This wasn’t exactly what he had in mind when he paid for “extra legroom.”
A male passenger, who shelled out a premium for an exit row seat with added space, was left stunned when a family spent most of the flight standing in front of him, completely obstructing the area he paid extra for. He recounted the frustrating experience in a viral post shared on the Dull Men’s Fun Club Facebook page.
According to his account, he was traveling across Europe with his sister and niece. Each of them paid an additional €30 (approximately $35) for the roomier exit row seats—an upgrade that seemed worthwhile given the four-hour flight duration.
But his hopes for a comfortable journey quickly unraveled.
“A dad and his two kids decided that the emergency door window right next to us was the most fascinating thing they’d ever seen,” he wrote. “They stood there almost the entire flight, leaning over us, pointing, chatting loudly, and completely blocking the space we paid extra for.”
The passenger was incredulous at the family’s behavior, likening the scene to a standing-room-only theater in the sky. Despite summoning the flight attendant three separate times to intervene, the family kept returning to the same spot.
“The third time the FA [flight attendant] came to tell them to sit down, she was already pissed off and warned them this would be the last time she tells them to move,” he recalled. “Sometimes I wish Europe was as strict as the US with the no-fly lists.”
