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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:
LoisWilkersonsLastNerve · 14/01/2016 12:29

If a child asked for some of my food What if they just took without asking? You still haven't said why its ok fo people to not ask, just take. A trolls go you are shite.

LoisWilkersonsLastNerve · 14/01/2016 12:29

Reported thread.

cleaty · 14/01/2016 12:30

Cats come to a MN meet up.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 14/01/2016 12:31

Fewer items, not less.

Still no answer about why someone as downright saintly as TheCatsMeow thinks it would be OK to leave her buggy in the train lobby, where people would have to climb over it? I can't tell you how surprised I am. Utter shock here. Practically speechless.

Funinthesun15 · 14/01/2016 12:32

*aren't

Hihohoho1 · 14/01/2016 12:32

Livia she does and says 'indeed and to goodness' all the time too.

cats you can do little things to make people happy! Oh bless you that's the best yet.

Dh asks me to do similar on his birthday and it's a no. Grin

VeryBitchyRestingFace · 14/01/2016 12:33

A trolls go you are shite.

Oh, I dont know. This thread is posting very high traffic and likely to hit 1k in posts very soon. Just like the train one.

Credit where it's due.

TheCatsMeow · 14/01/2016 12:34

Jassy it's not a bad example it's teaching people to be kind.

I dunno that depends on the child doesn't it?

TheCatsMeow · 14/01/2016 12:35

Roussette

No. Funnily enough kids aren't horrible things we need to force the naughtiness from.

VeryBitchyRestingFace · 14/01/2016 12:35

I went to see the Kelpies a few months ago.

Very nice but it was pishing it doon so we did not linger. Grin

LoisWilkersonsLastNerve · 14/01/2016 12:36

bitchy And I must admit she has riled me. Blush

LoisWilkersonsLastNerve · 14/01/2016 12:38

I've not seen the Kelpies' and I live 40 minutes away. Disgraceful! I might need a share I expats fund. Grin

expatinscotland · 14/01/2016 12:39

'See I always put kids first, not just mine'

So where's my £100? It's for the joy of my children. Will make them so happy.

Yes, Livia, we should have a huge meet up at the Kelpies and take over The Wheel. The Premier Inn is cheap, too.

Of course, if someone wants my room, for the joy of their children, they can have it.

TheCatsMeow · 14/01/2016 12:40

Expat you're deliberately taking it out of context

I do nice things for people who I see. Why are you deliberately being obtuse

Hihohoho1 · 14/01/2016 12:40

Some kids are horrible though.

Usually the ones whose daft twatty parents give in to them, spoil them and tell them the world revolves around them.

Poor kids.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 14/01/2016 12:41

Teaching a child that they can have whatever they want, whenever they want IS a bad example, TheCatsMeow. How are they going to learn that they can't have what they want, when they want it, in life, if they aren't taught it? No-one is going to pander to them when they are adults.

I was taught, as a child, that it is RUDE to ask for other people's sweets (and, by extension for any of their stuff). It is kind to OFFER to share with someone else - that is a fine lesson to teach your child - but you do it by sharing YOUR stuff with them, and with others, and by encouraging them to share their things, not by letting them pester other people to give them things.

LoisWilkersonsLastNerve · 14/01/2016 12:41

Why are you deliberately being obtuse

Hahahaha

expatinscotland · 14/01/2016 12:42

'If a child asked for some of my food I'd share it, same with cakes.'

Food, okay. Cakes, meh, I don't care for sweets. My prosecco? FUCK OFF!

Roussette · 14/01/2016 12:42

No. Funnily enough kids aren't horrible things we need to force the naughtiness from.

Soooo all kids are well behaved? I've heard it all now! Do you actually mix with the general public or was that train trip the first time you've been out lately?

TheCatsMeow · 14/01/2016 12:43

is it's not giving them whatever they want. The child had never been on a plane before. The adult has flown before. Don't be a dick

Hihohoho1 · 14/01/2016 12:43

Expat Grin

Omg just had a thought. cats do you ever attend weddings? With children?

Would love to read the brides thread. Grin

TheCatsMeow · 14/01/2016 12:43

Roussette I'm not saying that but I don't like the assumption that by default kids are nasty

hippowithsuncreen · 14/01/2016 12:45

Whether troll or not there are people that entitled out there. Unfortunately at some point after a lifetime of parents expecting everyone else to give them everything on a plate they then turn into adults with the same entitlement. God help us...

LauraMipsum · 14/01/2016 12:46

I'd have let the child have the seat, but I'm a soft touch.

LoisWilkersonsLastNerve · 14/01/2016 12:46

Come on mnhq. We need a cat transporter and a ticket to NetMums

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