Originally Posted by
gglave
Yes, but I feel the exact converse - I'm sure you're a perfectly nice person, but I don't understand your thinking at all.
If I arrive at 31A and there's someone sitting there, and they say "Do you mind moving to 29F so I can sit with my kid?" my response is "Sure, no problem." 30 seconds later I'm in 29F flipping through Hemispheres.
I probably would, too (I say, "probably" because I think it is a violation of seat-switching etiquette to sit in the requested seat before consent is given). However, my experience has always been, "My kid and I have to sit together, so you're going to have to take that middle seat back there.
I simply don't understand why this is such a big deal. Life is too short, karma, blah blah blah etc.
I don't believe in karma, and I don't believe in being uncomfortable because someone else thinks their entitled to what doesn't belong to them.
Maybe it's a cultural thing - I'm Canadian, after all
Clearly, that explains it.
That being said, no one has ever been rude to me about it, mostly they're pleading and hopeful, and as I've said many times before, it's no skin off my nose.
Our experiences have been diametrically opposed.