A woman is seeking advice after sharing how she was ‘too awkward’ to ask for her assigned window seat back on a plane after spotting another passenger sitting in it
When it comes to travelling on a plane, most people pre-book their seats to ensure a comfortable journey.
But for those who risk it, it can be an anxious few minutes queuing up for your boarding pass to see whether you have a window, middle, or aisle seat.
Luckily for one traveller, she was assigned a window seat without paying any extra and excitedly waited to board her flight ready to enjoy the views. However, when she started walking to her chair, she discovered another passenger sitting in it – and she provided a “lame” excuse as to why she couldn’t move.
Taking to Reddit, she said: “Recently was on a flight, and did not pay extra for any seat. I was going to just sit wherever I was assigned. To my delight, I was assigned a window seat. It was an eight-hour flight, and I wanted to sleep with the wall support the window seat offers.
“However, when I get on the plane, a lady is in my seat. She says ‘Oh, I didn’t realise. You can just sit here’ and points to the middle seat. I have a hard time with confrontation so I just accepted it. If this were to happen again, how do I respond?”
While most users related with the ‘awkward’ woman, others slammed the ‘entitled’ passenger for stealing the seat and remaining in it when it was pointed out to her. Commenting on her post, one user said: “Feign ignorance from what she said. look at your boarding ticket, say my seat is 35A, look above, and check the seating arrangement, it shows a window seat, what does it say in your boarding ticket? act confused. call the flight attendant. say there is a mistake.”
Another user added: “Some guy tried to take my seat and stick me in his middle seat across the aisle so he could sit with his wife and teenager and I said ‘Oh, no thank you. I picked this seat intentionally when I checked in’.
“He starts throwing a hissy fit, trying to get me to take his middle seat, and the flight attendant swooped in like a freaking goddess, and told him to move. He goes to the other side, still moaning, and banged his head on the luggage compartment so hard that three rows worth of people audibly gasped The kicker is that I sat next to the wife and kid, and they didn’t say a single word to each other the entire flight.”
Trying to help, a third user said: “She knew exactly what she was doing. I would have said, ‘Sorry, I’d actually prefer my assigned seat.’ If she gets angry, simply say, ‘Okay, I’ll see what the flight attendant says’.” One more user added: “Just say, ‘I’d rather have my window seat thanks’ and if that doesn’t work tell a flight attendant.”
