Traveling pet peeves!

[yerfer]

Or the moral could be don't give up your assigned seat to some bitch who thinks it's his.

Not much you can do on an airplane. I thought about it while I was looking at this punk in disbelief, but then I realized I didn't wanna go through the hassle with the law for beating some punks ass on an airplane. That kind of stuff is typically frowned on by the military and most jobs.

[Herk Driver]

You forgot the cardinal rule: Possession is 9/10 ths of the law.

[joe1234]

Not much you can do on an airplane. I thought about it while I was looking at this punk in disbelief, but then I realized I didn't wanna go through the hassle with the law for beating some punks ass on an airplane. That kind of stuff is typically frowned on by the military and most jobs.

Okay, I'm confused. You had the ticket saying it was your seat, and you were already physically in the seat. Something happened, and you ended up having to sit in another seat.

Is there something I'm missing here?

[F16Deuce]

Okay, I'm confused. You had the ticket saying it was your seat, and you were already physically in the seat. Something happened, and you ended up having to sit in another seat.

Is there something I'm missing here?

Yeah, why the ###### did you get out of your seat?

[yerfer]

Yeah, why the ###### did you get out of your seat?

Didn't realize I was gonna have to tell a novel here. Hopefully this will clear it up.

I walked onto the plane and went to the exact seat printed on my ticket. It wasn't even that great of a seat (middle seat). Like I said, I was sitting there with my eyes closed and then woken up by frat kid. At first I thought he was just confused at the fact that he wasn't looking at the right seat, then I pointed at my ticket and showed him the straight facts. He said, Dude I'm not sitting back there (one row behind mine) because someone else is already in my seat. So I said, tell them their in your seat and show them your ticket. He says, no and that his stuff is already stowed away above and that he doesn't want to sit somewhere else. I tell him again that I'm in my assigned seat.

As it was, the plane was already full of people already seated. The seat he was gonna have to sit in was further back between the fat asses I ended up having to sit in between. In his words, "I'm not sitting back there man, get up". This guy was literally hovering over my face. I wanted to slug him, but like I said, no thanks to being charged by the law for something that was avoidable.

His last words were, Your gonna do what you have to do. Nobody around me did anything even though they saw me point out that it was my seat.

So instead of fighting psycho over a seat, I just got up and told him to have it so I didn't result in kicking someones ass on a commercial airplane.

What goes around comes back around. That guy will get what he deserves one day. I just wasn't gonna be the one to do it.

If your in a situation where they are getting ready to close the doors and take off, and you've got some self centered punk hovering over you wanting your seat because he just wants it, you have to think fast of what your gonna do. My first step of action was the flight attendants. They did nothing and told me to just grab my stuff and move to the seat further back INSTEAD of frat dick.

Imagine if I did tell the guy to stick it. He was crazy enough to ask someone he doesn't know for their seat. I have no doubts this guy would of gotten physical hadn't I gotten up and moved. It just wasn't worth it to me.

[VL-16]

Yerfer, I still don't understand why the f*ck you got out of your assigned seat. To each his own, but no matter how you slice it, you bent over and took it when you didn't have to. If he tried to physically get you out of the seat, he would have had his ass thrown off the plane. Stand your ground dude....if you know you're right, f*ck inconveniencing him and stick to your guns.

[Vertigo]

Wow- no way in hell would I of gotten up. I would of said "sorry" and closed my eyes to continue my nap thereby deescalating the conflict. Had he gotten physical at that point I'm sure it would've been stopped immediately and he would've been escorted off the plane where some nice police officers would be waiting to greet him.

Giving up your seat just satisfied his ego and once again proved in his mind that bullying and intimidation are the best forms of getting what you want.

Here's my pet peeve, on a recent United flight to Salt Lake I was seated in a broken seat. No big deal the seat would just automatically recline and wouldn't stay in the upright position for takeoff and landing. I swear the FA came by no less than 7 times to tell me I need to have my seat up at which point I would explain to her that it was broke and won't stay up. It was a full flight so no chance of getting another seat plus I had two of my sons with me. Seriously, how many times do you have to tell a person that their seat is F'd up before they stop bugging you?

[osulax05]

I've also had the same broken seat issue as vertigo; as well as a broken seat belt (read: the belt was not attached to the seat).

[-Roll-]

[Slander]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id...3502&page=1

UFB.

[amcflyboy]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id...3502&page=1

UFB.

F--- you TSA!!

[stingray]

One time (Post 9/11 too) I got on a plane with a bunch of firecrackers in my backpack that I forgot I had. They were pretty big firecrackers too!