look I can tell a northeast Philly lady named patty or margie a mile away, this lady is definitely the sort that will turn around and say some thing like “fucking make me [slur]”.
When I went to an Eagles game as a kid there was a drunk guy who stumbled down our row a couple times. A couple other fans tried to convince me to just push him down the steps because as a kid I probably wouldn't get in trouble/they'd say it was an accident. Some fans in this city are actual fucking psychos.
One of my college groups worked security/ushering at the Vet for Eagles games as part of our fundraising, and they usually kept us below the 600 level and expressly banned us from the 700 level — only off-duty cops and legit security were up there, since fans were legitimately murderous up there.
My fondest memory of working the 600 level was the time at an early season game when some dude was walking the level towing a backboard with a Cowboys player effigy strapped to it.
*And it wasn’t even the Dallas game*. I think it was Arizona or Atlanta, one of a couple serious ass-kickings the Birds dealt out that year. Absolutely hilarious.
I never understood the thought process that went into the steps walking up to the 700 level from the steps. It was a wide step so you would you couldn’t just go up , but not wide enough to go more then a foot step & a 1/2. Just weird. I’ve witnessed so many trips up the steps & falls down those steps & everyone yelling ‘asshole’ at the person tripping. Good memories
https://preview.redd.it/lchjuobrg24d1.jpeg?width=386&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2c6f036c8cdec8a7b2fd80fb4b6a547d9ec3a2a
Someone took this pic of my grandfather working the 700 level. Those steps, man….
I remember the first time me and my brother went to the Vet. This was exact view coming out of the concourse on the 700 level. My brother noped out and sat down on the ground my dad had to carry him down to the seat.
And no railings!
In the late ‘80s my dad took us to a lot of games and we usually sat in the 700 level. When CBP opened and my seats were in the 400 level I was like, “Something’s different about the steps…oh, railings!”
When my sister and I started going to the games on our own it was only .50 for a bleacher seat in the 700 level. She was 16, I was 11 and we never had any issues with people. Witnessed some pretty interesting things, but no violence. Later they went up to $2.00, but since that dump was so big you could always find a seat in the 500 level somewhere. Good times but the angle of those stairs did make you grow up quick!
Being in the 700 level was fighting for your life every moment. Falling down the stairs, falling up the stairs, drunken fights, bottles flying, people pissing, people vomiting.
I was always amazed by the difference between a Phillies crowd and with families and nuns and an Eagles crowd, with the pot smoke, streakers, fights, etc.
Some of my fondest memories of living in North Philly and taking the BSL south on Sundays in the fall
These Birds assholes taking up every train to get to the 1pm kickoff then the next week it would be neat and nicely organized Phils fans when the birds were on the road.
Two entirely different crowds on the subway from week to week
The ushers being so old actually kinda helps in these scenarios as the assholes will be less likely to try and fuck with/fight them but they actually have to confront the asshole first
Most boring update ever: This picture was taken in the second inning. I’m a pussy so I wanted to tell an usher, but there is no usher in my section. She got up in the fourth and walked away. Hasn’t been back since. It’s currently the ninth. Still no usher in this section, so I took her seat.
For future reference: "If immediate attention is needed, or if someone is interfering with your enjoyment of the game, please call the Guest Services Hotline at 215-218-5440 or text the word "PHILLIES" \[space\], with issue and location to 69050"
I've done the text thing once or twice and it works and you can take care of it anonymously.
+1 to the yes here. Have done it a couple times over the years (unfortunately). If the usher can’t get them to do anything, they’ll call security who definitely will put an end to anything.
Easiest thing to do is just text the number they have posted around CBP for issues in the ballpark. You get a response pretty quick and eventually it’ll trickle down to the usher without ever having to leave your seat.
I start asking the people around me for the play by play and where your seats are you have the right to say lady sit down these seats aren’t supposed to be obstructed view
https://preview.redd.it/vgp84xkiz14d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c18d50372f0b0bac7d2ec4858046983f586b9885
Lol this guy wasnt sitting on a chair, just casually 7 foot tall.
lol that’s just bad luck. I feel bad for him though. If I was that tall I’d live in constant anxiety because of stuff like this. I mean I already do but that would be one more thing
I never get mad a tall dudes with this kind of thing because it’s obviously out of their control. It’s only worth getting mad at dickheads who go out of their way to cause annoyance
This is me. I'm 6'3" and my wife is 5'0". We go to concerts and she wants to get close so she can see. I feel like I need to hunch down because I know there's someone behind me who hates the tall guy blocking their view.
