A passenger on a plane says they refused to switch seats with a screaming child – despite the insistence of the child’s parents.
In a post shared on Reddit, an anonymous person recalls an incident they say happened while they were sitting in a window seat at a recent house light.
“After I settled into my seat, a family boarded: dad, mom, and their little girl, who looked like she was about six years old,” the person wrote in the post. “Dad had an aisle seat, mom was in the middle, and the kid was supposed to sit next to me in another aisle seat. Everything seemed fine until the little girl realized she wasn’t sitting by the window.”
“Immediately,” the poster adds, the girl “began to resent.”
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While the girl screamed: “I want a window! I want a window!” her parents “tried to calm her down, but she quickly escalated into a full-blown tantrum, crying and yelling that she wanted my seat.”
“That’s when dad leaned over and asked, ‘Could you switch seats with her? She’s just a kid,'” the person added.
They continue: “I politely explained that I had pre-booked a window seat because I really wanted to enjoy the view. Dad insisted, saying it would be ‘nice of me’ and ‘it wouldn’t hurt’ to change.”
The poster says that they then told the dad that they “understand his frustration, but do not think that his daughter’s outburst of anger is a valid reason for me to give up the seat that I specifically reserved.”
He sighed and tried to push on, but I stood my ground, they add.
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Meanwhile, the little girl continued to cry “for another 10 minutes before her mother managed to calm her down with a tablet.”
“However, the tension lingered. Throughout the flight, I could feel my parents giving me judgmental looks, and when we landed, I heard my mom mutter something like, ‘Some people just don’t have hearts.’ ”
The poster ends their story by asking the others if they were “too stiff”.
“I know kids can be a handful, but I also feel that giving in would teach her that throwing a tantrum gets what she wants,” they write. – Still, I couldn’t shake the feeling of guilt.
Commenters were quick to comment on how they would handle the situation, with one writing: “Hit them with “yes, that would be nice of me, but it’s not nice of you to even ask me. It’s not nice of you daughter to behave like that, and it’s not nice to teach her that it’s acceptable or rewarding.”
Another added, “You’re still too nice. I’d say like” damn, and if your kid wants to fly a plane next, I guess you’ll be asking the pilot to be “nice” and “have a heart” too?? Look, it’s none of my business how you raise your kids, but if they’re old enough to walk and talk, you need to teach them about rights and public boundaries.” attitude will soon take off, and so will this fliiighttt.”
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