A year or so ago as my family was taking our annual Hawaii trip, we ran into a fellow who was very very unfriendly. As we boarded the plane in Phoenix Sky Harbor, I thought it would be a relatively tame flight. I was wrong…
Now my Dad is a good guy, but as far as personal space, he has absolutely no concept of what it means. So we were probably an hour or so into the flight, and my Dad grabs his briefcase from the compartments on top but accidentally hits an unsuspecting a-hole on the head.
My Dad said nothing, and was completely unaware that he had hit anyone, and this made the guy even more pissed off. He literally got out of his seat in the aisle and was shaking his fists at my Dad. He kept saying things like, “When this plane lands I’m gonna F you up etc.” My Dad was trying to apologize, although I think he still didn’t know what happened. Anyway, the guy even called a flight attendant and asked if she would reseat MY DAD! I couldn’t believe the nerve of this guy. He didn’t ask for a new seat for himself, but for my Dad. Eventually the flight attendant explained what happens when you fight on a plane and the guy shut up. The jerk sat there and watched “Over the Hedge” and ate his peanuts and stayed quiet.
Of course, there was no fight on the ground which was nice. The funny thing is, on the way home from Hawaii a week later, guess who I got to sit next to? Yeah, that guy. Surprisingly, the fellow had no idea who I was, or even that my Dad was 2 seats away from him. He started talking about college (I was in college) and blah blah blah. Normal stuff that any overly-conversational person would talk about. Then he said, “you wouldn’t believe this one guy I almost fought on the way over.” He started telling me about how my Dad was such a wuss and didn’t try to fight. I just sat there trying not to laugh and waiting for the right moment to put my iPod in my ears – which eventually happened.
I have met my fair share of a-holes, but that guy definitely takes the cake.
- River from Phoenix
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flight attendant,
injury,
overhead bin,
violence
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My family was taking a flight from San Francisco to Bangkok. Flying in business class, we got nice treatment all the way from the attendants.
The flight was made terrible by a group of Asian men. The got as drunk as they could, belching and laughing while around them others tried to sleep. They were also passing around a series of porno magazines, holding them up so that the other members of the group could see the pictures. The attendant got them to stop. Then, after they finally quieted down, the one across the aisle from my daughters moved his hand under his blanket and proceeded to move it up and down by his middle area. I couldn’t believe it, but yes, he was whacking off. He did this two or three times during the flight; I pity the flight attendant who picked up that blanket.
We saw them in Bangkok being met by a group of very young looking ladies, their personal tour guides no doubt. No shame.
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alcohol,
flight attendant,
porno,
sexuality
A couple of years ago, I sat next to a guy who chewed a wad of tobacco for the entire flight. He would spit into a water bottle every couple of minutes, and hide the bottle between his legs when a stewardess would walk by. Utterly disgusting…
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tobacco
I was flying back from Malaysia yesterday on Etihad and had specifically requested a row of three seats as I was making a 28 hour journey and was hoping to catch some shut eye on the way back.
You never know with these requests whether they will process, but on this occasion I was lucky enough to note that I was the only passenger that they had granted this liberty to – must have been the dark ring sympathy!
Anyhow, before we took off, some guy who was sat on a 2 seat next to my row hopped across and decided to ‘join the fun.’
Obviously I couldn’t say anything to him because technically it wasn’t my seat, but I was seriously annoyed because his position meant I had to sleep up right for an 8 hour leg rather than cozy down…
Nothing outrightly wrong with what he did but SO FRUSTRATING and just needed to share.
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etihad airways,
seats
