“There’s A Place In Hell For People Like You”: 27 Entitled Parents Who Got A Reality Check At 30,000 Feet

I was on a plane about to fly through Europe, budget airline, and due to it being a budget airline, I boarded quite early to avoid having my carryon taken away as it has happened before. Took my seat, window seat (assigned by the airline), got comfortable, put in my earphones. After a few minutes, someone tapped on my shoulder, a typical "I-will-call-the-manager"-looking woman was standing there with a 5-ish girl (our entitled mother and child).

EM: "That's our seat!"

me: "Uh, sorry but I am fairly sure it is not, this is 24A, which is mine.", and I showed her my printed ticket.

EM: "No I paid extra for the window seat so get out of it!"

me: "Maybe you are looking in the wrong row ma'am?"

EM: "No my seat is 24C but I thought 24C would be the window seat, that's why I paid extra for it! So give it to me! My child deserves the window seat! And I paid for it!"

me: "I'm sorry but this isn't the seat you paid for" (if she wasn't speaking to me in that tone of voice I would have probably switched with them, but well, she was)

I guess she saw my determination to not move, so after some muffled cursing, they took their seat, I hoped I wouldn't have more interactions with them for the rest of the flight, but I wasn't that lucky...

Like 10 minutes after takeoff I took out a bag of candies and opened it, then left it on my lap while I was playing on my phone, the next thing I noticed was a small grubby hand reaching in bag, belonging to EC.

me: "Sorry but that's not yours!"

EC: "But I want candy!"

me: "Sweetie, you can't take candy from others without asking"

EM: "But that's the least she deserves after you RUINING her flight by taking OUR seat, and anyways why are you eating next to a child if you aren't giving them any?!"

me: "Sorry but she didn't ask me"

EC: "But I want it!"

EM: "See, she wants it so she shall get some"

me: "Uuuuh....no" (mean? maybe, at least the kid learns a lesson which is better than a candy)

Luckily after that they shut up...

I’ve read the horror stories but never had to deal with a seat switcher until recently. That’s been to my dismay as I thoroughly enjoy seeing entitled people get put in their place.

I was on a four-hour flight within the U.S. in an aisle seat in main cabin extra (3-3 seating). Another 30-something guy (Guy) had the window seat and a kid who looked to be about 10 was in the middle. I was settled in and reading my magazine when I sensed someone standing over me.

Entitled Mom (EM): [In a somewhat [entitled] tone] Can you switch seats with me?

Me: [Politely] Hmmm, potentially. Where's your seat? [Just in case it was first class, which I knew there was pretty much no chance of.]

EM: Just a few rows back.

Me: Which seat specifically?

EM: [Hesitates] 27E.

Me: [Mild WTH facial expression] No. That’s a middle seat in the back of the plane.

[One thing to know about me is that I’m an inveterate movie quoter. EM’s tone remained entitled for the rest of the ordeal.]

EM: But I want to sit next to my son!

Me: That’s not a MP. That’s a YP; your problem. [This has now become fun for me.]

EM: I need to sit next to my son!

Me: Did you ask the people in 27D and 27F if they’d switch seats with your son?

EM: [Incredulous facial expression] No.

Me: Well you’ll almost certainly have more luck offering up a better seat than asking someone in main cabin extra--who paid extra money for their seat--to go to the back of the plane.

EM: My son needs to sit next to me! [The kid has been quietly fiddling with his iPhone the entire time, so he's clearly old enough to sit unaccompanied.]

Me: He looks alright to me.

EM: Are you gonna move or not?!

Me: Not.

EM: Come ON!!

Me: [reon24] is not coming on anything. [Yes, I referred to myself in the third person just this once]

[Guy in the window seat starts chuckling under his breath. EM becomes even more incensed.]

EM: You’re a [jerk]!!

[Flight attendant approaches.]

FA: Is there a problem?

EM: This guy won’t get out of my seat!!

[I shake my head in disgust, pull out my phone and show the FA my boarding pass.]

FA: Ma’am, this is this man’s seat. You’ll have to go to your seat.

EM: But--

FA: Or you can get off the plane.

EM shot daggers at the FA and me and then slunk to the back muttering expletives. Guy in the window seat gave me an approving nod. The kid was polite to the FAs and stayed put the whole flight.

I couldn’t believe the gall of this woman. She probably booked at the last minute and planned this by putting her son in the seat up front.

This was definitely one of my most memorable flights. And I even got to throw in some Boogie Nights and Harold & Kumar references too.

TLDR: EM expected me to move from an aisle seat in main cabin extra to a middle seat in the back of the plane and I owned her with Boogie Nights and Harold & Kumar quotes.

I'm a college student, and when this occurred, I was going to visit my mom over winter break. Sorry if this story is quite short.

I had gotten an aisle seat, which I always prefer since I won't deny I have a small bladder. A woman and her son were sitting next to me. I'll call them EP and S. I had gotten into my seat and the two were already there. S was in the middle and EP was by the window. I was about to get settled into my seat and get my sketchbook and earbuds out when EP looked at me and started talking, which I hate and is the reason I always bring earbuds.

