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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]***What do you do in this scenario?

You are in the aisle seat in row 8. You stood up  in the aisle and are patiently waiting with your small carry on (which you kept under your seat).

Everyone in front starts exiting and you move forward — and then the woman in the aisle seat ahead of you jumps up and steps out into the aisle.

Naturally, you pause.

But then she says, “My carryon is in the overhead a few rows back.”

Her expectation was that everyone already standing in the aisle for 3+ rows would sit down so she could walk back and grab it.

I said, “Sorry, I think you’re going to need to wait until there’s space for you to walk back and grab it.”

She was clearly upset.

I walked by to exit as did everyone behind me.

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She was upset, but you and others still got to move forward. Yes? So…and what? You can’t control the feelings and expectations and others. Her “upset” did not prevent you and others from deplaning. What are you looking for here, for strangers to tell you how to control the feelings of other strangers? [/quote]

I’m asking if I should have sat down and let her try to pass a few rows down the aisle or if I was correct in moving forward.

She said some pretty unkind things to me as I moved on, and she was still fussing about it (and me personally) in baggage claim. (Along the lines of my “privilege” and the fact that we both ended up at baggage claim waiting.)

My thinking was this: even if I sit down and let her pass, she would then need to convince 3+ aisles behind us to sit still and let her grab her bag. Fat chance that would happen. [/quote]

Again…OK. You had your “thinking” about the situation, and she had hers. Her “fussing” didn’t prevent you from doing anything, and yeah, you choosing to go past her didn’t get you anywhere: you ended up at the same baggage claim at the same time, waiting. So…what?[/quote]

The thread is seemingly about plane etiquette when it comes to deboarding/deplaning.

Not sure why you think chiming in with “so what?” for specific scenarios is necessary.

I mean, “So what?” basically applies to every post on dcum.

Either respond to the question or move on. [/quote]

I did respond, hunny. [b]You don’t have to like what I say. [/b][/quote]

None of us does. Go away.

[NP][/quote]

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