33-year-old woman gets even with entitled passenger who stole her seat on a 7-hour flight: 'Do I feel bad that I ruined her flight? No.'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
May 22, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

One should always adjust one's expectations about an upcoming flight to the airline one has chosen to use. So much of what constitutes a decent flight experience is managing expectations and adjusting them when necessary. For instance, if you're flying Southwest on a flight where there is no assigned seating, as this airline passenger was, you should prepare yourself accordingly.

This passenger arrived at the gate as early as possible so that she could snag an aisle seat, since she tends to need to use the bathroom frequently on longer flights. This particular flight was seven hours long, so the aisle seat was a priority for her. That being said, she knew that it was not guaranteed. This was, after all, Southwest, but her early arrival and boarding managed to help her secure the seat she needed… that is, until an entitled passenger showed up and demanded to take her seat. Keep scrolling below for the full exchange and the subsequent consequences!

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  • The author's seatmate genuinely felt like she was entitled to this seat despite the fact that there was no assigned seating on this flight. Of course, there wasn't a mistake. She just felt like if she were aggressive enough, she could get what she wanted. What this lady underestimated, however, was exactly why the author needed that aisle seat. Yes, it did have to do with her need for easy bathroom access…

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    I (33F) just got off a 7 hour cross country flight and I wanted to share this story before I go pass out. I was flying Southwest so there are no assigned seats and I was in B boarding group. I went
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    towards the back of the plane so I could get an aisle seat since I'm fairly tall. It was a completely full flight so I knew there would be someone sitting next to be. Enter Entitled K (EK). She had waited to check in so she was at the back of the C boarding group.
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    She was p because at first she couldn't find anywhere to put her massive roller bag and the flight attendants were trying to get her to gate check it. Then she
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    came up to my row and I thought "great, she's gonna take the middle seat". The following dialogue (to the best of my sleepy recollection) occurred:
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    EK: Move! OP: what? EK: I paid for an aisle seat and you are sitting in my seat.
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    EK: (practically screaming) I SAID I PAID FOR AN AISLE SEAT AND YOU ARE SITTING IN MY SEAT OP: This is Southwest, there are no assigned seats
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    EK: Are you stupid, I said I need the aisle seat. OP: I can get up to give you the middle seat if you want
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    I stupidly thought that was the end of it when a flight attendant came over and asked her to take a seat. I got up to let her into the row and she immediately sat
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    down in the aisle seat. I tried to protest to the flight attendant but EK kept loudly saying she paid for an aisle seat (I know Southwest is switching to assigned seating soon but they haven't implemented it yet).
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    Now our flight was already delayed 30 minutes and I could see all the other passengers looking at me as if trying to say "please just let her win, we want to get there as fast as we can". I
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    looked at the flight attendant and she gave me a pleading look as if to also say "please just give her this, we want to get out of here."
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    So, being the fairly passive person I am, I stepped over her (she wouldn't get up to let me in) and sat in the middle seat.
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    Now, I may be passive, but I also am petty. I am also really gassy on airplanes. Normally I try to contain it and go to the restroom
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    when it gets bad enough and just let it rip there. But I was p d at EK and, frankly, pl d at everyone else on the plane for letting her get away with it.
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    So I decided that I was just going to let 'er rip all 7 hours of the flight. I put on my headphones (over the ear) and started passing gas about 1 hour into the flight. And lucky for me (and
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    unlucky for everyone else) they were particularly stinky. Every time I would t she would sniff, smell it, then shot dirty looks at me. I just ignored her and just kept listening to my music and reading my kindle.
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    At about hour 5 she had enough and hit the call button to ask to move. The flight attendant told her we were fully booked and there is nowhere to move her to.
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    EK looked even more p d but I guess she had seen enough of the internet to know if she threw a fit she would get arrested when we landed. When we did land (since we were near the back) |
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    gave it one more silent but deadly t to seal the deal and let her bathe in my stink for a couple more minutes.
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    Do I feel bad that I ruined her flight? No. Do I feel bad that I stank up my row? Now. And also, for the first time ever I didn't have gas pains nor did I need to rush to the bathroom immediately after getting off my flight.
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    Next time, check in early like the rest of us plebeians and maybe you'll get a less salty seat mate. Tl;dr seat stealing snoot sniffs stinky stuff while stuck in the sky
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    Duckr74 16h ago . I was REALLY hoping to read that you passed the gas in her face when you went to take your seat! e
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    Wittusus 16h ago Honestly, I'd admit it. "Told you I needed the aisle seat, go to the restroom all the time when on a flight" |
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    timothy918 14h ago The only thing I'd do differently is when she looked at me instead of ignoring her I would have looked right back at her with a big grin on my face.
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