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A thread making {gentle} fun of the anonymous "Don't You Know Who I Am" (DYKWIAs) we run across in our travels.
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#31
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If I was in that situation I would've kept my window open even harder
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Now if he bought the seat vs clearing the upgrade it might be a different story
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The fact that he was in the Polaris cabin makes it even that much more DYKWIA for me. His sole issue was that there was a "group" getting on before him considering the odds of a "tour" group of 25+ sitting in J (and therefore "taking" his overhead space) are infinitesimal.
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On a EWR-LIM flight on a 757 (2x2 upfront). Get on plane and guy in my seat. All settled in with blanket unwrapped. I tell him I think he’s in wrong seat. Doesn’t say a word at first, then refuses to move. I call over FA who asks and he again refuses. Ground crew comes in and he won’t be budge. Pilot then comes over and he refuses again (says his leg hurts and needs aisle). Goes on for 20 minutes.
FA asks if I’ll take another aisle (no problem).
Amazing the guy actually got his way (and my seat).
FA asks if I’ll take another aisle (no problem).
Amazing the guy actually got his way (and my seat).
#35
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On a EWR-LIM flight on a 757 (2x2 upfront). Get on plane and guy in my seat. All settled in with blanket unwrapped. I tell him I think he’s in wrong seat. Doesn’t say a word at first, then refuses to move. I call over FA who asks and he again refuses. Ground crew comes in and he won’t be budge. Pilot then comes over and he refuses again (says his leg hurts and needs aisle). Goes on for 20 minutes.
FA asks if I’ll take another aisle (no problem).
Amazing the guy actually got his way (and my seat).
FA asks if I’ll take another aisle (no problem).
Amazing the guy actually got his way (and my seat).
#36
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On a EWR-LIM flight on a 757 (2x2 upfront). Get on plane and guy in my seat. All settled in with blanket unwrapped. I tell him I think he’s in wrong seat. Doesn’t say a word at first, then refuses to move. I call over FA who asks and he again refuses. Ground crew comes in and he won’t be budge. Pilot then comes over and he refuses again (says his leg hurts and needs aisle). Goes on for 20 minutes.
FA asks if I’ll take another aisle (no problem).
Amazing the guy actually got his way (and my seat).
FA asks if I’ll take another aisle (no problem).
Amazing the guy actually got his way (and my seat).
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I would have refused to move to another seat. I have documented an incident on here where I made someone move from my assigned seat after finding out she was some 20 rows behind in a middle seat. She and her son (or daughter, can't recall now) tried to play dumb and pretended they didn't speak English. Both of them was assigned middle seats. Call me a jerk or whatever, but that was terrible parenting.
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On a EWR-LIM flight on a 757 (2x2 upfront). Get on plane and guy in my seat. All settled in with blanket unwrapped. I tell him I think he’s in wrong seat. Doesn’t say a word at first, then refuses to move. I call over FA who asks and he again refuses. Ground crew comes in and he won’t be budge. Pilot then comes over and he refuses again (says his leg hurts and needs aisle). Goes on for 20 minutes.
FA asks if I’ll take another aisle (no problem).
Amazing the guy actually got his way (and my seat).
FA asks if I’ll take another aisle (no problem).
Amazing the guy actually got his way (and my seat).
#39
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Yes - he was ticketed in J in a window seat. He was already in the seat so wasn’t about me moving, it was about getting him up.
Doors were about to close and wasn’t going to hold up the plane over it. They were not being aggressive with the passenger.
The silly thing is another guy ends up switching his aisle for a window (as he was willing to swap), they give me his aisle, and then they give him an ETC for “being so flexible.”
Meanwhile I was standing in galley for 30 min during boarding and had a seat change as well albeit to another aisle and got nothing. Pilots were nice and thanked me (got seated next to crew rest) but crew looked at me like I was the inconvenience.
Doors were about to close and wasn’t going to hold up the plane over it. They were not being aggressive with the passenger.
The silly thing is another guy ends up switching his aisle for a window (as he was willing to swap), they give me his aisle, and then they give him an ETC for “being so flexible.”
Meanwhile I was standing in galley for 30 min during boarding and had a seat change as well albeit to another aisle and got nothing. Pilots were nice and thanked me (got seated next to crew rest) but crew looked at me like I was the inconvenience.
#40
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No good deed goes unpunished they say ..... well, you were not punished, but it does not seem right that someone else got the ETC.
I would reach out to UA and share this, perhaps most importantly the crew's reaction that "you were the problem."
I would reach out to UA and share this, perhaps most importantly the crew's reaction that "you were the problem."
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Yes - he was ticketed in J in a window seat. He was already in the seat so wasn’t about me moving, it was about getting him up.
Doors were about to close and wasn’t going to hold up the plane over it. They were not being aggressive with the passenger.
The silly thing is another guy ends up switching his aisle for a window (as he was willing to swap), they give me his aisle, and then they give him an ETC for “being so flexible.”
Meanwhile I was standing in galley for 30 min during boarding and had a seat change as well albeit to another aisle and got nothing. Pilots were nice and thanked me (got seated next to crew rest) but crew looked at me like I was the inconvenience.
Doors were about to close and wasn’t going to hold up the plane over it. They were not being aggressive with the passenger.
The silly thing is another guy ends up switching his aisle for a window (as he was willing to swap), they give me his aisle, and then they give him an ETC for “being so flexible.”
Meanwhile I was standing in galley for 30 min during boarding and had a seat change as well albeit to another aisle and got nothing. Pilots were nice and thanked me (got seated next to crew rest) but crew looked at me like I was the inconvenience.
If you want more proof just look at todays vilification of a UEX FA who probably just asked someone to clean up after their kid who dumped all this popcorn on the floor -- there is a reason FA's look for peace and avoid conflict -- most of the time they are literally put in a no win situation.... Does it make it right - no. Is it real - yes!
The impact of social media and the ability to demean just about anyone at any time with or without cause is something new -- I feel for the victims -- and also for the real cases... It's a brave new world we all have to adapt to -- hopefully with some sense of balance...
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On a EWR-LIM flight on a 757 (2x2 upfront). Get on plane and guy in my seat. All settled in with blanket unwrapped. I tell him I think he’s in wrong seat. Doesn’t say a word at first, then refuses to move. I call over FA who asks and he again refuses. Ground crew comes in and he won’t be budge. Pilot then comes over and he refuses again (says his leg hurts and needs aisle). Goes on for 20 minutes.
FA asks if I’ll take another aisle (no problem).
Amazing the guy actually got his way (and my seat).
FA asks if I’ll take another aisle (no problem).
Amazing the guy actually got his way (and my seat).
#43
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I'm saying if I was in 1B and some idiot poached my seat, I'm not willing to move unless he or the FA made it financially worth my while.
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