How to handle this...woman in my seat!
Jun 21, 2011, 11:51 am
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I would contest someone who showed no evidence of moving, acting as though it were "my problem" - the woman in my example above thought "it got messed up" was all the discussion needed. I could have understood had the airline moved my seat between online checkin and boarding, but that wasn't the case here at all.
Jun 21, 2011, 12:58 pm
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Flew BCN-TLV a few days ago on JK... this ia a flight with TONS of infrequent fliers. I made sure to book the exit row as it has tons of legroom (seat A on an A321, with a FA seat opposite me). There was a tour group travelling back to Israel after their visit to BCN. A couple of people sitting next to me in exit row had friends over for about an hour after the seatbelt sign was turned off. I went to the bathroom and came back... one of these friends (who was sitting in the FA jumpseat before this) took my seat. He started trying to convince me that I should take his seat in the row behind. As luck would have it, I do not speak French or Hebrew like he did. I offered to move for 50€, he declined and I finally got him out of my seat. 
. Hey, for 50€ I would have sat for 3 hrs in a regular Y seat .
. Hey, for 50€ I would have sat for 3 hrs in a regular Y seat .
Jun 21, 2011, 4:54 pm
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Or she makes her life miserable all by herself.
I was thinking the same thing. The OP claims passive non-resistance here, but throws a receipt in a car rental attendant's face in another post. Inconsistent, at the least.
I was thinking the same thing. The OP claims passive non-resistance here, but throws a receipt in a car rental attendant's face in another post. Inconsistent, at the least.
Jun 21, 2011, 7:39 pm
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+1, I think the OP is just trolling. It doesn't look like he comes back to the threads he creates to post followups or answer questions either.
Jun 21, 2011, 8:18 pm
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At first I wasnt going to bother responding, but then thought hang on it doesnt add up.
Troll definately, at least he's given us some interesting threads. I would still like him to return and start a few more. Theyve been fun reads.
edit: And now Ive just read the last few posts here its obvious Im not the only one to come to that conclusion. lol.
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Jun 21, 2011, 10:51 pm
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Yes. I learned this the hard way:
Situation 1: - 2 people sitting in DH's and my seats. No FAs in sight. We asked this couple to show their boarding passes, which showed they should be in H & J in the same row, not in D & E, our seats. I don't think this couple had flown before, because they insisted they were in the correct seats, being in the row shown on their boarding passes. They seemed to have no idea the seats were also identified.
Eventually, they moved, with a very bad grace, the man saying loudly, "I hope you're as quick to step in your grave as you are to step into my seat!" The woman seated next to me told me she thought we should have let the other couple stay in our seats, and she nagged me about it for the rest of the flight.
Situation 2: We boarded in AKL, on to a flight that had originated in SYD. There was a woman already sitting in one of the seats that had been allocated to us. Her boarding pass showed the same seat number as mine. Duplicate seat allocation.
We pressed the bell to summon the FA. After examining the boarding passes, she went away for a few minutes, then came back and upgraded the other passenger to business class. All sorted pleasantly and politely, with all of us happy at the outcome. Of course, it would have been better if we had all been upgraded!
Situation 1: - 2 people sitting in DH's and my seats. No FAs in sight. We asked this couple to show their boarding passes, which showed they should be in H & J in the same row, not in D & E, our seats. I don't think this couple had flown before, because they insisted they were in the correct seats, being in the row shown on their boarding passes. They seemed to have no idea the seats were also identified.
Eventually, they moved, with a very bad grace, the man saying loudly, "I hope you're as quick to step in your grave as you are to step into my seat!" The woman seated next to me told me she thought we should have let the other couple stay in our seats, and she nagged me about it for the rest of the flight.
Situation 2: We boarded in AKL, on to a flight that had originated in SYD. There was a woman already sitting in one of the seats that had been allocated to us. Her boarding pass showed the same seat number as mine. Duplicate seat allocation.
We pressed the bell to summon the FA. After examining the boarding passes, she went away for a few minutes, then came back and upgraded the other passenger to business class. All sorted pleasantly and politely, with all of us happy at the outcome. Of course, it would have been better if we had all been upgraded!
I was just saying reading your post.. you definitely got your seat..
But had you known that the person standing up would have been upgraded.. most of us certainly would have been polite enough to stand up and be charitable..
Jun 21, 2011, 11:43 pm
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Jun 22, 2011, 6:39 am
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On our second example,iIt was all done quite amicably. The woman actually offered to move elsewhere (there were a couple of free seats in Y) but we encouraged her to wait for the FA to sort it, saying that there was a chance she would get a better seat. It was a long flight (AKL-SIN) and the 2 of us did want to sit together.
After our previous, fraught experience, we approached this woman with humour. Our first conversation was like: " Houston, we have a problem! Have you been given the same seat as we have?" It was a pleasant experience all round.
Jun 22, 2011, 8:23 am
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Hi Pinworm, I guess a "Scottsdale C...nt" is the equivilent of a "See You Next Tuesday"
Jun 22, 2011, 12:47 pm
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But that doesn't stop the die hards trying the 'you are sitting in my seat' line! When I first started commuting I selected a seat at an early station and had a very rude women stand, hands on hips and scream that at me, followed by 'you ahve to move NOW'! If there had been other seats I might have moved, but there were not by this point so I didn't. And every single day for months she glared at me, because I rather liked the seat I had sat in on the first day, so chose it each day! Petty, absolutely, but had she not shouted at me on day one, I probably wouldn't have developed any seat habit, as I don't really care too much (although 3 years in, I do have 'my seat' now - but would never ever dream of trying to claim it from another!)
Jun 22, 2011, 12:53 pm
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OP didn't mention race or religion why you engage it in discussion.it's matter of bad behavior not related to other things.
Jun 22, 2011, 1:08 pm
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But that doesn't stop the die hards trying the 'you are sitting in my seat' line! When I first started commuting I selected a seat at an early station and had a very rude women stand, hands on hips and scream that at me, followed by 'you ahve to move NOW'! If there had been other seats I might have moved, but there were not by this point so I didn't. And every single day for months she glared at me, because I rather liked the seat I had sat in on the first day, so chose it each day! Petty, absolutely, but had she not shouted at me on day one, I probably wouldn't have developed any seat habit, as I don't really care too much (although 3 years in, I do have 'my seat' now - but would never ever dream of trying to claim it from another!)
Jun 22, 2011, 2:24 pm
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I'm afraid you missed my point, which was framed as sarcasm and critical of those in this country who deny Muslims the same freedoms and rights enjoyed by those of other religions. I suggest you do a search on my posting history before you start lecturing me -- I am a very vocal defender of Muslim rights, and Islam generally.