What an idiot. It's really not hard. If you can't follow the directions, ask to be moved and you won't have to worry about it. Happened to me before. I was in one of those rows and being that I'm deaf and unable to hear the instructions, I informed the flight attendant and she was able to swap a seat for me with someone else.
Some people think they the only one that matters on a flight. I don't understand that way of thinking.