<p>This is a public service announcement with guitars....ok, just with words....</p>
<p>This is a bit of a strange question, but I was just curious.</p>
<p>We probably all have/had/will have classes in large lecture halls with stadium-type seating. So, I was wondering, how do you go about choosing where to sit withing the row? For example, do you people choose/prefer outside ends Vs the middle?</p>
<p>The reason I ask is that I want to know what the hell the logic is in choosing the outside seats, then giving people "the evil eye" when they ask to be excused so that they may sit in the middle.</p>
<p>**I would just like to take this opportunity to suggest that people take the middle seats first, and leave the outside seats for people to sit in as they arrive. That's just logical! It's easier on everyone.</p>
<p>So forget trying to reserve your seats for you buddies (you're a big boy/girl, you can survive without them for one class), hogging a seat for your bag, or taking the end seats because you think it means being able to be the first one out of the room at the end of class (doesn't help much).**</p>
<p>I hope it's not just my school, but that's my PSA.</p>
<p>Still taking the outside seat so doofuses don’t try to crawl over me to get out 10 minutes before class ends, thanks. How about getting to class on time and/or just saying ‘excuse me’?</p>
<p>I take the outside seat so that I can get up without having to climb over people, I prefer not to get boxed in. I don’t mind standing up so people can get by.</p>
<p>I choose an aisle seat whenever possible. Aisle seats are good because you will only have to sit next to one person maximum instead of possibly two, and sitting between two people sucks. No room to stretch out. Also, I don’t really like to wait around after lecture is over for other people on the ends to get up and leave.</p>
<p>Most people who get to classroom first do take the aisle seats. If you don’t like it, then oh well.</p>
<p>I like aisle seats. I have really long legs so it is uncomfortable to not be able to move them when you are stuck between 2 people. Just get there early to get the middle seat if you want it.</p>
<p>In most lectures, I get the front middle seat since I get there early. Easy to stretch out, usually already empty, and easy access when entering or exiting at a bad time. For one lecture, I avoid the front like the plague (awful class with a professor who dances all over the front row and yells way too loudly to sit near the speakers), so I try to get an aisle seat in the back. I’m perfectly fine moving for people.</p>
<p>I like my end seat, I get out first. I have no problem moving for people who need to get to the middle. Though if I have a friend in the class I prefer to sit next to them.</p>
<p>It’s a bit embarrassing to leave early from the middle if the Professor goes long and you have another class you need to get to. But unless that’s a risk I prefer the middle.</p>
<p>I prefer sitting in the middle seats so that I don’t have to sit next to anyone. I HATE having to sit next to people. If I sit in the aisle seats, people that come late are likely to choose the seat next to me. If I sit in the middle, it is highly unlikely that someone would come sit next to me. :]</p>
<p>Wow. What’s everyone’s problem with having someone sit next to them?</p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong. If there’s numerous empty seats I’m not going to pick the one seat in between two people, but having to sit next to someone really isn’t all that bothersome to me.</p>
<p>Haven’t you ever had someone annoying sit next to you? I have. Don’t get me wrong, most people are ok, but there are real jerks too. When you stay on the side, you’re reducing the probability of sitting next to an a-hole to 50% of what it would be if you sat in the middle of a full row. Basic arithmetic right there.</p>
<p>And also, you’ll have more space to stretch out, as a few posters have mentioned so far, but which you somehow missed. Common sense. More space > less space.</p>
<p>Way to be a snarky a hole panic. I didn’t miss anything. I asked why people have a problem with someone sitting next to someone, not why the choose the end, which you seemed to have mostly missed. I know full well why people choose the end, but since you mentioned it, when I sit in the middle, I have more space to “stretch out” because in my lectures, there’s more than enough seats for people to not sit next to someone.</p>
<p>You somehow appear to have no reading comprehension. Fancy that.</p>
<p>You asked why people had problems sitting next to others. I said that the other person you sit next to might be annoying. This has nothing to do with aisle seats. I just mentioned the aisle to explain that it would reduce the possibility of a problem.</p>
<p>You somehow appear to have no reading comprehension. Fancy that.</p>
<p>Aaaand you still missed where I said “mostly”. I knew you would. :B Unlike you, I can read and saw you mentioned the possibility of someone being annoying. Doesn’t negate the fact that you still went off insulting me for no reason, and for something that was irrelevant to my question.</p>
lol wut? You claimed that I “mostly missed” something, which I didn’t. “Mostly” or “partly” or anything. I didn’t miss anything AT ALL.</p>
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You CAN read, but not well. You probably did see that I mentioned a possibility, but you either forgot by the time you posted a response, or you just chose to ignore what I said. Which I then called you out on.</p>
<p>Just admit it. You’ve lost, and now you’re grasping at straws, looking for any meaningless word in this thread that will help you to not look like an idiot. No one’s fooled. Just like no one cares about your opinion on seating arrangements or your inappropriate (and a-hole-ish) use of smilies. Good day.</p>
I didn’t miss anything. I asked why people have a problem with someone sitting next to someone, not why the choose the end, which you seemed to have mostly missed. I know full well why people choose the end, but since you mentioned it, when I sit in the middle, I have more space to “stretch out” because in my lectures, there’s more than enough seats for people to not sit next to someone.</p>