What happened was I went down and donated one ticket, thus being allowed to use the other. There was a line of people waiting for just such tickets to be turned in, and darned if - right as the curtain was going up - a young woman came and sat in the seat I'd bought.

BTW, a word to the wise: even if the sound's turned off, it's awfully irritating and distracting to those next to you in a darkened theater to have your cell phone on and texting or something. The glow is hard to ignore in one's peripheral vision. Even I don't do that, for pity's sake. :rollingeyes: