'Arrogant dad made incredible five-word demand when I took my daughter to the cinema'

'Arrogant dad made incredible five-word demand when I took my daughter to the cinema' The astonishing demand left the parent furious. "I can't believe I have to deal with this nonsense and I am not going to be bullied in front of my daughter," they said. Taking a trip to the cinema is easier than ever these days. Once upon a time you had to check the local newspaper for showing times, or pop by the cinema itself to find out when the movie you wanted to see was on, and then queue up at the box office and hope tickets didn't sell out. Or you could ring the cinema to check times and book tickets, but this was often more trouble than it was worth, and could end up landing you with a hefty phone bill on top of the cost of the ticket. These days it's simple - you can check showing times easily online, and book the tickets there and then if you like, cutting out the queues and the risk of missing out. Another big change older film fans will have seen is allocated seating. These days most cinemas allocate a specific seat with each ticket, and usually allow customers to choose where they want to sit when the book, as long as someone hasn't booked it already. But this was less common in years past, and especially before the dawn of the major multiplex chains we see in towns and cities around the UK today. In many cases, the cinemas would sell as many tickets for a screen as there were seats, leaving it to customers to pick where to sit for themselves, similar to a bus. And it was apparently this which led to a bizarre incident. Writing on Reddit, a parent revealed a strange episode that occurred when they took their daughter to the cinema, only for another film-goer to make a truly baffling demand, reports the Irish Mirror. Explaining what happened, they said it was "a story from many years ago, before seat allocation in movie theatres". "I arrived at the cinema early with my school-aged daughter to see one of The Lord of the Rings movies," they said. "We picked the best seats, up towards the back and in the centre. The cinema was not very full, with whole rows empty. Usually you do not really interact with strangers at the cinema, everyone tends to be quite respectful. "In comes [a] group of two dads with about four children in tow. Entitled dad asks 'Can you both move so we can sit there?' Not an 'excuse me', or 'please' or any reasoning. "I reply, 'No'. He continues rather more aggressively, 'You can sit somewhere else'. "Not sure what this guy's issue was. I reply again, 'No I arrived here early to get good seats'. I can't believe I have to deal with this nonsense and I am not going to be bullied in front of my daughter. "The guy looks like he is about to have a fit when his friend starts physically pulling him away and placating him. At least one of them was a reasonable fellow, though no apology for the rude behaviour. Luckily that was the end of it." Fellow Reddit users praised the parent for refusing to back down, while others shared similar stories. One said: "I’ve had that happen before. Some lady asked us to move over so her kids could sit there. That would’ve put me behind a tall guy. I said no, we came early to pick out our seats so that wasn’t happening." Another said: "Probably the same guy that walks into a shop that has a line and walks right up to the front of the line expecting to be checked out right then and there. "My bet is this guy grew up being given anything and everything by his parents, never taught how to respect others but basically shown that you're better than others and entitled to whatever you want, whenever you want. It's only a matter of time until he makes the mistake of demanding something from the wrong person... and I'm just gonna leave it at that." And someone else said simply: "The guy was just trying to bully you to get what he wanted - first come, first served, and he was not first."