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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 06-10-2002, 09:02 PM:
We have a problem where people (late-comers, usually) tend to sit in our wheelchair companion seating area when we're fairly crowded. This is despite 12" tall "RESERVED FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS" signs on the front and back of those seats.I'm wondering what others do....
Do you kick them out of those chairs even though no wheelchairs are present?
Do you let them sit there, but warn them they'll have to move if a handicapped person happens to come in?
Or just leave them be?
On the one hand, I hate to set a precedent of letting people sit there because then other people will want to follow suit; but, I hate to piss off a paying customer even if he is acting like a jerk.
Opinions?
Posted by Jan Hackett (Member # 1231) on 06-10-2002, 09:14 PM:
I let them sit there, but warn them they'll have to move if a handicapped person happens to come in!------------------
Jan Hackett
Theater Operations Manager
Extreme Screen Dynatheater
NM Museum of Natural History Foundation
Posted by Chad Souder (Member # 343) on 06-10-2002, 09:40 PM:
I'd say just let it go unless someone in a wheel chair doesn't have a spot to sit. I'd think most people would move pretty willingly. At our theatre transfers are used less than the open spots we have for people to sit in their wheel chairs. Unlike handicap parking spots, handicap seats are not illegal for all to use. At most casinos, there is a sign on a low table that reads something like, "This spot is reserved for our players in wheel chairs. You are more than welcome to sit here, but we ask that you give them the courtesy of moving if the need arises."
Posted by Adam Wilbert (Member # 1184) on 06-11-2002, 02:11 PM:
In Arizona, our signs read that the seats were reserved for "companions of customers using wheelchairs," making the distinction that they weren't for the wheelchair users specifically. We didn't care, or say anything to anyone sitting there unless those seats were needed legitimatly. Its their own fault if there aren't any good seats left in the rest of the auditorium when they get kicked out.