I won't give up my seat just because the person is female (in the current environment how do I know they identify as female). Ladies with children/babies, and ones older than me, yes. Young healthy women, no.
I gave up my seat one time so a granny could sit with her grandkid. I had a heck of a time getting another place. Would I do it again. Yes.
I have given up my seat on occasion, but not always. I did one time when asked by a gentleman whose daughter was having a temper tantrum and he was trying to keep her under control. There was a bit of confusion about which seat would become available. I did NOT want to give up my aisle position. But, the stewardess misread the situation and found me a seat further away although closer to the front. It was not an aisle seat. She was very surprised when I replied that I was very happy where I was. The gentleman and I had a nice conversation and the daughter calmed down. The stewardess didn’t understand why we were searching for a satisfactory seat for me. She thought I didn’t want to sit near the family. She thought I was racist.
WTH is this person??? He thinks he’s such a great person, but he’s LYING to himself!! WHO wouldn’t change seats, UNLESS the new seat is next to a crying baby, a lefty woman holding a CAT, etc.
Because I don’t relish the prospect of sitting in a hobbit-sized seat with three inches of legroom, I pay extra to sit in the exit row. No damned way am I giving that seat up.
Just flew back from Denver a few days ago. The gate attendant was having a bad day, and really needed to have me switch my seat so a young child could sit next to his father. I guess she was expecting me to say no...and seemed really surprised when I didn’t have a problem with it. I told her she looked as if she had enough grief and I wasn’t going to pile on for nothing. She smiled...and I got lots of free drink coupons texted to me! Bottom line: Being nice doesn’t cost anything, and can have some benefits. I also see in the dirtbag’s article that he has to mention the “white” folks. Racists are just gonna racist I guess. He’s pathetic.
For starters...this is a Compost article, so I don’t read it no matter what.
Secondly, I would make a snap decision on whether I’d give up my seat. Pink hair, tattoos, peace sign t-shirt = no. If she looks like my kind of people = yes. I could always be wrong, but I’d find it hard not to give up my seat.
Switched seat story #2...I was bumped to first class and sat next to an attractive middle-aged woman. Very friendly! She kept looking past me, and I asked if she wanted her husband next to her...yes. I tapped the guys shoulder...it was (then) Redskins coach Mike Shanahan! Swapped seats and had some great discussions about football, and was able to look as he flipped through two thick binders of offense and defense sets. Totally awesome flight! Really friendly guy.
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I don’t believe half of what this up tight person says.
What if you’re next to a 900 pounds woman who reeks of garlic, knits and has a service dog?
Mostly white?
GFY!
This guy is sitting proof that it is not necessary to express every thought that comes into your head.
He's so brave......SMDH........................... 😒
Mostly it’s cheapskates that don’t want to spend the $15 for an assigned seat, so they probably shouldn’t be flying anyway.
Well I’m outraged by the WP author/fool equating giving up a seat to military service - AS IF!!! then I realized leftist.
Consideration and manners towards women, children, elderly, and those less fortunate, should not need to be commented up on.
Unless you are a leftie then please tell us all how great of a person your are and pile it on higher and deeper too.
I am a major douchebag.
And, I'm proud enough to write about it for all the public to read."
Now if I paid extra money for an extended legroom seat and they wanted to switch me to coach, I would consider that an unreasonable request. But that situation has never happened.
Seems like civility is becoming lost in our society.
One time I booked myself a window seat on a plane. As I boarded and got to my assigned seat, some other guy was already sitting there in my window seat along with his girlfriend who was sitting in the middle seat. I checked my ticket to make sure I had the right aisle and the right seat. I did.
I don’t recall my exact words, but i said something along the lines to the guy,”um, excuse me? 24A? That’s my seat.”
The guy didn’t give me the courtesy of turning his head to look at me while I was talking to him. Instead, he just looked ahead and said, “no, no. 24A is the aisle seat.”
I looked at the little metal diagram above the seats that indicated the guy was wrong. I was about to look for a flight attendant to set this guy straight when his girlfriend got up out of her seat to look at the metal diagram I saw and she said, “he’s right. That’s his seat.”
The guy, without a word and again without looking at me got up out of my seat and I got in and he settled in to his aisle seat. No apology either. Not a word to me. As I sat there in my seat, I thought “next time get yourself a better travel agent, a#ole”