 over that the people enjoyed fighting for their seats people loved it um one southwest passenger told the washington post quote i woke up to a ton of texts from friends giving me the news and another said he liked the old system because he was a quote dedicated middle seat enthusiast i feel like he's gonna be fine you think he's gonna be fine it's still the worst seat you're always gonna be able to get that seat yeah the guy who said he was a middle seat enthusiast he has a friend