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Anonymous wrote:I blame the airline. I fly a lot and it is really annoying when someone takes part of the small (and getting smaller all of the time) the airline gives to "customers". Blast United not the lady.

The women had a lot of options and chose to act like a raging b1tch. Her behavior is 100% on her.

What were her options?

I can only think of two:

1. Sit down and be in a dangerous and uncomfortable position for several hours.
2. Get off the plane and not go to where ever she was headed.

TWO doesn't seem like "a lot of options" to me, especially when both are punitive to her, and she did nothing wrong.

Uh, she could have asked the flight attendants nicely instead of making a scene. She could have nicely asked them to switch.

How on earth was she in a DANGEROUS position?

You sit there, if it's not dangerous. If there is turbulence, the person in the middle is very much in danger, with two 400 pound objects leaning into her. Didn't you have a basic physics course? Never mind, we know the answer.

Many posters here have said they would have sat there and acted like normal humans beings. I am one of them. Headphones in, eyes closed.

Same. Only raging bitches or crazy people would have handled it like the blond woman.

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Anonymous wrote:I blame the airline. I fly a lot and it is really annoying when someone takes part of the small (and getting smaller all of the time) the airline gives to "customers". Blast United not the lady.

The women had a lot of options and chose to act like a raging b1tch. Her behavior is 100% on her.

What were her options?

I can only think of two:

1. Sit down and be in a dangerous and uncomfortable position for several hours.
2. Get off the plane and not go to where ever she was headed.

TWO doesn't seem like "a lot of options" to me, especially when both are punitive to her, and she did nothing wrong.

Uh, she could have asked the flight attendants nicely instead of making a scene. She could have nicely asked them to switch.

How on earth was she in a DANGEROUS position?

You sit there, if it's not dangerous. If there is turbulence, the person in the middle is very much in danger, with two 400 pound objects leaning into her. Didn't you have a basic physics course? Never mind, we know the answer.

I guarantee that I’ve taken more physics classes that you have.

Unless someone is unbuckled she is perfectly safe there. If anything she is SAFER because they would block some projectiles from hitting her.

Doubtful. You obviously do not fly that much. Thank you for proving my point.

Almost certainly. And we fly quite often.

So explain it - what causes injuries during turbulence? Do you have any idea?

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Anonymous wrote:I blame the airline. I fly a lot and it is really annoying when someone takes part of the small (and getting smaller all of the time) the airline gives to "customers". Blast United not the lady.

The women had a lot of options and chose to act like a raging b1tch. Her behavior is 100% on her.

What were her options?

I can only think of two:

1. Sit down and be in a dangerous and uncomfortable position for several hours.
2. Get off the plane and not go to where ever she was headed.

TWO doesn't seem like "a lot of options" to me, especially when both are punitive to her, and she did nothing wrong.

Uh, she could have asked the flight attendants nicely instead of making a scene. She could have nicely asked them to switch.

How on earth was she in a DANGEROUS position?

You sit there, if it's not dangerous. If there is turbulence, the person in the middle is very much in danger, with two 400 pound objects leaning into her. Didn't you have a basic physics course? Never mind, we know the answer.

Many posters here have said they would have sat there and acted like normal humans beings. I am one of them. Headphones in, eyes closed.

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Anonymous wrote:I blame the airline. I fly a lot and it is really annoying when someone takes part of the small (and getting smaller all of the time) the airline gives to "customers". Blast United not the lady.

The women had a lot of options and chose to act like a raging b1tch. Her behavior is 100% on her.

What were her options?

I can only think of two:

1. Sit down and be in a dangerous and uncomfortable position for several hours.
2. Get off the plane and not go to where ever she was headed.

TWO doesn't seem like "a lot of options" to me, especially when both are punitive to her, and she did nothing wrong.

Uh, she could have asked the flight attendants nicely instead of making a scene. She could have nicely asked them to switch.

How on earth was she in a DANGEROUS position?

