Airline Passenger Refuses to Switch Seats to Appease Child Having a Tantrum, Despite Parents' Pleas

An airline passenger says they refused to switch seats with a screaming child — despite insistence from the child's parents.

In a post shared to Reddit, the anonymous person recounts the incident, which they say took place while they sat in a window seat aboard a recent domestic light.

"After I settled into my seat, a family boarded: a dad, a mom, and their little girl, who looked about six years old," the person writes in the post. "The dad had an aisle seat, the mom was in the middle, and the kid was supposed to sit next to me in the other aisle seat. Everything seemed fine until the girl realized she wasn’t sitting by the window."

"Immediately," the poster adds, the girl "started complaining."

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As the girl screamed, “I want the window! I want the window!” the parents "tried to calm her down, but she quickly escalated into a full-blown tantrum, crying and yelling about how she wanted my seat."

"At this point, the dad leaned over and asked, 'Would you mind switching seats with her? She’s just a kid,' " the person adds.

They continue: "I politely explained that I had booked the window seat in advance because I really wanted to enjoy the view. The dad insisted, saying it would be 'nice of me' and that 'it wouldn’t hurt' to switch."

The poster writes that they then told the dad they "understood his frustration but didn’t think his daughter’s tantrum was a valid reason for me to give up a seat I specifically reserved."

"He sighed and tried to push further, but I stood my ground," they add.

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The girl, meanwhile, continued crying "for about 10 more minutes before her mom managed to calm her down with a tablet."

"However, the tension lingered. Throughout the flight, I could feel the parents throwing me judgmental looks, and when we landed, I overheard the mom muttering something like, 'Some people just have no heart.' "

The poster ends their story by asking others if they were "too rigid."

"I know kids can be a handful, but I also feel like giving in would’ve taught her that throwing a tantrum gets her what she wants," they write. "Still, I couldn’t shake off the guilt."

Commenters were quick to dish on how they'd handle the situation, with one writing, "Hit em with “yeah it would be nice of me, but it’s not nice of you to ask me in the first place. It’s not nice of your daughter to behave this way, and it’s not nice to teach her this is acceptable or to reward it”. "

Added another, "You're still way too nice. I would have been like "dang, and if your kid wants to fly the airplane next, i suppose you'll ask the pilot to be 'nice' and 'have a heart' too?? Look, its not my business how you parent your kids but if they're old enough to walk and talk, you need to teach them about entitlement and public boundaries." attitude is about to take off and so is this fliiighttt."

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