More and more reasons I don't fly
She went to sit at her assigned seat and there was a toddler in it. She asked mom to move him, which she did and the toddler went into a crying fit, a typical tantrum. Another passenger rather than recommend to Mom to do the maternal thing and control her child, decided it would be a good idea to try to shame the woman into compliance with her toddler wishes and apparently that was also a failure.
I am glad that the woman did not succumb to emotional blackmail and that she is fighting back. And I am not saying I would do the same because I would have not been in the effing winged tube in the first place because I want to avoid crap like this and a police questioning on why I may have ended up doing forceful behavior modification to the offending parties.
PS: Dear Jenni, you do not buy the seat. You buy the privilege to use it while being transported across the skies.
I hate to fly. As The Stupid Administrations (TSA) got more stupid, I no longer was able to tolerate the whole experience. I now drive; everyone is much happier.
FYI nothing makes a transcontinental flight better like a kid screaming constantly with a full diaper.
I have to fly often for work.
Usually I fly as early in the day as possible. It generally maximizes the chance of the flight leaving on time and making connections, and also leaves the most time to make same-day corrections if something goes wrong.
A useful side benefit, is there are fewer families flying with 6am departure times.
Re Jenni, yeah she doesn't own the seat as such, but she did reserve a seat with particular features, e.g. a window. I want those not for the view as much as it's easier to sleep and less chance of being disturbed by other passengers' bladder calls - so I wouldn't be particularly eager to give it up for no good reason. (Of which satisfying a screaming ill-mannered toddler is not among them.)
(Edited for fumble-fingering and smell-check errors...)