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to ask someone to move their child out of my plane seat

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kipperssippers · 13/01/2016 20:00

more of a WWYD then AIBU but...
i booked the seat by the window as i always do and when i got to my seat a child around 8 was in my seat with her mum beside her.
When i got there i told the mother that the window seat is my seat and she said her child wanted the window seat to look out, i then replied then you should of booked one.
I didnt want to cause a scene but the women made out i'm an arsehole for asking her kid to move as she had never been on a flight and wanted to look outside.
I did give in and stayed pissed off for 7 hours in my non window seat.

what would you of done in this situation?

OP posts:
thelouise · 13/01/2016 22:53

If you don't give someone attention, they will stop. Much like a child having a tantrum.

TheCatsMeow · 13/01/2016 22:54

Not the point. The point is they were going away for their honeymoon.

Maybe they had a lot on with the wedding and didn't get found to it. Maybe they tried but there weren't any together. Maybe they have other things to deal with like a sick relative

You have no idea what's going on in people's lives. Let's all be nice

clam · 13/01/2016 22:54

"Seriously other countries don't have these attitudes"

Bollocks.

Mind you, it might explain why French European children push in ski-lift queues all the time. unless you plant a ski pole in their way.

TheCatsMeow · 13/01/2016 22:54

Roussette it's predominantly an English forum so I'm making an educated guess

ExitPursuedByABear · 13/01/2016 22:55

Here's a thought.

Sod off then if you don't like it as you are really pissing on my chips with your constant whining Cats

ilovesooty · 13/01/2016 22:55

Let's all be nice

Hilarious.

TheCatsMeow · 13/01/2016 22:56

clam it's funny you say that I was going to say it reminds me of the British obsession with queueing. Other countries don't have that so that's why the French kids don't queue

Roussette · 13/01/2016 22:56

According to you we all live in London and are nasty. There are a lot of posters from other countries.

LyndaNotLinda · 13/01/2016 22:56

CatsMeow - I'm not from England. But there's no way I'd give up my seat.

It's a stupid argument anyway. Do you go to a cafe and go up to the people sitting in the window seat and say 'Hi! Wonder if you'd move over to this shitty table in the corner? Me and my son would like to look out of the window and this is the best table for that'. Of course you don't! You don't ask people in restaurants to change tables or people to move cinema seats so that you get the best ones all the time.

Planes and trains are no different. Booking a seat=getting there before you to bagsy the best one

janethegirl2 · 13/01/2016 22:56

Cats maybe you would be happier living in s different country as you just don't seem to understand the British point of view.

If you choose to pay for a specific seat on transport, you expect to be able to place your bum on said seat, end of!

TheCatsMeow · 13/01/2016 22:56

Exit I'd love to move back to my home country, sadly it would mean leaving my family so I don't want to do that

Shutthatdoor · 13/01/2016 22:57

Because it's kind

What... like you were 'kind' yesterday. ....

ilovesooty · 13/01/2016 22:57

Exactly shut

expatinscotland · 13/01/2016 22:57

'It's my opinion that British people particularly in the capital are rude, self centred and stand offish.'

All 8m of them?

I was just there last month. I was impressed. So many polite people. Didn't find it a rude, self-centred, stand offish place at all.

venusinscorpio · 13/01/2016 22:58

We were both young couples. We had booked our seats and paid for that. As we did when we went on our own honeymoon.

Indeed. I would have politely (sort of) suggested that they ask cabin crew if there was any possibility of an upgrade, rather than pester strangers.

If it's going to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, fair enough. If not, there is absolutely no reason to give up your seat for other people who couldn't be arsed/didn't want to pay to pre-book.

clam · 13/01/2016 22:58

"You have no idea what's going on in people's lives."

No, and nor do you, and you clearly didn't read that post properly either, as the Can'tChoose made clear that she and her partner were nervous flyers, which is why they particularly wanted to sit together for support.

TheCatsMeow · 13/01/2016 22:58

shut I've explained numerous times that it would be nice if people could show me some consideration sometimes.

I go out of my way for almost everyone. It would be nice if sometimes someone helped me

Nottodaythankyouorever · 13/01/2016 22:58

It's nice to be helpful is it CatsMeow?

But only if it doesn't involve folding your buggy up and minimising inconvenience to others.

Grin
Lurkedforever1 · 13/01/2016 22:59

cats but how does it work when two children used to having the world revolve round them meet and clash? And at what age do they change from the pandered to the pandaree? If op was 10 should she have given way to the younger child?

TheCatsMeow · 13/01/2016 22:59

expat it's obviously not everyone but that's the impression I get from the general atmosphere

Other cultures are friendlier

Roussette · 13/01/2016 22:59

You sound like you really don't like England very much. Any of it. The people, queues, trains, commuters, London, and basically people who are going about their business and not giving up everything to entitled people

clam · 13/01/2016 22:59

I'm going to hazard a guess that the mother in his scenario manages to get lots of people to do her bidding show her consideration in life.

TheCatsMeow · 13/01/2016 23:00

Some of you obviously can't fucking read can you

ilovesooty · 13/01/2016 23:00

I'm sure helpful people refer to there as arseholes and miserable twats all the time. Hmm

ilovesooty · 13/01/2016 23:00

Refer to others...

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