Seat Swap Request Horror Stories
Jul 22, 2019, 1:44 am
#1051
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Jul 22, 2019, 3:52 am
#1052
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The poster in question was sitting next to a woman who didn't want some guy who had bought her a coffee prior to the flight to swap seats with the poster. Coffee Guy had requested the seat swap without consulting the woman. These two facts together lead to the inevitable conclusion that Coffee Guy is making unwanted advances toward the woman.
With the poster being physically in the way, this puts the poster directly in the middle of the 'business', and it becomes prudent for the poster to take a few reasonable precautions against further unwanted involvement, such as fully apprising the cabin crew of the situation so they can be aware of potential problems before they arise.
If no further problems arise, nobody has been hurt, but if Coffee Guy does decide to take unwanted action toward the woman (such as poaching the poster's seat when he goes to the lav, or trying to talk to the woman over the poster), then the cabin crew can take corrective action more quickly.
Jul 22, 2019, 6:28 am
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Not at all.
The poster in question was sitting next to a woman who didn't want some guy who had bought her a coffee prior to the flight to swap seats with the poster. Coffee Guy had requested the seat swap without consulting the woman. These two facts together lead to the inevitable conclusion that Coffee Guy is making unwanted advances toward the woman.
With the poster being physically in the way, this puts the poster directly in the middle of the 'business', and it becomes prudent for the poster to take a few reasonable precautions against further unwanted involvement, such as fully apprising the cabin crew of the situation so they can be aware of potential problems before they arise.
If no further problems arise, nobody has been hurt, but if Coffee Guy does decide to take unwanted action toward the woman (such as poaching the poster's seat when he goes to the lav, or trying to talk to the woman over the poster), then the cabin crew can take corrective action more quickly.
The poster in question was sitting next to a woman who didn't want some guy who had bought her a coffee prior to the flight to swap seats with the poster. Coffee Guy had requested the seat swap without consulting the woman. These two facts together lead to the inevitable conclusion that Coffee Guy is making unwanted advances toward the woman.
With the poster being physically in the way, this puts the poster directly in the middle of the 'business', and it becomes prudent for the poster to take a few reasonable precautions against further unwanted involvement, such as fully apprising the cabin crew of the situation so they can be aware of potential problems before they arise.
If no further problems arise, nobody has been hurt, but if Coffee Guy does decide to take unwanted action toward the woman (such as poaching the poster's seat when he goes to the lav, or trying to talk to the woman over the poster), then the cabin crew can take corrective action more quickly.
Jul 22, 2019, 7:07 am
#1054
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Not at all.
The poster in question was sitting next to a woman who didn't want some guy who had bought her a coffee prior to the flight to swap seats with the poster. Coffee Guy had requested the seat swap without consulting the woman. These two facts together lead to the inevitable conclusion that Coffee Guy is making unwanted advances toward the woman.
With the poster being physically in the way, this puts the poster directly in the middle of the 'business', and it becomes prudent for the poster to take a few reasonable precautions against further unwanted involvement, such as fully apprising the cabin crew of the situation so they can be aware of potential problems before they arise.
If no further problems arise, nobody has been hurt, but if Coffee Guy does decide to take unwanted action toward the woman (such as poaching the poster's seat when he goes to the lav, or trying to talk to the woman over the poster), then the cabin crew can take corrective action more quickly.
The poster in question was sitting next to a woman who didn't want some guy who had bought her a coffee prior to the flight to swap seats with the poster. Coffee Guy had requested the seat swap without consulting the woman. These two facts together lead to the inevitable conclusion that Coffee Guy is making unwanted advances toward the woman.
With the poster being physically in the way, this puts the poster directly in the middle of the 'business', and it becomes prudent for the poster to take a few reasonable precautions against further unwanted involvement, such as fully apprising the cabin crew of the situation so they can be aware of potential problems before they arise.
