Latecomer- VIP sits in a back row!

A senior top team member being compelled to take a rear seat at a prominent religious ceremony had caused a flutter the other day.

The seats for distinguished guests at this key ceremony had not reserved following the usual protocol and the young top team members, who had come earlier had occupied the seats in the front row. 

By the time the senior top team member arrived at the venue, there had been no seat for him in the front row and an organizer had invited him to take a vacant seat in the second row. 
However, he had opted for a seat in the third row, saying: 

“There should be seats there for those senior to me who are yet to come!”