Rude woman's Request to Change Seats
Jul 22, 2013, 8:45 am
#616
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I did not cast judgement an anyone; I was in similar situations many times and gladly gave up my seat. But I understand that we are individuals with different levels of education, values, social backgrounds, or parenting experiences. I was raised to be considerate and kind to others; although I have plenty of gray hair, I still have my mother's voice in my head telling me to play nice.
In those cases, I'm not switching. They can go find another sucker.
And I'm totally with WiscAZ: 2A is a better seat than 1A on most RJ's. I specifically try to book 2A whenever I'm lucky enough to get an upgrade on one of those types. In a lot of F configurations, I find bulkhead to be the worst row...nowhere to stash a bag and frequently less legroom than the farther-back rows. It's the opposite of Y in many cases.
Jul 22, 2013, 8:46 am
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I did not cast judgement an anyone; I was in similar situations many times and gladly gave up my seat. But I understand that we are individuals with different levels of education, values, social backgrounds, or parenting experiences. I was raised to be considerate and kind to others; although I have plenty of gray hair, I still have my mother's voice in my head telling me to play nice.
Honestly, your condescending self-congratulations is really inappropriate.
Jul 22, 2013, 10:20 am
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I apologize if my comments offended your sensibilities. It wasn't my intention to be condescending or congratulate myself for anything. I meant to point out that probably I am a little more tolerant of others good manners (or lack thereof) because I was born in a different part of the world, I traveled many places on the map and realized that I shouldn't hold everyone I meet to the same level of expectations. To show kindness to nice people it's easy; the hard part is to be kind with people who don't deserves it. Hope that nobody else was offended.
Jul 22, 2013, 10:27 am
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I apologize if my comments offended your sensibilities. It wasn't my intention to be condescending or congratulate myself for anything. I meant to point out that probably I am a little more tolerant of others good manners (or lack thereof) because I was born in a different part of the world, I traveled many places on the map and realized that I shouldn't hold everyone I meet to the same level of expectations. To show kindness to nice people it's easy; the hard part is to be kind with people who don't deserves it. Hope that nobody else was offended.
Why would you want to be kind to people who don't deserve it?
Jul 22, 2013, 12:02 pm
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This is exactly what I meant by condescending -- the assumption that you're more worldly than those who don't hold your philosophy. There is an enormous difference between someone whose cultural standards are not the same as yours and someone who is just plain rude and selfish.
Because I was raised this way; it's just a matter of personal preference. Please, do not consider it as discourteous if I will refrain from making future comments on this subject. I sincerely wish you the best!
Jul 22, 2013, 12:11 pm
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A few years ago, Mr. F and I were traveling from SIN-DEN. On the first leg we were not seated together, and politely asked the FA is there was any way to move us. The FA asked the person seated next to me if she would agree to switch. She declined, and the FA persisted probably more than she needed to. My seatmate was pleasant, but I was secretly pleased when the plane developed a condensation leak right above her causing her to get quite wet. 