People love how this manager dealt with a cinema goer who refused to sit in his seat

Possibly it’s just because we’re getting older, but going to the cinema feels like a more irritating experience than it used to be.

People seem to talk more – and eat more – than they used to, and don’t even start us on the glow of mobile phones all over the place.

But we’ve not come across someone quite as irritating as this, a guy who point blank refused to sit in the seat he’d paid for.

And we mention it not just because he comes across as the world’s biggest ball ache, but because of the way the manager helped defuse the situation.

It went viral in the corner of Reddit called ‘There was an attempt …’ after it was shared by VariousBasket125.

To sit in the seat she paid for
by u/VariousBasket125 in therewasanattempt

Cor dear.

And here are our favourite things people said about it.

‘That woman is a perfect example of how gentle parenting works.’
thatgirlfromthething

‘I will not return to your thee-ay-tor!

‘Ok thanks I appreciate that.’
MisterDecember

‘That guy 100% needs an old fashioned ass whoopin.’
Ambitious-Buck-614

‘I hereby pledge to go to any theater that bans this guy.’
Badhuiroth

‘Didn’t he learn anything the first 3 times he saw Barbie?’
Gtstricky

‘They did a good job de-escalating. By the time it was over he was calm and seemed to almost think it was his idea to leave.’
Electric-Wallaby

‘Can you imagine how many fewer arrests and brutality events there would be if the first thing any crisis personnel asked was “do you want a snack?”
Electric-Wallaby

Source Reddit u/VariousBasket125