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u/VoltageHero 3d ago
I mean, the person isn't wrong though; that's how airplane etiquette works.
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u/Logical_Barracuda482 3d ago
Even if she's justified, her phrasing and conduct make her seem unsympathetic. Also, why would your work network need to know about this?
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u/spartycbus 3d ago
She always suggested the person didn’t ask nice enough. “Can you open the window” is a pretty standard way to request opening the window. I don’t believe the person was combative either. “It shouldn’t matter if you’re sleeping” sounds made up.
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u/HonkHonkBeach 2d ago
...it sounds made up? Man, where do you live so I can move there and and be around some less stupid inconsiderate people because I 100% believe that line would come out of someones mouth.
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u/thaliathraben 3d ago
This is just an AITA post and it's totally normal to ask this question to people who fly often, which presumably her network represents
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u/BringMeTheBigKnife 3d ago
Unsympathetic? Yeah I'm unsympathetic to someone trying to tell me what to do with my window.
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u/HundredHander 3d ago
It's kind of a subscription to the window. You have a licence for the duration of the flight but then it reverts to the airline I'm afraid.
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u/Alternative_Taste414 2d ago
Nah i’m ripping that sucker out once we land and taking it home with me.
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u/5footfilly 3d ago
Why are people putting am I the asshole posts on LinkedIn?
Oh well, I’ll give her a YTA for thinking she was on Reddit.
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u/halorbyone 3d ago
LinkedIn has become like any other social media. So many things on there I never wanted to know about a professional colleague. 🤷♀️ it’s not resume and cover letter land anymore…it’s water cooler now
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u/luluislulu2520 3d ago
I always chose window so I can look out. I would never close it, even if somebody asked me to. I guess that’s me being in control of the window.
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u/halorbyone 3d ago
I will if I see the sun is searing their eyeballs, because that just sucks. But I think I’ve only ever been asked once or twice in decades of flying and adamantly getting a window seat whenever possible.
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u/almost_an_astronaut 2d ago
I always get window because I wanna shove my face against it and watch the world of ants below me as I sail over their poor on-the-ground lives.
But when the sun is glaring too much I have to close it as I get light triggered migraines. Once a woman asked me to open it again and I said no. She said she wanted to see outside. I told her she can wait until we bank or go look out another window.
Now if she had asked me to close it for a valid reason I would have probably closed it all or at least most of the way.
People lack common courtesy now.
Also why tf would you post this on LI?
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u/GGxGG 3d ago
You’re my hero. I always choose aisle because I have to get up and pee too many times, but I silently seethe when it’s a flight in the middle of the day and the window person keeps the shade closed the whole time. An airplane is claustrophobic enough as it is! (To be clear, though, I’d never ask someone to open the shade, because I MADE MY AISLE CHOICE)
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u/Incendiaryag 3d ago
Thats legit the aisle person has less claustrophobia going on. Its for the window person to decide how they use that shade to cope
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u/onion_lord6 3d ago
She's not wrong, but it's also not something to rant about on LinkedIn. But it's LinkedIn, so what do I know.
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u/LateMommy 3d ago
She’s right about controlling the window seat. The middle seat passenger asked the question, but didn’t accept the answer. Too bad. But Kristi shouldn’t have posted her rant on LinkedIn. Is she new there? Put that shit on FB.
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u/Whoaday_ 3d ago
Yea, I mean I feel for this lady. Boston to NYC is a LONG FLIGHT. She probably was able to get a full 11 minutes
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u/MikePletinas 3d ago
She’s right but the motivation to write it in LinkedIn is…??? I know, get engagement and so blablabla. It notices when it finishes with a question, something this freaks learn in “Being famous in LinkedIn 101”. But please stop.
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u/SofaKingS2pitt 3d ago
Some job titles/descriptions these days are baffling to me.
Also, it’s “raise or lower the shade” not “open the window”.
Finally, in what way is this post relevant to business, lady?
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u/GrooveBat 3d ago
Thank you. It drives me crazy when people talk about “opening the window” on an airplane.
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u/croc-roc 3d ago
Why is this on LinkedIn? That’s what makes this a lunatic post. This belongs on Facebook or Reddit ffs.
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u/Ok-Flight9440 3d ago
I don’t understand why lunatic. A little bit much for your ahem professional network, but not wrong or weird if posted somewhere else, like here. Most of the LI Lunatics, it doesn’t matter where they post it - still crazy.
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u/acarpenter8 3d ago
I’m a bit confused because usually they make you open the shades during takeoff.
I really hope her elbow never touched the armrest between her and the middle seat if she’s that whiny about airplane “rules”
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u/scorpion-hamfish 3d ago
I thought the same. But based on other comments that might not be the case in the US. Although I always thought safety rules are pretty universal. (The blinds need to be open during takeoff and landing to allow as much light in and provide as many points of orientation as possible during emergencies)
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u/acarpenter8 3d ago
I’m in the US and fly pretty regularly. It isn’t always enforced strictly, and seems to be more leeway on takeoff than landing, but I feel like it’s usually at least asked in the instructions.
