My wife and I just returned from a trip and on our last leg I saw what looked like a blatant seat “thief” not only get away with it, but seemingly make friends with the “victim”.
We’re sitting in 4C and 4D on a LAX to LAS Delta flight and I notice a solo traveler (maybe in his late 20s) sits across from me in 4A. Much later in the boarding (like after most of the rest of general boarding), another guy (also apparently in his 20s) steps up and says to the first guy “excuse me, you’re in my seat”. The first one says “oh, I thought this was the B seat” (I’m thinking “really, that’s what you’re going with?”). They go back and forth a little but I can’t hear because of announcements. Eventually, the second guy sits down in the aisle seat and seems to resign himself to that spot for the duration.
During the short flight I see them start chatting. I hear them exchange names and some miscellaneous intro-type stuff about what jobs they each do and why they’re going to Vegas. They talk the whole way to Vegas. They get off the plane together and walk towards baggage still talking. They wait for their luggage at the baggage carousel together and I see them with their phones out, apparently exchanging contact info.
Our bags came before theirs so I couldn’t see if they left together, but I walked out in mild disbelief that a situation like the ones you hear about all the time here could end like that. I was both confused and encouraged about humanity.
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Submitted September 30, 2023 at 07:30PM by nightstalker30 https://ift.tt/IaGhlwk
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