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Re: Saving Seats Epidemic
I have to admit, I'm probably a seat-saver's worst nightmare.
I run back and forth from the pits to the stands to watch our matches and then help in the pits. As a result, I never go all the way up to where our kids and mentors sit. At champs, I routinely walked up to a row of seats along the rim (the single row up against the railing), MOVED people's stuff from the seats, and sat in them. I got a couple 'how dare you' looks, but no one got up the courage to say something.
Sorry, but if there isn't a body it in, then it's there to be used for someone else. If someone came back to sit, I'd move immediately. So far - it's never happened. Not once.
I suspect the problem is that people are usually too passive to say something. Come in. Sit where you can. If you see a team hoarding 4 rows when they only appear to need two, then simply go and talk to them. If they claim they are saving, quote the rule, and ask gently if they will please move their things so other people can have room to sit.
At that point, there is nothing more that you can do. That is the gracious and professional path, even if it is the hard one where you may find some push back.
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