TikTokers are rushing to defend an influencer who said she refused to switch plane seats so a family could sit together in yet another viral flight-etiquette video

• An influencer said she refused to swap seats on a plane so a family could sit together.
• Hundreds of commenters said they agreed with her decision and would have done the same.

An influencer who said she refused to move seats on a plane so a family could sit together is being met with a wave of support from viewers who said they thought she's completely in the right.

In the caption under a video posted Tuesday, Audrey Peters, a 25-year-old influencer from Miami with 653,000 TikTok followers, said she refused to give up her assigned seat on a flight for a middle seat when asked to by a group of passengers.

In the video, which has received 1 million views, the influencer appears to be sitting on a plane as she raises a glass in the air while an on-screen caption reads, "When a family asks me to switch seats on a plane so they can sit together."

She also lip-synched to a popular TikTok audio clip that says, "Girl, fuck them kids, and fuck you, too."

The audio, which originates from a scene in the 2023 thriller movie "The Reading," has been going viral on TikTok in recent weeks and has been used in more than 70,000 videos.

Commenters said under Peters' video that they would have done the same thing if they were in her position, adding that they didn't think passengers should ever feel pressured to move from the seat they booked, especially when they're not being offered better seat.

Others shared complaints about negative experiences they'd had on flights when parents asked them to sacrifice their own comfort for the sake of a child's.

"We switched recently to help out a family," one commenter wrote. "Turns out we were seated in front of kids that kicked the seat for the entire 8 hour flight. Never again."

Another wrote: "A mom asked me to give her two ish year old daughter my water bottle that I had ALREADY opened."

A handful of people who commented on the post said they were parents themselves. While some said they had previously felt disappointment when other passengers turned down their requests to move seats, others said that as parents, they felt it's solely their responsibility to ensure they booked seats together with their children.

Across TikTok, the audio in the video has been used by many to discuss the experience of being asked to look after or pander to the needs of another person's kids.

In February, a TikToker received more than 9 million views on a post in which he used the audio to document the moment he refused to let a crying child take the last spot on a Formula 1 test ride. Commenters said they supported his decision, adding that it would be good for the child to learn they couldn't have everything their way.

TikToks about whether adults should make sacrifices for children they encounter often spark debate, especially in the context of flight etiquette and whether it's fair to be asked to swap seats on planes so families can sit together.

In October, a woman named Maresa Friedman defended herself for not moving seats in a TikTok that went viral, eliciting a response from another creator who urged her to "do better" and have "compassion" for families. Friedman later said another reason she did not want to move seats was that she had a disability, which led more commenters to take her side in the debate on flight etiquette that her video created.

On TikTok, Peters typically posts fashion and lifestyle content, filming herself putting together an outfit for the day or showing viewers some of her recent purchases from designer brands. The influencer also posts content about her designer purchases on Instagram, where she has 94,000 followers.

Peters did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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