And even further, only those exact same two seats are ‘taken’ for every single showing.

I thought for sure the after church showings tomorrow would be at least somewhat full, but nope.

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    5 hours ago

    In my local theater you also have to ‘reserve’ a seat when you buy the ticket in person. Don’t ask me why.

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      Reasonable reason: pre-2020 theaters would be packed sometimes and it’s helpful to have assigned seats. It resolves seating disputes and gets people to go straight to their seats. When I saw Avengers End Game (or maybe Infinity War), they had to have employees spotting empty seats for everyone walking in.

      Cynical theory: they’re logging seat selection trends and going to move to tiered pricing like airplane seats

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      So that someone ordering online doesn’t try to buy your seat. Obviously.