You sit there, if it's not dangerous. If there is turbulence, the person in the middle is very much in danger, with two 400 pound objects leaning into her. Didn't you have a basic physics course? Never mind, we know the answer.

I guarantee that I’ve taken more physics classes that you have.

Unless someone is unbuckled she is perfectly safe there. If anything she is SAFER because they would block some projectiles from hitting her.

Doubtful. You obviously do not fly that much. Thank you for proving my point.

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Anonymous wrote:I blame the airline. I fly a lot and it is really annoying when someone takes part of the small (and getting smaller all of the time) the airline gives to "customers". Blast United not the lady.

The women had a lot of options and chose to act like a raging b1tch. Her behavior is 100% on her.

What were her options?

I can only think of two:

1. Sit down and be in a dangerous and uncomfortable position for several hours.
2. Get off the plane and not go to where ever she was headed.

TWO doesn't seem like "a lot of options" to me, especially when both are punitive to her, and she did nothing wrong.

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That is the point. The blonde woman did nothing wrong. The large couple's behavior should not be condoned by the airline, or any individual. Neither party handled it properly, but let's look at the actual facts.

She was 100% wrong. People who are not assholes or have some kind of mental illness don’t act like that.

Not 100% -- I am not agreeing with what she did. I am saying (read carefully now) that she was put in a bad situation, through no fault of her own, the other party clearly wanted to make their issue her issue (I am somehow certain you are familiar with this approach), and that the woman likely (based on her behavior - once again, I am not condoning it) did not realize she had options. We are not here to fat shame you, so you can stop with the annoying memes now. Do you know how not to be annoying?

You certainly don't. You are absolutely fat shaming BTW. I don't know why you think you're fat shaming ME, you don't know me or know what I look like. I am not someone who would be mocked on an airplane for being too fat to sit next to.

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Anonymous wrote:I blame the airline. I fly a lot and it is really annoying when someone takes part of the small (and getting smaller all of the time) the airline gives to "customers". Blast United not the lady.

The women had a lot of options and chose to act like a raging b1tch. Her behavior is 100% on her.

What were her options?

I can only think of two:

1. Sit down and be in a dangerous and uncomfortable position for several hours.
2. Get off the plane and not go to where ever she was headed.

TWO doesn't seem like "a lot of options" to me, especially when both are punitive to her, and she did nothing wrong.

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That is the point. The blonde woman did nothing wrong. The large couple's behavior should not be condoned by the airline, or any individual. Neither party handled it properly, but let's look at the actual facts.

She was 100% wrong. People who are not assholes or have some kind of mental illness don’t act like that.

Not 100% -- I am not agreeing with what she did. I am saying (read carefully now) that she was put in a bad situation, through no fault of her own, the other party clearly wanted to make their issue her issue (I am somehow certain you are familiar with this approach), and that the woman likely (based on her behavior - once again, I am not condoning it) did not realize she had options. We are not here to fat shame you, so you can stop with the annoying memes now. Do you know how not to be annoying?

You certainly don't. You are absolutely fat shaming BTW. I don't know why you think you're fat shaming ME, you don't know me or know what I look like. I am not someone who would be mocked on an airplane for being too fat to sit next to.

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Anonymous wrote:I blame the airline. I fly a lot and it is really annoying when someone takes part of the small (and getting smaller all of the time) the airline gives to "customers". Blast United not the lady.

The women had a lot of options and chose to act like a raging b1tch. Her behavior is 100% on her.

What were her options?

I can only think of two:

1. Sit down and be in a dangerous and uncomfortable position for several hours.
2. Get off the plane and not go to where ever she was headed.

TWO doesn't seem like "a lot of options" to me, especially when both are punitive to her, and she did nothing wrong.

Uh, she could have asked the flight attendants nicely instead of making a scene. She could have nicely asked them to switch.

How on earth was she in a DANGEROUS position?

You sit there, if it's not dangerous. If there is turbulence, the person in the middle is very much in danger, with two 400 pound objects leaning into her. Didn't you have a basic physics course? Never mind, we know the answer.

I guarantee that I’ve taken more physics classes that you have.

