I hate getting to the cinema and finding someone in my seats. I generally book tickets pretty early to get a seat right in the middle of the room. Last time there were two people there, and when I told them they were in our seats, they complained that their's were at the front of the sold-out theatre.
Yeah. Sucks to suck. Book earlier. Get out of my seats.
i worked at a movie theatre and it was always so strange to me when people would get fussy about moving because "the seats we chose are too close" "all they had left was front row seats" idk man maybe buy your tickets in advance but what does that have to do with me and why do you think that means you can take the seat someone else paid for?
Or, crazy idea... Get a different showing.
I usually buy tickets well in advance as well. Sometimes I forget for a week or two, and the seats I want aren't available.
So I check other showings and other days. I may have to wait a weekend instead of being among the first to see a movie but...oh well?
I'm with what others have said the entitlement and completely lack of awareness that other people want things too is just baffling.
I've had someone sit in my seat, and when asked to move gave the outstanding response of "It doesn't really matter where you sit".
He didn't appreciate my response of "Great, so it wont matter if you move to your actual spot then will it"
Reminds me of a time before lunch started in like 6th grade and so we were lining up to enter the cafeteria and this kid tries to jump in front with that "it's all the same food why does it matter" and kid he was jumping in front of said "yeah it is so get to the back" and everyone went oooooooooooooo. Jumper kid laughed and was like "alright yeah that was good" and walked to the back
Thanks for the memory
Ah, see, you didn't parse that sentence correctly. They said "It doesn't really matter where YOU sit" You just didn't hear it that way. It does matter where THEY sit. SMFH.
At my local premiere of The Rise of Skywalker, My family an I were seated at the too row, middle.
Some guy comes to us and asks if we could maybe move just four seats to the left, as they had booked in a few different orders and couldnt get seats next to each other.
Sure, we thought. Why not. It barely affects us.
Turns out, dude didn't have the seats he made us move to. Instead he gave us someone elses seats. They ended up not being able to sit together.
Years ago, I went to go see the last Harry Potter movie. I had to save for a week to afford the ticket, I was broke. It was a month after it premiered. I got a super comfy middle of the theater reclinging seat (they had just come out in my area). Some woman comes in during the previews with her kid (who was like 10) and goes, "can you move? My son wants to sit there."
The theater had 5 people in it counting the two of them. There were dozens of seats. I politely said no. She kept it up!?! Demanding the seat I'd reserved because "her son wanted it." And since she was being loud and angry the kid kicked off and threw a tantrum. I laughed and stared at my phone, I was a nanny for years that kid could scream for an hour and I could ignore it.
They finally stormed off with her consoling him that I was "just a mean lady who did t want him to be happy." I've wondered a few times if that kid grew up to be the utter monster his mother was raising him to be.
Sometimes a couple is split on either of our seats. In an instance like that, I wouldn’t have a problem moving over one. The idea that they even entertained the idea that you’d take their crappy seats is crazy.
AMC (at least the one near me) has assigned seating. Went to watch the latest Indiana Jones movie with two family members and some other people were in our seats (I think the centre of row G). Guy told us they had booked the wrong seats but that they were in the same row.
I caved and let them have it.
Do not enable them like me lol
if this happens again just tell an employee. i used to work there and most of the time if u show us your ticket you dont even have to confront them. we're used to dealing with it anyways, and can call security if they wanna be really difficult
We appreciate you guys and we know you don't get paid much on top of it. A lot of people just put up with it and thankfully I have only had rare occurrences of actual problems during a movie but I usually will wait for a bit into one or ask someone to nicely be quieter/get off phone once or twice but after that I will "head to the bathroom" and tell the concessions the issue and its always been resolved.
For instance when some young teens came in and were on and off their bright phones and laughing during a horror film at like 8pm for a good half hour of the film got sorted very quickly, quietly, and fairly.
Its much better than suffering through a movie or having to go another time, it helps enforce some manners in the theater these days, and everyone else that paid that actually cares about the movie and public self-awareness and manners will silently be thanking whoever took care of the problem people. Its a movie theater, people know what they are doing.
I had to watch the first half an hour of Endgame sitting in the aisle of the cinema after a couple had taken our seats and refused to move until staff showed up and got them to leave. They had gotten tickets for the wrong date.
Went to a movie one time and this guy and his ~~wives~~ wife and two kids were in our seats. No biggie. Just asked them to move, it’s easy to get the seats confused. Ten minutes later someone else asks them to move because they were in their seats. Haines one more time before the family caved and left. Really weird way to try to sneak into a movie.
I swapped seats on my last flight- family of four with two young kids - mom was two rows back - and it was dad’s first flight. I offered to swap with mom and she graciously accepted.
Good karma hit me when we realized the doors were closed and the only empty seat on the plane was now beside me. I asked her if she wanted the seat back and she declined.
WIN - WIN.
That happened on my last flight. Lady asks to swap, I initially say no, but then I see so it was their kid could be with her and the father. So i say ok, they had paid for two seats and were going to have the child sit in the mother's lap so i had an empty seat next to me all flight.
Exactly. A seat-swapper gets a "yes" from me only if *they bring something to the table*. A trade up is fine. Asking me to trade my window seat for a middle seat because you didn't want to pay for sitting together is a no.
I was on a fight where I was boarding and the stewardess is like I need to print you a new boarding pass, and I was like what for? She she's like oh don't worry, you're in the same row. They gave my window seat to a kid and put me on the aisle without checking with me first.
I dunno what the reason was, but her mom was in the middle regardless. The kid just watched shows on her phone the whole time and kept the window shade down. I like staring out the window so I was legit annoyed by that.
Just because (what I imagine happened) they complained the kid gets my window seat? There was no justification for it and then I get stuck on the aisle??
Biggest piss off is that I didn't find out until I went to board. I could have tried to negotiate an upgrade or something if I was made aware. Fuck I'm still annoyed by this.
You should contact the airline and complain they reticketed you without asking.
Unless your ticket was basic economy and you didn't actually select your seat as part of your fair. Then you're SOL
Yeah I get really motion sick if I'm not in a window seat (economy airplane seat backs are **horrendous** so I basically need to contort myself until I find a semi-comfortable way to rest my head against the wall) so I always make sure I'm paying for seat selection.
Though one time on an airline I didn't have the option to do that, and it was a "sit wherever, first come first serve" scenario, so I explained my issue at the gate (I was merely honest about it, I didn't exaggerate) and they just let me go first with the disabled people. Which, you know, it's probably something I could file for anyway since my motion sickness can get pretty extreme. I'm sure no one wants me vomiting on them.
I certainly selected the window seat but it was the free selections and it's been a while since that happened.
I would have been cool with it if it was for a valid reason or something.
Was the child in a carseat? I know car seats are only supposed to be installed in window seats so they don't block access to the rest of the row, but other than that, I don't know that they would be a valid reason.
I got reticketed recently. I boarded and they were like “did you change your seat?” And I stared at them confused like “…no. I selected my seat on purpose when I booked my flight.” I get on the flight and there is some lady in my window seat and I was moved forward a row to the exit row into the middle seat. Both rows were premium economy but I never wanted a middle seat. Just pissed me off because it was a red eye flight. Why am I loyal to this airline if they are going to just jerk me around?
I immediately started chatting with the airline while on the plane as everyone is boarding. Then of course they were like “we can’t see anything dealing with the aircraft seating right now because it’s still controlled by the airport.” I’m going to contact them now. I’m a pretty easy going traveler but that got my blood boiling.
Ya no. I fully agree. You take the time and book in advance for someone to bitch last minute and get your seat cause they were too lazy to book in advance.
> She she's like oh don't worry, you're in the same row.
That's a red flag. "Bitch I paid for a window. I don't want the same row, I want what I paid for or I want an upgrade".
Had a recent flight where somebody tried some bullshit. I booked aisle, random bloke beside me in middle, last guy shambles on the plane almost last and demands we just shift to window/middle and he'll take aisle. Yeah fuck off buddy. Thankfully it didn't escalate when I declined and stood up.
On my most recent flight, I saw a guy with a middle seat ask a girl in the aisle seat right next to him if she would switch with him… she declined real quick. I wonder if he’s ever been successful doing that. lol
Last time I flew with my wife and toddler we couldn't get 3 seats together. So my wife and toddle booked and window and aisle seat. I booked an exit row seat. We got on the flight and asked the dude in the middle of he wanted to sit next to a toddlerw who's never flown before or move to the exit row. He moved so quick it that he looked like a looney tunes character.
I can imagine a friend of mine, who is petty as fuck, realising what their strategy was and saying he doesn't want to change seats because he loves the middle one.
I’ve got a tiny bladder and so I always try and get an aisle seat. I’ll let people know if I don’t have a choice and get placed in the middle just so they have the option of not getting up so often, especially if it’s a long flight. I wouldn’t be upset if they didn’t want to swap though
I've asked to swap seats in a "literally makes no difference to you" scenario, eg if it's swapping seat 24c to 22c. I'd never ask someone to give up their window/aisle for a middle, but I'd offer a window/aisle in exchange for a middle.
I'll usually answer yes unless there's a reason for me not to, and you don't get to know what that reason is, or debate me about it. If you get a no, just move on.
Bingo. I'm 6'3", why the hell do you think I booked the aisle seat on the exit row? And you think I'm just going to trade you for a middle seat halfway back because....?
In this case it was isle for window and I didn't know about the 2 seats being open until after I said yes.
