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Old Dec 4, 2008 | 8:59 pm
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Originally Posted by zitsky
Exactly!! Some people have non-visible medical conditions that might require frequent trips to the bathroom, which makes sitting in a window seat painful for even a few hours. I'm one of those people that switched from always sitting on the window to always sitting on the aisle, just so I don't inconvenience anyone if I get up to walk the aisle or use the bathroom.

I feel sympathetic to the family, but it wasn't like the kid was sitting alone. This is very different than previous cases where a pax was in one section and caregiver in another.
I agree, that is why I clarified as below...

Originally Posted by woojink
My entitlement comment is not about the pax in 6B. You're right I don't know the reason there so I cannot comment and won't. I will assume and give that pax the benefit of the doubt that there was a very valid reason he could not switch. Perhaps he was travelling with someone in 6A.
However, my point is that the attitude of several posters seems to not be one of trying to help someone who is disabled or their family, but rather, why THEY shouldn't have to move. Not the best example of human kindness, right?
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