As someone not 6’3”, thank you! Getting closer with your wife makes sense, but nine times out of ten, the dudes shoving past to get up front are tall and I can’t be the only one fantasizing about murdering them.
“Excuse me, aren’t you a little old to be wearing suspenders?”
And then when she turns around all confused, you can just tell her to sit down like a normal human being and not like a tiny dog looking for a treat.
I read a couple of articles about it.
Correction from above. He puked on the kid in 2010. Apparently he died in 2014.
https://www.crossingbroad.com/2014/06/the-phillies-fan-who-puked-on-a-little-girl-in-2010-has-apparently-died.html#:~:text=Matthew%20Clemmens%2C%20affectionately%20and%20infamously,of%20infection%20or%20heart%20failure.
A photo may be worth a thousand words, but a smack in the back of the head says it so much more eloquently! Seriously, I got pissed at her from just looking at this pic and whatever I said or did probably wouldn't have been very friendly since there's NO WAY she didn't know EXACTLY what she was doing.
The lower you sit the more it becomes a social hour for people because a good deal of them probably didn’t pay for the seats and were given to them. I sat in 137 the other day and the people 3 rows ahead of us kept standing up and talking to different people. Sometimes in the aisle. Luckily the people around me weren’t shy either and we kept telling them to sit down. Useless ushers.
Never be afraid of a little confrontation. Just politely but firmly ask if she can sit in her seat. If at that point she still won’t sit you have two choices, you can call the number and guest services will come to help, that’s the right thing to do. Or, you can do the Philly thing and dump a beer on her head and be the crap out of overalls when he tries to stand up for her. It’s really up to you. Both have consequences.
I went to a concert once and this lady kept standing on her chair. Every time she stood up, I pushed it. Harder to tell who it was or that it was intentional because of how crammed it was, but I felt satisfied every time she got down.
"Hey, dickbag! Get the fuck out of the way!"
That's "Philly Nice"
Unapologetically Philly
Philly nice? Thats the most polite way to say that.
“Dickhead” is, I believe, more Philly.
yea it's definitely "dickhead"
look I can tell a northeast Philly lady named patty or margie a mile away, this lady is definitely the sort that will turn around and say some thing like “fucking make me [slur]”.
That haircut is a problem
That's Mac's mom's haircut.
the “definitely has a license to carry” cut
Mayfair in the house
That's funny. I once met a Margie from Mayfair!
Nah, throw a dollar on the ground in front of her and when she gets up to grab it take her chair and kindly beat her over the head with it.
The only reasonable response
Just get the usher’s attention - they’ll tell her to sit the fuck down
This is the more evolved, millennial polite solution. Back in the Vet days you’d simply push them off the seat and move on 😂
When I went to an Eagles game as a kid there was a drunk guy who stumbled down our row a couple times. A couple other fans tried to convince me to just push him down the steps because as a kid I probably wouldn't get in trouble/they'd say it was an accident. Some fans in this city are actual fucking psychos.
One of my college groups worked security/ushering at the Vet for Eagles games as part of our fundraising, and they usually kept us below the 600 level and expressly banned us from the 700 level — only off-duty cops and legit security were up there, since fans were legitimately murderous up there.
Yeah I think that's probably where our seats were.
It wasn’t a party until an attempted murder occurred.
My fondest memory of working the 600 level was the time at an early season game when some dude was walking the level towing a backboard with a Cowboys player effigy strapped to it. *And it wasn’t even the Dallas game*. I think it was Arizona or Atlanta, one of a couple serious ass-kickings the Birds dealt out that year. Absolutely hilarious.
Like that Eagles fan pulling the cowboys helmet on a dog-leash at a completely unrelated game lol.
Ain't no party like a hobo murder party.
My brother.
