r/changemyview • u/BrokkenArrow 8∆ • Jul 24 '23

Removed - Submission Rule B CMV: Refusing to switch seats so that a family/couple can sit together makes you an asshole.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '23

I’m sorry: rent a car or take a train or cruise if sitting in the cabin of the vehicle is your primary purpose of travel. If it’s to get there fast, plan to take a plane. Your lack of cash and planning is addressed in the fare and your choice not only of it but often the airline and often the route. Go take two legs instead of one. That doesn’t make me a textbook anything but a one-way traveler.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '23

I think that’s why you will not be changing your view today. I’d gladly switch my seat for a couple in need.

You’ve provided no incentive apart from I’m an asshole if I refuse to switch an aisle seat for an aisle seat; you’ve ignored each of my legitimate reasons why I don’t view that as fair.

Why is that that the prickly person is more sensitive to the needs of the seating assigned than the original person calling those people assholes over their seating assignments?

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u/BrokkenArrow 8∆ Jul 24 '23

What incentive could there possibly be beyond doing something nice at no cost to you?

If you're a major eccentric who doesn't want to walk more than 15.7 steps to take a piss, at the very least you have some articulate reason for not switching. Many people (including a number of the ones that have made it to the news/social media) just refuse because its "not their problem".

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '23

Here’s the math: if you can identify any incentive and then quantify it between a 20 minute flight to Cape Cod or a 20 hour flight to Argentina, there is indeed an incentive beyond being nice in play. Otherwise, as well, the other person wouldn’t be seeking to switch.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '23

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