Parents Coached Daughter To Lie

So, how many parents teach their children to lie?

I know of at least two.

Working a flight the other day I overheard a man say, "Remember, you're not 13, you're 15."

This instinctively triggered my radar to focus on the conversation.

There was a family of three seated in the exit row...Mother, Father, and daughter.

I allowed the conversation to go on for a couple of minutes before I interjected.

Passengers in an exit row must qualify under specific criteria to occupy a seat here.

If they don't meet one of them, they can not sit here.

Generally, they must be willing and able to assist the crew in the event of an emergency.

Other specific guidelines include understanding the English language and meeting the age requirement of 15-years and older.

Well, I approached the girl in the exit row and went for the jugular vein.

I immediately asked her for the month, day, and year she was born.

Her response was delayed and provided me with a good enough indication that she did not meet at least one of the exit row criterias.

A 15-year-old, I hope, knows when they were born and don't have to think about it.

The fact that I caught the girl on a lie was more of an embarrassment to the parents who were coaching her to lie.

Shame on them!

Shame on them for putting their 13 year old daughter in a situation that could of ended in an emergency where passengers depended on her to save their lives.

What if she didn't have an understanding of what it was to take on such a responsibility.

I made my discontent known and surely the parents were not happy they had to relocate to another section of seats.