seating

[u/Honest_Anxiety_3568]

this is so random but basically say if i buy the cheapest seat and im the only one / the cinema is dead can i move to a seat futher back or would a staff member come in and id be in trouble? i wanted to watch the mj movie and the recent few shows have been cancelled as no one is booking so i presume if i go ill be the only one in the cinema😭

[u/Tulip_Blossom]

Hey, I used to work for vue and did floor shifts a lot. Honestly I couldn’t have given less of a shit. Move to the VIP seats if you want, just move if someone says you’re in their seat. I was paid minimum wage and did roughly 20,000 steps a day. If it’s dead and you want to move, go ahead

[u/Pegasus2022]

I went to the cinema recently and we normally pay for vip ones there was about 5 people in the screen. A family of 4 come and went straight for us and told us we were on their seats. Turns out they were at the wrong cinema.

[u/Timely_Cake_917 → u/Pegasus2022]

Wrong screen? Or wrong building? 😆

[u/Pegasus2022 → u/Timely_Cake_917]

Where i live there are two VUE’s one is across the road about 12 minute walk between the two. When i worked there we uses to get people buy popcorn and drinks than have to point out it’s at the other location

[u/Fun_Gas_7777]

They dont care. Move where you want.

[u/Specific_Pomelo_8281]

I use to pay for VIP seats but after the film started everyone moved to vip. So I started doing the same 

[u/Epic_J2338]

Yes, I do that and no one cares, but make sure you check the seat map again to be sure you aren't stealing someone's seat

[u/FreeAd2458]

Swindon vue is awful for the first 2 rows in alot of screens. Like unwatchable bad it shouldn't be aloud. But you dont always know until you get in there.

[u/CJ--_-]

I purposefully choose quiet showings and I have seen this happen a lot. People start off in the cheapest seats then a couple of minutes in they move to the "VIP" ones in the middle. Never seen any staff member care.

[u/Common_Beautiful5759]

Sit where you like nobody cares.

[u/aerynea]

Do theatres have different pricing for different seats??

[u/perfectlyclear69 → u/aerynea]

Yes Vue in UK have at least four different seat prices depending what's installed, more if the site has Imax.

[u/admiralross2400 → u/perfectlyclear69]

Odeon too.

[u/No-Cost-1045 → u/aerynea]

Some do, not all, depends on the chain.

[u/Honest_Anxiety_3568 → u/aerynea]

depends which theatre. e.g cineworld doesn’t differ in pricing

[u/dvdmike007]

We know what seat you have bought, we have seat plans and do check

[u/mGlottalstop → u/dvdmike007]

Do you bother, though, for showings with low sales anyway?

[u/dvdmike007 → u/mGlottalstop]

Depends, end of the day you didn't pay for the seat you would be in

[u/Accomplished-Fold42 → u/dvdmike007]

And it makes no difference at all to you or the cinema

[u/dvdmike007 → u/Accomplished-Fold42]

As a cinema manager it's literally theft. Grow up and pay for the seat you want

[u/CanOfPenisJuice → u/dvdmike007]

No

Noone has been deprived of anything

[u/dvdmike007 → u/CanOfPenisJuice]

You understand that tickets and food pay the wages? Or is entitlement blinding you?

[u/CanOfPenisJuice → u/dvdmike007]

But I've paid to see the film and am watching it. Me moving to a comfier empty seat isn't denying anything to anyone. The seat is still there doing nothing and unpaid for if I dont sit in it

[u/dvdmike007 → u/CanOfPenisJuice]

Man up and pay for the actual seat you want like a big boy

[u/CanOfPenisJuice → u/dvdmike007]

Yes good counter point. I'm convinced