You could have paraphrased what happened to your niece I suppose. Thought it doesn’t really bother me, I understood what was being said.
If this is her idea of a trip on a plane, I’ve just got to stick around to hear about her ride on the ferry…
Ugh, what a horrible experience. People like that seatmate don’t belong on an airplane. I suggest a parachute for the remainder of his trip.
Also, remind me not to ask the Dope for sympathy after an upsetting event. Because dur, people will be jerks, it’s inevitable like the weather, and why weren’t you carrying an umbrella, missy? It’s not like he has full moral agency and can be held responsible for being a jerk, or anything.
“There’s nothing to say about the jerk, so let’s pile on the victim for not doing exactly what I would have done” is pretty fucking disgusting, really.