets said they should. They were being polite, I guess, but they were not doing what they should have done. They should have moved to their seats and interrupted the conversation. Had they sat where they were supposed to, they might have become engaged in the conversation as well.

Seems an odd thing to be the first thing you post on this board. We usually talk basketball, not seating etiquette on this board.

 

[TC4THREE]

Dude, respectfully, we obviously read two different posts.

I just read it again and stand by what I wrote so yea I guess we did read it differently.

 

[GodFamilyCountryPurdue]

My daughter and son-in-law were given tickets to the Purdue-Vanderbilt game at Mackey. They were given to them by his seed dealer. When they arrived at the arena it was 30-40 minutes before tip off. There were some people sitting in their seats talking to others in the area so they sat in these seats (3 and 4) while they waited for the people talking to move to their seats. ln the meantime an older couple arrived and got very rude with my daughter and son-in-law and kept insisting very loud that they get out of their seats. They wouldn't listen to any explanation and kept yelling about them being in their seats. Total douche bags! And it was still 20-30 minutes before game time.

I hope most patrons to Mackey Arena are not like these two. Shows you how something like this can ruin it for somebody at a sporting event.

So, the older couple are the rude ones for wanting to sit in their own seats? I don't care how much time until the game starts, when I get to my seat I'm sitting in it. If somebody is in it, I kindly let them know they are in my seat. If they don't move, then they are the selfish rude jerks.

 

[FirstDownB]

Meh. Either party who would use something so trivial to escalate from civility to an altercation needs to chill and learn to be a bit more social. Did you all seriously sit in your assigned seats in Ross Ade this year when it was 1/3 full? But yeah, keep your eyes out for the rightful owners and get your butt out of dodge when they show up.

 

[70boiler]

No but I wasn't ponying up the dough for seats 1-8-3,4 or I might have.

 

[euchre13]

So, the older couple are the rude ones for wanting to sit in their own seats? I don't care how much time until the game starts, when I get to my seat I'm sitting in it. If somebody is in it, I kindly let them know they are in my seat. If they don't move, then they are the selfish rude jerks.

"If they didn't move". This is the part you guys defending the old couple are reading in the post that I didn't read. Couple sits in wrong seats. Couple comes down yelling "get out of my seats". People are doing that and explaining "we just sat here because....." Old people: "I don't care, bla bla bla".

If they refused to move or told the ppl to sit elsewhere, even if temporary, that's utter BS. That's not what I pictured reading it though.

 

[GodFamilyCountryPurdue]

Meh. Either party who would use something so trivial to escalate from civility to an altercation needs to chill and learn to be a bit more social. Did you all seriously sit in your assigned seats in Ross Ade this year when it was 1/3 full?

Yes. Why not sit where you're supposed to? I like to get to my seat and get settled in. It would be annoying to do that multiple times a game because you keep taking someone else's seat. Manners mean nothing anymore.

 

[TC4THREE]

Meh. Either party who would use something so trivial to escalate from civility to an altercation needs to chill and learn to be a bit more social. Did you all seriously sit in your assigned seats in Ross Ade this year when it was 1/3 full?

Then it should be no problem for the person in the wrong seats to go find somewhere else to sit.

 

[GodFamilyCountryPurdue]

"If they didn't move". This is the part you guys defending the old couple are reading in the post that I didn't read. Couple sits in wrong seats. Couple comes down yelling "get out of my seats". People are doing that and explaining "we just sat here because....." Old people: "I don't care, bla bla bla".

If they refused to move or told the ppl to sit elsewhere, even if temporary, that's utter BS. That's not what I pictured reading it though.

The op said the older couple kept insisting. That means they had to ask several times. They said the the older couple wouldn't listen to any of the explanations. That means the requests were met with refusal(S) to move. As soon as someone says you're in their seat you move. End of story. Period.

 

[GemstateBoiler]

"If they didn't move". This is the part you guys defending the old couple are reading in the post that I didn't read. Couple sits in wrong seats. Couple comes down yelling "get out of my seats". People are doing that and explaining "we just sat here because....." Old people: "I don't care, bla bla bla".

If they refused to move or told the ppl to sit elsewhere, even if temporary, that's utter BS. That's not what I pictured reading it though.

I think it's obviously the movie version. I want to read the book first and then decide

 

[70boiler]

Interesting that PTPer has never posted again to clarify the situation...

 

[euchre13]

The op said the older couple kept insisting. That means they had to ask several times. They said the the older couple wouldn't listen to any of the explanations. That means the requests were met with refusal(S) to move. As soon as someone says you're in their seat you move. End of story. Period.

What's ironic is that I so agree with you without exception "as soon as someone says you're in your seats you move" that I assume that happened here. I assume the people were doing just that and the people just kept going on and on about it, even after the people had moved (likely 10 feet away in their real seats). I didn't even consider the possibility that didn't happen here.

 

[euchre13]

Interesting that PTPer has never posted again to clarify the situation...