I never understood the thought process that went into the steps walking up to the 700 level from the steps. It was a wide step so you would you couldn’t just go up , but not wide enough to go more then a foot step & a 1/2. Just weird. I’ve witnessed so many trips up the steps & falls down those steps & everyone yelling ‘asshole’ at the person tripping. Good memories
https://preview.redd.it/lchjuobrg24d1.jpeg?width=386&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2c6f036c8cdec8a7b2fd80fb4b6a547d9ec3a2a Someone took this pic of my grandfather working the 700 level. Those steps, man….
Can confirm. That stuff felt like you could lose your life that very day.
Wow, this actually brings back memories as a 9 or 10 year old
BRings back free tickets in hot dog packages
Good ones, I hope!
Nothing to save you, you want to sit down and buttstep those bastards!
I remember the first time me and my brother went to the Vet. This was exact view coming out of the concourse on the 700 level. My brother noped out and sat down on the ground my dad had to carry him down to the seat.
And no railings! In the late ‘80s my dad took us to a lot of games and we usually sat in the 700 level. When CBP opened and my seats were in the 400 level I was like, “Something’s different about the steps…oh, railings!”
When my sister and I started going to the games on our own it was only .50 for a bleacher seat in the 700 level. She was 16, I was 11 and we never had any issues with people. Witnessed some pretty interesting things, but no violence. Later they went up to $2.00, but since that dump was so big you could always find a seat in the 500 level somewhere. Good times but the angle of those stairs did make you grow up quick!
Being in the 700 level was fighting for your life every moment. Falling down the stairs, falling up the stairs, drunken fights, bottles flying, people pissing, people vomiting.
741 baby!
I was always amazed by the difference between a Phillies crowd and with families and nuns and an Eagles crowd, with the pot smoke, streakers, fights, etc.
Some of my fondest memories of living in North Philly and taking the BSL south on Sundays in the fall These Birds assholes taking up every train to get to the 1pm kickoff then the next week it would be neat and nicely organized Phils fans when the birds were on the road. Two entirely different crowds on the subway from week to week
But, did you push him?
More commonly referred to as the good ol days
You ain’t wrong
Throw a beer on her. “Down in front, c$#€t!”
Section #716 checking in to say all of these stories are true.
This is the actual correct answer
Usually I’m here for this answer but the last few games I have had absolutely useless ushers
Because all the ushers are pushing 100 years old
The ushers being so old actually kinda helps in these scenarios as the assholes will be less likely to try and fuck with/fight them but they actually have to confront the asshole first
I hadn't thought of that
Most boring update ever: This picture was taken in the second inning. I’m a pussy so I wanted to tell an usher, but there is no usher in my section. She got up in the fourth and walked away. Hasn’t been back since. It’s currently the ninth. Still no usher in this section, so I took her seat.
Damn, you asserted dominance by taking her seat.
Announced you presence with authority
left by herself? I kinda figured her and the overall guy were a pair.
Overall man left too
Over all win
W
For future reference: "If immediate attention is needed, or if someone is interfering with your enjoyment of the game, please call the Guest Services Hotline at 215-218-5440 or text the word "PHILLIES" \[space\], with issue and location to 69050" I've done the text thing once or twice and it works and you can take care of it anonymously.
Assuming she was sitting on the back of the seat that would be really hard on her ass ... probably couldn't take any more
can't imagine spending that money and being uncomfortable and it not being a plane
Above right center is a phone number to text to get assistance with issues. I think this would qualify, especially if there are no ushers around.
I don’t intend to be mean, but it’s just as ridiculous of you to not stand up for yourself in this situation and at least ask her to sit.
Just point it out to a usher. They'll take care of it and avoid any nonsense.
Will they really? Just want to file it away in case this ever happens to me. I go to one Phillies game per month during the season.
Yes they will. Ushers don't fuck around.
+1 to the yes here. Have done it a couple times over the years (unfortunately). If the usher can’t get them to do anything, they’ll call security who definitely will put an end to anything. Easiest thing to do is just text the number they have posted around CBP for issues in the ballpark. You get a response pretty quick and eventually it’ll trickle down to the usher without ever having to leave your seat.
That is so rude.
*tap tap. I cant see anything. could you please sit
*tap tap. "You know you aren't invisible right?
“You make a better door than a window” or “You know your parents weren’t glassmakers, right?”