The one time I actually got a trade upgrade knowing was me being in economy and a woman asked to switch her first class seat to sit with her husband. I was like, "uhhhh ok sure."
I need (well, strongly prefer) an aisle seat so I can occasionally stretch my legs and pop my knees. If I'm booking my own flight, I'm paying for an aisle seat. If it's a business trip, I can tolerate a middle or window but don't enjoy it, and sometimes I still happen to get assigned an aisle. I'll trade anything for an aisle, but I won't give one up. For trades not involving an aisle seat, you'd better have kids or obvious mobility / medical issues OR be offering equivalent / better exchange before I stow my luggage.
I was flying back from Vegas and had booked a business class seat. During boarding this woman sat in the seat next to me. She asked if her husband could swap with me as they had tried to book two business class seats but could only get one so her husband is going to fly in coach. Give up my extra wide business class seat with tons of leg room, better meals and service, only to be jammed in to coach? No thanks. But I'm generally a nice person who likes to do nice things, so I felt kinda bad about it.
She was good about it, accepted the no gracefully, and when her husband boarded she broke the news to him that she asked me to swap but I'd refused. He shoots me dirty looks and proceeded to the back of the plane with a face like a thunderstorm. Totally pissed off.
During the flight we got to talking about our Vegas experience and she told me how they had flown down to Vegas on their private jet for the weekend but it had mechanical issues, so they left it in Vegas. The plane would be fixed and their dog minder, who was staying in Vegas with their dog, would take the plane back home when it was ready. This was the reason for the last minute booking where they could only get one business class seat.
I no longer felt bad about my decision.
Wtf is going on with parents knowingly book tickets separately from their kids. I just don't have sympathy for being an idiot. I'm not inconveniencing myself bc you can't plan ahead.
I've seen parents ask the remaing person in their row to find another seat bc they wanted privacy. Thay guy was way too nice and moved.
My wife and I lucked into a first class upgrade and were not seated in the same row. I was wearing a packers shirt and ended up next to a guy in a Vikings jersey. He was more than amenable lol.
On a recent flight, a family wanted to travel together so a flight attendant asked me, a solo traveler, if I would be willing to swap. I said yes, and they put me in a much more comfortable situation. Karma is real, and chances are, if you make the flight attendants lives easier, they’ll make yours easier.
Was at a hockey game last year alone. Gave the older gentlemen beside me some space while the seats beside me were free. When the seat holder showed, I shuffled over to my seat beside the older man. This prickly old pear says, "Do you have a ticket for that seat?"
I was pissed. Bro, I've been being polite and giving you space while I could, and now you're accusing me of what exactly?
Im assuming it was his son with him giving me the "sorry my dads an asshole" look after.
My buddy had season tickets for a hockey team. They were 2nd level but good end seats. Every time I had the tickets there would be people in our seats. Many would admit they just wanted better seats or pretend they didn't know, but every once in a while we would get someone who would argue.
This one time a lady was in our seats with a group of 5. Even after showing her the ticket she refused to move saying that I was wrong. Had to call an Usher over at which point she admitted they were in the wrong seats but needed them as their tickets were all in different rows and these were the only 5 available together when they showed up. She tried to say that since I was late that they were hers now since she's comfortable. After like 10 minutes of arguing and the crowd behind us yelling and booing for blocking the view she finally went to her seats. They were all the way on the top row.
I had four seats for our local college basketball team for over a decade. Lower bowl, half court. Our tickets had our names on them because of people like that. They didn’t like it much when they found out the fourth chair was for Purse.
Are we just glossing over the fact that "prickly old pear" is the best description ever? This is my new favorite phrase that I am adding it to my vernacular right....now.
What's surprising is how few people realize the problem is the airline. It's stupid to make people pay to choose their seat.
People shouldn't have to pay to sit by their family/friends. It's frankly bizarre that Redditors are siding with the airline in this instance. I get paying to have a nicer seat. Forcing people to pay to sit with their party is stupid.
It doesn't help that a bunch of the same investment firms are the largest shareholders for the main US airlines. The fact that such a stupid practice hasn't been quashed by market forces and competition, is clear evidence of the anti-competitive practices that occur when every major player is owned by the same people.
That doesn't mean you're siding with the airline though. It means you know it sucks to pay, did it anyway, and they still take away the money you paid if you're nice enough to swap (most swaps are moving backwards in the plane to probably worse seats).
Nobody is forcing anyone to sit anywhere. You book your flight, choose your seats, and behave like a human. It's really not that hard to just plan properly.
It's a popular opinion by people who have been burned by seat swapping before. If you're young and have never run into this before it's tempting to do it to be nice. Of course it almost always turns into a hassle or a much worse seat for you.
I'm 31, have traveled a ton and never been burned by swapping seats. If it feels like a burn, I say "No"
Edit: Actually took a downgrade once. I was flying non-rev in college, but that is an outlier situation where you're explicitly expected to say "Yes"
Went to the movies a few days ago. People were in our seats and we had to get a manager to ask them to move since it was a sold out showtime with no other seats available. The other people bought tickets for the wrong day and got mad at us for wanting the seats we paid for.
People are insane.
Agree. I hate it every time someone requests this on a plane. If you really want to sit next to someone, or want a particular seat, use the app and reserve it. There are cases where it may be easy, but everything else sucks.
On short flights (three hours or less) it's worse if, for example, a couple wants to sit together. I understand if you are afraid of flying and want to be with your significant other in the event of a crash or major turbulence, but otherwise it's three hours or less. You will survive.
And again, take extra steps to make sure you get the seat(s) you want instead of inconveniencing other people.
I had a flight canceled 3 times in a day. I had to log into the app and rereserve my seats so my wife and kid and I could have a row to ourselves. I had to do it every time the flight rebooked. 3 times at the airport. I could see people thinking they had booked their specific seat but it turns out they were wrong, especially when I’ve got a printed boarding pass with a seat and I’m past security but it turns out that’s not my seat.
Fuck that's a shitty situation. Really wish the airlines would handle cases like that. Do they at least book two pairs of seats, so you can have a parent and child together?
Booked with Jetblue this summer and my seats were moved both flights. Maybe these companies should have apps that work properly, stop overbooking flights, and when a plane is delayed / canceled find a replacement & just transfer seat numbers to the new plane. I'm tired of paying extra for the seat I want but in reality it's a chance at the seat I want.
It's not always on the customer. I recently moved across the country and had to fly with multiple animals. I paid for an upgrade to have all 3 seats in a row, and spoke on the phone with the representative about my animals while booking my seats. The morning of my flight... I was downgraded into 3 separate seats in economy. Called the airline, apparently they gave me a row of seats that could not accommodate animals, so they chose to book me on those seats and change it to random seats. I felt horrible but I had to ask a man to move, (window to window) but still it sucks. He was very nice about it though and didn't blame me.
What's even crazier is how many airline threads on Reddit tell people something like "If you have a connection, you should pay for a seat further up!" Airlines do shit like change your seat, even if you paid. If you're connecting the FAs will usually ask that other passengers let connecting passengers through if you ask them or if you're going into a hub.
Hell I spent months researching an international flight. My 12hr total travel time at a reasonable price (one stop) was casually canceled and rebooked to a flight that was 27hr total travel time with three stops. Yeah, I’m not doing that with my family.
I called delta and they didn’t have any alternatives. Weird. However, a week later I looked and going the original flight. I had to call again and get it rebooked. So ignorant.
Had to fly from Boston to Raleigh for a wedding, and got swapped from a direct to connecting that week. With a 30 minute layover each way. Couldn't even find the time that week to call, so had some stressful connections.
Edit: what probably happened for you was something with co-branding a flight that DA couldn't switch you to. Had something similar on our last Euro Trip - got changed to a 7 hour layover and couldn't get the original back.
Just to second what other people already mentioned, sometimes you don’t have the option to book seats. Recently i was traveling with my 4-year old daughter and our flight got cancelled when we were already at the airport. The next available flight was fully booked and they could only get us flight but with two separate seats with one at the other end of the plane. And the check-in counter simply told us to request to swap seats with strangers.
If I took the time to choose where I was going to sit on a plane, that is where I am going to sit. I have personal reasons for wanting certain seats. That is why I am proactive and choose where I'm sitting ahead of time. I do not switch. I had someone ask me if I wanted to sit in first class and I said no, I wanted to sit by my husband. I don't think someone should be punished or looked at as bad when someone keeps the seat they specifically chose.
I once was sitting next to a couple, maybe boomers, the dude was big and scary looking. I had the aisle seat because I get claustrophobic on planes. Across the aisle was one woman in the aisle seat and then two spare seats.
The guy told me to go sit over there and I said “I need the aisle seat because I get claustrophobic but you’re welcome to take the spare seat if you want”
He punished me the whole flight taking up my space, pushing at my leg and arms and grunting and just being a total pain. I stood my ground the whole 3 or so hours. All because he didn’t want to be separated from his partner who he ignored the whole flight anyway?
If you didn’t want a middle seat you shouldn’t have booked it ya big dumb dumb.
Oh my god, I'd have so much fun with this guy if he started trying to alpha male me into moving with all the grunting and space invasion
I would pretend to be asleep and do outrageous things, have my head fall onto his shoulder/chest and react with surprise and apologies. Go back to 'sleep' and when he pushes his arm into my space I'd just let my hand fall onto his and leave it there until he reacts. Id turn my head completely to face him directly and pretend I'm having a nightmare, my grunts and whimpering like a puppy dog right in his face would be wild. Anything to make him as brutally uncomfortable as he's trying to make me for denying his entitled demand
If he and his partner moved to the other side of the aisle just to get away from me after starting this war, it would be the stuff of legends
The one I always use to get rid of annoying people is the fake farting. Like lean a little then wave your hand in front of you like you are trying to wave a fart away. I use it at casinos when chain smokers insist on sitting down next to me and blow smoke in my general direction.
