I was sitting in 6f and there was a woman that boarded and sat in 7d. When the person assigned to 7d showed up she apologized and said really she was supposed to be in 7f but someone else was in her seat. That someone else had left (to look for a pillow perhaps?) so the woman scooted over to 7f in spite of the other PAX stuff stashed in the seat pocket and under the seat! The woman even commented there was no room for her stuff! Lo and behold the original 7F PAX returns... surprise! Finally a FA shows up and figures out the 7D woman was actually supposed to be in 12F!

Now my curiousity.. how the heck do you mix up row 7 for row 12? She even looked at her ticket again when the 7D PAX showed up. I can see mixing up row 7 for 9 or 13 for 15, but 7 for 12?

Silly that I let this stuff make me grit my teeth. While the seat juggling was going on I wanted so desperately to just reach back there and grab her boarding pass and read it for her. I think AS' boarding passes are really easy to read, I have seen people trying to sit in 2c because they were looking at the gate (C2) vs. the seat assign, that's pretty understandable for those who don't fly too much.

The whole "If Seattle is not your final destination today we strongly recommend you deplane at this time" announcement has always reminded me of those announcements the first day of class back in college. (back when we used a slate board & chalk for notes)

Alison