I was on a flight from Brazil to NYC and the man kitty corner to me was, no joke, FACE TIMING. I did say something to the flight attendant who told him to stop but also told him that I was the one who pointed it out, which he threw a fit over. I have no problem standing up for myself but plenty of passengers behaving badly are not rational and sometimes it’s just not worth getting into it.
I was recently on a long haul flight and booked and paid for my aisle seat. A large group of people boarded after me and a young woman in the group had the middle seat next to me, someone else in the group asked me if I would switch seats with her boyfriend so they could sit together. They made it look like it was an aisle seat that I was swapping for, but only after I started to gather my things did it become clear it was a middle seat. I said no to the trade and the whole family started berating me and holding up boarding for everyone else on the plane. I stood my ground and when they finally got out of the aisle, several women who walked past me loudly commended me for not giving in.
Someone in one of the seats next to the boyfriend agreed to switch and take the middle seat next to me and half way through the flight the boyfriend came by and tossed a $20 bill at him as a thanks for switching.
The whole thing was very strange, if they needed to sit together, they should have booked seats together. Their group was also large, so they could have shifted among themselves to accommodate 2 teenagers sitting together. They loudly complained about me for the duration of the flight, but I will not be shamed for other people's poor planning.
The bare feet 😖 Not exactly the same but my partner and I were just on an Amtrak heading to Rhode Island and the person behind us took off his shoes, releasing the foulest smell…
Agree whole heartedly!
I was on a flight from Brazil to NYC and the man kitty corner to me was, no joke, FACE TIMING. I did say something to the flight attendant who told him to stop but also told him that I was the one who pointed it out, which he threw a fit over. I have no problem standing up for myself but plenty of passengers behaving badly are not rational and sometimes it’s just not worth getting into it.
The amount of times people assumed I'd just shimmy right out of my prized aisle seat for them is insane!! No thank you!!!
I was recently on a long haul flight and booked and paid for my aisle seat. A large group of people boarded after me and a young woman in the group had the middle seat next to me, someone else in the group asked me if I would switch seats with her boyfriend so they could sit together. They made it look like it was an aisle seat that I was swapping for, but only after I started to gather my things did it become clear it was a middle seat. I said no to the trade and the whole family started berating me and holding up boarding for everyone else on the plane. I stood my ground and when they finally got out of the aisle, several women who walked past me loudly commended me for not giving in.
Someone in one of the seats next to the boyfriend agreed to switch and take the middle seat next to me and half way through the flight the boyfriend came by and tossed a $20 bill at him as a thanks for switching.
The whole thing was very strange, if they needed to sit together, they should have booked seats together. Their group was also large, so they could have shifted among themselves to accommodate 2 teenagers sitting together. They loudly complained about me for the duration of the flight, but I will not be shamed for other people's poor planning.
The bare feet 😖 Not exactly the same but my partner and I were just on an Amtrak heading to Rhode Island and the person behind us took off his shoes, releasing the foulest smell…