This whole thread is a good laugh. It was started under the guise of a question but really just an attempt to revive the long running debate over saved seats (as OP admitted there was never an actual incident).

Hilarious that people get so worked up over something that most of us never encounter IRL. Hopefully nobody has a cardiac incident after they get worked up into a frenzy. Because you are never going to win this argument or from what I see even convince one person to change his/her views.