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Likewise, unless we book F/BE, my wife and I do this fairly commonly as we both prefer direct aisle access and don't want to have to step over someone sleeping to be able to stand.
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Originally Posted by kop84
(Post 21627972)
I have noticed a trend on a lot of flights now that people traveling together are sitting aisles across. Am I the only person who finds this rude or am I out of line?
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Originally Posted by kop84
(Post 21628041)
I guess I find it rude because the only time I really notice is when they are both leaning into the aisle to talk or are talking far louder than need be to converse without leaning across the aisle.
On the other hand, if somebody finds it rude that people sit across the aisle, then than move to another area of the plane where it is not as bothersome.:D |
I sometimes book two adjacent aisle seats when traveling alone because I do not like to sit near myself. :o
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Originally Posted by LGANightOwl
(Post 21628875)
What I do find rude are people traveling together who must sit next to each other and I find one of them in my selected seat when I arrive asking me "do you mind taking my seat at XYZ?" Yes I do, now please get out of my seat.
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Originally Posted by kop84
(Post 21627972)
Am I the only person who finds this rude or am I out of line?
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Not rude at all imo. Just smart pax who plan ahead and prefer the aisle seats over middle seats.
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I book aisle seats across from each other when flying in Y with my gf.
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Originally Posted by KevinDTW
(Post 21628988)
Yes -- when I'm asked to change my carefully selected seat so that others can sit together there's a number of things that factor into my response, but one thing that immediately weighs against my agreeing to it is if the person is already sitting in my seat instead of waiting and asking nicely when I show up.
Originally Posted by LGANightOwl What I do find rude are people traveling together who must sit next to each other and I find one of them in my selected seat when I arrive asking me "do you mind taking my seat at XYZ?" Yes I do, now please get out of my seat. I seriously think some people on here actually get a sense of enjoyment out of saying "No" when asked to switch seats. Like "Haha - I ruined your day. Yay for me." |
Originally Posted by FlyDeltaJets87
(Post 21629373)
Just out of curiousity, where do you expect said person to wait? Stand in the aisle and block the boarding process? Hop up in the overhead bin?
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Originally Posted by FlyDeltaJets87
(Post 21629373)
Just out of curiousity, where do you expect said person to wait? Stand in the aisle and block the boarding process? Hop up in the overhead bin?
Why are people so shocked that people traveling together want to sit together? This one always amazes me. As long as the person politely asks, all you have to do is politely decline if you don't want to switch (and I agree that no one except in the rarest of circumstances should be asking to the person they're trying to switch seats with to switch to a 'worse' seat). But it always amuses me how many people on here will complain just to complain. They must think they live in a bubble to where they should be completely isolated from the rest of the traveling. People on here find themselves stuck next to a kid whose parent is in a different row. They either 1) complain about being next to an irresponsible parent who they assume wouldn't pay fees to ensure seating together (even though it could just be a case of IROPs or there were no seats together) or 2) complain about how they're next to the little annoying kid whose parent comes and checks on them every so often. I seriously think some people on here actually get a sense of enjoyment out of saying "No" when asked to switch seats. Like "Haha - I ruined your day. Yay for me." Their lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part |
Originally Posted by FlyDeltaJets87
(Post 21629373)
Just out of curiousity, where do you expect said person to wait? Stand in the aisle and block the boarding process? Hop up in the overhead bin?
How about staying in your own seat until the other person shows up and then asking politely instead of taking someone else's seat. |
People who talk loud is rude, no matter where they seat. Specially, if it is all BS and crap. Last week, I was on the aisle of the two side (MD 90) and the guy sitting beside me on the window seat was talking loud to the guy across the aisle on the middle seat. So the other person in the other aisle and I had to listen through their whining about their boss and office mates. Not only is it across the aisle, its across two people. And they were oblivious of every one else.
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I don't think choosing opposite aisle seats is rude unless the couple wants to talk and does so loudly because they can't hear each other across the aisle; that behaviour certainly is rude.
What I'm undecided on is the morality of choosing an aisle/window pair with the hope that it will lead to an empty middle. I sometimes am comfortable doing it and sometimes am not. When we do that and wind up with someone in the middle seat, we always offer the person assigned the middle seat the choice of aisle, middle, or window; never had someone choose to stay in the assigned middle. :) |
Originally Posted by FlyDeltaJets87
(Post 21629373)
As long as the person politely asks, all you have to do is politely decline if you don't want to switch (and I agree that no one except in the rarest of circumstances should be asking to the person they're trying to switch seats with to switch to a 'worse' seat).
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