Timeline for How can I deal with people asking to switch seats with me on a plane?
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| Feb 6, 2016 at 17:53 | history | edited | Count Iblis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 6, 2016 at 17:38 | comment | added | Count Iblis | I think you are all missing the point that this explanation comes on top of his enforceable right to stick to his assigned seat. If someone asks if you'd like to change seats, you say no (which by itself should be enough), but that sounds rather impolite but you can deal with that by giving an additional explanation that is more about why you chose that seat at the time of online check in, in the first place. So, you could say: "sorry but I deliberately chose this aisle seat because ...." and "...." can be anything, e.g. "I need to get up and stretch my legs regularly". | |
| Jun 6, 2015 at 16:42 | comment | added | phoog | @CountIblis someone else pointed out that giving a reason for your refusal provides the other party with grounds to argue against you. That is also true if the reason is false. In most situations, at least, a strategy of "I do not want to give up my seat, period" may be more likely to succeed with less effort. | |
| Jun 6, 2015 at 14:00 | comment | added | Count Iblis | Yes, but I was addressing the general question, not the particular incident, of how you could argue that you aisle seat is the best choice. Thing is that your right doesn't need to be enforced, the problem seems to be that you are just too shy a person to just ignore suggestions by other passengers. Now, you can't change your character overnight, so you should have some options available. Lying isn't a bad thing, we do it all the time (see also Berit's answer). In fact, your problem is actually that you are lying to yourself every time you give in to suggestions of other passengers. | |
| Jun 5, 2015 at 23:00 | comment | added | phoog | @VedantChandra not to mention that needing to use the toilet frequently is hardly a likely reason for someone to want to avoid a seat that is close to the toilet. | |
| Jun 5, 2015 at 18:23 | comment | added | Vedant Chandra | I appreciate your help, but I don't think lying is the best way to enforce a right I should have anyway. | |
| Jun 5, 2015 at 16:55 | history | answered | Count Iblis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |