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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/u_212 on 2023-07-01 12:30:27+00:00.
I boarded the train from London to Paris yesterday with my family, and when we got to our booked and assigned table seats there were 3 Americans sitting there from a big tour group.
Their argument was that someone had taken their seats (and they wouldn’t tell me which seats were originally theirs), but as I had a 5 year old and a 9 year old with me and didn’t want to be separated for two hours I refused to give up our designated seats and forced them to move.
When we got off at the other end the girls gave me huge stink eye.
Was I the asshole?
No, you are fine. They shouldn’t have given up their original seats.
Absolutely NTA, kids, older folks, pregnant people, disabled folks all get priority.
Beyond that you had reserved those specific seats. So even without the general etiquette rule, you would be well within your rights to tell them to leave
