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[akule76]

hi there! hehe yes, that i think is acceptable. but it is weird when a stranger comes up to you and says, "that's my seat," and there's noone else around you and the church is completely empty... how about among friends? if there are, say, 4 seats, but there are 5 friends, is it alright for the friend without a seat to take somebody else's seat after they've been gone for a long time? i hope this doesn't become a problem among friends, because friends should share seats instead of hogging them... hehe. having a seat reserved by someone else is perhaps more acceptable than claiming a seat is your own, especially if you have no proof. either way, hope it doesn't happen much to me! lol ^_^

[lamarr3]

In church huh? Well, you can ask that person back "Did you buy this seat?", or "I don't see your name written on this seat", or better "Does God send you this seat?". Then go see the priest and ask them whether that person do buy or make booking for that seats, i'm sure it's a NO - and you WIN! For me, that situation is obviously a bit stupid and a bit rude - no one can claim public property as theirs (Weirdo!). No matters how long have you use that property, it's still public property and you cannot simply told everyone its yours. I myself experience this several times, and i fought for it (and i win, ALL of it). Just be brave to stand up for your rights, ok?

[delton]

Sorry to tell you but a church and it's seating and other items are not public property they belong to the specific church organization that you attend. That is why there is a seperation o f church and state because the state cannot tax or seize church property. And as stated in my comment below yes there are times when a seat does belong to someone else. Some churches don't always get reserved seat signs. The one I attended for a long time didn't until about six months before I stopped attending there. But some seats actually were assigned or reserved for specific people who were regular attendees.

[dureau]

well me too. i have experienced that once. and i was shouted by an old man. since he is an old man i didn't dare to shout back at him out of respect for his age. i just ignored him. but i was just pissed off. but in that thing happened again. i will surely going to give what that old man deserves. anyways. that man is not that old but still old though to be considered elderly.

[gillivray5]

I guess once you leave your seat it is up for grabs. That's just my personal opinion.

[camdin90]

mine as well. ^_^ perhaps some churches really have seat reservations. or if a family arrived before i did and one seat became vacant because a member went to the restroom (and i saw what happened), i wouldn't try to take the seat. but it would be really weird if a stranger walked up to me and said i'm in his seat if i honestly think i came first. still, i'd probably give in to avoid a fight. lol!

[luther]

oh~~,"seat problems",that's what i'm facing now .in my college,there is only a five-floor library building.and the forth and fifth of it is studying room ,every semester ,the morning of every day,lots of people crowd in front of the building just for a stable seat,so when they get to the certain floor,they use books ,cups ,even a piece of cloth to show their ownership of the seat,and for all the term,even though that is not allowed by the regulations.we don't know why thing will like this , it has became a tradition since the first who do the thing like this .

[bernd]

oh~~,"seat problems",that's what i'm facing now .in my college,there is only a five-floor library building.and the forth and fifth of it is studying room ,every semester ,the morning of every day,lots of people crowd in front of the building just for a stable seat,so when they get to the certain floor,they use books ,cups ,even a piece of cloth to show their ownership of the seat,and for all the term,even though that is not allowed by the regulations.we don't know why thing will like this , it has became a tradition since the first who do the thing like this .

hi there! oh that's too bad. overcrowding sure is a problem. it definitely ruins your day when a seat i reserved by a person over and over every single day. it's not right to hog a seat for days n end. i would understand if they would perhaps call the seat theirs for an entire day. it would be inconsiderate given your situation, but still acceptable. but to reserve it for the NEXT day is simply no longer right...

[urian27]

hi sandragellar i definately would not! i'd either bend down and look underneath or stand up and look at the back of the seat then tell them... "it's not got your name on it" then sit back down lol. Some people can be so childsih and possessive about material things.. to them i say.. get a life! lol Alice :)

[torran]

hi there! hahaha lol ^_^ oh, it would be interesting to watch if this scenario does unfold. hehe. so many people get away with "reserving" a seat inappopriately. would be nice in a naughty way to watch those people get what they deserve (or lose the seat that they don't deserve!) lol ^_^