Woman reignites plane seat debate after she refuses to switch seats with mom’s ‘six-foot-five’ son
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The plane etiquette debate has taken off once again with a TikToker seeking advice on his perplexing seat change story.
Several stories about the etiquette around changing seats on planes have raised their heads above the clouds recently and now New York-based Surya Garg has reignited the debate.
The 23-year-old TikToker revealed how she was in the middle of a seat-changing nightmare after she was approached on a flight by a mother who she claimed subjected her to unpleasant behavior.
In one video, Surya details how a mother approached him and asked if she could give up her window seat, which she had paid more for, so she could sit with her son, who “had to be at least 16 or 17 years”. years.’
When she asked where the woman wanted her to move to, he directed her to a “middle seat about a couple of rows back.”
New York-based TikToker Surya Garg has reignited the debate over swapping seats on planes after she was approached on a flight by a mother who she says didn’t treat her the right way.
Then, when he asked who the woman’s son was, he was surprised to find that it wasn’t a boy but ‘about a 6 foot 5 man’.
Surya said that he “didn’t really know what to say” to the mother at the moment and “didn’t want to seem like an ‘a**hole'”.
However, he decided to reject the woman’s request, explaining that he had paid extra for the seat.
After being told ‘no’, Surya said that the mother ‘makes me the most disgusting face I’ve ever experienced’, and then proceeded to ‘mutter profanities’ at me throughout the ‘entire’ flight.
Baffled by the experience, Surya asked his fellow TikTokers: ‘Did I go wrong here? I need someone to tell me.
To date, her video, uploaded under the hashtags #nyc #airplane #airplaneseats, has been viewed more than 400,000 times, with many viewers reassuring Surya that she wasn’t wrong.
Speaking in his defense, @JZ wrote: ‘The way he reacted is precisely why you shouldn’t give up your seat. Good job defending yourself.
And echoing similar sentiments, @Eem83 said, ‘No you weren’t. I am a mother. I have daughters of 11 and 14 years old. When we fly, I pay extra for us to sit together. Every time.
Even travel booking site Expedia spoke out in support of Surya, simply commenting, “Not bad.”
Baffled by the experience, Surya asked his fellow TikTokers: ‘Did I go wrong here? I need someone to tell me’
‘Because it’s my responsibility to make sure we sit together if that’s what we need. And at their age, they can handle a flight all by themselves. So a 16 year old can do it too.’
Even travel booking site Expedia spoke out in support of Surya, simply commenting, “Not bad.”
Other commenters took a moment to share their own travel horror stories.
@Ali commented: ‘This happened to me with an adult couple. But they were ALREADY in my (aisle) seat when I got there!’
He went on to explain that he managed to get the couple to move, but the woman was not happy and made her feel “uncomfortable and anxious throughout the flight.”
Meanwhile, @Samantha gave Surya some advice for next time, writing: ‘I always tell them I need a window seat as I get dizzy and vertigo… I might throw up. It usually shuts them up and they don’t care about the first seat.
Surya’s story follows one that made headlines last November, with a mother detailing the ‘correct way’ to ask an airline passenger to change seats.
Anna Lyn Cook explained in a TikTok clip how she told a fellow traveler that her seat was “much better” than his as it had “much more legroom” and her polite manner convinced him to change seats. place.
Many people quickly flooded the comments section with their thoughts, with many praising the mom for asking for the change in the ‘right way’.
You handled this the right way. Good job mom,’ wrote one person, while another added: ‘Look, THIS is the way. Always offer to exchange for the best or most advanced seats.