Woman divides opinion after refusing to swap seats so child can sit with their family

She was determined to hang on to her 1A seat

Sabra Zaraa shared a short clip of herself on TikTok saying she was asked to move from her 1A plane seat during a flight to accommodate another passenger’s wish.

But she refused to grant their wish, stubbornly clinging onto the seat.

“POV: Flight agent asks me if I want to give up my 1A seat so a child sits with their family,” she explained via the in-video caption.

Zaraa, who posts using the handle @lifewithdrsabra, used a popular TikTok audio of a person saying: “Girl, fk them kids and fk you too.”

It is often used by creators to accompany clips in which they decide not to make sacrifices for other people’s children.

Captioning the post, Zaraa said she decided against giving up her seat but that the family ended up "finding a solution" to being seated separately anyway.

“That’s a no from me dawg,” she wrote. “Would you have given up your seat? Also they ended up finding a solution so no, I am not a terrible human being. Also the child was like 13.”

The video has received 4.1 million views and TikTok users had a lot to say on the matter.

One person said: "I gave up that seat so [a] newlywed couple could sit together. Kindness is free."

Another user replied to the comment above and explained: "Nobody said what she’s doing isn’t kind. She planned properly and they didn’t - so it’s not her responsibility to move."

One user, who also sided with Zaraa, pointed out that she was not in the wrong to keep her seat, writing: “Nope! They wanted to sit together should’ve booked it that way!”

Someone else penned: “If they want to switch seats in economy, I would consider it. But if I paid extra for comfort, hell no! Attendant should be ashamed to even try.”

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