Flight passenger ignites debate after being told to climb over seatmate for bathroom break

Whether you prefer a window seat, an aisle seat or getting stuck in the middle on your next flight, access to the restroom usually isn’t a common concern.A Reddit user recently posted about how taking a bathroom break became an issue, writing, “Okay so what’s the protocol when you need to get up and you’re in this seat?” The post was subsequent to an apparent incident with an aisle seatmate with a potty response.The traveler chronicled the dilemma and shared how they needed to exit the row in order to take a mid-flight bathroom break.“During the flight, I needed to get up for the restroom.I asked the man beside me if I could get out and he went to move,” the Reddit user wrote.The middle-seat passenger was ready to stand without a fuss, the user said.But to the window-seat traveler’s surprise, the aisle-seat passenger didn’t stand up and presented a surprising alternative.“When the man in the aisle looked over at me, he made a motion for me to go through the gap in front of me,” the user wrote.This situation caused the Reddit user to become perplexed.“The two men in the seats in front of me both have their laptops open and frankly I didn’t fancy clambering over other humans just because the aisle man was inconvenienced,” the traveler continued in their post. Again, the user said duty was calling and they needed to use the facilities.

Regarding the suggestion to climb over, the flyer flushed that idea down the toilet.“I told him no, I won’t.He motions again and tells me to go around,” the user wrote.After a bit of back and forth, the passenger in the window seat finally let it out and was emphatic about the need to use the bathroom. “I said no, I won’t fit and please will you let me out,” added the traveler. “[The] aisle man was clearly very upset that I had asked him to move.” “Who is in the right here?” the post continued.Reddit users responded to the thread, with some sharing thoughts on how the situatio...