Was this person right to watch Game of Thrones on a long flight? You decide
Imagine this: You’re on a long flight and you really want to pass the time by binge-watching Game of Thrones. Suddenly, you feel a tap on your shoulder. It’s an angry mom from two seats back asking you to stop watching the show somewhere children can see. How do you respond?
This is the exact situation Redditor u/SCM2323 found themselves in a while back, and the one they presented to the Am I the Asshole subreddit. The rules are simple: Present the scenario and ask other Redditors to vote on whether you were in the wrong. The responses are thus: “You’re the Asshole” (YTA), “You’re Not the A-hole” (NTA), “Everyone Sucks Here” (ESH), “No A-holes here” (NAH) or “Not Enough Info” (INFO).
Here it is in SCM2323’s words:
"Two days ago, I was on a long-haul flight. I was sitting in an aisle seat. Since I haven’t seen Games of Thrones yet, I was looking forward to binge watch the first season. I made myself comfortable and set up my tablet. An hour or two into watching, the woman two rows behind me tipped on my shoulder and told me that I need to turn it off immediately. A little bit confused, I asked why. She told me that her young son could see the show playing on my tablet and it’s totally not suited for such young children because of the sex and violence involved in it. While I agree with that, I told her that I’m not going to turn it off. She then basically told me that I am an asshole for not considering other people around me. Is she right?"
Some more details to help you make your decision: SCM2323 was wearing headphones the entire time, was watching Thrones on a tablet, the inflight movies had several not-suitable-for-children options, and the kid kept switching seats and making it hard for anyone to be able to obscure what they were watching.
Several Redditors weighed in with NTA votes. This response garnered the most upvotes:
But there were some counterpoints:
Here’s my take: If you can’t control your child from bouncing around the cabin of your airplane, then you have no business telling a random stranger to stop watching Game of Thrones. If you ask me, SCM2323 is definitely not the asshole in this situation.
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But that’s me. I turn it over to all of you. Enjoy being the arbiters of morality.
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