Originally Posted by
element7
hehe. You must not encounter this very often judging by how surprised you are. I actually never really had any problems with asking people to switch seats. If they said no it was fine with me
To the contrary, that is the way it usually happens. Most people are polite and courteous.
It would be a surprise for anyone reading FT and all the message threads about people going ballistic if asked (even politely) to switch seats.