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In reply to the discussion: Airplane Etiquette [View all]anarch
(6,535 posts)for instance, let's say a symphony at a nice concert hall--you've bought a seat in the middle of the venue, months in advance, with terrific sight-lines to the stage, great acoustics, etc.--now, just before the concert starts, some guy comes up and asks if you'll trade seats with him (he's pointing toward the back of the room, to a seat with a partially obstructed view behind a column) so he can sit next to his wife, since they couldn't find two available seats together when they bought their cut-rate, last-minute tickets for a third of the price you paid. Are you a jerk for telling him to go pound sand?
Anyway, when it comes to air travel, I usually fly on Southwest (with no assigned seats), and am frequently on my own, travelling for business, and really don't care where I sit in the plane (although right next to the toilets is not really my favorite spot) so seat-switching conversations happen fairly regularly, and are a nice way to meet new people.