I got the sense the OP came here to vent a story about Purdue as opposed to troll Purdue. Gift tickets/first post. Not a regular. Someone looing for a forum.

 

[FirstDownB]

Then it should be no problem for the person in the wrong seats to go find somewhere else to sit.

Yep. I took it to mean they started berating as the younger couple began to get up, but could see it the other way to if they didn't get up and move right away. Who knows the real story. Actually.. Who cares.

 

[TC4THREE]

"If they didn't move". This is the part you guys defending the old couple are reading in the post that I didn't read. Couple sits in wrong seats. Couple comes down yelling "get out of my seats". People are doing that and explaining "we just sat here because....." Old people: "I don't care, bla bla bla".

If they refused to move or told the ppl to sit elsewhere, even if temporary, that's utter BS. That's not what I pictured reading it though.

Would not handle it as they described the older couple did but I don't disagree with their frustration and from what I read the situation sounded like a prolonged nuisance for the older couple to keep harping on it.

Should be a simple conversation. I walk to my seat and if someone else is sitting there I show them my ticket and tell them they are in my seat and I need them to move. Any response to that other than the person leaving my seat isn't sufficient. I don't care that someone is in their seat. They need to deal with that however they see fit but they don't need to make their problem mine and force me to make my problem someone else's problem.

 

[Ross Mackey]

Then it should be no problem for the person in the wrong seats to go find somewhere else to sit.

Bingo . The onus is on the daughter to claim their proper seats, rather than getting all butthurt because someone else wants to sit in their assigned seats...if it was so long before game time, why wouldn't the daughter simply move along rather than have to be told repeatedly to move the eff out???

 

[threeeputtt]

Interesting that PTPer has never posted again to clarify the situation...

The poster is laughing at all of you. Has to be a jokester. 1st post joined 14 years ago?

 

[GemstateBoiler]

The poster is laughing at all of you. Has to be a jokester. 1st post joined 14 years ago?

It's like Cialis. He's been waiting for that "right moment" to make a post out of nothing. 14 years? Poor guy.

 

[Purdue Grad in Texas]

It's like Cialis. He's been waiting for that "right moment" to make a post out of nothing. 14 years? Poor guy.

Had to go off in his hands then, Gem.

 

[70boiler]

Had to go off in his hands then, Gem.

But it was still good for him

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Then it should be no problem for the person in the wrong seats to go find somewhere else to sit.

I was at that game. It was packed to the rafters, and a couple of college aged guys were in our seats when we got to them. I politely showed them our tickets, and they went elsewhere. If they had done anything other than that, I would have summoned the usher to escort them out.

 

[CoBo]

My daughter and son-in-law were given tickets to the Purdue-Vanderbilt game at Mackey. They were given to them by his seed dealer. When they arrived at the arena it was 30-40 minutes before tip off. There were some people sitting in their seats talking to others in the area so they sat in these seats (3 and 4) while they waited for the people talking to move to their seats. ln the meantime an older couple arrived and got very rude with my daughter and son-in-law and kept insisting very loud that they get out of their seats. They wouldn't listen to any explanation and kept yelling about them being in their seats. Total douche bags! And it was still 20-30 minutes before game time.

I hope most patrons to Mackey Arena are not like these two. Shows you how something like this can ruin it for somebody at a sporting event.

tl;dr

 

[BBG]

Interesting that PTPer has never posted again to clarify the situation...

Looking at his/her profile, they created that account in 2001 and this is their first post.

Yeah this has shenanigans written all over it.

 

[punaj]

Looking at his/her profile, they created that account in 2001 and this is their first post.

Yeah this has shenanigans written all over it.

I am not disagreeing with you, but when I post on other Rivals boards with my account they start my post count back at zero. Not sure if this happens to everyone, but ever since Rivals changed message board software this happens to me. Again, that said, this is a troll from another board just trying to start something that probably never even happened.

 

[Frankie611]

This happened to me once. We showed up right after the tip and someone was sitting in our seats. The row in front of us had like 6 empty seats so we just sat down. Why throw the entire section in disorder when it was my fault we were late? At half time some dbag old man shows up starts heading up the steps yelling "nope! nope!" and waving his arms. He gets up to where we were at and tells us we are in his seat. We slide down and he demands to see my ticket. I declined to show him and instead turned around and told the guys behind us that they were in my seats and needed to move. They did, and started a chain reaction in the section of people moving...at the start of the second half mind you. All the while there were three empty seats next to this guy and he continued bitching at me for about 10 minutes because I was sitting in seats I didn't pay for. I was literally in the seats directly in front of mine and about 10 f*cking rows from the top. Yeah dude, you caught me trying to score some great seats!

The moral of the story is that there are lots of morons at sporting events who think their ticket entitles them to be a belligerent ass to players and other fans for 2-3 hours. If the story the op told is real, it wouldn't surprise me if the old people continued bitching after they had moved.