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  • #1

    Airplane etiquette

    I am on a short (<1 hour) SWA flight that is going to be full. I always take aisle seats. I hate sitting anywhere besides the aisle. I am to the aisle like some of you are to home bathrooms. It's the only place I'll go.

    Anyway by time the C group boards there are only middle seats left. A loud and in charge woman comes down the aisle blaring an offer for a free drink ticket (which does me no good and which I already have) if someone will move to a middle seat so she and her husband can sit together. ( it did not escape
    my attention that he remained silent and didn't ask anyone to help Him sit by her; not surprising).

    No one answered her or accepted her offer. Possibly because I was the only one to make eye contact, she stopped and specifically addressed me and asked me to accept a drink coupon so she could sit by her hubby for the oh so important 50 minute flight. Being the grouch that I am and finding her offer of zero appeal, I said "No. Sorry." At which point she said "Well, really?? Some people!" And marched farther back hawking her ticket.

    Was I wrong? Was it rude? I felt like for such a short flight I had no obligation. Besides there were at least 30 other people who might have moved, why was I singled out? Because I declined to her face? It made me smile, to be honest.
    PLesa excuse the tpyos.
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    Don't you wan't to haggle?
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    • #3
      I'm with you on really wanting an aisle seat.

      I used to be fine with a window seat but I've learned that I get a little anxious and claustrophobic in a window seat if a couple of 300+ pounders sit in the seats next to me.

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      • #4
        No way you were rude. She pegged the meter on this one.

        I much prefer the window seat so I can lean against the side of the plane and fall asleep.

        Of course there was the guy in front of me who had to recline his seat back, and kept bouncing back in his seat which would push his seat closer to my face by 1-2 inches every time he'd lean back, and between him and big guy in the center seat, I was boxed in. The aisle seat came in handy on this flight today.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by creekster View Post

          Was I wrong? Was it rude? I felt like for such a short flight I had no obligation. Besides there were at least 30 other people who might have moved, why was I singled out? Because I declined to her face? It made me smile, to be honest.
          Nah, you were well within your rights to refuse. And no, I don't think you were rude. She asked, you answered. If she expected to get what she wanted merely because she asked for it, she needs to adjust her expectations for the world in general.

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          • #6
            I'm okay with any seat, but now I'm thinking I should switch up to exclusively sit in aisle seats. The Wedding Singer alleges that the drink cart always hits your elbow when you sit in the aisle seat, but I have not found that to be the case.
            "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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            • #7
              Originally posted by creekster View Post
              Was I wrong? Was it rude? I felt like for such a short flight I had no obligation. Besides there were at least 30 other people who might have moved, why was I singled out? Because I declined to her face? It made me smile, to be honest.
              No I don't think so. I just think she was offended in her head because of the way you answered. Honestly, if you had said, 'No, thank you' rather than "No. Sorry." it would have made all the difference in the world. She would have heard you selflessly declining a generous offer rather than selfishly depriving her of something you could give her that (in her mind) wouldn't cost you anything. "Sorry" implies that she is missing out on something or is in a condition where it is appropriate that you express condolences. Notice all the passives who pretended not to hear her "offer" didn't receive any blowback.
              "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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              • #8
                I'm with BD. I prefer the window. I hate people climbing over me and I'm small enough that I can handle any seat.

                As for Creekster, definitely not a rude thing to decline. It's SWA and if she wanted a guaranteed seatbelt to her husband she would have paid more or she could have flown another airline that actually assigns seats. It's not like this is a bus where all seats are taken and an old woman is being required to stand in the middle while holding one of those flimsy handles.
                "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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                • #9
                  creek you make too much money to spend even 50 mins with southwest trash.
                  Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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                  • #10
                    Since I'm slightly larger than the average bear, I only fly airlines wherein I can reserve the aisle seat and have it guaranteed, especially if the blonde isn't going to be sitting next to me. If someone asked me for my aisle seat, especially in this case, I would say, "No, ma'am, I need the space and so would anyone sitting next to me." I do agree with Commando that "No, thank you" would've probably not bothered her as much, but, we weren't there.
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                    • #11
                      Aisle all the way. More leg room.
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                      • #12
                        Window - Head against the fuselage and sleep time.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by clackamascoug View Post
                          Window - Head against the fuselage and sleep time.


                          This is especially helpful when flying across multiple dimensions.

                          Don't ask me why I know this.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post


                            This is especially helpful when flying across multiple dimensions.

                            Don't ask me why I know this.
                            At one point in my previous career I was flying quite a bit. I spent a lot of time on the airplane playing M.U.L.E. while listening to Death Cab for Cutie. Sometimes it out me into a trance that made it feel like I was in another dimension.
                            "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by old_gregg View Post
                              creek you make too much money to spend even 50 mins with southwest trash.
                              What's the financial threshold? I love Southwest.
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