He doesn't sound necessarily based, just practical. A ticket that cost $500+ and got a 20% discount for being squeezed into his own seat? Seems reasonable.
"I told the guy, 'Look, I’ll put up with this if you give me $150 — that’s half the cost of this flight and that would compensate me enough for the circumstances'. He instantly agrees, pulls out cash and pays me. He even told me he appreciated it." Follow the Mirror US News page on Facebook
Disgusted, other passengers started voicing their opinions on the cruel man's offer, saying it's rude to force him to pay extra to suit another person's comfort. "The people sitting behind me, who keep in mind didn’t volunteer to sit by him, were making under their breath comments about me being an a**hole for doing that," he added.
What the other passengers really meant to say was "why didn't we think of that?"
has some reasonable comments.
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