Unexpected consequences: an airplane flight turned into a nightmare due to a rocking baby in the front
One of the passengers on the plane was unhappy with the woman sitting in front of her and wrote about it on Reddit. According to the author, this mother was disturbing her with her movements, which she used to try to lull her child to sleep.
The "torture" lasted about six hours, almost the entire flight. After this situation, she decided to ask users whether the woman had the right to do this and how the situation could be remedied, the Mirror writes.
The author noted that the rocking caused a wave effect and the woman could hardly look in front of her, feeling dizzy.
She was concerned that the situation could happen again in the future and asked for advice on the forum about how she should act in a "reasonable" way.
"Does a mother with a child have the right to rock the seat on airplanes all the time? To be more specific, I was sitting behind a mother and child on a 6-hour flight in economy. To calm the child down, the mother rocked back and forth in the seat so that the seat rocked at an angle of about 20 degrees about 80% of the time on the plane," the passenger asked.
According to her, she was unable to use gadgets and started to feel nauseous.
"It's not a long flight, but I was so tired that I didn't have the energy to talk to anyone on the plane about it. I really don't want to go through this again if it happens the next time I'm on an airplane. However, I am wondering if I should have the right to do this on an airplane. How can this be resolved in a reasonable way?" she wrote on Reddit.
In response to some comments, the author of the question clarified that she would prefer a crying child to one who is constantly rocked to sleep.
"It doesn't matter much because I can just put on headphones," she replied to a question on the forum.
Other users advised her to contact the flight attendants to help resolve the issue.
"You can always ask the flight attendant if you can move seats if the plane is not full and there are free seats to accommodate your request. Next time, look around the cabin for another seat that looks suitable and ask," people wrote in the comments.
At the same time, other readers believed that the woman should have asked the mother not to rock the baby and tried to find a solution. If the mother refused, then she should have asked the flight attendant for help again.
"This will be a great relief for parents who are dealing with a child and have to hold him or her for six hours!" some readers believed.
We remind you that a new trend is popular on TikTok, where passengers sit on an airplane with their legs up. Read the TravelWise article to find out how it looks like.