Shanghai man bought all odd-numbered seats at a cinema to stop couples from sitting next to eachothe - Polidicks

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-26178979[/url] [QUOTE]The unnamed man started buying up odd-numbered seats at a cinema in Shanghai to stop couples sitting together. Others joined his online campaign and now there are no two seats together for the main showing of Beijing Love Story. The man who started it all said it was just a joke and hoped couples would understand. New relationships kindled? The campaign focused on a cinema in Shanghai's fashionable Xintiandi district, an older part of the city full of shops, restaurants and bars. It was orchestrated by a man who split up with his girlfriend last year and decided to get his revenge on couples by targeting the prime-time showing of Beijing Love story.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE] The man behind the campaign said he hoped people watching the Valentine's Day show at the cinema on Friday might find themselves sitting next to someone they do not know, sparking new relationships.[/QUOTE] Ok buddy

This man is my kind of cynic

[quote=article]sparking new relationships.[/quote] "Why the fuck do I have to sit next to this cunt for."

Now kiss!

he's a fucking hero!

Is he a Care Bears villain?

Haha yeah sure I'd totally respect a reserved seat that doesn't get used.

A real human being.

What an idiot You can buy the seats, I'm still going to sit in them. That's like the theater itself asking me not to bring my own food.

[QUOTE=MrEndangered;43965156]Haha yeah sure I'd totally respect a reserved seat that doesn't get used.[/QUOTE] The point is people aren't going to buy the tickets if they can't find 2 seats together when booking. They don't know if they're actually going to be taken or not before they go into the cinema.

[QUOTE=gk99;43965253]What an idiot You can buy the seats, I'm still going to sit in them. That's like the theater itself asking me not to bring my own food.[/QUOTE] Although I would agree with you on this case, I've had to put up with jerks with such an opinion on trains. There is absolutely nothing worse than reserving a seat and finding someone else sitting in it. But in this case, yeah, sort of a dick move to do that on valentines.

[QUOTE=James xX;43965533]Although I would agree with you on this case, I've had to put up with jerks with such an opinion on trains. There is absolutely nothing worse than reserving a seat and finding someone else sitting in it. But in this case, yeah, sort of a dick move to do that on valentines.[/QUOTE] No, I mean, of couse. I wouldn't steal a seat on a packed train or something. I just mean, if I notice literally half the theater open, I'm sitting in an odd seat with whoever I'm with.

What a bitter loner.

[QUOTE=Trekintosh;43965880]What a bitter loner.[/QUOTE] Was there not already a thread on thisÞ

I don't think he was trying to kindle new relationships at all, I think he was just being a dick and made that feel-good line up later.[QUOTE=gk99;43965253]What an idiot You can buy the seats, I'm still going to sit in them. That's like the theater itself asking me not to bring my own food.[/QUOTE]One time I had a BK triple stacker and I brought it into the theater, I was about a third of the way through before this employee comes up and says "you can't have that burger in here!" I locked eyes with him, quickly wolfed it down, stuffed the wrapper in my pocket and managed to mumble out, "what burger?" He wisely walked away, probably because he didn't care, but I like to think I deeply intimidated him.

Didn't realize people follow the reserve seat shit anyway

[QUOTE]It was orchestrated by a man who split up with his girlfriend last year and decided to get his revenge on couples by targeting the prime-time showing of Beijing Love story.[/QUOTE] That's some supervillain tier stuff right there. [editline]19th February 2014[/editline] [QUOTE]The man behind the campaign said he hoped people watching the Valentine's Day show at the cinema on Friday might find themselves sitting next to someone they do not know, sparking new relationships.[/QUOTE] False alarm, it's just an anti hero again

So he wants to spark new relationships between people going there with their boyfriends/girlfriends?

He totally needs to get laid.

[QUOTE=Roll_Program;43965262]The point is people aren't going to buy the tickets if they can't find 2 seats together when booking. They don't know if they're actually going to be taken or not before they go into the cinema.[/QUOTE] They could always ask people to switch seats with them?

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[QUOTE=gk99;43965253]What an idiot You can buy the seats, I'm still going to sit in them. That's like the theater itself asking me not to bring my own food.[/QUOTE] You forget that this is Shanghai, where you'll be executed if you're in the wrong seat.

[QUOTE=gokiyono;43968901]That's some supervillain tier stuff right there.[/QUOTE] Not british, can't be a supervillian

[QUOTE=Sir M;43970465]Not british, can't be a supervillian[/QUOTE] Not all supervillains was born in Britan [sp]bigot[/sp]