[Travel] Was I right?

[Clive Walker]

Upon boarding my return flight with wife and 9 and 6 year old boys we headed straight to our pre booked seats which were a row of three and a single seat across the aisle. Cost for these were +£100 I think.

Upon arriving at our seats a lady with some older children had placed her kids in my single seat and asked if I would take the window seat so she could “see to her kids”.

Now seeing as it was 1am and our flight was already delayed I agreed as I just wanted to get home and decided that we’d all just sleep anyway. After a further 20 mins she was still speaking to the cabin crew about getting moved so she could be with her husband and other child at the back of the plane, she was also causing a caffuful asking more passengers to complain.

At this point I asked her what went wrong with her reservation of seats to which she replied that she didn’t bother and left it to her husband. This annoyed me and other passengers. She then declared that she worked on airlines previously and then declared that she was a anxious flyer.

This annoyed me so I explained that I had paid for my seat choice, she hadn’t, her kids were teenagers and are self sufficient and can be “seen to” from the seats they should be in. She then agreed to let me sit in my seat. People nodded in approval around me.

Was I right?

 

[Change at Barnham]

I think you know the answer to that one.
It must have been very irritating for you. There are plenty of selfish people around who think they deserve better treatment than others and who try to do things on the cheap when others have chosen to spend their budget on what is important to them.

 

[Icy Gull]

Upon boarding my return flight with wife and 9 and 6 year old boys we headed straight to our pre booked seats which were a row of three and a single seat across the aisle. Cost for these were +£100 I think.

Upon arriving at our seats a lady with some older children had placed her kids in my single seat and asked if I would take the window seat so she could “see to her kids”.

Now seeing as it was 1am and our flight was already delayed I agreed as I just wanted to get home and decided that we’d all just sleep anyway. After a further 20 mins she was still speaking to the cabin crew about getting moved so she could be with her husband and other child at the back of the plane, she was also causing a caffuful asking more passengers to complain.

At this point I asked her what went wrong with her reservation of seats to which she replied that she didn’t bother and left it to her husband. This annoyed me and other passengers. She then declared that she worked on airlines previously and then declared that she was a anxious flyer.

This annoyed me so I explained that I had paid for my seat choice, she hadn’t, her kids were teenagers and are self sufficient and can be “seen to” from the seats they should be in. She then agreed to let me sit in my seat. People nodded in approval around me.

Was I right?

Of course you were, you had paid for your seats. Up to the cabin crew to sort out a woman who hadn’t.

 

[spence]

You are home now does it matter ? I waited 2 hours on a runway and another hour at the luggage reclaim. Get on with your life.

 

[Barrow Boy]

100% right, people like this really wind me up, you were more than reasonable, I'd have been more like Ben Stiller in Friends.

 

[Insel affe]

Upon boarding my return flight with wife and 9 and 6 year old boys we headed straight to our pre booked seats which were a row of three and a single seat across the aisle. Cost for these were +£100 I think.

Upon arriving at our seats a lady with some older children had placed her kids in my single seat and asked if I would take the window seat so she could “see to her kids”.

Now seeing as it was 1am and our flight was already delayed I agreed as I just wanted to get home and decided that we’d all just sleep anyway. After a further 20 mins she was still speaking to the cabin crew about getting moved so she could be with her husband and other child at the back of the plane, she was also causing a caffuful asking more passengers to complain.

At this point I asked her what went wrong with her reservation of seats to which she replied that she didn’t bother and left it to her husband. This annoyed me and other passengers. She then declared that she worked on airlines previously and then declared that she was a anxious flyer.

This annoyed me so I explained that I had paid for my seat choice, she hadn’t, her kids were teenagers and are self sufficient and can be “seen to” from the seats they should be in. She then agreed to let me sit in my seat. People nodded in approval around me.

Was I right?

Yep, she was asking for trouble "if" indeed she did leave it to her husband, who probably if he knows what's what was pretending to be fast asleep while this episode played out.

Also a bug bear of mine is people who complain or kick up a fuss, when they think they are right or want discount or better service, seem to always say oh "I used to be in the trade, and know either how it should be done, or can be done" -- bog off, never in a month of sundays were you x,y, or z it just makes you think you sound knowledgeable so you get your own way, I hate that, I charge customers more, just for insulting my intelligence (which is not great to be fair)

You were right by the way

 

[Clive Walker]

You are home now does it matter ? I waited 2 hours on a runway and another hour at the luggage reclaim. Get on with your life.

Our delays are a separate story. Get on with your life too

 

[Justice]

Yep, she was asking for trouble "if" indeed she did leave it to her husband, who probably if he knows what's what was pretending to be fast asleep while this episode played out.

