I think in some of these cases the man wanted the woman to move from her original seat.<p>In other cases, there was an unwanted delay to travel.<p>In all cases, one must weigh the perceived harm (delay to 200+ passengers, versus harm to one passenger) against each other. Although to the man, the perceived harm to the man is high, to others, the perceived harm to the man is low. So any alarm over the situation can just be a matter of differing perceptions.<p>Then there&#x27;s the question of were the people in the article even upset, or is that just your assumption? I&#x27;m not sure all of them were. They certainly thought the situation was remarkable, and they did remark on it, on twitter. That doesn&#x27;t mean that every one of them was upset. But for those that were, see the reasons above.