This Guy Who Didn't Switch His Seat So A Couple Could Sit Together Has Nothing To Apologize For

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NY Post- The seat-swapping phenomenon has sparked many social media discussions with flyers sharing stories about fellow travelers asking to switch seats.

One user appeared to take a stand by sharing an experience in the “r/delta” forum on Reddit.

Titled, “Finally said no,” the user shares “a couple approached me and asked if I could change seats with one of them so they could sit together.”

“Guys, I gotta preface my saying I have been a chronic people pleaser all my life and have given up my seat multiple times when flying solo cuz I’m short and I really don’t care as long as it’s not a truly crap seat,” said the post. 

The user said that after finishing an almost two-week family vacation, “this flight I felt differently…I was ready to just be done,” but asked if the seat was an aisle and was told it was a middle.

“I looked at this woman and her husband and simply said, ‘no thanks’. The look on her face! You would’ve thought I slapped her,” the post continued. 

The user continued, “She just stammered as I stood up to let her pass and then awkwardly dipped into her middle seat beside me while her husband slunk to his middle seat a row back. I can’t say that I didn’t feel tremendous guilt at first, but once they were both seated their behavior and comments immediately steeled my nerves.”

The flight passenger added the woman said “this trip would just be absolutely awful without him [her husband] right next to her” and appeared to be on the verge of tears.

The user said they slipped on their “noise-cancelling headphones to drown [the couple] out and took myself a guilt-free nap.”

Another great plane debate. It feels like everyday there's either a fight, a disagreement, a mental breakdown, or some sort of viral clip involving passengers on a plane. It's relentless. I don't know what it is about flying but people lose their marbles in the not so friendly skies. Today we have a disagreement about a guy who was asked to move his seat so a husband and wife could sit together. There's a variety of things to consider here so let's get into it. 

First off … airlines are the ones I'm looking at here. Why on earth are people who book a flight together not sitting together the minute the flight is booked. I know there's all sorts of bullshit and whatever as to why people aren't sitting together, and maybe the flight just is full or the only seats available are singles, but there has to be some sort of way to figure this out. When a family or a couple books together, there's gotta be a way to sit them together. The people in middle seats should immediately be contacted of moving to another middle seat, or there has to be some sort of technology to figure this out. Makes no sense. 

Now, onto to the guy who was asked. Did absolutely nothing wrong. End of story. I also have no problem with the people trying to ask him to switch. They got dealt a shit hand and are trying to make the best of it. Not their fault but the guy who was asked to switch is not at fault. He thought about, he has even done it in the past, but let's face it there's some days you are just burnt out on a plane and want to sit in a good seat and go to sleep. The people who asked had to know there was a slim chance the guy would actually do it. You then can't hold a grudge because you offered him a shittier seat and he didn't move. That's not how it goes, can't have it both ways.