Stand-up comedian Abijit Ganguly posts about a seat issue on a flight to Kolkata prompt online discussion, with users split over who acted appropriately. Ganguly says he boarded to find that a passenger seated in the middle section had placed her belongings on his aisle seat. He writes that he asked her politely to remove the items so he could sit, and he felt her reaction conveyed that he had caused her inconvenience. He then says that when the window-seat passenger arrived, the woman asked to exchange seats because she was uncomfortable sitting between two unfamiliar men. Ganguly says he refused a later request to swap his aisle seat for the middle seat, describing the request as coming with a “tone of entitlement.”
Ganguly adds that after the seat issue, the woman later played videos on her phone without earphones, which he says was also inconsiderate. According to the post, a resolution occurred after the window-seat passenger agreed to switch places with her. While many commenters support Ganguly’s view that passengers should not expect others to give up seats they paid for, others argue that avoiding a middle seat between strangers can be a legitimate reason and that Ganguly’s portrayal may lack proof.