If no further problems arise, nobody has been hurt, but if Coffee Guy does decide to take unwanted action toward the woman (such as poaching the poster's seat when he goes to the lav, or trying to talk to the woman over the poster), then the cabin crew can take corrective action more quickly.
Jul 22, 2019, 7:53 am
#1055
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The woman asked him not to switch seats and explained why. After he agreed not to swap it was no longer his problem. If he goes to the lav and comes back to find someone else in his seat he can either send the fellow packing or inform the cabin crew. If the woman beside him is being pestered by another passenger it is on her to punch the call button and make a complaint.
Jul 25, 2019, 2:39 pm
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Here's a seat-swap demand horror story on steroids. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel...-a9020106.html
TL;DR: Passenger sits in a seat and refuses to move even if they bring the police. And, he was true to his word and refused to move even when the police arrived and had to be dragged off the plane.
TL;DR: Passenger sits in a seat and refuses to move even if they bring the police. And, he was true to his word and refused to move even when the police arrived and had to be dragged off the plane.
Jul 25, 2019, 4:13 pm
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So much extreme behavior has become normalized nowadays; the answer is to diffuse it before it snowballs. We were recently in NYC and enjoyed Frozen on Broadway one afternoon; you could spot in advance a mile away the few adults addicted to their smartphone, and the ushers were completely on top of of it the second someone lit up. Maybe it was just easier because no play has an alternate location. If you don’t like one airline, you have the option to choose another.
Jul 25, 2019, 8:07 pm
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So much extreme behavior has become normalized nowadays; the answer is to diffuse it before it snowballs. We were recently in NYC and enjoyed Frozen on Broadway one afternoon; you could spot in advance a mile away the few adults addicted to their smartphone, and the ushers were completely on top of of it the second someone lit up. Maybe it was just easier because no play has an alternate location. If you don’t like one airline, you have the option to choose another.
Jul 25, 2019, 11:10 pm
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Here's a seat-swap demand horror story on steroids. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel...-a9020106.html
TL;DR: Passenger sits in a seat and refuses to move even if they bring the police. And, he was true to his word and refused to move even when the police arrived and had to be dragged off the plane.
TL;DR: Passenger sits in a seat and refuses to move even if they bring the police. And, he was true to his word and refused to move even when the police arrived and had to be dragged off the plane.
Maybe his upgrade didn’t clear.
Jan 22, 2020, 11:27 am
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On my flight from LHR to JFK last night, I experienced an odd seat swap situation. First, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man, who was traveling with his son, asked the man behind me if he would switch seats with me. The son was supposed to sit next to me, and he did not want the son sitting next to a female. The man behind me and I switched seats, because I really just wanted to get home and didn't want to hold up the flight (which was full). The father was sitting across the aisle and a row back. The father was sitting in the middle seat, and a couple (husband/wife or boyfriend/girlfriend) had the aisle and window. The father somehow convinced the wife to take the window and the husband to take the middle seat so he didn't sit next to a woman either. As they are still trying to stow their luggage, they realized that as the son is in the row of 4 (it was a 3-4-3 configuration), there was a woman sitting next to the son on the other side too. The father tried to argue with a flight attendant about having the woman move, but the FA told him in no uncertain terms that he could've reduced the issue by paying for seats next to each other so they would only need to worry about one person sitting next to them. The FA said the father could ask a passenger to switch, but the FA wasn't going to do anything to help.
The poor man who switched seats with me and who had an aisle seat, eventually agreed to move to the son's seat, so the son ended up with an aisle seat as well. The son was seated in front of me and spent most of the flight with his seat fully reclined. As I told Mr. Kipper, that is the last time I switch seats with anyone.
The poor man who switched seats with me and who had an aisle seat, eventually agreed to move to the son's seat, so the son ended up with an aisle seat as well. The son was seated in front of me and spent most of the flight with his seat fully reclined. As I told Mr. Kipper, that is the last time I switch seats with anyone.