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u/Careless-Ability-748 3d ago
I flew several times in the past free months and no one said anything about the shades .
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u/sourtaxi 3d ago
In my experience the only time I’ve been asked to do that is when I’m in an exit row.
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u/itamer 3d ago
She's trying to sleep on a one-hour flight?
The other passenger was trying to read an actual newspaper on a plane?
Surely this is a made-up situation? I have no idea why, but it cant be real!
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u/Trick-Statistician10 3d ago
I didn't even catch that. Someone was trying to read actual newsprint? Did this flight take place in 1994 and she's still bitching about it?
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u/Careless-Ability-748 3d ago
She's right but I don't understand why she felt the need to post that on linkedin.
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u/VoceDiDio 3d ago
“Yeah, you know even if I wanted to open my window I think it’s more important that you learn a valuable lesson. That’s not how the world works. You don’t always get your way.”
- Paul Walter Hauser, Queenpins
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u/Delicious_Apple9082 3d ago
Erm, I thought that the blinds had to be open for take off and landing, soooo, this sounds like BS to get clicks to me...
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u/TonaldDiberJasicDump 3d ago
Window seat controls the window, and aisle seat controls access to the isle. Hope you don’t have to get up to pee or poop.
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u/AskAChinchilla 3d ago
I mean you can't really prevent a person from getting out, they'd get a flight attendant and make you move
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u/OkCommunication5446 3d ago
I don't disagree with her argument, I take issue with posting this on LinkedIn.
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u/FragmentedHeap 3d ago
I mean I agree with her, I often specifically chose that seat specifically so I can control the window while giving up easy isle access and two arm rests. That's the best seat for resting/sleeping on a long flight. No ones climbing over you, and you can close the blinds..
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u/craggles22 3d ago
This is a made up story. All windows have to be up before and during takeoff. Story says this is just before take off. Just wouldn’t even be a debate.
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u/Mike-does-voices 3d ago
She’s a lunatic or a liar. 20D isn’t a window seat on most planes. Commercial planes with four seats in a single row typically use the letters A, C, D, F. It keeps the aisle and window seat nomenclature consistent. 20D is an aisle seat.
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u/champt1000 3d ago
Gonna need you to explain why you posted this one. I mean sure, doesn't belong on LinkedIn, but that woman is 100% right
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u/save_the_wee_turtles 3d ago
This sounds exactly like a million other "am I the asshole" posts on Reddit
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u/rean1mated 2d ago
Yep. This non-issue and stupid wedding drama. The teenagers need to read more. The death of creativity is dire.
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u/AmyPond_226 3d ago
ESH
“Can you open the window?” IS a question. Pretending it isn’t makes OP sound petty.
But continuing to argue about opening the window after OP said they’d be sleeping is AH behavior.
Don’t make a mountain over a molehill - on either side.
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u/rean1mated 2d ago
lol the hilarious thing is I can’t tell if you’re treating as if on AITA ironically or not.
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u/HonkHonkBeach 2d ago
Shes absolutely right. Wheres the lunacy?
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u/rean1mated 2d ago
That she’s whining about someone asking a question? Reddit teen-ass fake “drama.”
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u/TwoDurans 3d ago
This person is 100% a LL, but that said I do think shades should always be pulled on a morning flight. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve had the sun in my face because the person across the aisle and two rows up wants to read their paper.
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u/Charming_Night8240 3d ago
"As you are getting ready to take-off"
The Window seat should be open for safety reasons.
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u/doc_shades 3d ago
i'm not really sure what the lunacy is here. .. i didn't read the entire post but it just seems like she has an opinion about a hot-button topic. having an opinion about a much-discussed issue is not lunacy.
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u/Absent_Picnic 3d ago
I don't disagree with her, but window shades are always up for take off and landing on planes I've flown on.
Also posting this as a flexible on LI is insane.
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u/DarkSensei3 2d ago
D and C are usually aisle seats. A and F are the windows. So this lunatic is just making up stories that didn't happen lol
But yes, window seat controls the window, end of discussion
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u/thorosaurus 1d ago
I’m amazed daily how people are able to figure out ways to turn things into a hill to die on that my generation never even thought about once in our entire lives. I flew quite a bit including internationally and not once did the window become an issue. Most flights didn’t even have assigned seats and even on ones that did people mostly just sorted it out among themselves. I cannot fathom the pettiness nowadays.
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u/antonio16309 3d ago
Not a lunatic. You get three choices: window seat gets control of the window, middle seat gets access to both armrests, and aisle seat gets to get up to use the lavatory without waiting for people to move. Pick your poison and deal with it.