Entitled People·
THE EMERGENCY WINDOW
On a four-hour flight, a family crowding the emergency exit window turns paid extra legroom into a public spectacle, triggering crew warnings and leaving a passenger both irritated and amused.
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They paid €30 each for extra legroom seats, then spent four hours boxed in by a family crowding the emergency exit window.
On a 4-hour flight with the poster, their sister, and their niece, the promise was simple: a little extra space for a little extra money. Instead, "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."
That fascination did not stay neatly in their own row. The father and both children kept standing there, leaning over the seats, pointing, and chatting loudly. The space the trio had paid for became a busy little viewing platform, with the emergency door window apparently serving as the main attraction. The poster and their seatmates were left trying to make use of the room they had specifically bought.
They called for help once. The flight attendant came and told the family to move.
A few minutes later, they were back.
So the poster called again. The family moved away again, only to return after another short stretch, settling back into the same spot as if the warning had never happened.
By the third complaint, the situation had worn thin. "We had to call the flight attendant 3 times to get them to move," the poster said. And this time, the flight attendant had clearly had enough too. "The third time the FA 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."
That finally ended the parade to the emergency door window, at least for the rest of the flight.
But the irritation lingered after landing. The poster closed by saying, "Sometimes I wish Europe was as strict as the US with the no fly lists."