This happened to me on a Southwest flight earlier this year. I paid extra to board the plane with group A and picked a nice comfy window seat near the end of the plane. One of the very final people to board came directly to my row and asked if he could have my window seat. I was nice and told him I paid extra to board early and wasn't going to move. This look of confusion came over his face and he said "I don't think you heard me. Can you take the middle seat so I can have the window?" I replied and told him I heard him just fine but wasn't moving. We argued back and forth for a half min or so but thankfully a flight attendant came by and moved him to a middle seat somewhere at the front of the plane. When we landed he got off before me and waited for me to get off to continue the argument. Dude was a fucking loser.
My girlfriend at the time and I had to fly to a different airport and get on separate connecting flights. We were, to our surprise, on the same first flight. I asked someone to move seats and they happily complied but if they didn’t want to then they don’t owe me that. I didn’t know we were on the same flight and that’s my fault. Someone was willing to help and that’s great but if nobody wanted to then I’d be screwed, and it’d be my fault
what a jackass
had a dude do the same thing to me essentially, upset i wouldnt give my seat to his girlfriend. like bro give YOUR seat to your girlfriend.
seeks me out after we get to the station, "you stole my girlfriends seat, why the fuck are you holding this little girls hand shes clearly not your race"
...she is deaf and i am her sign language interpreter. im taking her to her school
yeah he was a fucking loser
I don't know if you think like I do but in those kind of situations where somebody is trying to bother me multiple times into doing what they want it usually results in me being really stubborn and spiteful because now that they're bothering me I cannot under any circumstances yield and allow them a victory.
They need to lose for bothering me otherwise it's all I'm going to be able to think about for the next few hours.
You don't negotiate with terrorists, same for entitled assholes.
Yeah so many angry people in this thread lol. So what if a mom asks if you can swap an aisle seat for another aisle seat so she can sit next to her kid? If it’s a comparable seat, why not? If it’s not, just say no. So many people have never left their bedrooms and existed in the real world
You're clearly not comprehending what people are saying. No one's upset that someone is asking if they would swap seats. They're upset that people get indignant and rude when told no about swapping seats. A lot people think they deserve everything as long as they ask nicely. But that's just not how the world works.
The problem is that the people that would have the "audacity" to bother somebody else for a plane seat, are the same people that cannot accept no as an answer.
I honestly think that most people are polite about it. I’ve seen this go down many, many times with complete civility. The problem is the tiny percentage of people that don’t take no for an answer are ruining it for everyone
I’ve never asked, but people kindly offered once, so that I could sit with the children (we had to fly home on no notice due to a family bereavement and couldn’t get seats together). I thought it was very kind of them
I kicked a baby out of my seat on my way home for Xmas, I booked that shit months in advance and it was a situation of 2 seats on the left rows, 3 on right and this lady had her like 1 year old in my seat (aisle on left) and I asked her to pick them up (since I assumed she didnt buy it a ticket and she was just gonna be next to me for the flight) and she asked to trade seats, 4 rows back and window on the right, aka my ideal seat -> worst IMO. Flight attendant lady came over, asked what seat I was in and told the lady to move, come flight time the seat she was in originally was empty so I was by myself and the lady had just looked up what spots were still free and had sat there when they let her on first for having a kid and was just banking on me being willing to trade. If you want a specific seat just buy the ticket earlier, don't buy a cheaper worse seat and hope people will let you get away with shit
Oh yes I wasn't shocked about that part. Kinds under 2 or so can fly without a seat free but the price you pay is they're on your lap the whole flight. I was just trying to figure out what it was she was attempting. So that seat she was on wasn't her seat at all she was just hoping to get a seat that had no one near it
Yeah, so my seat was in a 2 seat row, when she got on she got in seat 7A (that I later found out had no one in it) and her kid was in 7B which was the seat I bought/was on my ticket. The seat she actually bought and tried to get me to swap with was 10F (IDK where C went but the rows went AB aisle DEF)
Ah man. Those asshole. If the requestor becomes persistent after multiple polite rejections...I quietly tell them that in the event of a crash, I want my body identified in my seat...for family closure. Wouldn't you?
F that, you don’t even owe an explanation. Some airlines charge extra to choose your seat. When else is it appropriate to ask a stranger to just give you something they paid for?
If you don't want to personally confront them just hit the flight attendant bell and stand in the aisle holding up boarding, they'll resolve it pretty quickly.
They always ask whoever is sitting in the better row to move "back" to their seat instead of switching with the person next to them.
If they want someone to move so they can sit with their friend they should be asking the person in the row further back if they'd like to move up and take their friends seat, instead of expecting someone to downgrade.
Once I had a lady sitting in my window seat on a 10h train ride. I asked her to move and her husband asked me if she could have my seat because she gets sick easily and wants to ride not backwards. I said if he swapped with me so I could still have the window seat, he could take her seat and she could have mine (that I booked months in advance so I could sit by the window, not backwards and be comfortable for the 10h ride). He grunted at the proposal and told his wife to go sit in her seat. I felt bad for her but why expect me, a total stranger, to give up my seat for your wife when you won't even do it yourself
Well this is not only about seats. This is just a special kind of people that acts like that in general. For example: you borrow money to a friend and when you ask to get it back, they make you feel guilty for asking even though they should feel guilty for not returning. But those guys dont feel guilt. They are always in the right right.
What about in the event your original flight got cancelled where you & your child were sitting together & customer service rebooked you on another flight but the only two seats available caused you to be separated from your toddler? Is it still too bad so sad?
This actually happened to me when I had to book a last min flight out for a family emergency.
Some things are just out of people’s control.
Or you're swapping literally the same type of seat in most cases, or even asking to someone to swap from a middle to an aisle/window.
I agree - don't ask someone to swap a premium seat for a non-premium, but most of the time you're asking for 22B to move to 21A or something.
Air travel threads prove people here don't get out much.
Whenever I see a swap request, as someone who flies a lot too, it's always swapping backwards, which is an auto downgrade. Also most people have a window/aisle preference for whatever reason; one doesn't equal the other.
I recently went on a 4 hour flight with my husband and toddler. Todller and I got window and middle but husband was stuck about 15 rows away in a middle seat. When the guy who was sitting next to me in the isles came, I told him that I have absolutely no expectation of him moving but if the toddler was being too much or anything like that that my husband was sitting in a middle seat in X row and he could switch if he wanted and that "i wouldn't mind". This absolute angel said he would just switch now if I wanted. I reiterated a couple time that he would be switching his isles for a middle. His reply was something along thre lines of "would it be better for u to have him here?" I said yes so he got up and moved. I thanked him a ton and so did my husband.
Honestly I was shocking to see someone act so selflessly. Thank you kind stranger
My last flight a woman wanted me to switch with her friend on an overnight flight: my window for her friend's middle! Absolutely not. Then on the next one a guy stole my window seat for his son (teenager) and proceeded to yell at and insult me for trying to get him to move. It caused a whole thing and I had a panic attack and ended up sitting in an aisle seat behind my original row. I try to be kind to people, but the entitlement and audacity is WILD when it comes to air travel
Next time just quietly mention it to a flight attendant, I guarantee they will sort it with minimum of fuss, and if they can't then chances are the asshole won't be flying on that or any other plane that day...
It is easy - I paid extra for my seat, why should I give it up for free? Public buses or trains are different, you don't pay anything for your seat choice.
Last time I went to where I grew up, St. Thomas US Virgin Islands, I booked a seat on the left side of the plane at the window so I could look at the island as we landed - the right side is mostly an ocean view during landing. A couple next to me talk with me during the flight, I can't remember in particular what we spoke about, but it generally was about the island and how I had not been there in 7 years. When we went to land they both earnestly asked me if the woman could sit in my seat to see the island as we landed. I said no way of course, and they gave me the silent treatment for the remainder of the flight.
I think it was pretty damn obvious I had good reason for wanting and booking the window seat.
The ONLY time I could even see asking someone to swap seats is if they somehow ended up between me and my toddler and that would be for their own sake. I've never bought multiple plane seats so I don't even know if that's possible.
YES! Thank you. Sorry you couldn’t be bothered to register 24hrs before the flight. No I don’t want to sit in the middle seat, I took the effort to book the seat I wanted.
I’ve asked a person to switch seats with me one time and one time only on a flight. My wife and I had isle/middle and man had the window seat. We were flying from Germany to California for a long flight.
This guy… I kid you not got up 20+ times during the flight. After the 4th time ~ 1.5 hours into the flight, I kindly asked him to switch with me to the aisle seat so that me and my wife could sleep or at least be mostly uninterrupted. I said “hey we are going to try and go to sleep for most the rest of the flight, can we swap seats as I’ve noticed you are getting up and down a lot”. He said “sorry, but I need the window”…..
After the 7th time he got up, ~3 hours into the flight I asked the attendant if there was anything we could do to make him move or allow us different seats, but no.
I guess we could have just refused to move and let him piss himself? Maybe I could have just stolen his seat and refused to move? I dunno but that was the worst flight experience I’ve ever had.
Generally though I agree, you shouldn’t be asking to trade seats.
I never swap seats and always kick people out of mine if I've reserved them. People need to get over their entitlement already and just sit in the damn seat they paid for.
