Is NOBODY wrong in the post ? POST : So today I had to take a 4 hour flight. I am a 6 foot tall woman, so airline flights are usually not very comfortable. When I booked my ticket I paid extra for the roomier seats, but unfortunately the seat I really wanted was already taken. So I decided to go with the seat next to it. For reference, [I wanted seat 12F, I went with 12E instead.](https://i.imgur.com/rwS5AUU.png). As you can see from the seating chart, 12F doesn't have a seat in front of it because exit row and a Flight Attendant has a little mini seat on the back of 10F. Unlimited leg room.

So I board the plane and get to my seat, and the guy sitting next to me in 12F is like seriously 5'6" MAXIMUM. He was even wearing boots that gave him an extra 3" or so (not by accident, I'm sure). His head just barely touched the luggage compartments above us when he was standing up straight. Literally the amount of distance to the next seat in front of him was probably longer than his whole body.

So we take off and of course it's uncomfortable. The guy in front of me immediately reclines, my knees are hitting the back of the chair, and I'm in a middle seat. For the first 30 minutes or so of the flight I kind of readjust myself every few minutes and I am in obvious discomfort. But the guy next to me ignores it and pretends like he can't see the pain that I'm in.

So I turned to him and said in a very polite tone, "Excuse me sir, but would you mind switching seats? As you can see my legs make it very difficult to sit in this seat, and I'm sure you'd be just as comfortable here." I had looked and he'd have like at least 5 inches between his knees and the seat in front if he was sitting here.

He snapped back at me in an annoyed tone, "I booked this seat. I'm not switching."

I managed to keep my polite composure and asked again, "Sir you aren't even using all that leg room and I could really use it. I'm in pain here and I will be for the next 3 and a half hours. Will you please consider it?"

Then he practically screams back at me, "Well, some of us get to be tall and others of us get to have comfortable airplane rides! Get what you get!!!" Then he put on headphones and leaned against the window to pretend like he was sleeping.

I was absolutely taken aback and just kind of sat there in awe. Like this was /r/PublicFreakOut material. This guy thinks that just because he's short and I'm tall, he gets to treat me like shit for asking politely to make my life a little more comfortable? I paid extra for this seat, and he's sitting there with literally his own height in leg room and he sees me suffering and he finds joy in it. Why are short men so jealous and vindictive?

Am I the asshole here for trying to make my life a little more comfortable? He wouldn't have lost any comfort at all.