Yet, as fate would have it, “karma instantly hit” and the seat-swiping culprits soon faced an unexpected hiccup.
Taking to Reddit, the anonymous mother shared her glee over the turn of events. The flight was fully booked, and the mother had a rude surprise when she discovered a family sitting in the seats she had booked, reports the Mirror.
The lady recounted: “We get on to find that a family is in our seats. The parents won’t even look up at us. The teen daughter mumbles that she got there first and just sat down. They were in our A-B-C seats. They were supposed to be D-E-F.
“They were clearly not moving, and the seats were identical so we just sat in their D-E-F seats. Whatever, not worth worrying about.”
“Well, until the mum who initially refused to even look at us leaned over to ask me if our USB and outlets were working. Yes, while I had headphones on. Why yes, yes they are.’ ‘Oh my, are yours not? ‘ ‘None of them? ‘ ‘Isn’t that a shame? Especially since we sat on the runway for a bit over an hour and it was a long flight. I imagine batteries are getting low.’ Hello Karma.”
“Outstanding”, one Reddit user posted, while another exclaimed: “That’s fantastic! “
A fellow traveller advised: “When travelling I always have two charged power packs in my personal bag. So not only did they steal seats they are not good at planning ahead for travelling! “.
“I’m really curious why they decided to sit in identical seats across the aisle from their assigned seats. Whomp whomp to them, sweet karma”, another user chuckled.
This story was first published on 10 April 2023.