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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

[b]Why wouldn't you just step to the side a bit and let her squeeze behind you, then forget about her?[/b] She can navigate beyond that...or not.[/quote]

This is exactly what you should do (if it happens in the future). She says, "oh I need my bag a few rows back." You say "oh, ok" and step into the row for a moment to let her go behind you. Then you step out and continue off the plane. It takes 3 seconds of your time. Problem solved.[/quote]

There was no row to step into since the large man who had been in the middle seat next to me had already stood up in front of my my aisle seat, taken down his carryon and placed it on my seat. Ditto for the man in the aisle seat on the other side. Picture wall to wall people standing with luggage or trying to grab their luggage. And her bag was likely more than 3 rows behind. We had the attention of one person a few people back, but the luggage wasn’t in the overhead bin near them. That’s when we collectively realized she didn’t actually remember where it was and it was likely farther back. Impossible to get tons of people organized to help or move. [/quote]

So you gesture to her row where there is space and say "here, let me just scoot in up here so that you can pass by me."[/quote]

No space.

A guy was already in the aisle with his luggage and she was trying to step out into the main aisle from her aisle seat (with two people seated next to her).

Nobody was petite.

She was leaning out into the aisle trying to get the guy in the aisle to move. He wasn’t budging.
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Then why was she angry specifically at you? You said that she was fussing at you personally. Something doesn't add up here.  But whatever... now you now what to do in the future.[/quote]

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