[links_slayer]

This came up last night in a 7 player cash game I was involved in with some semi-serious/semi-experienced players. I wasn't hosting so I let the host have the final say, but was wondering how you all handle the following:

We all settled down and started to play after dinner around 6:30pm. We picked numbers out of a hat to get our seats. About an hour and a half later, one guy is getting short stacked (~$4 or $5 out of his initial $20 buy-in IIRC) and has the big stack (~$35) to his right. He was giving us all the impression that he was getting sick of being "bullied by the big stack." and asks to switch seats with a guy across the table from him. A few of us shot looks at each other and waited for the hosts response. He decided to allow it and they picked up their chips, got up, switched seats, and the game went on. Was it the right decision to make?