Stand-up comedian Abijit Ganguly posts online about an awkward seat-related incident on a flight to Kolkata that he describes as involving “entitled” behavior. According to Ganguly, he had an aisle seat while a woman was initially seated in the middle seat. When he returned to the seat after boarding, he says the woman’s belongings were placed on his assigned seat. He claims he asked her politely to remove the items, but felt her response conveyed irritation, as though he had inconvenienced her. Ganguly further says that after the passenger assigned to the window seat arrived, the woman requested a seat exchange. He reports that she asked him to swap his aisle seat for her middle seat, and he declined. Ganguly says he refused not only because he did not want to give up a paid seat, but also because, in his view, the request came “with a tone of entitlement.” The reports also say he accused the woman of later watching videos on her phone without using earphones, which he found disruptive. The post draws mixed reactions online, with some users supporting his position and others arguing that the woman may have had a reasonable preference to avoid sitting between unfamiliar men.