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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/The_Piece_Killer on 2023-06-21 08:59:35+00:00.

Last night, my dad and I went to a Muse concert at a stadium. It has been a rough year for both of us so we just wanted to enjoy ourselves. As soon as the concert started, we both stood up and started dancing (very badly) along with a lot of other people around us. After the first song, a man next to us asked if we were going to be standing up all night because he couldn’t see. He refused to stand up because ‘he had paid for the seat to sit in it’ and told us to stop dancing and be seated for the rest of the show. My dad, who was probably a bit tipsy at the time, ignored him and continued standing up and dancing, causing the guy to loudly complain about us to those nearby… I felt bad so I sat down for a couple songs but, with convincing from my dad, I got up again for the rest of the show and really enjoyed myself. The man eventually stood up for a couple of the more popular songs but I think we drove him away - halfway through the show, he left and never came back.

I can see both sides. On the one hand, it must have been very frustrating to not be able to see the stage properly and it was his choice to remain seated if he didn’t want to stand. On the other hand, he went to a stadium rock gig and somehow didn’t expect people to stand up. Almost everyone else around us was doing the exact same thing. I feel like it was a poor decision to sit at the back if he was so concerned about people ruining his view.

There was also another guy behind us who told us at the start that his young son, who was sat at the back with headphones in, also couldn’t see. I was told that after a while the kid stood on his seat and could see but I still feel awful for that, especially because the father was quite polite about it.

AITA?

EDIT: For everyone saying that we should have bought standing tickets, this was not possible as that section was sold out. Same goes for the people saying that the man may have been disabled and should have bought disabled tickets, I have no idea if that was possible or not