Move Theater Armchairs

                     Everyone no matter where you are from, has been to the movie theaters. If you told me you haven't ever been inside of a movie theater, I would tell you straight to your face that you are lying. Now, I'm hoping that when I say the word "armchairs," everyone will have the same opinion about them. Yes, armchairs at your local movie theater may be comfortable, they may lean back far enough to where you are basically laying down, but one thing they all have in common is the same problem. This problem is the four arms and three arm rests problem.
                     Whenever I go to the movies, whether it's with my family or friends, I always seem to be the one stuck next to the stranger. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, that's just the way it is. On one side of me I'll have someone I am familiar with and on the other side of me I'll be next to a person I've never met before. Now, I'm not an awkward person but when that stranger and I both go for that single armrest between us, there is an awkward moment of who's going to claim their territory and who's going to be the one to back down. I hate this. The last thing I want to do is buy my ticket for a movie and sit there uncomfortably for the full two hours. There is no convenient place to put that arm beside right smack dab on that armrest.
                    On the other side of me, it's easy to cooperate with the person next to me because I know them. We can work things out by saying something like, "you know, I'll take the front of the armrest and you can have the back." That side with the stranger though, that side is just complete chaos. If I happen to win that battle for the armrest, count on me never getting up. If I have to go to the bathroom then I suck it up. If I need something to eat then I fight through the two hours starving. Why, you ask? Well, one thing is for sure, if I get up from my seat at any point of the movie then the game is over. I lost. I know if I leave my seat I'll come right back to that stranger sitting comfortably on MY armrest, spread eagle. This is a terrible design of a chair. Off the top of my head the only solution I can think of is to make the armrests in the movie theater thicker. It may cost the designer a few extra bucks, but for the consumer it is worth it. Please, all I ask is for these people to take this problem into consideration. Maybe I'll even be making some more trips to the movies.