Also a bug bear of mine is people who complain or kick up a fuss, when they think they are right or want discount or better service, seem to always say oh "I used to be in the trade, and know either how it should be done, or can be done" -- bog off, never in a month of sundays were you x,y, or z it just makes you think you sound knowledgeable so you get your own way, I hate that, I charge customers more, just for insulting my intelligence (which is not great to be fair)

You were right by the way

When your in the trade the bollocks they come with is well just that. My usual electrician normally charges way less, eh? Why are you calling me then ffs. Thirty years in I’ve heard it all honestly just stop you morons you aren’t even original. I do the same insult me and I’m charging more for you being a dick

 

[Insel affe]

When your in the trade the bollocks they come with is well just that. My usual electrician normally charges way less, eh? Why are you calling me then ffs. Thirty years in I’ve heard it all honestly just stop you morons you aren’t even original. I do the same insult me and I’m charging more for you being a dick

I call it idiot tax and put it on my budgets a bit extra for the fitters, who know doubt will be given an earful on site or at customers houses.

 

[el punal]

You are home now does it matter ? I waited 2 hours on a runway and another hour at the luggage reclaim. Get on with your life.

I waited hours for the Albion to score a goal at home last season and then I got on with my life.

 

[Me and my Monkey]

"Do you know who I am?" I have had that once or twice, laughable arrogance. And no, I didn't know who they were.

 

[Bold Seagull]

I'm usually doing a little fist pump if I get on the plane and have to sit away from my kids!

 

[Deadly Danson]

You are home now does it matter ? I waited 2 hours on a runway and another hour at the luggage reclaim. Get on with your life.

If you're waiting 2 hours on the runway then you responsible for a lot of other delays. Wait at the gate like everyone else, the runway is for planes. Selfish.

 

[B-right-on]

Yes you are right. We all know that a wife won't just "leave it to her husband" but will be all over his arse until it's done.

She's tried to cheapskate it and blag it on the plane. It didn't work and then she tries to guilt trip you? Forget that!

And if cleaning toilets at Gatwick counts as working in the industry, then, yes she did, I suppose.

 

[Justice]

"Do you know who I am?" I have had that once or twice, laughable arrogance. And no, I didn't know who they were.

If you do know who they are and make no reaction whatsoever also amuses me.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Upon boarding my return flight with wife and 9 and 6 year old boys we headed straight to our pre booked seats which were a row of three and a single seat across the aisle. Cost for these were +£100 I think.

Upon arriving at our seats a lady with some older children had placed her kids in my single seat and asked if I would take the window seat so she could “see to her kids”.

Now seeing as it was 1am and our flight was already delayed I agreed as I just wanted to get home and decided that we’d all just sleep anyway. After a further 20 mins she was still speaking to the cabin crew about getting moved so she could be with her husband and other child at the back of the plane, she was also causing a caffuful asking more passengers to complain.

At this point I asked her what went wrong with her reservation of seats to which she replied that she didn’t bother and left it to her husband. This annoyed me and other passengers. She then declared that she worked on airlines previously and then declared that she was a anxious flyer.

This annoyed me so I explained that I had paid for my seat choice, she hadn’t, her kids were teenagers and are self sufficient and can be “seen to” from the seats they should be in. She then agreed to let me sit in my seat. People nodded in approval around me.

Was I right?

Yes.

But I wouldn't have let her bogart a seat off you in the first place.

Call me someone who doesn't keep up with the modern world but when did taking international flights become a human right?

On a related note, as a man with scoliosis I booked a seat on a train to the Cheaterfraud away game around 20 years ago. I was able to upgrade to first class, too. When I got on the train a bloke in his 30s was in my seat with 3 mates. He just stared at me when I asked him to move. I ended up standing all the way. His conversation with his mates included discussion about seeing a 'brass' round Kings Cross on the way home later. Nice.

There are selfish entitled dicks everywhere, from piss-taking mothers on flights to coke-sniffing herberts at the football.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

When your in the trade the bollocks they come with is well just that. My usual electrician normally charges way less, eh? Why are you calling me then ffs. Thirty years in I’ve heard it all honestly just stop you morons you aren’t even original. I do the same insult me and I’m charging more for you being a dick

It that what it says on your business card and website?

You aren't Gerald Ratner in disguise, are you?

 

[Justice]

It that what it says on your business card and website?

You aren't Gerald Ratner in disguise, are you?

Christ I haven’t had a business card for years, I tell them to store my number straight in their phone and drop call me much better it actually works.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Of course you were, you had paid for your seats. Up to the cabin crew to sort out a woman who hadn’t.

Absolutely right, more than right, you were helpful to her. Selfish people need to be stopped from playing a sympathy card.

As an aside, mate of mine sometimes works on passport control at Gatwick. One of the best bits he tells me is giving a few probing questions and delaying someone famous whilst pretending not to have a clue who they are.

 

[rippleman]

Calling @DrYes