Unless someone is unbuckled she is perfectly safe there. If anything she is SAFER because they would block some projectiles from hitting her.

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Anonymous wrote:I blame the airline. I fly a lot and it is really annoying when someone takes part of the small (and getting smaller all of the time) the airline gives to "customers". Blast United not the lady.

The women had a lot of options and chose to act like a raging b1tch. Her behavior is 100% on her.

What were her options?

I can only think of two:

1. Sit down and be in a dangerous and uncomfortable position for several hours.
2. Get off the plane and not go to where ever she was headed.

TWO doesn't seem like "a lot of options" to me, especially when both are punitive to her, and she did nothing wrong.

+1

That is the point. The blonde woman did nothing wrong. The large couple's behavior should not be condoned by the airline, or any individual. Neither party handled it properly, but let's look at the actual facts.

She was 100% wrong. People who are not assholes or have some kind of mental illness don’t act like that.

Not 100% -- I am not agreeing with what she did. I am saying (read carefully now) that she was put in a bad situation, through no fault of her own, the other party clearly wanted to make their issue her issue (I am somehow certain you are familiar with this approach), and that the woman likely (based on her behavior - once again, I am not condoning it) did not realize she had options. We are not here to fat shame you, so you can stop with the annoying memes now. Do you know how not to be annoying?

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Anonymous wrote:I blame the airline. I fly a lot and it is really annoying when someone takes part of the small (and getting smaller all of the time) the airline gives to "customers". Blast United not the lady.

The women had a lot of options and chose to act like a raging b1tch. Her behavior is 100% on her.

What were her options?

I can only think of two:

1. Sit down and be in a dangerous and uncomfortable position for several hours.
2. Get off the plane and not go to where ever she was headed.

TWO doesn't seem like "a lot of options" to me, especially when both are punitive to her, and she did nothing wrong.

+1

That is the point. The blonde woman did nothing wrong. The large couple's behavior should not be condoned by the airline, or any individual. Neither party handled it properly, but let's look at the actual facts.

She was 100% wrong. People who are not assholes or have some kind of mental illness don’t act like that.

Not 100% -- I am not agreeing with what she did. I am saying (read carefully now) that she was put in a bad situation, through no fault of her own, the other party clearly wanted to make their issue her issue (I am somehow certain you are familiar with this approach), and that the woman likely (based on her behavior - once again, I am not condoning it) did not realize she had options. We are not here to fat shame you, so you can stop with the annoying memes now. Do you know how not to be annoying?

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Good customer service means making all your customers welcome. Airlines could:

- have some bigger seats that are more expensive but aren't double the price of others.
- be clear about seat sizes and distance between seats in the coming process
- dont move or rebook people who have chosen a bigger seat for this reason
- dont give away extra seats that are purchased for this reason
- don't overbook flights
- don't charge extra for seat selection

They already have a lot of that and/or it won't address the problem.

If you want a bigger seat, pay for first class. I travel a lot for work but I know my trip plans many months in advance. First class, when bought far ahead, is the same price as buying economy class a month or two ahead.

Seat sizes are easily found on seatguru.com and the airline's website. It's not hidden at all.

Seat selection is a value to customers.. they should charge for it if people are willing to pay. Besides, that won't solve the issue if 2 large people traveling together choose to sit in the same row/section.

I agree airlines shouldnt' give away extra seats -- I didn't realize this was so common.

The issue is the two larger adults clearly planned this to either get an empty middle seat or let someone else have the space burden. They should have picked two seats together instead of selfishly putting a stranger in the middle of them. I would have been pissed. I've had it happen and its miserable. She should have handled it better asking for a seat change, but most likely there were not any extra seats. The larger folks should should have put her on the isle and taken the window and middle.

I bet they at least know how to spell aisle since they were clever enough to go for this seat strategy.

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My DH and I do this all of the time. Why would you intentionally sit in a middle seat? If the middle seat gets taken then you can switch but if you book a middle seat you will definitely have a middle seat.

