Air travel etiquette is now a lost art. And a typical seat thief proved it again to a TikTok creator while flying out of Newark.
Travel creator Val (@itsvaleriexx) boarded a plane from Newark a few months back. But as soon as she reached her seat, she was instead met with a bizarre lesson in passenger audacity. In a video with over 50,000 views, Val recounts a boarding experience that went from a seat theft to an unreasonable standoff.
Her story highlights the growing trend of “seat stealing.” Even more so, she talked about the secondary struggle of reclaiming personal space once the seat itself is recovered.
A blatant seat-theft attempt was met with a dismissive attitude
Upon boarding, Val arrived at her assigned window seat, 7F, only to find another woman already occupying it. When Val politely pointed out the error, the passenger tried to gaslight her into taking the aisle seat instead…