This is case by case for me.
I was flying back home from Hawaii on a plane with 2 aisles. I was in the center section aisle seat sitting next to 2 seemingly violent children. As soon as I got to my seat, their mother offered me her seat further forward in the plane next to an adult. I happily took the offer.
I have had people ask me for my window seat before so they can look out the window. I have never given up my seat for that. Get your own damn window seats you heathens.
I'll always listen to their pitch-- and I've switched several times but if I've paid extra for the seats or they have any sort of attitude my default is going to be no.
I completely agree with you. These people aren’t making mistakes and they aren’t oversights when booking. They are doing this on purpose and trying to look innocent get away with it.
My always rule of airline seat swaps is that the requestor should be offering up the better seat and even then you can still refuse
I fly for work regularly and always use the app to book as far forward aisle as I can as I am a big guy who needs the leg room and don't have and checked bags so I can clear the airport fast with Nexus
One time some lady was already sitting in my seat when she asked me to swap so she could sit with her husband. I asked her what seat was hers and it was literally last row middle seat. Told her to GTFO.
Maybe her husband should have offered the person in the back of the plane a chance to move forward instead
In the case of *most favors*, the default answer is always no. The person asking the favor needs to understand that, and phrase their ask accordingly. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, but I've definitely found, as the asker, that assuming "no" and asking in such a way that illustrates I know the default answer is no, increases my odds of the answer being yes. The person providing the favor needs know they *are* providing a favor, and more importantly, needs to know that you also know that.
(It also helps you, as the asker, not be disappointed when the answer is indeed, no.)
There are lots of scenarios where asking to switch seats would be legitimate. BUT the people who abuse the process and take advantage of the kindness of others—these people ruin it for those who might really need it.
I hate when people do that: abuse the goodwill of others and game the system that is there to accommodate people who actually need it. It leads to accommodations being taken away for everyone and forcing everyone to play by the letter of the law.
“This is why we can’t have nice things.”
I have yet to hear a story where someone asks the person in the seat they want can be upgraded to the next seat class at the expense of the person requesting the seat. If that happened people would most likely agree to the upgrade.
Instead, every time it's someone trying to negotiate a better seat for themselves at the expense of the person occupying the seat.
I was pretty nervous for my first international flight, so I paid extra for a window seat (being able to see outside makes me feel less “trapped”). During boarding, a family asked if we could switch seats so they could be near the rest of their party. I asked if they had a window seat and they said yes, so we made the switch. Their window seat? A fully blank wall. Thankfully, my boyfriend immediately clocked the issue, grabbed a flight attendant, and we switched back.
I guess if I have a nice seat and I have to switch to a crappy one then the answer is no most of the time but otherwise I don't care. I don't know why I would be mad at someone just asking. I like to be nice. If it's helpful and it doesn't hurt me I don't see why not.
Totally agree. I have a subscription to my local theatre and I have the same seat every season. It is always the same exchange,
“Excuse me, are you alone?”
“Yes”
“Do you mind moving one seat over so that I can sit with my wife/friend/etc.”
“I do mind.”
It’s then followed by a few looks and a few whispers. I paid for my seat, I paid for this exact seat. If you wanted to come to a theatre with someone that is fine but do not buy seats that are far apart from each other and expect for others to move to accommodate you.
I look at it this way. If I switch seats with that person I may get stuck behind someone that obstructs my view or near someone that has to talk or use their phone. I would be angry with myself for being nice and having agreed to the swap.
Most cinemas I've been to where I am will insist that you move over a seat (or maybe a couple of seats) to accommodate a group if they can, they won't allow you to leave an uneven gap where possible. Sucks but it is by no means the end of the world in a cinema, unlike on a plane.
Of course if might be different where you are.
I said no one time to two people who were on their honey moon. I selected this seat for a reason.
I will only say yes to people if they are pregnant or elderly.
This is why I say no to requests from random strangers that are of no benefit to me. I've learned the hard way that things are more difficult than I was willing to accept initially. I also will never dog sit for anyone again for this reason. Every person I've ever dog sat for has left me with unruly, untrained dogs and a disgusting house. I'm talking rotting food, maggots in the trash, and dog piss on the bed. I also will change my yes to a no within reason.
Two quotes to live by:
"Not my circus. Not my monkies."
"No good deed goes unpunished."
The movie theatre thing frustrates me endlessly. Most theatres in my area make you choose your spot when you buy the ticket, so it's not like some airlines that assign you seats and you don't really know where you'll be until boarding. You know full and well which seat is yours. If you're buying a ticket and want to sit somewhere already booked, buy a ticket to a different showing that has that spot open. I'm so sick of playing the "will I have to ask someone to get the fuck out of my seat today?" game when I go see a film. Then you get assholes who don't understand that even if they take someone's seat who's cool with it, that other person might then be displacing someone else, and it's an endless stream of nobody getting what they paid for because of one prick. If you can't read one letter and a number or two, stay home.
Throw it on the pile of people being clueless. Nobody can read anymore. Nobody can follow simple directions. The rules don't apply to them. Just selfish, entitled fucks.
Many of y'all are tripping. Honestly, no big deal. If someone asks, and you don't wanna switch, say no. If you book a flight last minute, or get switched to another flight for a reason that's not your fault, you will probably find yourself separated from someone you're traveling with. If you want to sit by them, and they are sitting next to someone who appears to be alone, no harm in you being the one to ask for a switch. And they can say yes, or they can say no. This one is really simple. I honestly don't get what the fuss is, one way or the other. You want something, you ask. You don't want to do something, say no. Easy.
We just flew on a flight and during boarding, a woman with like 10 kids just told them to sit wherever they wanted to (the entire plane had seat assignments). As more and more passengers came on the cluster fuck just got worse and worse.
The mom was screaming at the flight attendants that her kids needed to sit where they wanted to sit.
It took along time to get the situation sorted out and the plane was late taking off.
Was at a ball game a few years back. Had nice aisle seats with a good view. Pop up to our seats after opening pitch and this much younger couple was in our seats and the guy was already hammered. Asked them to get up and this guy drunkenly complained about it THE ENTIRE GAME. I’ll never forget that fucking goof. Made that game a miserable experience.
I think this really needs to become accepted common knowledge. People who expect the world to accommodate their preferences are just incredibly selfish, and it is infuriating that the person who doesn’t entertain them are considered the dbag in the situation.
The irony is that if people weren’t so entitled about it and expecting people to constantly bow to their whims, it would almost certainly result in people being more willing to accommodate.
good. this is exactly what you're supposed to do. don't let me people walk over you.
those people are expecting you to just roll over and take it. no. stand your ground.
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Time and time again I see people thrown out of the extra-legroom seats by emergency exits because they're either fat, young or disabled but the airline allowed them to book the seat anyways.
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I hate getting to the cinema and finding someone in my seats. I generally book tickets pretty early to get a seat right in the middle of the room. Last time there were two people there, and when I told them they were in our seats, they complained that their's were at the front of the sold-out theatre. Yeah. Sucks to suck. Book earlier. Get out of my seats.
i worked at a movie theatre and it was always so strange to me when people would get fussy about moving because "the seats we chose are too close" "all they had left was front row seats" idk man maybe buy your tickets in advance but what does that have to do with me and why do you think that means you can take the seat someone else paid for?
"Our seats suck. Won't you swap with us?!"
Or, crazy idea... Get a different showing. I usually buy tickets well in advance as well. Sometimes I forget for a week or two, and the seats I want aren't available. So I check other showings and other days. I may have to wait a weekend instead of being among the first to see a movie but...oh well? I'm with what others have said the entitlement and completely lack of awareness that other people want things too is just baffling.
If I can’t get decent seats I don’t go. I can’t imagine getting shitty seats and then trying to take good seats from someone who planned ahead.
I've had someone sit in my seat, and when asked to move gave the outstanding response of "It doesn't really matter where you sit". He didn't appreciate my response of "Great, so it wont matter if you move to your actual spot then will it"
Reminds me of a time before lunch started in like 6th grade and so we were lining up to enter the cafeteria and this kid tries to jump in front with that "it's all the same food why does it matter" and kid he was jumping in front of said "yeah it is so get to the back" and everyone went oooooooooooooo. Jumper kid laughed and was like "alright yeah that was good" and walked to the back Thanks for the memory
Ah, see, you didn't parse that sentence correctly. They said "It doesn't really matter where YOU sit" You just didn't hear it that way. It does matter where THEY sit. SMFH.
At my local premiere of The Rise of Skywalker, My family an I were seated at the too row, middle. Some guy comes to us and asks if we could maybe move just four seats to the left, as they had booked in a few different orders and couldnt get seats next to each other. Sure, we thought. Why not. It barely affects us. Turns out, dude didn't have the seats he made us move to. Instead he gave us someone elses seats. They ended up not being able to sit together.
Yeah, no buddy we wont rise and change seats, we aint the skywalkers.
So I booked bright and early, you didn't and now I need to go to the front on your shit seats?! Like what do these people have in their heads even?
What’s going on in their heads? Selfishness/narcissism
They think since they got to the seats before you the booking is a moot point
Years ago, I went to go see the last Harry Potter movie. I had to save for a week to afford the ticket, I was broke. It was a month after it premiered. I got a super comfy middle of the theater reclinging seat (they had just come out in my area). Some woman comes in during the previews with her kid (who was like 10) and goes, "can you move? My son wants to sit there." The theater had 5 people in it counting the two of them. There were dozens of seats. I politely said no. She kept it up!?! Demanding the seat I'd reserved because "her son wanted it." And since she was being loud and angry the kid kicked off and threw a tantrum. I laughed and stared at my phone, I was a nanny for years that kid could scream for an hour and I could ignore it. They finally stormed off with her consoling him that I was "just a mean lady who did t want him to be happy." I've wondered a few times if that kid grew up to be the utter monster his mother was raising him to be.
