I was settled into my window seat on a flight when a flight attendant came over and asked if I would switch to a middle seat.
Apparently the man sitting next to me said his religion did not allow him to sit beside a woman he wasn’t married to.
I listened politely.
Then I looked at the middle seat they were offering me.
Absolutely not.
I had specifically chosen and paid for my window seat. I was not giving it up so a stranger could avoid sitting next to half the population.
I told the flight attendant, “Then he should consider traveling with his wife.”
That was my full response.
I wasn’t rude. I wasn’t loud. I simply declined to inconvenience myself to solve a problem that was not mine.
The flight attendant nodded and moved on.
The man........