A sign that chivalry is not only dead but buried

This past Shabbos, there was a kiddush in shul. My youngest daughter really enjoys kiddush chulent and kugel, so I piled some on a plate for her. She wanted to sit while eating. So I looked for a chair and spotted an empty one in the corner. I brought her over. But just as she was about to sit down, a boy of about 8 or so came over and declared that it was his seat. Mind you, he was not even within a couple of feet of said seat when we approached, though he seemed to consider himself to have been koneh it, nevertheless. So much for a young man giving up a seat for a young lady. Here he required a young lady to give up a seat that he declares his own even after having walked away from it and leaving no sign of its occupancy! Definitely a macher in the making here.