I travel for work and a lot of the times it's over long distances. I happened to have booked a flight that had me up for 20hours due to the time difference, so when I got my connecting flight ( 14 torturous hours) I was desperate to sleep.
Cue, EM and EK who attempted to ruin this sleep attempt.
I'd scored a seat swap to aisle and only had one other person next to me ( yes!) as I moved to the seat, I notice EM staring at me from the middle seat section, nearer to where I was originally due to sit. I figured it was no biggie and started to settle in.
Once we reached cruising and the seatbelt sign was turned off..
EM: " Hey, can you swap seats with my child?"
Me: "Er, don't you need to seat with your child?"
EM: "yeah, but i'll just ask the lady next to you to swap as well, so we can sit together"
She then proceeds to shake the woman next to me awake.
EM: " Hi, this lady next to you has agreed to swap seats with my child, can you also swap seats with me?"
The lady next to me was a little groggy and didn't respond quickly enough, but having been denied my time to sleep,
Me: " I absolutely did not agree to swap with you and moreover, I'm exhausted so could you please go back to your seat?"
EM at this point gave me a furious glare and gestured to where she was seating.
EM: "I don't know why you're disagreeing! You were due to seat back there anyway and my kid needs the space to relax! Just swap the seats!"
well, no. I was due to sit near her area, but certainly not in the middle row, middle seat!
Me: "Look, I'm not swapping, please leave me alone." I started to look around for flight attendants and EM beat a hasty retreat.
Turns out that I couldn't get to sleep as quickly as I wanted, so I pulled out my switch and played it for a while, until I felt I was tired enough.
While sleeping ( or trying to), someone pinched me, hard! I wake up in shook and look who it is...EK!
EK: " My mom said that if you won't swap seats with us, you may as well give me your game while you sleep"
Me: " WTH"
EK" You can't swear at me! I'll tell my mum!"
At this point I was completely exasperated and called over a flight attendant. He came over and I explained the mom and her kid were harassing me. Of course, when he took EK back to his seat, the mum denied it and the claimed I had stolen EK's switch when I moved seats.
The flight attendant took one look at me, exhausted, annoyed and one look at EK & his mum, smug assholes and asked me if I wanted to swap seats to premium economy.
Cue, EM and EK who attempted to ruin this sleep attempt.
I'd scored a seat swap to aisle and only had one other person next to me ( yes!) as I moved to the seat, I notice EM staring at me from the middle seat section, nearer to where I was originally due to sit. I figured it was no biggie and started to settle in.
Once we reached cruising and the seatbelt sign was turned off..
EM: " Hey, can you swap seats with my child?"
Me: "Er, don't you need to seat with your child?"
EM: "yeah, but i'll just ask the lady next to you to swap as well, so we can sit together"
She then proceeds to shake the woman next to me awake.
EM: " Hi, this lady next to you has agreed to swap seats with my child, can you also swap seats with me?"
The lady next to me was a little groggy and didn't respond quickly enough, but having been denied my time to sleep,
Me: " I absolutely did not agree to swap with you and moreover, I'm exhausted so could you please go back to your seat?"
EM at this point gave me a furious glare and gestured to where she was seating.
EM: "I don't know why you're disagreeing! You were due to seat back there anyway and my kid needs the space to relax! Just swap the seats!"
well, no. I was due to sit near her area, but certainly not in the middle row, middle seat!
Me: "Look, I'm not swapping, please leave me alone." I started to look around for flight attendants and EM beat a hasty retreat.
Turns out that I couldn't get to sleep as quickly as I wanted, so I pulled out my switch and played it for a while, until I felt I was tired enough.
While sleeping ( or trying to), someone pinched me, hard! I wake up in shook and look who it is...EK!
EK: " My mom said that if you won't swap seats with us, you may as well give me your game while you sleep"
Me: " WTH"
EK" You can't swear at me! I'll tell my mum!"
At this point I was completely exasperated and called over a flight attendant. He came over and I explained the mom and her kid were harassing me. Of course, when he took EK back to his seat, the mum denied it and the claimed I had stolen EK's switch when I moved seats.
The flight attendant took one look at me, exhausted, annoyed and one look at EK & his mum, smug assholes and asked me if I wanted to swap seats to premium economy.