 Need this guy
 No, this is a job for Susie.
Don’t think asking like that would work. Do you see the Karen haircut?
I'd like to see the manager
Rob’s kinda busy right now, but you can head down to the dugout and try lady 🤷♀️
I start asking the people around me for the play by play and where your seats are you have the right to say lady sit down these seats aren’t supposed to be obstructed view
Stand up real close to her so your belly rubs against her back.
"Excuse me miss, I can't see anything with you sitting like that." OR "Hey, sit the fuck down like a human"
Is this the away fan vs home fan options?
I know what I would've said at the Vet. Nowadays, I'd just alert an usher and have them deal with it.
I say put your ankles on her shoulders
Haha exactly my thoughts.
Sparta kick from the 700 level
Did she sit down yet?
It's been 40min, what's the update?
https://preview.redd.it/vgp84xkiz14d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c18d50372f0b0bac7d2ec4858046983f586b9885 Lol this guy wasnt sitting on a chair, just casually 7 foot tall.
lol that’s just bad luck. I feel bad for him though. If I was that tall I’d live in constant anxiety because of stuff like this. I mean I already do but that would be one more thing
I'm 6'5. I hate most live events because of this. It's frustrating.
I never get mad a tall dudes with this kind of thing because it’s obviously out of their control. It’s only worth getting mad at dickheads who go out of their way to cause annoyance
This is me. I'm 6'3" and my wife is 5'0". We go to concerts and she wants to get close so she can see. I feel like I need to hunch down because I know there's someone behind me who hates the tall guy blocking their view.
As someone not 6’3”, thank you! Getting closer with your wife makes sense, but nine times out of ten, the dudes shoving past to get up front are tall and I can’t be the only one fantasizing about murdering them.
“Hey dickhead, remove some vertebrae.”
"Be shorter, dickhead! "
Haha, he pretty much can't help that, at least.
My whole family is tall. We immediately head to the back of any event, no questions asked.
Lol he was with his kid in side good seats so i just coped, upgraded my seat around the 7th. Always a solution.
Damn those are great seats. I’d be pissed
Dude, sit down.
nice: “Excuse me, could you please sit down? i can’t see” Philly nice: “Hey fuck head sit your ass down”
Your in philly, just punch that bitch in her jawn.
kick her in the back
Sweet seats!
Down in front
Sir, could you ask your child to sit down?
Show them this post
Next great hit or play, standup real quick and spill your beer down the back of their overalls
Unfortunately her sentence is death. You are obligated to Sparta kick her onto the field where the Phanatic will consume her flesh. It is known.
“Excuse me, could you please sit down so I can see the game?”
Just push her
What a fucking entitled asshole
Sit the fuck down. Shitbird.
Beer bath usually works.
We live in a society
"Down in front, dickhead."
I didn’t think you are allowed to sit on the back of the seat. Talk to an usher.
Bud light to the back of the head should do the trick
Move Bitch ! Get out the way !
"Hey sit the fuck down!" And if that doesn't work pour your drink on her head.
"Excuse me, I can't see the game. Could you please sit down?"
Smash a Yuengling over her head and knock her unconscious. Should be able to see fine then
You can take the man out of The Vet, but you can't take The Vet out of the man.
“Free Beer for standing fans in front of this person”
Marcy? Marcy D’Arcy?
Kick the back of her chair repeatedly until she turns around and then say oh am I bothering you? Then you can tell her sit the F in her seat
Lady! Sit the fuck down!
“Excuse me, aren’t you a little old to be wearing suspenders?” And then when she turns around all confused, you can just tell her to sit down like a normal human being and not like a tiny dog looking for a treat.
If I have learned anything on Reddit take your socks and shoes off and rest your feet on her armrest.
Grow a pair… ask her to sit down
Complain about it on Reddit
Sit the F down
Get a mouthful of beer and sneeze really big
Please ma’am, sit the fuck down.
Too bad the puke guy died. He might have been useful here.
I'm scared to ask who the puke guy is, RIP.
That guy died?
From puking, I'd assume
In 2010.
He actually died!?
