45 Shocking Moments When Rude Passengers Met Their Match Mid-Flight—and Didn’t See It Coming
TL,DR;; I sneezed on a man’s foot because he invaded my personal bubble on an airplane and would not stop kicking the back of my seat.
I was flying home from a work trip on AA.
Now on this flight a man sitting sat next to me. He wasn’t super tall, about average in height. He needed to go to the bathroom so I got up let him out and got up again to let him in. As I sat back down my leg hit his. I look down to see his leg about halfway into my aisle leaving me with about 1/3 of the space I had. I’m thinking he’s going to move, and he’s got plenty of space because he doesn’t have a bag under his seat, but he keeps it there. I’m sitting side saddle in my seat at this point.
I look at him then at his leg then back at him. He blatantly stares at me then pulls out his phone and just starts playing on it.
So what I do is lift my foot and place it over his foot setting the dirty sole of my converses on what looks like new white Nikes (fabric ones too not leather). He immediately whips his head up at me and I following his example pulled out my tablet and started reading.
He pulls his foot away and had a nasty attitude the whole plane ride. Buuuut I got my space back.
But to be fair, not everyone realizes their behavior might be so inconsiderate that strangers are literally writing angry internet posts about them.
So, what are some of the main things that annoy your fellow travelers?
So my step-dad and I are at the airport waiting for my step-brother’s plane to arrive. This is back in the days when you could go into an airport for shopping etc. without a ticket. This was also back in the days when I dressed like a ratty punk rock kid with spiked bracelets, studded belt, and a badly done, 12 inch high pink mohawk (looks down, shakes head).
So my step-dad, a fast food junkie, says we should grab a burger. We get in line and eventually make it to the register. The lady behind the counter is giving me the “what is that thing” face. I ignore her as usual, I’m pretty used to it by now, but this woman is seriously staring at me like I’m from the moon. She finally takes her eyes off me long enough to put our order together and as she’s sliding it across the counter she looks at my step-dad and says;
“Ya’know, If ma’ son looked like ‘dat. I’d wouldn’t even let him outta da’house” and started laughing like crazy.
Right as her laugh was calming down, and without missing a beat, I say “Yea, well if my mom worked at McDonald’s, I’d be too embarrassed to leave the house.”
Her mouth just about dropped to the counter as her co-workers started hollering and screaming with laughter. As an awkward teenage 14 year old kid, it was the proudest moment of my life.
I was on a American Airlines flight to Phoenix, Arizona. All is going well, so far. The person in front of me is courteous enough to not recline, and I’m playing blackjack on the seatback screen. Then, I feel a tiny sweaty hand slap my neck, followed by a boy’s squeal. I ignore this at first, but it happens again, and again, and again. Each time the boy would do this, he would scream at the top of his lungs, “GOT YOUR NECK!” I was getting justifiably annoyed by this neck slapper. I was tempted to simply tell the brat’s parents, but a quick look back showed that they were both engrossed in their phones and paying no attention to their child. I did not want to start a confrontation, as I was very sleepy.
Then, an idea formed in my mind. I grabbed my little jar of petroleum jelly and slathered a lump of it on my neck. I usually carry petroleum jelly so my skin doesn’t get dry (My skin is chronically dry and cracking). Anyway, there’s this glob of petroleum jelly on my neck, and I hear the kid jostling against his seatbelt to slap my neck again. I secretly smile as his hand recoils and he utters an “EWWW!” I then hear his mom scold him for touching her with his now grimy hand.
TLDR: Kid slaps my neck on an airplane, gets a glob of petroleum jelly.
Apologize for formatting on mobile still on the plane.
I (22m) am currently on a flight that’s about 5 hours. I’m stuck in the middle seat so, obviously, already aggravated.
The person to my left (important later) took his shoes off about 5 minutes into the flight. I asked him politely to put his shoes back on because it smelled like cheezits and sweat. He responded “I’m more comfortable like this”. So at this point I’m beyond livid. It’s just rude.
So about an hour later he asked to pee and I responded “I’m more comfortable like this”. I sat there until he put his shoes back on. It’s gross that he wanted to go to the bathroom without shoes on??? Whatever. Hope you enjoyed.
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