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

[kipperssippers]

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?

So if the child had never tasted cheesecake before should the passenger next to it give it their portion?

Your argument is nonsense.

Children touch my wine at their peril.

Never said by default kids are nasty. Your words, not mine.

Adults however can be twattish and ridiculous at parenting. Not all. Some.

I would use the plane trip as a valuable life lesson, not demand someone moves so my child can sit in a seat paid for by someone else.

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

It was the child's mother being a dick by not pre booking a seat and then trying to shove somebody off theirs.

Everybody knows if they want a specific seat, they need to pre book.

Why dont you grasp that travellers often book specific seats - and this particularly applies to air travel - for reasons?

Just because you - and plane mum - suck at planning doesnt mean others should bear the brunt of it.

'The child had never been on a plane before. '

And I've got a friend in Nigeria who's in a pickle, but nothing a few thousands of your lovely British pounds can't solve. I'm happy to act as a go-between in this case and pass on the money to him. It will soon be refunded, of course.

The child had never been on a plane before. The adult has flown before

So! I have to have certain seats. Do you suggest I have to give up mine if a child wants it!

I find people who talk about "life lessons" to usually be hard faced.

You can teach your kids to be nice while also hoping people are nice back

I think it's more sucking at good parenting than planning.

VeryBitchy I fear Cats will never get it because she doesn't want to, for whatever reasons.

In her world, kids always trump adults. Even if you've paid for a windowseat to have a sleep. Even if you want to get off your train at your stop. Even if you want to eat your cake in a cafe. Basically, if there is a child in your vicinity you give up everything

got a friend in Nigeria who's in a pickle

Blimey! I'm hard faced now! I'll add that to cold, unfriendly, twattish and all the other words you've used water off a ducks back

Are you English, too, Rousette?

Dammit! Yes expat! I'm English worst insult ever that

Private I don't consider people twats just because they're English but it's the culture I've found that's unfriendly

Rousette Are you from non London?

Shut Yes! I'm going to stand up and declare...

"My name is Roussette. I'm a nonLondoner." . It doesn't seem to excuse me from being cold, unfriendly, twattish and hard faced though. But I've always liked to be different

I don't consider people twats just because they're English but it's the culture I've found that's unfriendly

You are English. Whether you like it or not.

Goodness knows what you think of other cultures if you think English is unfriendly

Gosh, I don't have children, and I don't like them either: I also ensure I always have an aisle seat, because I have a knee that locks if I can't move every so often, and this is easier from an aisle. However, I have lost count of the times I have moved into a middle seat so that a family can sit together, or a child can sit next to a parent. Is that not just what people do?

I fly hundreds of thousands of miles a year, in economy class, and most often seem to move on flights between about 4 and 9 hours: yes, it's poor planning on the part of the parents - but seriously, all of you would make things difficult for them on principle? I'm obviously a hell of a lot nicer and significantly more tolerant than I have been led to believe!

Private I don't consider people twats just because they're English but it's the culture I've found that's unfriendly

Come to Scotland, Cats!

Experience first hand how we deal with train door blockers.

None of this PA tutting/eye rolling shite up here, I can assure you.

High probability your buggy would end up on the tracks though.

Shut no I'm not. You don't get to tell people where they identify when they have more than one nationality

hefzi

I think on here people aren't tolerant and will pick fights over non issues

unlike you Cats picking fights with a whole trainload of commuters.

You don't read posts. Most on here would share their seat for some of the time, or they would give it up, or they would try and help in some way. Particularly on short haul. It's a bit much on a 7 hour flight when you want sleep, and throw into the mix a demanding parent who wouldn't move their child, and common sense kicks in and you don't help so much.