With increasingly more vacationers taking to social media to share “seat squatter” tales, one passenger asks if it has turn into too mainstream.
Posted on Reddit within the “r/travel” discussion board, one flyer alleged that she or he noticed three seat squatters whereas flying on Delta.
The poster first calls out a person who moved up 16 rows, writing that he was “trying to argue it was his seat.”
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“The next was a lady in 18A that was being adamant with the seat holder that she needed to be by the window and not in the middle,” mentioned the publish.
A flight passenger requested on Reddit if seat squatters have gotten extra of a “common thing” whereas flying, sparking a dialogue within the feedback part. (iStock)
The third squatter was described as a pair that allegedly moved from row 24 seats C and D to seats A and B.
With this expertise in thoughts, the consumer requested, “This seat squatting is getting to be too much of a common thing. Thoughts?”
Fellow flyers took to the feedback part to share related experiences and their ideas on if seat squatting has turn into all too frequent.
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“Entitlement is out of control,” commented one.
One other mentioned, “Seat squatters should be auto removed from the plane.”
“Whenever I’ve encountered this, I don’t engage with the squatter at all,” one traveler commented on Reddit. (iStock)
“Whenever I’ve encountered this, I don’t engage with the squatter at all,” mentioned one consumer, including, “Simply press the flight attendant call button and when they arrive, show your boarding pass and politely say that you’ve a ‘seating conflict’. They’ll sort it out.”
“Maybe it’s a simple misunderstanding,” one other consumer wrote.
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One other particular person posted, “In my experiences recently I haven’t seen this at all. The most I had was a guy who asked to switch from aisle to center so he could sit next to his GF in Australia.”
“Flight attendant here – call the flight attendant and tell them. I LOVED moving people back to their original seats!! People will try anything,” commented one other.
Brandon Blewett (not pictured), creator of “How to Avoid Strangers on Airplanes,” says he has seen extra individuals seat squatting. (iStock)
Blewett mentioned typically squatting could be comprehensible.
“For example, if a family misses a connecting flight and gets rebooked with scattered seats, it’s reasonable for parents to sit together to manage a toddler—a setup most of us can sympathize with,” mentioned Blewett.
Blewett additionally identified “indignant squatters,” explaining that their “red flag is when they won’t show their boarding pass,” he mentioned.
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“[Squatter] encounters often lead to delays that often cascade, leading to missed connections and frustrated passengers throughout the cabin,” Blewett added.
Blewett mentioned, “Let the flight attendant handle it. Nobody wants to go viral in a reel titled, ‘Passenger meltdown at 30,000 feet.’”
