Every plane ticket comes with a seat number. It’s literally right there on the boarding pass, impossible to miss.
But for some reason, air travel apparently makes people forget how to read. Instead of sitting where they’re supposed to, they’ll park themselves wherever they feel like. And heaven forbid they actually ask someone nicely if they’d be willing to swap.
One Redditor found herself dealing with exactly these kinds of passengers, so she went online to share how the whole drama played out. Read the full story below, as well as our chat with international etiquette expert Diane Gottsman about the unwritten rules of flying.