Flame away—not paying for seats when airplane is 2 and 2?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think OP is assuming that other people will put her needs first. I think she's saying that given the circumstances, she's going to roll the dice.

And if it doesn’t go her way?

OP here. My six year old will be fine sitting by herself. I imagine that with four tickets we'll be able to get an adult next to our four year old. If not, he'll also be ok with a video.

I would not switch if I paid to select my seat, and your kid better have headphones for the sound on that video

Or what? I personally wouldn’t even give them a video.

DP. You'd needlessly make your kid bored and miserable during a flight just to stick it to the adult sitting next to them? Wow. Okay. Yeah.

No. He would be bored and miserable because he is stuck on a plane, and no one is playing with him. If he were next to me, then I would play with him, and he wouldn’t be bored. Or the person sitting by him can play with him, and he won’t be bored and miserable. I am not going to give a four year old a $500 iPad so that he doesn’t disturb the jackass who can neither move from their $20 seat nor interact with the child sitting next to him.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think OP is assuming that other people will put her needs first. I think she's saying that given the circumstances, she's going to roll the dice.

And if it doesn’t go her way?

OP here. My six year old will be fine sitting by herself. I imagine that with four tickets we'll be able to get an adult next to our four year old. If not, he'll also be ok with a video.

I would not switch if I paid to select my seat, and your kid better have headphones for the sound on that video

Or what? I personally wouldn’t even give them a video.

DP. You'd needlessly make your kid bored and miserable during a flight just to stick it to the adult sitting next to them? Wow. Okay. Yeah.

No. He would be bored and miserable because he is stuck on a plane, and no one is playing with him. If he were next to me, then I would play with him, and he wouldn’t be bored. Or the person sitting by him can play with him, and he won’t be bored and miserable. I am not going to give a four year old a $500 iPad so that he doesn’t disturb the jackass who can neither move from their $20 seat nor interact with the child sitting next to him.

In other words, you’ll let your kid have a miserable flight to prove a point because you were too cheap to pay for seats together. Awesome parenting. Good job.

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You will risk your kids sitting next to an unknown adult?
Next to your young child.
Yikes. No way.
Maybe I read too much Metro section and watch the news.
Just to save money. Nope.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think OP is assuming that other people will put her needs first. I think she's saying that given the circumstances, she's going to roll the dice.

And if it doesn’t go her way?

OP here. My six year old will be fine sitting by herself. I imagine that with four tickets we'll be able to get an adult next to our four year old. If not, he'll also be ok with a video.

I would not switch if I paid to select my seat, and your kid better have headphones for the sound on that video

Or what? I personally wouldn’t even give them a video.

DP. You'd needlessly make your kid bored and miserable during a flight just to stick it to the adult sitting next to them? Wow. Okay. Yeah.

No. He would be bored and miserable because he is stuck on a plane, and no one is playing with him. If he were next to me, then I would play with him, and he wouldn’t be bored. Or the person sitting by him can play with him, and he won’t be bored and miserable. I am not going to give a four year old a $500 iPad so that he doesn’t disturb the jackass who can neither move from their $20 seat nor interact with the child sitting next to him.

So someone’s $20 means nothing to you - YOU shouldn’t be expected to pay it - and they’re the jackass? The entitlement is just staggering.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think OP is assuming that other people will put her needs first. I think she's saying that given the circumstances, she's going to roll the dice.

And if it doesn’t go her way?

OP here. My six year old will be fine sitting by herself. I imagine that with four tickets we'll be able to get an adult next to our four year old. If not, he'll also be ok with a video.

I would not switch if I paid to select my seat, and your kid better have headphones for the sound on that video

Or what? I personally wouldn’t even give them a video.

DP. You'd needlessly make your kid bored and miserable during a flight just to stick it to the adult sitting next to them? Wow. Okay. Yeah.

No. He would be bored and miserable because he is stuck on a plane, and no one is playing with him. If he were next to me, then I would play with him, and he wouldn’t be bored. Or the person sitting by him can play with him, and he won’t be bored and miserable. I am not going to give a four year old a $500 iPad so that he doesn’t disturb the jackass who can neither move from their $20 seat nor interact with the child sitting next to him.

So someone’s $20 means nothing to you - YOU shouldn’t be expected to pay it - and they’re the jackass? The entitlement is just staggering.

+1. You were to cheap to pay the $20 to sit with your child and now the person who did pay the $20 is a jackass because they don't want to switch with you or play with your kid? Are you for real? And I only interact with babies on planes, not kids.

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The airline will seat age 5 and under with a parent. At least that is what United told me. I had to call them, but customer service told me that their policy is to make it work for 5 and under. Therefore, my youngest and I were seated together in economy plus but didn’t have to pay extra - just because those were the only seats avail together.

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I'm usually someone who will switch seats but why do parents seem to think if I do end up sitting next to your kid (either because I couldn't/wouldn't switch or any other reason) that I'm going to be in the slightest bit willing to tend to your kid in any way? You really think I'm going to read to your kid, ask your kid if s/he has to go potty, dole out the Cheerios? Sure, I'll make sure the seatbelts good but otherwise, I have my book and headphones. You'll have to figure it out.

The entitlement is staggering and - by the way - makes those of us who would generally be helpful decide not to be. And also because a lot of parents these days are nutty and insanely overprotective - some lady gave me the stink eye the other day when I smiled at her kid ahead of me in the check-out line, I'm a 55 year old woman BTW - so to protect my own thing best to not have much to do with your kids.

I was joking when I said that, but two year olds have a way of forcing you to tend to their needs. I don’t expect anyone to do anything but listen to the child cry, get spilled on or get peed on, and I will deal with it at the end of the flight.

+1. This is what I don't understand about the people not willing to switch. When the 2 yr old next to you starts having a crying, screaming tantrum, sure you can just sit there. But is that what you really want to listen to? Sitting next to a tantruming toddler is worth not giving up your aisle seat?

I have headphones, I'll be fine. Also, just so you know, I'm watching Game of Thrones right now. It's likely that your kid, in the midst of his or her tantrum, will see something you may rather s/he not.

Pay for the damn seats.

This made me laugh- I was on a Virgin flight years ago watching The Hangover. I hadn't seen it before so I had no idea what to expect. Lots of nudity in that movie. Lots of kids on the flight. Oops!