First World Problems

I recently flew from Detroit to Washington DC. It appeared to be a relatively quiet night at the airport and skies were clear so no weather delays were in sight.

I quickly boarded the plane and sat down. And then promptly got up and stared at my seat. Now I know that airplane seats are not the most comfortable chairs in the universe, but I've never felt pain when I sat down before.



I looked at the seat and it was broken. You know when a couch is broken and it just sinks in the middle? That's how my seat was. And when I sat, it was pressing in all the wrong places.

I looked around and saw an empty seat in the row behind me. So I called the flight attendant over to ask if the flight was full and if I could switch seats. He said the flight was full. And he asked me why I wanted to know.

I replied that my seat was broken and I was wondering if I could switch my seat.

Big mistake.

If there are no empty seats, and my seat is broken, then I'm not flying.

I quickly respond, it's fine. I'll survive even if it's uncomfortable. He says, "no, if it's broken, than you can't sit there, and you'll have to get off the plane."

As it turns out, two people didn't show for the flight, so I had a seat. But I was seriously ready to strap myself in the broken seat. I didn't have time to not make in on the last flight of the night!!

Does anyone remember the American Airlines seat fiasco of a few months ago? My seat was not loose. And I did not fly American, but seriously, airplane seats cause a lot of problems.

Well, first world problems that is.