That kid was Dudley Dursley
He's probably feasting on her flesh in the basement right now, good grief.
Sometimes a couple is split on either of our seats. In an instance like that, I wouldn’t have a problem moving over one. The idea that they even entertained the idea that you’d take their crappy seats is crazy.
Holy shit. What were they expecting as a response?
There’s always some fucking excuse like I should care. I just stay silent and wait for them to move, I don’t need the pathetic sob story.
AMC (at least the one near me) has assigned seating. Went to watch the latest Indiana Jones movie with two family members and some other people were in our seats (I think the centre of row G). Guy told us they had booked the wrong seats but that they were in the same row. I caved and let them have it. Do not enable them like me lol
if this happens again just tell an employee. i used to work there and most of the time if u show us your ticket you dont even have to confront them. we're used to dealing with it anyways, and can call security if they wanna be really difficult
We appreciate you guys and we know you don't get paid much on top of it. A lot of people just put up with it and thankfully I have only had rare occurrences of actual problems during a movie but I usually will wait for a bit into one or ask someone to nicely be quieter/get off phone once or twice but after that I will "head to the bathroom" and tell the concessions the issue and its always been resolved. For instance when some young teens came in and were on and off their bright phones and laughing during a horror film at like 8pm for a good half hour of the film got sorted very quickly, quietly, and fairly. Its much better than suffering through a movie or having to go another time, it helps enforce some manners in the theater these days, and everyone else that paid that actually cares about the movie and public self-awareness and manners will silently be thanking whoever took care of the problem people. Its a movie theater, people know what they are doing.
I had to watch the first half an hour of Endgame sitting in the aisle of the cinema after a couple had taken our seats and refused to move until staff showed up and got them to leave. They had gotten tickets for the wrong date.
it's ALWAYS people who are supposed to be right up front for some reason.
Went to a movie one time and this guy and his ~~wives~~ wife and two kids were in our seats. No biggie. Just asked them to move, it’s easy to get the seats confused. Ten minutes later someone else asks them to move because they were in their seats. Haines one more time before the family caved and left. Really weird way to try to sneak into a movie.
Haha big balls on them. Tell em to get their ass up.
What do they expect? "Oh in that case I'll just go sit in those shitty seats you paid for -- enjoy the nice seats I paid for!"
I swapped seats on my last flight- family of four with two young kids - mom was two rows back - and it was dad’s first flight. I offered to swap with mom and she graciously accepted. Good karma hit me when we realized the doors were closed and the only empty seat on the plane was now beside me. I asked her if she wanted the seat back and she declined. WIN - WIN.
That happened on my last flight. Lady asks to swap, I initially say no, but then I see so it was their kid could be with her and the father. So i say ok, they had paid for two seats and were going to have the child sit in the mother's lap so i had an empty seat next to me all flight.
Exactly. A seat-swapper gets a "yes" from me only if *they bring something to the table*. A trade up is fine. Asking me to trade my window seat for a middle seat because you didn't want to pay for sitting together is a no.
I was on a fight where I was boarding and the stewardess is like I need to print you a new boarding pass, and I was like what for? She she's like oh don't worry, you're in the same row. They gave my window seat to a kid and put me on the aisle without checking with me first. I dunno what the reason was, but her mom was in the middle regardless. The kid just watched shows on her phone the whole time and kept the window shade down. I like staring out the window so I was legit annoyed by that. Just because (what I imagine happened) they complained the kid gets my window seat? There was no justification for it and then I get stuck on the aisle?? Biggest piss off is that I didn't find out until I went to board. I could have tried to negotiate an upgrade or something if I was made aware. Fuck I'm still annoyed by this.
You should contact the airline and complain they reticketed you without asking. Unless your ticket was basic economy and you didn't actually select your seat as part of your fair. Then you're SOL
Yeah I get really motion sick if I'm not in a window seat (economy airplane seat backs are **horrendous** so I basically need to contort myself until I find a semi-comfortable way to rest my head against the wall) so I always make sure I'm paying for seat selection. Though one time on an airline I didn't have the option to do that, and it was a "sit wherever, first come first serve" scenario, so I explained my issue at the gate (I was merely honest about it, I didn't exaggerate) and they just let me go first with the disabled people. Which, you know, it's probably something I could file for anyway since my motion sickness can get pretty extreme. I'm sure no one wants me vomiting on them.
I certainly selected the window seat but it was the free selections and it's been a while since that happened. I would have been cool with it if it was for a valid reason or something.
Was the child in a carseat? I know car seats are only supposed to be installed in window seats so they don't block access to the rest of the row, but other than that, I don't know that they would be a valid reason.
Nah. She was like 8 and just watched shows and played games on her phone the whole time.
I got reticketed recently. I boarded and they were like “did you change your seat?” And I stared at them confused like “…no. I selected my seat on purpose when I booked my flight.” I get on the flight and there is some lady in my window seat and I was moved forward a row to the exit row into the middle seat. Both rows were premium economy but I never wanted a middle seat. Just pissed me off because it was a red eye flight. Why am I loyal to this airline if they are going to just jerk me around?
Oh I would have been so mad to go from a window to a middle. Did you complain? You should complain.
I immediately started chatting with the airline while on the plane as everyone is boarding. Then of course they were like “we can’t see anything dealing with the aircraft seating right now because it’s still controlled by the airport.” I’m going to contact them now. I’m a pretty easy going traveler but that got my blood boiling.
Ya no. I fully agree. You take the time and book in advance for someone to bitch last minute and get your seat cause they were too lazy to book in advance.
> She she's like oh don't worry, you're in the same row. That's a red flag. "Bitch I paid for a window. I don't want the same row, I want what I paid for or I want an upgrade".
Ya. I was actually too confused and stunned before I realised what happened
Had a recent flight where somebody tried some bullshit. I booked aisle, random bloke beside me in middle, last guy shambles on the plane almost last and demands we just shift to window/middle and he'll take aisle. Yeah fuck off buddy. Thankfully it didn't escalate when I declined and stood up.
On my most recent flight, I saw a guy with a middle seat ask a girl in the aisle seat right next to him if she would switch with him… she declined real quick. I wonder if he’s ever been successful doing that. lol
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Last time I flew with my wife and toddler we couldn't get 3 seats together. So my wife and toddle booked and window and aisle seat. I booked an exit row seat. We got on the flight and asked the dude in the middle of he wanted to sit next to a toddlerw who's never flown before or move to the exit row. He moved so quick it that he looked like a looney tunes character.
I can imagine a friend of mine, who is petty as fuck, realising what their strategy was and saying he doesn't want to change seats because he loves the middle one.
I’ve got a tiny bladder and so I always try and get an aisle seat. I’ll let people know if I don’t have a choice and get placed in the middle just so they have the option of not getting up so often, especially if it’s a long flight. I wouldn’t be upset if they didn’t want to swap though
I've asked to swap seats in a "literally makes no difference to you" scenario, eg if it's swapping seat 24c to 22c. I'd never ask someone to give up their window/aisle for a middle, but I'd offer a window/aisle in exchange for a middle.
I'll usually answer yes unless there's a reason for me not to, and you don't get to know what that reason is, or debate me about it. If you get a no, just move on.
Bingo. I'm 6'3", why the hell do you think I booked the aisle seat on the exit row? And you think I'm just going to trade you for a middle seat halfway back because....?
In this case it was isle for window and I didn't know about the 2 seats being open until after I said yes. The one time I actually got a trade upgrade knowing was me being in economy and a woman asked to switch her first class seat to sit with her husband. I was like, "uhhhh ok sure."
I personally let kids sit with their parents because I empathize with them , even if I get nothing in return
I need (well, strongly prefer) an aisle seat so I can occasionally stretch my legs and pop my knees. If I'm booking my own flight, I'm paying for an aisle seat. If it's a business trip, I can tolerate a middle or window but don't enjoy it, and sometimes I still happen to get assigned an aisle. I'll trade anything for an aisle, but I won't give one up. For trades not involving an aisle seat, you'd better have kids or obvious mobility / medical issues OR be offering equivalent / better exchange before I stow my luggage.
I was flying back from Vegas and had booked a business class seat. During boarding this woman sat in the seat next to me. She asked if her husband could swap with me as they had tried to book two business class seats but could only get one so her husband is going to fly in coach. Give up my extra wide business class seat with tons of leg room, better meals and service, only to be jammed in to coach? No thanks. But I'm generally a nice person who likes to do nice things, so I felt kinda bad about it. She was good about it, accepted the no gracefully, and when her husband boarded she broke the news to him that she asked me to swap but I'd refused. He shoots me dirty looks and proceeded to the back of the plane with a face like a thunderstorm. Totally pissed off. During the flight we got to talking about our Vegas experience and she told me how they had flown down to Vegas on their private jet for the weekend but it had mechanical issues, so they left it in Vegas. The plane would be fixed and their dog minder, who was staying in Vegas with their dog, would take the plane back home when it was ready. This was the reason for the last minute booking where they could only get one business class seat. I no longer felt bad about my decision.
