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06.10.08, 15:07 PM General Topics
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woman on our flight home yesterday refused to change seats so that we could sit together. It meant swapping a window seat for another window seat... i thought not a big deal, so go tall harumphy about it and said she liked her seat and didn't plan to change... i don't feel entitled to her seat, but I think I try to be helpful and I also think she sucked ! Would you not change seats ? I sent her a glass of wine and the flight attendant who was cool said, "From your friends in row 14." [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.10.08, 03:07 PM Flag
 

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^^ excuse the typing issues... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:08 PM Flag
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She was an asshat. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:08 PM Flag
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who's "we"? I would be more upset if that meant that DC/I couldn't be together (as opposed to DH and I) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:08 PM Flag
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DC and DH and I... a row of nice people saw us dividing up and suggested a simple move that involved this other woman who said no... DH and I can be apart for air travel. We are not that pathetic yet... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:10 PM Flag
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so you were able to sit w/DC? I agree - that lady had issues. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:11 PM Flag
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one Dc had to sit with the other family that initially came up with the change idea. he cried a bit at first but it was OK in the end [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:18 PM Flag
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good point. in which case, i woudl have let dd sit next to her. OR if all three of us, would have sent dh. bc he's very tall, takes up a lot of room and would have cramped her. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:11 PM Flag
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i'm not sure why you bothered with the wine. it's her seat. that said, i've never knwon anyone to not want to change in that circumstance. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:09 PM Flag
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np - ITA. I would have fumed, maybe, but not done the wine bit. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:10 PM Flag
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i don't think i woudl have fumed. just been annoyed. some people ar ejust liek this. i have a good friend who can be like this. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:12 PM Flag
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I sent the wine 'cause she was obviously a bit uptight... and it was passive agressive in a way... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:11 PM Flag
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of course it was passive agressive! but whatever floats your boat ... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:12 PM Flag
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I felt pretty much furious and like she was trying to "teach me a lesson" and I couldn't let it go. Obviously I still can't or I wouldn't have posted... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:15 PM Flag
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:16 PM Flag
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Correct... DH said that I was trying to be the "nice police" and it isn't so... and I'm not even all that nice, but with DC it's a different thing... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:19 PM Flag
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You sent the wine so you could have the last word - quite smug of you. Not cool. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:45 PM Flag
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yes... not cool, but it beat having a tantrum which was what every fiber in my body wanted to do. i was sort of happy also that the flight attendant thought she was nasty enough to make the unsolicited comment about who sent it. not cool... but i'm not that cool... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:21 PM Flag
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In your case, I agreee with you. But I got on a flight to find man sitting in my aisle seat. He told me to go sit in his window seat b/c he wanted to sit with his wife. I told him I'd happily sit in another aisle seat (small plane and I get motion sick which is why I requested the aisle seat) and he absolutely refused to get out of the seat. It was so uncomfortable. I ended up in the window seat b/c I didn't want to make a scene but I vowed to stick to my guns for the next flight if it happened again. I doubt I would have made a scene if it was about keeping a family together but after that flight I might have been as bitchy as that woman. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 03:55 PM Flag
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It makes sense that she would switch. But I have been on so many flights when people get on and then start orchestrating the people around them- if you go there, and you go there, we can all sit together, etc. and it's so irritating. Not saying that this is what you did, but I can sort of see this woman's point- she had a seat assigned, she had her ass in it, and she didn't feel like being moved by you. I've had those days :) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 04:02 PM Flag
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One time I was flying with 2 dcs, ages 6 and 3 at the time. I had booked window and middle together and then the window in the row right in front of them. I figured the person with the aisle would be kind enough to switch to a window so I could sit with my kids. So we were on the plane, DD in the lone seat and I was in the middle with DS by the window. Woman in aisle seat flat out refused. I said, but my daughter is up there all by herself. The woman didn't care. I said, "but she's only SIX!!!" Still not budging. So I calmly had my daughter switch places with me and had the two kids sit together with the leapster while I sat in front of them with a people magazine. And boy did my kids have to go potty a LOT during that flight. Bitch. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 04:09 PM Flag
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I'd be tempted to tuck dc into the seat next to her, hand her some diapers and a bottle and give a debrief of when he naps. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 04:21 PM Flag
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it will happen to her one day too... or she'll be the one sitting next to the person with a ragng cold who doesn't believe in deodorant and she'll think about the discomfort of flying... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.10.08, 05:23 PM Flag
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