I haven&#x27;t personally experienced something like this, but I can come up with a few reasons.<p>1) maybe I just don&#x27;t want to switch seats. Maybe I&#x27;m already settled in, maybe I like the fact that it&#x27;s a window&#x2F;middle&#x2F;isle seat, etc.<p>2) imagine someone refuses to sit next to you, stating the reason as &quot;that person is ugly&quot; or &quot;that person&#x27;s choice of wardrobe disturbs me&quot;. If that happened to me, I&#x27;d certainly be offended and might refuse to move out of principle (though personally, I&#x27;d rather the flight was on time than make a statement). Those reasons are different from &quot;I can&#x27;t sit next to a woman&quot;, but they also refer to superficial, and frankly, childish, things.