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special_kitty t1_ja50xls wrote

Some background, so it's common for planes to have 6 seats/row with an aisle in between. Three on one side and three on another. Also, the aisle is so narrow, it's pretty much single file. Airlines use a dumbass system where it costs money if you want to select your own seat, so if you don't pay, you are randomly scattered around the plane at any open seat. It's common for families to let the chips fall where they lie and when the family gets separated, they ask to swap so they can all sit together.

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BirdyDevil t1_ja50vlz wrote

It's probably the antibiotics that are wreaking havoc on your bowels, tbh, not the painkillers. Because they kill the good bacteria in your guts as well as anything dangerous and therefore mess with your digestive functions. Take some probiotic supplements and it should help, or at least eat some yogurt.

And yeah, don't trust farts while on antibiotics lmao.

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uhhh206 t1_ja50ewf wrote

He bought his ticket separately (he wasn't originally supposed to come with me on the trip, but was able to get the middle seat next to the aisle I'd booked) and didn't have status, but I did. I declined the upgrade when they gave me one but they did it again, so I took it as an opportunity to make someone happy with a surprise upgrade.

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Cohibaluxe t1_ja50c9h wrote

Boarding passes (plane ticket) list both the gate and your assigned seat. In this case, it was probably a larger airport with multiple terminals labeled A, B, C, etc., so the plane was at gate 3 in terminal C (hence; gate C3). This was confused with the seat assignment, which is always labeled A, B, C, etc. (for the row) and 1, 2, 3, etc. (for the column). Seat map example

Here’s an example of a boarding pass, notice the gate number on the left and seat number on the right, both in the same letter-number format

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Orchidlance t1_ja4zh96 wrote

I'm not sure why everyone's downvoting you rather than explaining -- it took me a couple of rereads to understand this part of the story too. Nobody was switching at the gate, they were doing it on the plane as usual. The reason the gate is mentioned is that this flight was leaving from gate C3, but OP misread their boarding pass and thought that C3 was their seat. So that's the one they originally mistakenly gave up, rather than their real seat.

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ulfr OP t1_ja4y49w wrote

Reply to comment by Culli789 in TIFU by keeping my mouth shut by ulfr

Hope so! I just know tempers grow in proportion to the sleep dep, figured it was better to get while the getting was good, you know?

Definitely going to monologue a lot more if it's just me and the kids though.

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