A bold family stole four people's theatre seats while they were buying drinks - but karma swiftly kicked in. Spotting their opportunity, they were caught slyly removing the strangers' coats and settling themselves in before things became heated, the Mirror reports.
The incident took place at the back of a small theatre during a production of Beauty and the Beast. The stolen seats were right at the back, near the bar and as the section was not assigned seating, people could technically sit wherever they wanted.
Another audience member took to Reddit's Entitled People forum as they described how they watched the drama unfold. In a post, they wrote: "So, me and my friend went to see a play at a small theatre (Beauty and the Beast, loads of fun), we got the tickets late so ended up at the absolute tippity-top of the place, but right next to the bar so no problem.
"During intermission, my friend went to the bar and I stayed to watch our seats (this section is not assigned seating). So I'm looking back over my shoulder in anticipation of her coming back, when I see a family of four approach four kinda empty seats.
"I only say kinda empty because the previous occupants had left their jackets over their chairs to reserve them. This isn't a rule, but where I'm from, it is generally respected, if there's a coat on the chair it's occupied - find another."
The family then 'ignored etiquette and gathered up the other family's belongings and dumped them on an empty chair in the row in front'. The anonymous storyteller continued: "So now I'm glued to this, how are next family going to react?
"I wasn't close enough to hear anything, but the previous occupants came back, another family of four, and things get heated, I could see the parents of newly seated family pointing aggressively and their mouths moving fast. They're not giving the seats up."
The furious family eventually walked away and returned with a member of staff who seated them inside 'one of those fancy boxes that sit right next to the stage, the ones that usually seat famous/important people.'
The writer continued: "I look back to entitled family, the mood is visibly ruined. I'm just sitting there buzzing off the contact high of witnessing such a satisfying moment of karma."
Amused Reddit users flocked to the comments with many praising the staff for their actions. One Person replied: "Saintly theatre workers doling out karma to entitled a**holes everywhere, love it!"
Another wrote: "I hate the idea of strangers moving my jacket in case I left something in the pocket and it falls out when they carelessly toss it on another theatre seat."
A third joked: "Theatres should have a 'revenge box' for things like this and during intermission/right before the bow and it’s announced who got to sit in the revenge box and why."
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