Woman sparks debate after ‘embarrassing’ plus size passenger on flight

[Magdalene]

A woman has sparked debate over whether she was in the wrong after “embarrassing a plus sized passenger on a flight” by asking to switch seats.

Writing on the well-known Reddit forum AITA (which stands for “Am I the a**hole?”), the 19-year-old asked if she had overstepped the mark by requesting to move as “neither of my neighbours were able to fit comfortably into their seats”.

The poster claimed that she was assigned a middle seat on her flight from Las Vegas to New York, while the people sitting either side of her were both “plus sized”.

“I wouldn’t have any problem with this in any other situation, but plane seats are terribly small,” she wrote.
On either side of me, my seat neighbour’s shoulder was on top of mine and their thigh was on top of mine as well.”

Source: Here

[Shortie]

I have no idea why people feel they can body shame and put down someone in public and feel they can get away with it.

I see this often where someone refuses to sit next to someone because they are plus size and I can only imagine how that person feels, especially in public.

[Ravenfreak]

There was no reason for her to embarrass the plus size passenger on the flight. Most of the time plus sized passengers will purchase extra seats so they are ensured a comfortable flight and even if there's other ways to address this.