She And Her Husband Flew First Class With Their Toddler Over Thanksgiving, And A Man Accused Her Of Being In The Wrong Seats And Even Called Her Names
For this past Thanksgiving, this woman, her husband, and their nearly three-year-old toddler had to travel across the country.
And because they were going on such a long trip, she and her husband decided to splurge on three first-class tickets.
After all, they could afford the extra upgrade since her husband recently received a nice pay raise. On top of that, she was not worried about her toddler’s on-flight behavior since her daughter has always been a good flyer. In fact, her daughter has flown numerous times throughout her short life so far.
“We follow our pediatrician’s recommendation to give her a dose of baby Tylenol and gripe water thirty minutes before travel, and she has never been disruptive or cried on an airplane,” she explained.
And that included this most recent flight, too. Rather than having outbursts, her daughter simply communicated whenever something was needed.
“My daughter’s good at staying in her seat and tells us when she needs to go potty, food, a toy, etc. She stayed seated and quietly played throughout the flight, only getting up when she had to go potty,” she recalled.
The real issue, though, had to do with another passenger who was apparently really pissed off that a toddler was sitting in first class.
It all began after she and her husband boarded early since her husband is disabled. Then, once another first-class passenger got on the plane, she noticed the man glaring at them.
Still, she wrote it off and watched as the man sat down in his seat. Just shortly afterward, though, a flight attendant went up to her and asked to see her boarding passes to make sure her family was seated in the correct area.
Irina Schmidt – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
She and her husband handed over their passes without issue, and the flight attendant confirmed that they were all good. And at that point, she thought that would be the end of it.
Well, that was until another flight attendant approached her family just a few minutes later and asked to see their boarding passes for a second time.
She and her husband did not get frustrated, though, and simply handed over their passes to be checked. And yet again, they were told they were all good to go.
So, after that, the plane finally took off, and everything was going well. Her daughter had fallen asleep while in the middle of coloring, and her husband had passed out, too.
At the same time, she was just listening to music through her headphones when she received a random tap on the shoulder.
“It was the guy who glared at us as he boarded, and before I could even get a word out, he told me that children were not allowed in first class,” she revealed.
On top of that, the guy tried to tell her that her family needed to move to their “real” seats. So, at that moment, she realized that this man was likely the same person who had their tickets re-checked following boarding, and she did not want to get upset by trying to deal with him all by herself.
In turn, she told the man that she did not feel comfortable discussing the issue with him and said she would be calling over a flight attendant to handle it.
It appears that the man was not expecting her to respond like that because, according to her, he became all flustered. Still, he awkwardly stood next to her until the flight attendant could arrive and clear everything up.
In the end, the flight attendant ultimately went over to the man, explained how she and her family were in the correct seats that they paid for and asked that he sit back down and refrain from bothering her again.
So, the man was forced to listen and went back to his seat at the time. Apparently, though, he was still really angry at her and made sure he let her know at the end of the flight.
In fact, while they were getting off the plane, the man actually had the nerve to walk up to her, whisper that she was a “fat jerk,” and claim that he pays “too much money for first class to be surrounded by children.”
But quite frankly, she has no clue what pissed the guy off so much. Her toddler was the only child seated in first class, and her daughter did not misbehave or even cry whatsoever.
Still, after retelling the entire incident during Thanksgiving dinner, she was shocked to learn that many of her family members actually agreed with the guy.
Apparently, her family told her that she should book economy next time since people pay extra specifically to relax while flying first class.
So now, she has been left feeling totally confused about what happened and is wondering if flying first-class with her toddler was really a jerky thing to do.
If her daughter was so well-behaved, why do you think the guy was so angry? Do you believe parents have a right to sit anywhere on a plane with children as long as they purchase the correct tickets? If you were in her shoes, how would you have handled this situation?
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