I’m not sure if this is this location’s issue or an overall AMC issue but there really needs to be a better way to monitor assigned seats. I arrived a little early to have time to get my snacks. I took the time to pick out the seat I wanted, which was directly center-facing, and except for 3 seats on the end, that row was empty when I bought my ticket just 40 minutes prior. When I get to my assigned seat, a woman was sitting in my seat with 3 additional people sitting beside her. I kindly let her know that she was sitting in my seat and proceeded to show her the confirmation with my seat number, date and movie time. She then showed me a small paper ticket with most of the writing rubbed off except for the same seat number I had. I definitely could have challenged this but given the previews had started, I just let it go and sat directly behind them because at the time, no one was in those seats but it was hard to get comfortable looking over my shoulder wondering if someone was going to come in and claim the seat I moved to. Like I anticipated, the actual seat holder for the seat I moved to came with 5 other guests, so I explained to them what happened and then I moved again. By this time, the movie was about to start. Then all of a sudden, a group of 6 people came to the row I moved to. I asked the woman closet to me from the group if I was sitting in one her seats. She said yes because 2 more were coming. I again explained to her what happened and moved over one seat to accommodate the 2 additional people that were coming while still maintaining a middle seat. Well, one of the 2 people who came afterwards wanted to give me a hard time, saying that I should respect the assigned numbers of the seats. I told him to go tell that to the woman in my seat which is why I had to move 3 times in the first place. Not to mention, where I had finally moved my seat to did not interfere with the seats his group reserved, so I let him know he needed to pipe down or go get an AMC employee to work this entire thing out, including with the woman in my initial seat. So, he finally calmed down. I thought AMC dropped the ball by double selling a seat. But turns out, another patron on my initial row told me that about 15 minutes after I moved the first time, some random person walked in, spoke to the woman who was sitting in my assigned seat, then she and her guests got up and left. The whole experience was uncomfortable and inconvenient. AMC needs to do better at checking tickets or go back old school when Ushers were visible and available for help.