Originally Posted by
pbuntrock
These threads show up on FlyerTalk all the time, they drive me completely insane. My point of view:
- Your enfant may be special to you
- Your little Johnny with ADD may be special to you
- Your Grandmother with Alzheimer’s my be special to you
- Your 500 lbs body may be special to you
- Your 15 preflight cocktails may be special to you
- Your elite status may be special to you
None of these are special to me. All I want is the seat I paid for. And for no one seated next to be to make my flight miserable.
We have become a society were because your “special” you get to make me miserable. Fire away, I can take it.
The infant doesn’t make me special, neither does not having a baby, or being on business. But it is a part of life, part of society. If you want to be in a serene, totally undisturbed place take a private jet or buy out the entire first class. Otherwise what makes you so special that you think you can restrict the people next to you. I hear you, I would love to say who can sit by and who can’t. Only the Swedish Bikini team please. But unfortunately, and fortunately our society isn’t exactly what we want. It is part of this great thing called life, where things are different around every corner to keep you on your toes. After all the time is limited that you have to “put up” with the small inconvenience and is minimal in the grand scheme of things. I don’t like being sick but it happens sometimes. I don’t like sitting next to crying kids for a 11 hour flight, but it could happen. I don’t want my kid to cry on the plane but it could happen. I don’t want someone to sit next to me and die mid way through the flight but it could happen.