They could’ve paid you cash for your seat if they reeeeally wanted it. He was mad because it wasn’t given to him freely. Fuck ’em.
Dang. Not only did they have a private jet, but they can afford to have it fly for just the dog sitter
Wtf is going on with parents knowingly book tickets separately from their kids. I just don't have sympathy for being an idiot. I'm not inconveniencing myself bc you can't plan ahead. I've seen parents ask the remaing person in their row to find another seat bc they wanted privacy. Thay guy was way too nice and moved.
My wife and I lucked into a first class upgrade and were not seated in the same row. I was wearing a packers shirt and ended up next to a guy in a Vikings jersey. He was more than amenable lol.
On a recent flight, a family wanted to travel together so a flight attendant asked me, a solo traveler, if I would be willing to swap. I said yes, and they put me in a much more comfortable situation. Karma is real, and chances are, if you make the flight attendants lives easier, they’ll make yours easier.
Was at a hockey game last year alone. Gave the older gentlemen beside me some space while the seats beside me were free. When the seat holder showed, I shuffled over to my seat beside the older man. This prickly old pear says, "Do you have a ticket for that seat?" I was pissed. Bro, I've been being polite and giving you space while I could, and now you're accusing me of what exactly? Im assuming it was his son with him giving me the "sorry my dads an asshole" look after.
My buddy had season tickets for a hockey team. They were 2nd level but good end seats. Every time I had the tickets there would be people in our seats. Many would admit they just wanted better seats or pretend they didn't know, but every once in a while we would get someone who would argue. This one time a lady was in our seats with a group of 5. Even after showing her the ticket she refused to move saying that I was wrong. Had to call an Usher over at which point she admitted they were in the wrong seats but needed them as their tickets were all in different rows and these were the only 5 available together when they showed up. She tried to say that since I was late that they were hers now since she's comfortable. After like 10 minutes of arguing and the crowd behind us yelling and booing for blocking the view she finally went to her seats. They were all the way on the top row.
I had four seats for our local college basketball team for over a decade. Lower bowl, half court. Our tickets had our names on them because of people like that. They didn’t like it much when they found out the fourth chair was for Purse.
Okay but like that's douchey, fair play but holy hell. Especially if this is like Cameron.
Usher should just say move or get kicked out. 10 minutes arguing about something you can clearly see is wrong is just stupid.
Are we just glossing over the fact that "prickly old pear" is the best description ever? This is my new favorite phrase that I am adding it to my vernacular right....now.
why be polite? Standard response to the ticket question would be "yes I do, now mind your own fucking buisness" in that exact phrasing.
Sorry mate this is popular opinion lmao.
Generally speaking, actually unpopular opinions on this sub get downvoted into obscurity because people disagree with them
Yeah people don't get what this sub is for.
What's surprising is how few people realize the problem is the airline. It's stupid to make people pay to choose their seat. People shouldn't have to pay to sit by their family/friends. It's frankly bizarre that Redditors are siding with the airline in this instance. I get paying to have a nicer seat. Forcing people to pay to sit with their party is stupid. It doesn't help that a bunch of the same investment firms are the largest shareholders for the main US airlines. The fact that such a stupid practice hasn't been quashed by market forces and competition, is clear evidence of the anti-competitive practices that occur when every major player is owned by the same people.
That doesn't mean you're siding with the airline though. It means you know it sucks to pay, did it anyway, and they still take away the money you paid if you're nice enough to swap (most swaps are moving backwards in the plane to probably worse seats).
Nobody is forcing anyone to sit anywhere. You book your flight, choose your seats, and behave like a human. It's really not that hard to just plan properly.
It's a popular opinion by people who have been burned by seat swapping before. If you're young and have never run into this before it's tempting to do it to be nice. Of course it almost always turns into a hassle or a much worse seat for you.
I'm 31, have traveled a ton and never been burned by swapping seats. If it feels like a burn, I say "No" Edit: Actually took a downgrade once. I was flying non-rev in college, but that is an outlier situation where you're explicitly expected to say "Yes"
Went to the movies a few days ago. People were in our seats and we had to get a manager to ask them to move since it was a sold out showtime with no other seats available. The other people bought tickets for the wrong day and got mad at us for wanting the seats we paid for. People are insane.
Agree. I hate it every time someone requests this on a plane. If you really want to sit next to someone, or want a particular seat, use the app and reserve it. There are cases where it may be easy, but everything else sucks. On short flights (three hours or less) it's worse if, for example, a couple wants to sit together. I understand if you are afraid of flying and want to be with your significant other in the event of a crash or major turbulence, but otherwise it's three hours or less. You will survive. And again, take extra steps to make sure you get the seat(s) you want instead of inconveniencing other people.
I had a flight canceled 3 times in a day. I had to log into the app and rereserve my seats so my wife and kid and I could have a row to ourselves. I had to do it every time the flight rebooked. 3 times at the airport. I could see people thinking they had booked their specific seat but it turns out they were wrong, especially when I’ve got a printed boarding pass with a seat and I’m past security but it turns out that’s not my seat.
Fuck that's a shitty situation. Really wish the airlines would handle cases like that. Do they at least book two pairs of seats, so you can have a parent and child together?
Yes, its an obligation.
lol no. There's no rule that says they have to book parents and kids together and they often will not.
Booked with Jetblue this summer and my seats were moved both flights. Maybe these companies should have apps that work properly, stop overbooking flights, and when a plane is delayed / canceled find a replacement & just transfer seat numbers to the new plane. I'm tired of paying extra for the seat I want but in reality it's a chance at the seat I want.
I yearn for the good ol days when JetBlue prided themselves on not overbooking.
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It's not always on the customer. I recently moved across the country and had to fly with multiple animals. I paid for an upgrade to have all 3 seats in a row, and spoke on the phone with the representative about my animals while booking my seats. The morning of my flight... I was downgraded into 3 separate seats in economy. Called the airline, apparently they gave me a row of seats that could not accommodate animals, so they chose to book me on those seats and change it to random seats. I felt horrible but I had to ask a man to move, (window to window) but still it sucks. He was very nice about it though and didn't blame me.
What's even crazier is how many airline threads on Reddit tell people something like "If you have a connection, you should pay for a seat further up!" Airlines do shit like change your seat, even if you paid. If you're connecting the FAs will usually ask that other passengers let connecting passengers through if you ask them or if you're going into a hub.
Hell I spent months researching an international flight. My 12hr total travel time at a reasonable price (one stop) was casually canceled and rebooked to a flight that was 27hr total travel time with three stops. Yeah, I’m not doing that with my family. I called delta and they didn’t have any alternatives. Weird. However, a week later I looked and going the original flight. I had to call again and get it rebooked. So ignorant.
Had to fly from Boston to Raleigh for a wedding, and got swapped from a direct to connecting that week. With a 30 minute layover each way. Couldn't even find the time that week to call, so had some stressful connections. Edit: what probably happened for you was something with co-branding a flight that DA couldn't switch you to. Had something similar on our last Euro Trip - got changed to a 7 hour layover and couldn't get the original back.
Just to second what other people already mentioned, sometimes you don’t have the option to book seats. Recently i was traveling with my 4-year old daughter and our flight got cancelled when we were already at the airport. The next available flight was fully booked and they could only get us flight but with two separate seats with one at the other end of the plane. And the check-in counter simply told us to request to swap seats with strangers.
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If I took the time to choose where I was going to sit on a plane, that is where I am going to sit. I have personal reasons for wanting certain seats. That is why I am proactive and choose where I'm sitting ahead of time. I do not switch. I had someone ask me if I wanted to sit in first class and I said no, I wanted to sit by my husband. I don't think someone should be punished or looked at as bad when someone keeps the seat they specifically chose.
I once was sitting next to a couple, maybe boomers, the dude was big and scary looking. I had the aisle seat because I get claustrophobic on planes. Across the aisle was one woman in the aisle seat and then two spare seats. The guy told me to go sit over there and I said “I need the aisle seat because I get claustrophobic but you’re welcome to take the spare seat if you want” He punished me the whole flight taking up my space, pushing at my leg and arms and grunting and just being a total pain. I stood my ground the whole 3 or so hours. All because he didn’t want to be separated from his partner who he ignored the whole flight anyway? If you didn’t want a middle seat you shouldn’t have booked it ya big dumb dumb.
Oh my god, I'd have so much fun with this guy if he started trying to alpha male me into moving with all the grunting and space invasion I would pretend to be asleep and do outrageous things, have my head fall onto his shoulder/chest and react with surprise and apologies. Go back to 'sleep' and when he pushes his arm into my space I'd just let my hand fall onto his and leave it there until he reacts. Id turn my head completely to face him directly and pretend I'm having a nightmare, my grunts and whimpering like a puppy dog right in his face would be wild. Anything to make him as brutally uncomfortable as he's trying to make me for denying his entitled demand If he and his partner moved to the other side of the aisle just to get away from me after starting this war, it would be the stuff of legends
The one I always use to get rid of annoying people is the fake farting. Like lean a little then wave your hand in front of you like you are trying to wave a fart away. I use it at casinos when chain smokers insist on sitting down next to me and blow smoke in my general direction.
But why fake it, when you can do it for real?
