Sydney Millera Miami-based fitness entrepreneur, shared a video on Oct. 13 explaining how a couple refused her request to change place –after offering to stay together—leaving her in means.

The couple’s decision baffled Miller, who thought she would be killing two birds with one stone — allowing the couple to sit together and get an aisle seat, which would make it easier to access the bathroom.

The video went viral, garnering over 2.5 million views and nearly 500 comments from users who agreed with the couple’s refusal to give up their seats for various reasons, including not having to talk to each other during the flight.

“I always book the window and the aisle lol. I can go without talking to my husband for hours,” joked one user.

An influencer has gone viral after her offer to switch seats on a plane was rejected by a couple, leaving her confused as she sat between them

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The video is the latest in a growing trend of passengers reporting various uncomfortable situations on planes, from fights to robberies, altercations and other issues. For example, a simple search for air combat returns over 690 million posts on the platform. Similarly, a search for couples arguing on airplanes returns about 480 million clips.

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Miller’s audiences, accustomed to more heated videos on TikTok, were surprised by the relative calm with which all parties handled the disagreement. They jumped at the chance to share their preferences with the influencer.

“I respect this as long as the couple doesn’t talk about me or constantly share things with each other,” wrote one.

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“We do that too. He wants the window and I want the aisle. We are strangers on a plane,” said another passenger.

“I’m a wife buying me a window seat and an aisle seat for my husband,” said one viewer in a similar video. “If the middle seat is bought, I never make the person sit between us. I always give them a window seat” – a courtesy the couple in the video did not extend to the TikToker.

Couples shopping for window and aisle seats isn’t a new phenomenon, and people sitting in the middle have shared their awkward experiences online in the past

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The fitness influencer’s video contrasts sharply with a user-uploaded video Malia Makaila in July, where she found herself in the exact same situation — stuck in the middle seat between a couple.

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Makaila’s experience, however, could not have been more different, as instead of the couple respecting the fact that a stranger was in their midst and keeping to themselves or communicating on the phone, they passed food and other items all over her.

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“I’m just throwing chips and drinks over myself, having a full conversation; Meanwhile, the guy in front of me pushed his chair back so far that I can’t open my laptop and the WiFi doesn’t work,” said Makaila, sharing the awkward experience with her viewers.

This behavior appears to be related to a well-known “travel hack” consisting of buying the window and aisle chairsleaving the middle seat open, hoping that the uncomfortable prospect of being squeezed between two strangers deters would-be travelers from taking the placeeffectively increasing the space available to the “hacker” couple.

“We do that too.” Miller’s viewers not only agreed with the couple’s decision, but said they did the same with their flights.

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