Commenters on the post were quick to empathize with the man’s ordeal.
“This really annoys me on flights — yes, I get people need to stretch their legs — but that shouldn’t be at the cost of invading other passengers’ space,” one wrote.
“I would have asked them to move or get the attendant to move them,” another added. “Children should not be loitering by an emergency exit.”
A third commenter offered a cheeky suggestion: “Just call the flight attendant over and tell them you saw the kid trying to open the door.”
Others chimed in with similar tales of their legroom being hijacked by standing passengers.
“I paid £400 ($538) for extra legroom in two seats from Manchester to New York only to find the space was going to be the holding queue for the toilets,” one person lamented.
This incident joins a growing list of airborne space invasions, which have ranged from seat squatting to passengers failing to keep their feet to themselves.
