A family of six on holiday in Ireland said they almost had their entire trip ruined after an altercation with an Irish woman on a train.
The tourists were awaiting their train to depart when they were approached by a woman whose assigned seat they were sitting in.
Taking to Reddit, the woman explained: "I (43F) am on vacation in Ireland with my husband (44M) and our six children. A couple days ago, we went on a day trip from Dublin to Kilkenny, a city about 1.5 hours away.
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"We had a very pleasant day, but this experience almost ruined it.
"As we were sitting on the train waiting for it to depart, this young Irish lady (approx. 25F) got on the carriage and approached us.
"She was admittedly very polite and told us that our daughter (9F) was sitting in her assigned seat.
"I informed her that there was no assigned seating on the train. She told me there is if you book online in advance and pointed to a sign above the seat where her name was displayed."
However, things took a turn when the woman's husband 'insulted' the passenger's name.
She said: "My husband joked that we didn't know that was a name as it just looked like a random string of letters, which seemed to upset her.
"She dropped her polite facade and told us to make our daughter move immediately as she paid for that seat specifically for a reason (she didn't say what the reason was, so who knows if its a valid one or not).
"I told her that I wasn't going to make my daughter move and that she should be understanding of the fact that we are a family who have travelled a long distance to visit her beautiful country and we just want to sit together.
"She said that's not her problem and if we wanted to sit together as such a large group, we should have had the "common sense" to book online in advance.
"My husband then, admittedly, raised his voice at her and said "listen here, young lady…" She cut him off and said, and I quote, "don't call me young lady, you f***ing Yankee b******", turned around and walked away. I don't know where she went and I never saw her again."
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The woman said her eldest daughter was embarrassed by the incident and wanted to approach the passenger to apologise, but she was not allowed.
She said: "I explained to her that it was the principle that mattered and that the woman had a potty-mouth."
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