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You tell the person to get out of the seat you paid for. I strongly prefer aisle seats. I once had a girl ask me to switch seats with her so that she could sit
by shpongled 7y ago
You tell the person to get out of the seat you paid for.
I strongly prefer aisle seats. I once had a girl ask me to switch seats with her so that she could sit next to her boyfriend. Since she had a middle seat, I politely declined, explaining that I would only switch with another aisle seat. She proceeded to throw a fit, calling me an asshole, etc, etc. I paid extra (how have we even come to this?) to be able to pick my seat, I'm not going to give it up for free.
Don't let people bully you.
- Freak_NL 7y agoAt some point you will either have to escalate or give up. Some people won't be convinced, and can't be badgered into obeying you, and they know that you have no recourse at all as long as they remain seated and ignore you. If the local authority (flight attendants) won't back you up, you are at the discretion of whoever is hogging your seat. Any display of power over the other usually amounts to potentially being able to resort to violence if necessary to back up your power. The person in the seat know full well that you cannot do that without being forced to leave the plane, so they have effectively nothing to fear from you.
- shpongled 7y agoIf the flight attendants aren't enforcing seating then I'll go plop myself down in an exit row or first class