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A passenger who asked a man to change seats so he could sit next to his wife sparked a furious debate over plane etiquette after being told “No.”
Melbourne couple Jay Kloss and his wife Zoe were separated in the business class section of a Virgin flight after failing to book two adjoining seats.
She sat in the window while he sat in the aisle in the same row on the opposite side of the plane.
Mr Kloss In a TikTok video, captioned “Am I wrong?”, he explains how he approached and politely asked if he could switch seats with the traveler sitting next to his wife.
‘Hey, would you mind moving over so I can sit with my lady? It’s her birthday,’ says Kloss.
And he just looks at me, doesn’t respond.
‘I was like, ‘Is it possible if you change here?’
“He said, ‘No, I won’t, but I’ll sit here (Zoe’s window seat).”
Mr. Kloss explains that Zoe “isn’t much of a flyer” and can get “super nauseous” so she always needs to sit near a window.
He went on to express his frustration in the viral video outraged that he was rejected.
“Either way, he’s getting the exact same spot (but) right across the hall. But he doesn’t accept that, he says, ‘No, I’m just moving here (Zoe’s window seat)’,” says Mr. Kloss.
‘So, he’s going to make us sit on both sides of the aisle, for no reason.
‘It’s the same seat, so anyway, I’m like, ‘Bro, really? Are you sure you can’t swap seats with us? And he just doesn’t answer me.
Mr. Kloss then says that Zoe asked the man to change seats.
‘Zoe says, ‘Hey, excuse me, is it possible for us to switch seats, is there some kind of problem? Today is my birthday, I would like to sit with my partner’.
“And he’s like, ‘No, no problem, I just don’t move.'”
‘Like what the hell? Am I missing something?
‘Can someone explain to me what the hell is going on here? It’s the same seat, just on a different side of the aisle.
Melbourne couple Jay Kloss and his wife Zoe (pictured) were separated in the business class section of a Virgin flight after failing to book two adjoining seats. They asked a passenger to change seats so they could sit together and he said ‘No’.
Finally, the passenger in the window seat next to Mr. Kloss offered to swap with Zoe, meaning the pair sat next to each other.
However, Mr Kloss was still furious at the end of the flight and said he had wanted to “slap” the man who was not moving but held back only because he was on a plane.
His experience triggered a flurry of responses, with many sharing sympathy for the traveler who said ‘No’.
“Dude didn’t have to give up his seat even if it was a nice thing to do,” one wrote.
‘I only have to deal with people who answer Y or N. I can’t expect it to be Y.’
Another said: ‘You’re wrong, you should have booked seats together in the first place.’
One person took issue with Mr. Kloss’s arguments that the seats were basically the same.
“There’s a big difference,” the person said.
“Some people just sit on the right or left side of the plane.”
The couple’s experience sparked a furious debate over airplane etiquette.
Another commented: ‘Bro I’m sick of people asking to change seats. Reserve the correct seat first.
However, there were some people who sided with Kloss.
“I’d love to help out anytime,” wrote one.
‘Flights around Australia are very short, why not make two people happy? Life is too short to be useless.
Another wrote: ‘Nah, I’m with you.’
‘Why wouldn’t he move?! Just a power trip.