- frequent flyers, not obese

Its rude, you take two seats next to each other. No one wants to sit in the middle of your conversation, you handing things back and forth, etc. I have no issue with a middle seat but I don't want you touching me nor do I want to hear your conversations or stuff being passed back and forth.

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I don't want to hear how great you think you are (for the duration of the trip), you are not. Not only that, you don't take the middle seat because you want to stuff someone in there like it is some sort of pathetic victory in your pathetic life. Don't pretend you "will take the middle seat" - because we all know that neither one of you want to sit next to each any more than any other flier. Besides, I don't want to so much as smell the two of you. People like you are trying to ruin it for everyone else, and trying to make your problem our problem. You don't belong on an airplane, at all. Second PP nailed it - this is the type of couple that fawns over itself and tries to act like there is someone in the way, when that is how the idiot couple booked their own flight. You know the middle seat is going to be sold, just take it. You probably have separate bedrooms and bathrooms to avoid touching or smelling each other -- WTH would I want to?

Huh? We almost always swap out if someone is in the middle seat. Why on earth do you think we don’t belong on an airplane? You don’t want to “smell” us? LOL. You are INSANE.

Not as insane as you, who refuses to sit next to their own spouse AND tries to commandeer an extra seat for free! No way are you switching seats, don't lie. We have all been on the plane with a couple exactly like you. You can tell your husband what to do, but not fellow passengers.

Again, we switch all of the time. Except if there is no one in the middle (very rarely these days). Why is that a hard concept for you to grasp?

INSANE.

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Anonymous wrote:I blame the airline. I fly a lot and it is really annoying when someone takes part of the small (and getting smaller all of the time) the airline gives to "customers". Blast United not the lady.

The women had a lot of options and chose to act like a raging b1tch. Her behavior is 100% on her.

What were her options?

I can only think of two:

1. Sit down and be in a dangerous and uncomfortable position for several hours.
2. Get off the plane and not go to where ever she was headed.

TWO doesn't seem like "a lot of options" to me, especially when both are punitive to her, and she did nothing wrong.

Uh, she could have asked the flight attendants nicely instead of making a scene. She could have nicely asked them to switch.

How on earth was she in a DANGEROUS position?

You sit there, if it's not dangerous. If there is turbulence, the person in the middle is very much in danger, with two 400 pound objects leaning into her. Didn't you have a basic physics course? Never mind, we know the answer.

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Anonymous wrote:I blame the airline. I fly a lot and it is really annoying when someone takes part of the small (and getting smaller all of the time) the airline gives to "customers". Blast United not the lady.

The women had a lot of options and chose to act like a raging b1tch. Her behavior is 100% on her.

What were her options?

I can only think of two:

1. Sit down and be in a dangerous and uncomfortable position for several hours.
2. Get off the plane and not go to where ever she was headed.

TWO doesn't seem like "a lot of options" to me, especially when both are punitive to her, and she did nothing wrong.

+1

That is the point. The blonde woman did nothing wrong. The large couple's behavior should not be condoned by the airline, or any individual. Neither party handled it properly, but let's look at the actual facts.

She was 100% wrong. People who are not assholes or have some kind of mental illness don’t act like that.

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Anonymous wrote:I blame the airline. I fly a lot and it is really annoying when someone takes part of the small (and getting smaller all of the time) the airline gives to "customers". Blast United not the lady.

The women had a lot of options and chose to act like a raging b1tch. Her behavior is 100% on her.

What were her options?

I can only think of two:

1. Sit down and be in a dangerous and uncomfortable position for several hours.
2. Get off the plane and not go to where ever she was headed.

TWO doesn't seem like "a lot of options" to me, especially when both are punitive to her, and she did nothing wrong.

Uh, she could have asked the flight attendants nicely instead of making a scene. She could have nicely asked them to switch.

How on earth was she in a DANGEROUS position?

You sit there, if it's not dangerous. If there is turbulence, the person in the middle is very much in danger, with two 400 pound objects leaning into her. Didn't you have a basic physics course? Never mind, we know the answer.