People who stay standing at seated concerts
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Anonymous
| Ever go to a concert in a theater-type venue where 99% of the audience sits but there is one person or a couple who stay standing the whole time? Not just for the opening song or a big hit and not even dancing, just standing. What is that about? What are they like in real life? Oblivious? Self involved? Are they the same person who yells “get in the hole” at golf tournaments? |
Anonymous
Gee, grandma, I don’t know . . . |
Anonymous
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I'm a stander (and dancer). I try to be conscious about choosing seats where I won't be a disruption- I get floor standing room only when I can.
I am the 33yo mom of two toddlers with a demanding career drinking beer and pretending to be carefree for a night. |
Anonymous
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This happens at sports events also. It is so annoying.
And I admit, I just don’t have the guts to ask people to please sit down every time. I do sometimes, but I don’t like that I have to- why can’t they just sit down after cheering for that big touchdown? |
Anonymous
| Nope. I’m often the opposite. I had a knee issue. I splurged for very good seats for a concert at the Kennedy Center. One of the artists decided that he wanted to rock out. He asked people in the upper levels to come down to the floor, and people in the orchestra seats to stand. They did. So the seat that I had picked specifically to be able to watch the fingers of the guitarists was surrounded by towering people who never sat down. Rock on! |
Anonymous
| I don’t think I’ve ever been to a concert where people stayed in their seats. What kind of music? |
Anonymous
I'm glad you posted. People tend to forget, if they ever bothered to realize in the first place, that not everyone around them is able to stand for the whole damn concert or a chunk of it. They also assume, I think, that "anyone with a problem will buy a ticket for a handicapped seat/be in a wheelchair space" etc. There really is zero consideration that someone who doesn't look "handicapped" might actually not be able to stand and rock out. I appreciate people like the earlier PP who said she tries to book seats where she can stand but not be in others' way. |
Anonymous
Ever been to a symphony? |
Anonymous
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Yes, this is a weird effect of holding rock (or whatever) concerts in theaters. If the artist wants people to stand and dance, they need to book venues that are for that. Theater seating should mean a seated audience.
There's always somebody near me who asks the standers to sit down. The standers either ignore, or respond that it's a concert so standing is fine. So to reassure PP who doesn't have the guts to ask: it doesn't matter. |
Anonymous
| This happened to me at Capital One Arena. I huge person was seated in front of me and stood the entire time. I asked her to sit and she said she couldn't fit in the seat and would be standing the whole time. So frustrating. I'm 5'2 too it can sometimes be hard to see even if the person in front of me is seated depending on how tall they are. |
Anonymous
| What about when someone has another person on thier shoulders for an extended period of time on floor or lawn seats. So annoying! |
Anonymous
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Oh, yikes. Hi--it's me, I'm the problem it's me.
I stand at all concerts I go to. Stand and dance. I love it. |
Anonymous
| I don’t think there’s a solution to this at concerts. People should be allowed to sit or stand, but everyone wants to see. |
Anonymous
So, you don't ever consider the person behind you? |
Anonymous
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How about this one. Once at a concert I had floor seats and was fine to stand but someone a couple rows up held up a sign for nearly the entire show blocking the view of everyone several rows behind her. Refused to not hold it up.
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