Big_Hitter
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You alone have over 10% of the post in this thread
that was the point
You alone have over 10% of the post in this thread
I totally agree and have no idea why people do it.Wow, this really sounds like fun! I think I will continue to go to Lake Washington where although the water is kind of cold, at least the people lie down on their own beach towels and I have never heard an argument in all the years I have gone there.
Mass travel seems more and more like an expensive heavily marketed torture.
Ha
... But, our society is FULL of narcissistic ass clowns so these things happen day in and day out. Don't believe me? Just look how many cars aren't parked within the lines at your local store. It takes very little effort to park a car correctly, but it's becoming a lost art.
...It was obvious that they were not happy with us and they kept pointing at us, and at one point the female of the couple walked by and said "Karma is a [b-word]."...
I think a proper response here might be, "So, Karma, do you always refer to yourself in the third person?"
Check the hotel's policy. Then follow the policy. If the hotel frowns on "saving" chairs, take one and tell the offended people to complain to mgmt.
These situations, (like watching people cut into a line in front of you), require a certain amount of willingness to confront people. Some of us will and some of us won't. The "wills" usually come across as jerks (but get satisfaction!). The "won'ts" usually stew about it, (and may have heart attacks). I have done both, and now days, usually just walk away and enjoy the sunset instead. Guess I am mellowing out as I age.....
It seems that the number of available beach lounge chairs is less than the total number of guests, so they are in high demand, especially during the first half of the day until people start to leave the beach in the afternoon. So some people get up early in the morning as soon as the chairs are unlocked and "save" chairs by moving a couple of chairs to a designated area of the beach and putting a towel or some of their stuff on and around the chairs to make it appear as if they are using the chairs, and then they go back to the hotel and do whatever...take a nap, have breakfast, go shopping...and then come back sometime later, possible midday to use the chairs.
... as for ending up in jail, that's a place where lots of other people will touch your things (or, so I hear)...
Brings up a semi-related subject. I have heard that Southwest Airlines does NOT have an official policy on savings seats when boarding and thus they DO allow people to do that. So if you are in the "A" boarding group you can save seats for people in the "C" boarding group and everybody in between just has to pass those nice seats by. A few people on this thread would probably be throwing blows on the plane... on their way to a vacation fighting about beach chairs. Lol.
I haven't read the entire thread but it does raise the question of "reserving" in other situations. For example:
- Folks who go out early to set up their chairs/canopies at "prime" spots on the beach, even if they will not be back for hours. fair?
- People standing in front of a parking space in a crowded parking lot to reserve it for someone who is 10-30 minutes away. Fair?
- On Southwest, someone in the "A" boarding group getting on and saving a window/aisle/emergency root seat for a family member/friend in the "C" group. Fair?
At "open seating" events such as graduations, people getting their early to reserve large blocks of seats for their group. Fair?
I guess one can choose to get all wrapped up in this... I just try to go with the flow. Much less stress.
What if she had placed her purse on the seat next to her to "save" it for her husband and she refuses to move the purse even after you asked her to, what would you do then?If someone tries to "save" a seat on southwest that I want to sit in I just sit in it.
That's specifically not allowed.
First row: "who's sitting there" "my husband" "has he boarded" "no" "that's too bad; do you want the window or aisle seat?"
What if she had placed her purse on the seat next to her to "save" it for her husband and she refuses to move the purse even after you asked her to, what would you do then?
call a flight attendant - SWA has a very strict "first come, first served" seating policy
No they don't. They allow people to save seats and expect passengers to resolve conflicts between themselves. The attendant will not interfere. This is well documented.
Even though they sell early boarding privileges, they allow passengers to game the system. Not good.