Woman Shares How She Got Lectured By A “Karen” On A Plane Who Asked To Swap Seats With Her So She Could Sit With Her Husband
The famous proverb says that being polite costs nothing, but it seems that it costs everyone an arm and a leg. And given how incredibly hard it is for some to stay civil, it appears that the price includes other body parts too.
While it’s true that people will find things to nag about, whether you’re holding doors for them or not, it doesn’t mean that it’s acceptable to lash out at strangers when a minor inconvenience happens.
We often forget that not everybody holds the same opinion, and, while you have all the right to do whatever you please, it doesn’t mean that you should disturb the peace of others – especially when you’re crammed in a comparatively tiny object, 36,000 feet above the ground.
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Seat swapping on flights has always been a hot topic on the socials
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Jamming our knees into the backs of passengers who dared to recline their seats, complaining about crying children and giving judgmental looks to their worn-out carers, tutting whenever our seatmate gets a little too comfortable on our armrest – air travel doesn’t seem to bring the best out of us.
Now, in all seriousness, an airplane is probably one of the last places where you’d want to experience a dispute, and yet it happens all the time.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, in 2021, a total of 5,981 reports of unruly passengers were filed, leading the organization to propose $5 million in fines against those who failed to behave – and while the star of today’s show didn’t do anything critical, it certainly doesn’t make it ok.
Now-viral TikTok shows a woman venting about an entitled plane stranger that berated her for not switching seats
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This woman took to TikTok to defend her refusal to switch plane seats to help a fellow traveler sit beside her husband. The video has managed to receive over 568K views, as well as 1,628 comments discussing the ongoing hassle that keeps circulating around seat swapping.
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The woman started her video by revealing that in 2012, she was returning home on an overnight flight that took her from LAX to Sydney. She was seated in an aisle seat somewhere towards the front of the plane, which she had purposefully chosen as she was flying alone and felt “super anxious.”
She was trying to get some sleep but instead got woken up by a woman in her 50s. According to the OP, the stranger practically had to shout for her to open her eyes, and frankly, she was having none of it due to the ruined mood during her connecting flights.
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The fellow traveler then went on to ask if the OP would swap seats with her at the back of the plane so she could sit beside her spouse. As someone who had a problem with turning things down, the woman summoned her courage and rejected the request.
For some reason, the lady decided that it would be appropriate to lecture the OP about how inconsiderate it was that she didn’t want to switch with her when it wasn’t their fault to begin with, as they were bumped from a previous flight.
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She continued berating her, but the OP decided to turn away and focus on dozing off.
Sometime later, the stranger’s husband stood up to leave, as the woman had managed to convince somebody else to swap. She escorted the victim to his new seat, and as she was doing that, she loudly exclaimed: “Thank you so much, you know, if it was for me, I would’ve swapped but thank you for being so kind.”
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Lastly, the TikToker finished her video off by saying that the lesson here is that you are more than welcome to ask people if they will switch with you; however, nobody owes you a “yes.”
Do you agree with this?
You can watch the video here:
@ceooftenlikes #stitch with @destinyiriss dont know what happened with the audio #angrygrandma #notmyproblem ♬ original sound – ceooftenlikes
Fellow platform users shared their thoughts on this matter
When she said, "it's not our fault we got bumped." I would've just said, "and how is it mine?"
Also, when she said she would’ve moved if she was asked, I call B******T.
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I don't come to Bored Panda very often. Could a regular explain why in articles like this we have to hear the story twice? Just show the first-person narrative. One doesn't need to hear, "The lady asked me to move seats," followed by "The woman said that the other passenger asked her to move seats." Sorry, mini-rant over.
I think the people submitting the posts have to have a certain amount of words. I just read the larger words as it's a summary. Plus there may be legal aspects if they have to show where the article has come from as almost everything posted on here ( apart from the art and craft listings) is taken ( copy and pasted) from other sites and not the property of Bored Panda.
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Ah my pet hate. Because they have a problem, this then makes it your problem ( doubly infuriating when done to a complete stranger) I had this recently asked of me 'because the buyers of my house dropped the offer by £30,000, can you drop your price by £30,000 because we can't afford your house now?' Ahem, nopedy nope. If these people had a flight mix up/ seat mix up, why is it a complete strangers problem to fix? Thankfully I have no problem telling entitled people to eff off when needed.
Someone once asked my husband to move because he wanted to sit with his wife very rude very snarky man. My husband said "I want to sit with my wife too and I planned better"
A woman was in my aisle seat when I got on my flight from Delhi to Toronto and she didnt want to move to her middle seat. She said he husband just died and she needed the space so I told her mine did too , his casket was being loaded onto the plane and to move.
What kills me is they went to the person at front to change seats with the one at the back. You are really trying to convince someone to give up a better seat for a worse one? That is why the guy in back agreed. People are nuts.
I NEVER switch seats. My husband and I always book aisle seats across from each other in the exit row if we can. No one ever asks him to move - I get harassed all the time. The answer is always no. As someone said below, their lack of planning is not my crisis.
"I'd be happy to do your husband an even bigger favor. I am going to say 'No'. You don't understand what I mean, but I'm sure he does."
I have always switched when somebody asks, but it shouldn't be required.
When she said, "it's not our fault we got bumped." I would've just said, "and how is it mine?"
Also, when she said she would’ve moved if she was asked, I call B******T.
Load More Replies... I don't come to Bored Panda very often. Could a regular explain why in articles like this we have to hear the story twice? Just show the first-person narrative. One doesn't need to hear, "The lady asked me to move seats," followed by "The woman said that the other passenger asked her to move seats." Sorry, mini-rant over.
I think the people submitting the posts have to have a certain amount of words. I just read the larger words as it's a summary. Plus there may be legal aspects if they have to show where the article has come from as almost everything posted on here ( apart from the art and craft listings) is taken ( copy and pasted) from other sites and not the property of Bored Panda.
Load More Replies... Ah my pet hate. Because they have a problem, this then makes it your problem ( doubly infuriating when done to a complete stranger) I had this recently asked of me 'because the buyers of my house dropped the offer by £30,000, can you drop your price by £30,000 because we can't afford your house now?' Ahem, nopedy nope. If these people had a flight mix up/ seat mix up, why is it a complete strangers problem to fix? Thankfully I have no problem telling entitled people to eff off when needed.
Someone once asked my husband to move because he wanted to sit with his wife very rude very snarky man. My husband said "I want to sit with my wife too and I planned better"
A woman was in my aisle seat when I got on my flight from Delhi to Toronto and she didnt want to move to her middle seat. She said he husband just died and she needed the space so I told her mine did too , his casket was being loaded onto the plane and to move.
What kills me is they went to the person at front to change seats with the one at the back. You are really trying to convince someone to give up a better seat for a worse one? That is why the guy in back agreed. People are nuts.
I NEVER switch seats. My husband and I always book aisle seats across from each other in the exit row if we can. No one ever asks him to move - I get harassed all the time. The answer is always no. As someone said below, their lack of planning is not my crisis.
"I'd be happy to do your husband an even bigger favor. I am going to say 'No'. You don't understand what I mean, but I'm sure he does."
I have always switched when somebody asks, but it shouldn't be required.
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