Woman furious as mum allows kid to ‘climb over’ her after refusing to swap plane seats

A plane passenger has been left fuming after she woke up from a nap to find someone’s child ‘climbing over’ them – because they refused to swap seats with the family

If you’ve been on a plane more than a couple of times in your life, you’ve probably been asked at least once if you would be okay with swapping seats with someone. And while it’s not necessarily rude to ask, you’re well within your rights to tell them that you’d prefer to keep the seat you booked.

But one plane passenger recently found out the hard way that some people just won’t take no for an answer, after she woke up from a nap to find someone’s child “climbing over” her after she refused to give up her window seat.

The woman shared a viral video in which she explained the situation and said she had been asked to swap seats by a mum who wanted her husband to sit in her seat, and when she said no, she claimed the mum “refused to deal with her child” out of “spite”.

In her video, posted to her @diaryofasolotraveler account on TikTok, she said: “You can always ask [to swap seats], the problem is the people who get mad when they don’t get their way.

“I had a six-hour flight and I try to plan my sleep schedule on the plane so I don’t end up jetlagged. I get to my row and this woman asked me, ‘Do you want an aisle seat?’, and I said, ‘No thank you, I got the window, I want the window.’

“She was very taken aback. She was sitting with her kid and she wanted the other seat for her husband. I think out of spite this woman refused to deal with her child because of it.

“I fell asleep before we took off and when I woke up the child was climbing on top of me. I didn’t know what to do! I forced myself to pass out and sit through the most uncomfortable flight of my life.”

Commenters on the video were horrified on behalf of the woman, with many questioning why she didn’t call over a flight attendant to resolve the situation.

One person said: “I would have told the woman to control her child or I would contact the flight attendant! I wouldn’t take that at ALL!”

While another added: “If this app has taught me anything it’s that people tolerate way more than I ever would.”

And a third wrote: “If parents refuse to parent their child, then I will. I would have reprimanded that kid so fast.”

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