A story from my days of working in cinemas, not DVD but film related.

A busy Saturday night, new movies just opened, cinema almost sold out, just a few odd single seats left, almost 9.00pm, film just about to start, foyer empty.

A young couple walk up to the cash desk.

Couple " 2 tickets for the film, please"

Cashier " I am afraid we only have single seats left now"

Pause - the couple look at each other somewhat confused. They obviously believe they are the first ones to arrive, and cannot understand what they have just been told.

Couple " What do you mean by single seats?"

Cashier " As in not together, as in one up here, one down there, one over there etc. Not together".

Couple look at each other, walk away from the cash desk, and have a short discussion.

Having made their minds up, they go back to the cash desk.

" OK, we'll have 2 single seats together please".

Not making it up - honest. And it happened more than once.

Sometimes it got worse. Often people would just not grasp the concept of what single seats actually meant.

On one occasion, I actually took a couple over to the seating plan, and explained to them exactly where the seats were located, telling them that a couple of thousand people had already gone in before them and taken the other seats, y'know?

And despite all this, the couple just looked at me and said " That's a bit stupid, only having single seats - what kind of cinema is this. Not coming here again"

Sigh. You could not make this stuff up.