Originally Posted by
izzik
You were offered a viable alternative but you turned it down.
Not sure what you wanted the FAs to do.
You said you were aware of the potential embarrassment resulting from confrontation.. so what else was supposed to happen in an ideal situation?
Gotta love America today. It's the OP's fault, the rules only apply when it's not inconvenient to the vendor and people back the lack of enforcement by the airline personnel. "hey, you move, not the violator!