A man on a plane claims he received "major stink eye" from fellow passengers and crew after he refused to give up his seat.
The 26-year-old booked himself onto Ryanair and was allocated a random seat, as is standard with budget airlines if you don't pay extra for a specific place.
The traveller was happy to discover that he'd "won big", managing to get himself a middle seat that was in a completely free row, with no one either side of him.
"I could see my seats being eyed up pretty early on by this couple but didn’t pay much attention as we were going through the rigmarole and procedure to take off," the man explained on Reddit.
"Once we took off a guy comes over and asks if I would switch seats so he could sit with his girlfriend. I said no.
"The guy had an aisle seat and people next to him. He then asks if I’d switch with the girlfriend (window seat) I again say no."
The passenger was then asked whether he'd paid for all three seats by the potential switcher, which prompted him to take a different tact.
"At which point I ignore him and put my headphones back on. I’m then interrupted again as the guy has called a flight attendant over," he continued.
"Shockingly (at least to me) she takes the guys side and her 'compromise' as she puts it is that I move over to the window so they can sit together on my row. I again refuse and say I have no reason to compromise as this is my allocated seat.
"They gave up after this but obviously it caused a minor commotion and for the next four hours I was given major stink eye by everyone around me including the cabin crew.
"I really don’t understand how I’m in the wrong though? If sitting together meant so much to them they could’ve paid £8 to do so, instead they tried to hassle me out of my seat for free."
The man turned to Reddit to ask whether he had been in the wrong for stick to his guns and in his seat, to which the majority of people so he wasn't.
Some questioned why it was so important that the couple be seated next to one another for the flight, especially if they hadn't paid to do so.
"They will be fine having to exist 10 feet away from each other for a few hours," one person wrote.
Another chimed in: "I like that you doubled down on the flight attendant. I don't get why she thinks she can tell you your seat isn't yours. It doesn't even seem like the flight was that long either so why was it necessary they sit next to each other?"
A third wrote: "If they wanted to sit together they could’ve paid extra. If it were kids I would get that but get over yourself, you and your gf are not the centre of the world."
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