After paying for his seat, a Ryanair passenger refused to switch seats for a mother with a young child, causing controversy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The passenger said on Reddit that he had paid extra for the middle seat in a row on a two-hour flight, and that he was sat next to a woman holding her kid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When he took his seat, the woman asked him if he wanted to move to the back of the plane to trade seats with her husband, which he declined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I bought my seat on row 4B, which is in the middle, it may sound funny to you,” he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The flight was arriving on a little secondary airport with limited rail connections, so if I wanted to catch the best train, I’d have to dash outside the plane and get through passport control as quickly as possible.” If I missed that train, I’d have to wait an hour and a half or pay $70 for a cab, which is why I paid for that seat.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I board my flight, exhausted as hell, and there’s this lady with her [a few] months old child gently sleeping in the window seat,” he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She requests that I change to row 18 so that she can sit with her spouse. I simply stated that I had paid for the seat and did not wish to move.” \u201c\u201cThe entire row was staring at me, and I could see my mother messaging my husband about me. She eventually moved down the plane because no one was sitting next to her spouse.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He wondered if he was in the wrong because “everyone was criticizing him” despite other passengers declining to assist the mother on the aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The admission sparked debate online, with most users supporting the man’s decision and believing he was under no responsibility to relocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It was your seat, you chose it,” one individual wrote. If you don’t want to, you’re under no duty to give it up.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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