Situational ethics: If the female of the couple is assigned to sit next to me, then I ain't movin'. If the male of the couple is assigned to sit next to me, then I might steal a glance at where I'd end up.

Oh yeah:

Seriously, tho, I was raised to be polite and to wallow in guilt for my sins. So I'd end up doing exactly what Premex did: agree reluctantly and regret it for days...