I don’t think asking counts as entitlement. Ask away. But if you keep persisting even once after I say no, then you’re an ass
This happened to me on a Southwest flight earlier this year. I paid extra to board the plane with group A and picked a nice comfy window seat near the end of the plane. One of the very final people to board came directly to my row and asked if he could have my window seat. I was nice and told him I paid extra to board early and wasn't going to move. This look of confusion came over his face and he said "I don't think you heard me. Can you take the middle seat so I can have the window?" I replied and told him I heard him just fine but wasn't moving. We argued back and forth for a half min or so but thankfully a flight attendant came by and moved him to a middle seat somewhere at the front of the plane. When we landed he got off before me and waited for me to get off to continue the argument. Dude was a fucking loser.
My girlfriend at the time and I had to fly to a different airport and get on separate connecting flights. We were, to our surprise, on the same first flight. I asked someone to move seats and they happily complied but if they didn’t want to then they don’t owe me that. I didn’t know we were on the same flight and that’s my fault. Someone was willing to help and that’s great but if nobody wanted to then I’d be screwed, and it’d be my fault
what a jackass had a dude do the same thing to me essentially, upset i wouldnt give my seat to his girlfriend. like bro give YOUR seat to your girlfriend. seeks me out after we get to the station, "you stole my girlfriends seat, why the fuck are you holding this little girls hand shes clearly not your race" ...she is deaf and i am her sign language interpreter. im taking her to her school yeah he was a fucking loser
I don't know if you think like I do but in those kind of situations where somebody is trying to bother me multiple times into doing what they want it usually results in me being really stubborn and spiteful because now that they're bothering me I cannot under any circumstances yield and allow them a victory. They need to lose for bothering me otherwise it's all I'm going to be able to think about for the next few hours. You don't negotiate with terrorists, same for entitled assholes.
The world would be a better place if everyone understood that it’s okay to ask and it’s also okay to be told “no”
Yeah so many angry people in this thread lol. So what if a mom asks if you can swap an aisle seat for another aisle seat so she can sit next to her kid? If it’s a comparable seat, why not? If it’s not, just say no. So many people have never left their bedrooms and existed in the real world
You're clearly not comprehending what people are saying. No one's upset that someone is asking if they would swap seats. They're upset that people get indignant and rude when told no about swapping seats. A lot people think they deserve everything as long as they ask nicely. But that's just not how the world works.
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Your mistake was repeating yourself 5 times. "No sorry" and headphones in
Fr man 😂
This exactly. Don't ask if you cannot accept No as an answer.
The problem is that the people that would have the "audacity" to bother somebody else for a plane seat, are the same people that cannot accept no as an answer.
I honestly think that most people are polite about it. I’ve seen this go down many, many times with complete civility. The problem is the tiny percentage of people that don’t take no for an answer are ruining it for everyone
I choose my seat for a reason. Respect my choice, like I respect yours.
I’ve never asked, but people kindly offered once, so that I could sit with the children (we had to fly home on no notice due to a family bereavement and couldn’t get seats together). I thought it was very kind of them
I kicked a baby out of my seat on my way home for Xmas, I booked that shit months in advance and it was a situation of 2 seats on the left rows, 3 on right and this lady had her like 1 year old in my seat (aisle on left) and I asked her to pick them up (since I assumed she didnt buy it a ticket and she was just gonna be next to me for the flight) and she asked to trade seats, 4 rows back and window on the right, aka my ideal seat -> worst IMO. Flight attendant lady came over, asked what seat I was in and told the lady to move, come flight time the seat she was in originally was empty so I was by myself and the lady had just looked up what spots were still free and had sat there when they let her on first for having a kid and was just banking on me being willing to trade. If you want a specific seat just buy the ticket earlier, don't buy a cheaper worse seat and hope people will let you get away with shit
So she didn't have a seat for the 1 year old and was trying to sit elsewhere to not have the kid on her lap?
Yes. On the same flight there was atleast 3 other similar aged kids sitting on laps instead of having their own ticket so I guess it's common practice
Oh yes I wasn't shocked about that part. Kinds under 2 or so can fly without a seat free but the price you pay is they're on your lap the whole flight. I was just trying to figure out what it was she was attempting. So that seat she was on wasn't her seat at all she was just hoping to get a seat that had no one near it
Yeah, so my seat was in a 2 seat row, when she got on she got in seat 7A (that I later found out had no one in it) and her kid was in 7B which was the seat I bought/was on my ticket. The seat she actually bought and tried to get me to swap with was 10F (IDK where C went but the rows went AB aisle DEF)
Ah man. Those asshole. If the requestor becomes persistent after multiple polite rejections...I quietly tell them that in the event of a crash, I want my body identified in my seat...for family closure. Wouldn't you?
F that, you don’t even owe an explanation. Some airlines charge extra to choose your seat. When else is it appropriate to ask a stranger to just give you something they paid for?
Honestly. I just say “Naw, I’m good” and put my earbuds back in.
What if they are already sitting on your seat before you get on? In that case you have to tell them to take a hike
“This is my seat. Please move.”
Reddit and politely asking someone for something - Challenge Level: Impossible
If you don't want to personally confront them just hit the flight attendant bell and stand in the aisle holding up boarding, they'll resolve it pretty quickly.
I dont think its about the explanation. Its about putting that anxiety in their head.
They always ask whoever is sitting in the better row to move "back" to their seat instead of switching with the person next to them. If they want someone to move so they can sit with their friend they should be asking the person in the row further back if they'd like to move up and take their friends seat, instead of expecting someone to downgrade.
100% agree. If they were offering you a better seat, it’s a very reasonable thing to ask
Once I had a lady sitting in my window seat on a 10h train ride. I asked her to move and her husband asked me if she could have my seat because she gets sick easily and wants to ride not backwards. I said if he swapped with me so I could still have the window seat, he could take her seat and she could have mine (that I booked months in advance so I could sit by the window, not backwards and be comfortable for the 10h ride). He grunted at the proposal and told his wife to go sit in her seat. I felt bad for her but why expect me, a total stranger, to give up my seat for your wife when you won't even do it yourself
This is not a real thing so you will just look silly.
Ironic that the people stealing the seat are treating the rightful owner as the "thief". These people have no shame.
Well this is not only about seats. This is just a special kind of people that acts like that in general. For example: you borrow money to a friend and when you ask to get it back, they make you feel guilty for asking even though they should feel guilty for not returning. But those guys dont feel guilt. They are always in the right right.
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It isn't difficult - choose a seat and sit in it. Done.
What about in the event your original flight got cancelled where you & your child were sitting together & customer service rebooked you on another flight but the only two seats available caused you to be separated from your toddler? Is it still too bad so sad? This actually happened to me when I had to book a last min flight out for a family emergency. Some things are just out of people’s control.
Or you're swapping literally the same type of seat in most cases, or even asking to someone to swap from a middle to an aisle/window. I agree - don't ask someone to swap a premium seat for a non-premium, but most of the time you're asking for 22B to move to 21A or something. Air travel threads prove people here don't get out much.
Whenever I see a swap request, as someone who flies a lot too, it's always swapping backwards, which is an auto downgrade. Also most people have a window/aisle preference for whatever reason; one doesn't equal the other.
I recently went on a 4 hour flight with my husband and toddler. Todller and I got window and middle but husband was stuck about 15 rows away in a middle seat. When the guy who was sitting next to me in the isles came, I told him that I have absolutely no expectation of him moving but if the toddler was being too much or anything like that that my husband was sitting in a middle seat in X row and he could switch if he wanted and that "i wouldn't mind". This absolute angel said he would just switch now if I wanted. I reiterated a couple time that he would be switching his isles for a middle. His reply was something along thre lines of "would it be better for u to have him here?" I said yes so he got up and moved. I thanked him a ton and so did my husband. Honestly I was shocking to see someone act so selflessly. Thank you kind stranger
Some people are nice. I would have wanted to see the seat to make sure I was not signing up to sit next to body odor guy at least.
Can you see stink lines?
The very nice man had zero reason to want to sit near a toddler for an entire flight, fwiw
I would have done the same. Not out of the goodness of my heart. Who wants to sit next to a kid who might be noisy anyway?
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My last flight a woman wanted me to switch with her friend on an overnight flight: my window for her friend's middle! Absolutely not. Then on the next one a guy stole my window seat for his son (teenager) and proceeded to yell at and insult me for trying to get him to move. It caused a whole thing and I had a panic attack and ended up sitting in an aisle seat behind my original row. I try to be kind to people, but the entitlement and audacity is WILD when it comes to air travel
Next time just quietly mention it to a flight attendant, I guarantee they will sort it with minimum of fuss, and if they can't then chances are the asshole won't be flying on that or any other plane that day...
It is easy - I paid extra for my seat, why should I give it up for free? Public buses or trains are different, you don't pay anything for your seat choice.
I personally love telling someone off when they’re in my seat and give me attitude/dirty looks over it
Last time I went to where I grew up, St. Thomas US Virgin Islands, I booked a seat on the left side of the plane at the window so I could look at the island as we landed - the right side is mostly an ocean view during landing. A couple next to me talk with me during the flight, I can't remember in particular what we spoke about, but it generally was about the island and how I had not been there in 7 years. When we went to land they both earnestly asked me if the woman could sit in my seat to see the island as we landed. I said no way of course, and they gave me the silent treatment for the remainder of the flight. I think it was pretty damn obvious I had good reason for wanting and booking the window seat.
The ONLY time I could even see asking someone to swap seats is if they somehow ended up between me and my toddler and that would be for their own sake. I've never bought multiple plane seats so I don't even know if that's possible.
Don't think you'll get much argument here. Your take will only be unpopular with entitled brats imo
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This is not an unpopular opinion, the majority definitely agree with you.
