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In reply to the discussion: Airplane Etiquette [View all]OnDoutside
(19,908 posts)It wasn't rude of him at all, but it was some neck to ask you to give up your aisle seat on a 4 hour flight to go into the shitty middle seat. I don't blame him at all, you're the one at fault here. I'd have politely declined, if asked to swap an aisle seat for a middle one, or if it didn't suit me..
It was very decent of you to agree. However at some point you need to stand up for yourself. Face it, if the guy had an aisle seat to offer, you probably wouldn't be writing here today.
I'm a big guy and have had people sitting next to me who looked down on me like a piece of shit, in a similar way to the way you look down on those two "big guys".
Rather than being annoyed at the guy for asking, be annoyed at yourself for agreeing, when he could have asked the person in the window seat. They might have said no too, and then tough luck. You took the precaution to reserve your seat, and barring a medical issue or a child, there's no onus on you to move.