S is a bit squirmy in his seat and appears a bit uncomfortable. EP tells me this, even though I was already aware of the fact. I didn't know what she was getting at. She said that S might be more comfortable in my seat. I then told her that I had paid for an aisle seat and that's what my ticket said. She said she knew and all that jazz, but her son would be more comfortable in my seat and that he would be less squirmy. I obviously didn't want to give up my aisle seat for the middle because, again, that's what I paid for. I then suggested that she could switch spots with S if that's what she was worried about.

Now, EP started to compliment me saying I was thin and small. I won't deny that I am, I'm 4'11 and try to be fairly healthy. But she said that I would fit in the middle seat better than she would. I again said that I had paid for the seat I was in and I wasn't planning on moving. She got really frustrated with me saying that it was for S's sake and I again said that she could move. By now she was attracting a lot of attention to us, which I don't quite enjoy.

In the end, EP talked to a flight attendant and she and S got moved to the back where there were 2 empty rows. I got the row to myself. She was lucky that the flight wasn't full. Anyway, that's my story of entitled parents. Hope I never have to deal with them again, although I probably won't get that lucky.

This happened a while ago so it's a bit vague.

So I was catching a flight to Japan for skiing from Singapore (it cost quite a bit) and i arranged to sit by the emergency exit so I could get more leg room. I also booked another seat for my friend. We were looking forward to going on our plane as it was his first time flying. As i got on the plane i find my seat with EP (entitled parent) and EB (entitled boyfriend or husband I chose bf cos she never getting married). I kindly ask "do you mind these are your seats you might be sitting in the wrong seat." They then proceeded to beg as they had a "sprained ankle" and started to try and guilt trip me. They then said, "you can sit in our seats if you want?"

Their seats were cramped. I said no and she flicked her hair and continued to talk to EB.. They would not move. I had to get the flight attendant to come over and they lied saying they pay for them. I showed the flight attendant my boarding pass and the EP and EB were still faffing on about how they need it. A long story short the flight attendant said they were gonna call the security and they got out of our seats. As they did they cursed at us and my friend and i laughed the whole way. (we still got dirty looks from them as we got off the plane!) Also throughout all of this EP kept showing her baby to my face thinking that she deserved it as she had a minor. That kid cried the whole time lol. It was not very epic!

About a year ago on a flight from Sac to Sea, A woman with a service dog came on the plane. She sat in the front row of seats on a Southwest flight. After preboarding, a very drunk man, his wife, and their baby came on the plane. The man demanded that the woman with the service dog move, because he wanted the front seats for his family. When she told him she would not move, he began grabbing her bags and throwing them in the aisle.

The attendants came and told him that he could not move a passengers seat. He then grabbed the service dog by the harness and began yanking it out into the aisle. The woman was crying at this time, begging for help. The man was told that if he continued, he and his family would have to deboard the plane. The man finally stopped, but put his carry-on in the bin above where the woman was sitting before taking a seat further back. The entire flight there were complaints that his wife was holding their baby on the tray table, who was pulling the passengers hair in front of them, she was changing diapers in the seat, and disgustingly storing them in the seat pocket in front of them. When the plane landed, the man and his wife pushed through the isles yelling that they needed their carry on and in the process, shoved a woman with a full leg brace and a cane back into her seat. They were removed from the plane, though it was too late. The damage had already been done. This was by far the worst set of passengers I have ever encountered on a plane.

You see, I am a wide person. I'm not fat, actually I have a quite muscular build. My shoulders are absolutely massive tho. There is no way that i can give out any of my space on an airplane, not even the space for my arms, my bones just make it impossible.

I remember that one time i had to sit next to an obese Mother with her equally obese son. They took the seats on the sides, leaving only the middle one. Their hands literally had to rest on my seat so that they will be comfortable. I just placed my bag above and sat there. The kid started to scream at me and the EM almost slushed out of her seat (there is no other way to call it). The EM had to be almost forced to change seats by the flight attendant, and the Brat next to me (which was like 12) screamed and whined for her to come back the entire flight.

5 hours later we arrived at the destination, the EM came to me, yanked me by my hand and demanded to refund her and her son's tickets for "ruining their flight and their vacation". Needless to say i just took my bag and walked away, It's not like they would be able to catch up with me anyway.

This is actually an old story so bare with me if I miss some details.

When I was 17 my bf and I where going to Disney world for our first anniversary. His grandparents lived not to far from the amusement park and they where going to be in New York at the time to watch their favorite Broadway play so we would have the whole house to ourselves. When we where boarding the plane I was talking to two of the stewards and I mentioned how it was my first time flying and that I was a little nervous and when they asked what the occasion was I just responded it was our first anniversary. They got all giggly and said to give them one moment. They left and came back about ten minutes later saying there where a few seats open in first class if we wanted to take them. My bf and I got excited and quickly accepted. We start grabbing our bags when this woman behind us spoke up loudly to get the rest of the planes attention.

"I'm sorry, how is that fair?" The stewardess looked confused as if asking what she ment. "That girl gives you a sob story about how it's her first time flying so you give her special treatment?"

"Its more of an anniversary present, plus it's a short flight." The nice stewardess said calmly as the other one escorted us away.

We could still hear her yelling along with her daughter asking her mom to just sit down and how she was causing a scene.

I remember landing and passing the woman in the airport lobby. She had this nasty look on her face while talking on the phone. Probably talking about how the plane staff was mistreating her and her daughter.