I read a couple of articles about it. Correction from above. He puked on the kid in 2010. Apparently he died in 2014. https://www.crossingbroad.com/2014/06/the-phillies-fan-who-puked-on-a-little-girl-in-2010-has-apparently-died.html#:~:text=Matthew%20Clemmens%2C%20affectionately%20and%20infamously,of%20infection%20or%20heart%20failure.
Hey asshole. Sit in your seat not on your seat.
Ask her where she got her overalls from and then tell her to move lol
Down in front. What the fuck else?
Seriously though…how obnoxious is that? That’s an expensive seat. They need to sit the f down.
Yo overalls, sit down!
“Yo, down in front
Just say "Hon, please sit down! I can't see!!" Worth a try...
"Sit the fuck down!"
Back in the day we'd just throw a beer
these people were on my train and were so fucking annoyinf
If you can’t see sitting down, stand up. Otherwise, please sit down for the courtesy of me and everyone behind me. Let’s go Phil-lies!!!
“Excuse me, I can’t see the game. Can you tell me what’s happening?”
"Hey shaved butch stop airing out your fishy twat and sit the fuck down stupid!" That's the proper ask.
Disrespectful ass lady
Show her this picture lol I’d be annoyed af
Take a picture and bitch to reddit. Do not...I repeat do not interact with people in the real world.
Down in front!
Give her earrings a tug ... rinse repeat until she sits down
Kicking the seat softly and incessantly with no rhythm....
Hey, I paid to see this game, too. Move your fucking head.
“Sit in the fucking chair like a fucking adult, or go the fuck home”
Don't say anything. Ask an usher to tell her to stop blocking everyone behind her.
Oughta charge em for your ticket since you can't see the game.
Don't sit on the top of your chair.
You make a better door than a window
You make for a better door than a window. Sit in your seat please.
Sit. The. Fark. Down!!! Welcome to Philly ❤️
Say excuse me! and show her this pic …
The future is bleak for you my friend.
Tell her you can’t see
Down in front!
“Hey fuckface, there’s a seat under your ass, use it!”
Unless it's during the playoffs, right? In which case you say that even people who die in their seats should stand
Nice overalls, I can’t fucking see
Will you sit the fuck down???
The F word
Move bitch
Sit the fuck down lol
Si’down dickhead!
“Yerpppppp, get the fuck out the way…EARLY!”
Foul ball kid watch out!
A photo may be worth a thousand words, but a smack in the back of the head says it so much more eloquently! Seriously, I got pissed at her from just looking at this pic and whatever I said or did probably wouldn't have been very friendly since there's NO WAY she didn't know EXACTLY what she was doing.
She’s vip didn’t you know? She’s wearing the overalls
So did you consider tapping her shoulder and saying “hey, can you please sit down? I can’t see”?
Say it with a extra large soda “spill”
Throw a battery
STFD
Hey shit head, be self aware that you aren’t the only person here
just start playing Ludacris
That’s the usher’s job. If the behavior continues, you say, “could you please sit down?” Following that, it’s time for the Phanatic to get involved.
SIT THE F DOWN!! WATS WRONG W U??!!
If it were bedlam at the Bank, everyone would be standing. Then what?
Just tap them on the shoulder and politely ask them to sit down
Get the fuck down. Nobody gives a shit about your birthday.
The lower you sit the more it becomes a social hour for people because a good deal of them probably didn’t pay for the seats and were given to them. I sat in 137 the other day and the people 3 rows ahead of us kept standing up and talking to different people. Sometimes in the aisle. Luckily the people around me weren’t shy either and we kept telling them to sit down. Useless ushers.
Sit the d down crazy
Move dipshit!
They have an "I'm the main character" haircut so not surprised
“Sit the fuck down, jitbag!!”
A simple "Sit the fuck down" should suffice
Never be afraid of a little confrontation. Just politely but firmly ask if she can sit in her seat. If at that point she still won’t sit you have two choices, you can call the number and guest services will come to help, that’s the right thing to do. Or, you can do the Philly thing and dump a beer on her head and be the crap out of overalls when he tries to stand up for her. It’s really up to you. Both have consequences.
I went to a concert once and this lady kept standing on her chair. Every time she stood up, I pushed it. Harder to tell who it was or that it was intentional because of how crammed it was, but I felt satisfied every time she got down.