I understand no one can help their height, but if we’re both paying $50 to see a show and some varsity basketball player is completely blocking any chance of seeing a goddamn thing, it’s gonna piss me off. Especially if that person can very easily see from virtually anywhere else in the place. It’s a sensitive topic but like COME ON PEOPLE. Let’s let everyone enjoy the show.
Edit 40 minutes in: Okay the comments have EXPLODED and honestly thoughtful and thorough responses and mostly very kind. I understand where everyone is coming from (what about my short wife, wanting to be close to the artist, etc etc) deffff a sensitive topic… and honestly valid. For sure a case by case basis for nuance, etc etc. The severity at which I wrote the title of this post is still how I feel in my heart every time I can’t see shit.
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Tell this to the “always lean my airplane seat back” people. Can’t have it both ways!!
OP, are you suggesting if someone shorter is behind you then you should always let them in front of you? Surely you can appreciate that is complete nonsense as then you’re literally just punishing tall people..
Look I’m tall and I’m sympathetic but do we magically get proportionate leg room on flights? Nope. We get basketball and concert views, you get general comfort and clothes that fit properly.
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General admission shows are a lawless land
Nope. First come first served
As a tall person I would let the shorties get in front of me. I also served as a pretty good block for people pushing into each other. I’m big and tend to not move.
You gimme the picks you caught in the front rows and we have a deal.
People under 6 foot should carry a box to stand on.
That’s the same logic you’re using.
You want people who were born a way they have no control of, to go without and give to you.
There’s plenty of situations where us taller people can make reasonable accommodations for shorter people ( grabbing things off the high shelves comes to mind) but At a certain point, your physical makeup is your burden to bear. If it’s general admission, get there sooner, if it’s assigned seating select a rail or aisle ticket.
Ye I know. I end up letting short people in front out of kindness and then end up at the back watching them watch the whole thing on the ir phone screen.
I say people with phones shouldn’t be allowed near the front
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You all pay the same price. Just life.
Get a load of shorty over here
Wtf im 6ft and struggle to see the concert equally
I’m 6’5 and I choose to stand toward the back because I am considerate. But if I don’t want to, I don’t have to. Find a good spot on your own, everybody else did.
I agree. I should never be allowed to see a performer up close for the rest of my life.
I do feel bad and self conscious of my height at concerts, but there’s really nothing I can or should do about it.
Take my upvote
Kindly, gfy with that noise. Buy a front row ticket if it’s that important to you.
So the super tall person should stand in the back, and not be with the people they came to the show with? How are they supposed to enjoy an evening with friends if they are relegated to the back?
If you’re less than 6ft tall then don’t go to standing room only concerts
Not everyone’s eyesight is sharp to see from the back rows…
As a tall person I’ll agree to the following- anyone over 6 feet will not stand in the first 15 feet of audience if we can get extra leg room flights at no additional cost.
Make it happen OP
I’m 6’3 nahhhhhhh
Do you think that being tall also gives people better vision or something? “Everybody tall: stand at the back of the room and squint at the show you paid just as much as everyone else to see!” Maybe OP needs to start carrying around a step stool.
I remember being front row at a festival, packed shoulder to shoulder. My friend and I are just over six feet, and the crowd behind us wasn’t having it. The pressure started fast—shoving, shouting, hands on our backs. We clung to the railing, trying to hold our ground.
Then people started crawling between our legs, squeezing through any gap they could find. The space collapsed around us. One slip, and we were gone—dragged six rows back in seconds.
No. Don’t like it? Get there sooner. That person deserves to be up front as much as everyone else
As someone for whom tall people can ruin a show, I still think people gotta get over this. I think this is beyond the limits of reasonable consideration and accommodation.
I’m 6’4 and have been to concerts where the standing room is in front of the seated area. Doesn’t matter if I stand at the back, i’m in someone’s way and there’s nothing I can do about it
Maybe you should’ve gotten taller when you had the chance!
I mean I’m 6’1 and my wife is 5’… I’m not ditching her in the front by herself just to placate someone who can shift left or right. Get there earlier if you want a better view. I’m considerate as possible in the situation but I’m not moving back and not being with my spouse who won’t see if she’s not up front
So tall people should have to stand separate from their short friends and/or family they came to the show with?
Any person is entitled to stand anywhere at a general admission show. Yours is indeed an unpopular opinion.
The problem only arises when tall people are constantly moving around so the natural lines of sight get blocked and everyone else needs to constantly shift with them. Fuck that.
The front row is the best place to be. The people there either paid more money or arrived earlier than you. They shouldn’t have to give that up just because they’re taller than you.
Do short first class flyers give up their seats to tall people in coach? Didn’t think so
I’m 6’5, why should I have to sacrifice having a good time just to make you comfortable? Its not my fault that I was born like this and i want to but at the front just as much as you do
I’m 6’2″. I try to be considerate to the people behind me, but there are times you’re just not going to see things. If I’m seated and someone shorter than me is standing, I might not be able to see. Sorry, but you’re screwed. Just because I’m taller, doesn’t mean you’re entitled to see. L
Finally! I, too, can be a victim!
Here’s the thing though: I don’t care, not even a little bit, if you’re pissed off.
I’m 6’4” and try to be aware enough to not stand right at the front of a show blocking the view, but no, I’m not going to the very back so everyone else can stand in front of me. I try to be kind, but there’s a line. If someone significantly shorter than me is right behind, I’ll generally ask if they’d like to trade spots.
What I hate seeing at shows is some dude standing who’s wearing a big dumb hat blocking more than is necessary.
Judging by all the comments, I’d say yes. This is definitely an unpopular opinion.
I’m 6’4. If we paid the same price for a ticket to a show, I’m going to stand where I have the best view of what’s going on. If that means shorter people behind me can’t see, sucks to suck. Nowhere on the ticket does it say “taller people in the back”.
If you’re tiny buy seats instead of GA.
Ib(5ft tall) have arrived early to get a good view only to have some 6’4″ push their selves in front of me. Like, wtf dude
If i pay extra from front row, yall shorties just need to cope.
As a short person, just get there earlier
Sorry but that just won’t work. I’m 6’4″ and if I feel bad and let every shorter person in front of me, I’ll quickly find myself in the back looking over the 50 people I let in front of me hold their phones over their heads. If I get there quick enough to find the front, you can be damn sure I’m staying there, and my phone will be in my pocket because I’ll be loving that experience.
6’4 and definitely standing as close as possible. I paid the same as you to see the show. Being short doesn’t win you a prize to stand in front of me.
As a woman of 5’2, I’ve resigned to simply not attending shows ): not worth it. It’s not other peoples’ fault I spend the entire show sniffing their middle back.
I’m 5 feet tall and my boyfriend is 6’3 so next time we go to a concert I’ll let him know he needs to stay at the back while I go to the rail