However, rather than making a polite request, she claims he launched into a lengthy explanation about why he deserved the aisle seat instead.
Taking to Reddit, the woman said: “I used to travel a lot and always booked an aisle seat. This very large man had the middle seat next to me.
“He said his travel department messed up and didn’t give him an aisle, and I needed to switch with him. He was a large man, and I’m sure he really did need the aisle more than me.”
She probably didn’t handle the situation perfectly – and would have happily swapped seats if he had simply asked politely.
However, the passenger added: “He was blocking the aisle so no one could get past him, so I relented. After I moved, he turned to the crowd behind him and said, ‘Sorry, I had to wait for this lady to move out of my seat. ‘YOUR seat?’.”
Annoyed by his attitude, she quickly came up with a plan to teach him a lesson – and put it into action every 10 minutes for the rest of the flight.
She explained: “My revenge: Every 10 minutes or so, I made him get up so I could get out of my seat. I’d stand in the aisle just a few rows behind my row. Just as he settled back in, I came back and made him get up to let me back in.
“After he got a drink, time for me to get up. Just as he opened food he brought with him, time for me to get up. Closed his eyes, time for me to get up.”
The petty passenger added: “I did this the whole 3.5 hour flight. It was obviously really inconvenient for him, because he would have to pick up his things, put the tray up, take off his seatbelt, get out, let me out, then put everything back. I still smile when I think about that.”
Commenting on her post, one user said: “Sorry but once he dropped the ‘my seat’ line, I would have taken MY seat back.”
Another user added: “Next time just say no? I ain’t taking a middle seat, ever, unless it’s my assigned seat.”
A third user said: “Your story put a smile on my face. I am sorry this entitled jerk inconvenienced you but I appreciate your ‘petty revenge’ and am grateful you posted.
“I am smiling as I think about him moving his tray and sucking in his gut. I wish you told him, ‘bless your heart’ every time you moved past him.”
This story originally appeared on Express.co.uk
