Imagine boarding an airplane only to find someone else sitting in the seat you paid extra to reserve. Would you choose another empty seat instead, or would you confront the seat bandit and insist that they move?

This woman had to deal with entitled passengers who sat in her seat and her husband’s seat, and she refused to let them get away with it.

Check out how she finally got them to give up the seats.

Plane seat bandit finally happened to me

People stealing plane seats and getting told off for it are some of my favourite stories.

With the increase of plane seat bandits, most likely due to do airlines almost making it a requirement to pay for seats if you want to sit next to your plane partner, I have been half expecting to run into one since me and my husband travel a lot for work.

This is where it gets interesting…

Well, it finally happened and it was fun!

Me and my husband always buy plane seats towards the back of the plane.

As we stroll down we see a lady with a young son (maybe 11 or 12) sitting in our seats.

They were both deep in their phones when I told her she was in our seats.

She was already exhausted with her travel routine..

We had to wake up at 03:00 to drive to the airport, and we didn’t really sleep so I was not in the mood for drama.

She smiles and tells us that they weren’t seated together so the stewardess told her they could sit here.

Uhm, she most definitely didn’t.

I smile back and say we paid for these seats so we would like to sit there.

This woman wasn’t budging!

She keeps smiling her stiff smile and points to other empty seats behind us and asks if we wouldn’t mind sitting in one of them since they are already settled and comfortable, would it even matter?

Well, I said, yes since the plane is still boarding so these might all be reserved and it really messes with the system if people sit in random seats.

She is starting to lose her smile and says if there aren’t seats available after the plane is finished boarding they would move then.

It wasn’t easy, but she stood up for herself.

I am not confrontational and am usually a people pleaser so I’m struggling to stand up for myself but I’m so proud for doing it anyways.

Meanwhile my husband is struggling between boarding passengers to get the fight attendant.

I sigh and with a half smile say I’m sorry but I just want to sit down and not stand in the hallway blocking people to see if maybe there are empty seats when I paid for our seats.

And besides..

Now she’s getting morbid.

I would like the police to be able to identify our bodies by seat number in case the plane crashes and our families want to bury our remains.

The kids face, which has been glued to his phone this entire time, shoots up in shock and he looks between me and his mom.

It was delicious.

She has a bewildered look on her face, there is silence for 5 seconds before she packs up her stuff and pokes her son to move.

They knew they were doing the right thing!

I keep smiling sweetly and thank her and plomp myself down as my husband returns with a flight attendant.

I tell her everything is fine and tell my husband what happened.

We laughed and I’m pretty sure the mom heard, or I hope so.

I didn’t look back but I think I’m not mistaken of feeling laser stare in the back of my head. Luckily the flight was only 3 hours so I didn’t need to walk past for the loo.

GEEZ! That mom deserved that after trying to steal the seats.

Let’s find out what folks on Reddit have to say about this one.

This user shares their child’s flight story and it only gets more interesting!

This user shares their experience on an American flight.

That’s right! This user loves that little mistake in the story.

This guy shares his experience of dealing with such a person.

Exactly! This user thinks the typo fits the situation.

Hopefully that mom learned her lesson!

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