I (31M) was at the airport waiting for a delayed flight that had already been pushed back twice. I had about 35% battery left on my phone, and I needed it for my boarding pass, ride pickup, and to stay updated on the delay notifications. I found an outlet and plugged in my phone. About 10 minutes later, a woman (40sF) approached me and asked if she could use my charger because her phone was completely dead and she needed to call someone. I told her I was sorry, but I still needed to charge my phone and didn’t have much battery either.
She asked if I could just unplug mine for a few minutes. I hesitated and said no, explaining that my flight kept changing and I didn’t want my phone to die. She seemed annoyed and said she wouldn’t ask if it wasn’t important. A nearby passenger overheard and offered her a charging cable, but it turned out she needed a wall adapter, not just the cable. The woman then said loudly that it was sad how people couldn’t help each other anymore. I felt awkward, but I kept charging my phone. A few minutes later, airport staff announced another delay, and several people around us pulled out their phones to check updates. I was glad mine was still on. I understand that helping someone out is the kind thing to do, but I also felt like I was being pressured to put myself in a stressful situation so someone else could avoid inconvenience. AITA for not lending my charger even though she said it was urgent?
NTA. This is at an airport where there’s presumably shops that sell replacement chargers for those who forgot theirs. This is not a situation where you owe the shirt off your back to someone you just met. Also, Yours was in use. Therefore not available.
NTA – her poor planning is not your responsibility
NTA. She was asking you for a favor. It’s a favor because it’s not obligatory, legally or morally.
I wouldn’t read too much into it, though. Like you, she was probably stressed and frustrated, plus more panicked because her phone was dead. But it’s not like you’re the thing holding her back— if she really, desperately needs one, she can go buy an upcharged one from the airport store.
NTA. She’s at an airport that has shops all over that sell what she needed. She could have purchased one.
Every airport I’ve been in has at least one shop which sells adapters and chargers. If she was in such dire straits, she could have purchased her own.
Not one but multiple….all around every major airport. That’s not even including duty free shops. I’ve never been to an airport where I didn’t run into shops several times before getting to my gate. Plus…portable chargers/power banks are cheap af these days. I never fly without one because you never know.
I was going to say the same but the airport I use regularly does shut most of its shops at 8pm so it’s not always possible to buy things, however I still think op is NTA
I’ve seen several airports that have vending machines with chargers so you can even buy them when the shops are closed.
She also could have just… brought a charger, rather than expecting everyone else to accommodate her?
NTA. Aside from anything else, airports have shops selling these things for the unprepared and desperate.
NTA. How do you go on a flight and not take a chargers and outlet adapter with you? Her failure to plan for herself is not your problem. She could have stopped at the stores they have and bought a battery if it was that important to charge her phone but she wanted to inconvenience you instead.
The comments here are a very alarming reflection of how fucked society is becoming.
35% charge and none of you would let someone charge for a few minutes to get battery and call someone from an airport?
Also, wtf is that comment about potential malware from a charger?! 😂😂 take the foil hat off jesus.
OP, YTA. Learn to be a good human.
It’s absurd. A 35% charge could last me all day if I really needed it too. Yeah, I wouldn’t be able to watch videos or actively use it all day. That’s why I travel with a book.
In addition, people don’t need their phones to check for delay updates.
No we don’t owe people anything, but being able to help other people is a good thing and makes society better.
NTA. Who travels without a phone charger?
And you’re in an airport. Literally every second store sells phone chargers.