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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Michelle Del Rey

Plane passenger called ‘incredibly rude’ for refusing to switch seats hours into transatlantic journey

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A passenger on a plane from Europe to the US was called “incredibly rude” after refusing to switch seats for a woman who wanted to get away from a crying baby.

An unidentified man wrote about the kerfuffle on Reddit last week in a post that has now gone viral. According to the forum site, the man, 34, and his wife, 36, were flying back from Dublin to Washington DC. They had been assigned the middle and window seats but ended up having the entire row to themselves when one of the passengers didn’t show.

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