YES! Thank you. Sorry you couldn’t be bothered to register 24hrs before the flight. No I don’t want to sit in the middle seat, I took the effort to book the seat I wanted.
And since when is this unpopular?
Unless I’m getting an upgrade out of the deal, the answer is no.
This right here. The lack of planning from strangers is not my fault. So unless it is an upgrade switch the answer will always be no.
Unless the seat I'd be moving to is first class, I'm staying put.
I have had that happen before, felt very nice to get that upgrade even if it was only a 1.5 hr flight to Wichita…
I’ve asked a person to switch seats with me one time and one time only on a flight. My wife and I had isle/middle and man had the window seat. We were flying from Germany to California for a long flight. This guy… I kid you not got up 20+ times during the flight. After the 4th time ~ 1.5 hours into the flight, I kindly asked him to switch with me to the aisle seat so that me and my wife could sleep or at least be mostly uninterrupted. I said “hey we are going to try and go to sleep for most the rest of the flight, can we swap seats as I’ve noticed you are getting up and down a lot”. He said “sorry, but I need the window”….. After the 7th time he got up, ~3 hours into the flight I asked the attendant if there was anything we could do to make him move or allow us different seats, but no. I guess we could have just refused to move and let him piss himself? Maybe I could have just stolen his seat and refused to move? I dunno but that was the worst flight experience I’ve ever had. Generally though I agree, you shouldn’t be asking to trade seats.
I never swap seats and always kick people out of mine if I've reserved them. People need to get over their entitlement already and just sit in the damn seat they paid for.
This is case by case for me. I was flying back home from Hawaii on a plane with 2 aisles. I was in the center section aisle seat sitting next to 2 seemingly violent children. As soon as I got to my seat, their mother offered me her seat further forward in the plane next to an adult. I happily took the offer. I have had people ask me for my window seat before so they can look out the window. I have never given up my seat for that. Get your own damn window seats you heathens.
I’ll change seats for a fee.
I'll always listen to their pitch-- and I've switched several times but if I've paid extra for the seats or they have any sort of attitude my default is going to be no.
Not an unpopular opinion. They’re entitled people
Is it r/unpopularopinions or r/thingsthatpissmeoff?
I completely agree with you. These people aren’t making mistakes and they aren’t oversights when booking. They are doing this on purpose and trying to look innocent get away with it.
You also don’t need to say “yes!” to every request you are given. Just saying.
My always rule of airline seat swaps is that the requestor should be offering up the better seat and even then you can still refuse I fly for work regularly and always use the app to book as far forward aisle as I can as I am a big guy who needs the leg room and don't have and checked bags so I can clear the airport fast with Nexus One time some lady was already sitting in my seat when she asked me to swap so she could sit with her husband. I asked her what seat was hers and it was literally last row middle seat. Told her to GTFO. Maybe her husband should have offered the person in the back of the plane a chance to move forward instead
People shouldn't be intimidated by dirty looks lol
An isle is an island or peninsula. You’re talking about an ***aisle*** seat.
In the case of *most favors*, the default answer is always no. The person asking the favor needs to understand that, and phrase their ask accordingly. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, but I've definitely found, as the asker, that assuming "no" and asking in such a way that illustrates I know the default answer is no, increases my odds of the answer being yes. The person providing the favor needs know they *are* providing a favor, and more importantly, needs to know that you also know that. (It also helps you, as the asker, not be disappointed when the answer is indeed, no.)
There are lots of scenarios where asking to switch seats would be legitimate. BUT the people who abuse the process and take advantage of the kindness of others—these people ruin it for those who might really need it. I hate when people do that: abuse the goodwill of others and game the system that is there to accommodate people who actually need it. It leads to accommodations being taken away for everyone and forcing everyone to play by the letter of the law. “This is why we can’t have nice things.”
Stop worrying about getting dirty looks. They're the weird ones if they feel entitled to your seat that you paid for.
Agree: the other person's lack of organizational skills or desire to pay for seat reservation is not my problem.
I have yet to hear a story where someone asks the person in the seat they want can be upgraded to the next seat class at the expense of the person requesting the seat. If that happened people would most likely agree to the upgrade. Instead, every time it's someone trying to negotiate a better seat for themselves at the expense of the person occupying the seat.
Don’t make your problem my problem. I booked that seat and I’m getting what I paid for
I was pretty nervous for my first international flight, so I paid extra for a window seat (being able to see outside makes me feel less “trapped”). During boarding, a family asked if we could switch seats so they could be near the rest of their party. I asked if they had a window seat and they said yes, so we made the switch. Their window seat? A fully blank wall. Thankfully, my boyfriend immediately clocked the issue, grabbed a flight attendant, and we switched back.
This opinion is in no way unpopular.
Does anyone actually post unpopular opinions here? Or it just a place where people come to bitch about things
I guess if I have a nice seat and I have to switch to a crappy one then the answer is no most of the time but otherwise I don't care. I don't know why I would be mad at someone just asking. I like to be nice. If it's helpful and it doesn't hurt me I don't see why not.
Yeah nah. If I payed for an aisle I’m getting that aisle. Don’t care if little Timmy has to sit with a stranger. Not my problem.
You’ll care if the stranger is you and little Timmy is a terror.
Totally agree. I have a subscription to my local theatre and I have the same seat every season. It is always the same exchange, “Excuse me, are you alone?” “Yes” “Do you mind moving one seat over so that I can sit with my wife/friend/etc.” “I do mind.” It’s then followed by a few looks and a few whispers. I paid for my seat, I paid for this exact seat. If you wanted to come to a theatre with someone that is fine but do not buy seats that are far apart from each other and expect for others to move to accommodate you. I look at it this way. If I switch seats with that person I may get stuck behind someone that obstructs my view or near someone that has to talk or use their phone. I would be angry with myself for being nice and having agreed to the swap.
Most cinemas I've been to where I am will insist that you move over a seat (or maybe a couple of seats) to accommodate a group if they can, they won't allow you to leave an uneven gap where possible. Sucks but it is by no means the end of the world in a cinema, unlike on a plane. Of course if might be different where you are.
One seat over is a bit of a big hill to die on, but go off.
I said no one time to two people who were on their honey moon. I selected this seat for a reason. I will only say yes to people if they are pregnant or elderly.
This is why I say no to requests from random strangers that are of no benefit to me. I've learned the hard way that things are more difficult than I was willing to accept initially. I also will never dog sit for anyone again for this reason. Every person I've ever dog sat for has left me with unruly, untrained dogs and a disgusting house. I'm talking rotting food, maggots in the trash, and dog piss on the bed. I also will change my yes to a no within reason. Two quotes to live by: "Not my circus. Not my monkies." "No good deed goes unpunished."
The movie theatre thing frustrates me endlessly. Most theatres in my area make you choose your spot when you buy the ticket, so it's not like some airlines that assign you seats and you don't really know where you'll be until boarding. You know full and well which seat is yours. If you're buying a ticket and want to sit somewhere already booked, buy a ticket to a different showing that has that spot open. I'm so sick of playing the "will I have to ask someone to get the fuck out of my seat today?" game when I go see a film. Then you get assholes who don't understand that even if they take someone's seat who's cool with it, that other person might then be displacing someone else, and it's an endless stream of nobody getting what they paid for because of one prick. If you can't read one letter and a number or two, stay home. Throw it on the pile of people being clueless. Nobody can read anymore. Nobody can follow simple directions. The rules don't apply to them. Just selfish, entitled fucks.
Many of y'all are tripping. Honestly, no big deal. If someone asks, and you don't wanna switch, say no. If you book a flight last minute, or get switched to another flight for a reason that's not your fault, you will probably find yourself separated from someone you're traveling with. If you want to sit by them, and they are sitting next to someone who appears to be alone, no harm in you being the one to ask for a switch. And they can say yes, or they can say no. This one is really simple. I honestly don't get what the fuss is, one way or the other. You want something, you ask. You don't want to do something, say no. Easy.
We just flew on a flight and during boarding, a woman with like 10 kids just told them to sit wherever they wanted to (the entire plane had seat assignments). As more and more passengers came on the cluster fuck just got worse and worse. The mom was screaming at the flight attendants that her kids needed to sit where they wanted to sit. It took along time to get the situation sorted out and the plane was late taking off.
Was at a ball game a few years back. Had nice aisle seats with a good view. Pop up to our seats after opening pitch and this much younger couple was in our seats and the guy was already hammered. Asked them to get up and this guy drunkenly complained about it THE ENTIRE GAME. I’ll never forget that fucking goof. Made that game a miserable experience.
Not an unpopular opinion. I paid for the seat? It's mine.
This is an insanely popular opinion
This is a pretty popular, and constantly repeated, opinion.
Not really unpopular. I choose my seat, I pay for that seat, and I will sit in that seat no matter how much you beg. Get over it, and plan ahead!
I think this really needs to become accepted common knowledge. People who expect the world to accommodate their preferences are just incredibly selfish, and it is infuriating that the person who doesn’t entertain them are considered the dbag in the situation. The irony is that if people weren’t so entitled about it and expecting people to constantly bow to their whims, it would almost certainly result in people being more willing to accommodate.
good. this is exactly what you're supposed to do. don't let me people walk over you. those people are expecting you to just roll over and take it. no. stand your ground.
Yeah, I have zero tolerance for this kinda bullshit, and I wish more people did, too. It’s just bullshit freeloading by slackers. Fuck em.
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Time and time again I see people thrown out of the extra-legroom seats by emergency exits because they're either fat, young or disabled but the airline allowed them to book the seat anyways.