Greatest Hits: Rude Dude Gets Given Exactly What He Asked For From Vengeful Flight Attendant

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Aug 18, 2022 10:00 AM EDT

When this "rude husband" had a go at the poor flight attendant over a seating kerfuffle, she was certain to get even with him by maliciously complying with his every demand. The "ruse husband" insisted that he be seated in the front row coach seats he had been seated in during his previous flight. If he had just been respectful, he might have found himself in first class but instead found himself exactly where he demanded to be.

This thread was originally posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliancesubreddit last year by u/PatientAdventurous98 when we first shared this story. This classic malicious compliance was well worth a revisit due to its reception.

It's so satisfying to see people who treat customer service persons poorly getting a taste of just desserts. These people deserve nothing more and nothing less.

Commenters had this to say in the original thread:

"Honestly, gotten more joy out of reading this MC than any other," replied user O_Elbereth. "Congrats on your karmic First Class seats!"

"You can always gauge someone's true colors by how they treat people in service work," remarked NorCalAthlete. "Especially when a lot of the time, said service workers have a lot of leeway to change your experience for better or for worse."

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  • 01
    Font - Posted by u/PatientAdventurous98 217 40 27 25 He gets exactly what he asked for LOC This happened when I (F, 20 at the time) was a junior in college. Here's some context. I had taken a long weekend trip to Florida with a friend of mine to visit her brother and go to the Universal Studios Fright Night Halloween event (which was awesome, by the way). We had an amazing trip, and we were on the plane about to head home. This was only my second ever time with air travel. We didn't have much wh
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    Font - So, there I was, just excited to be flying in my coach seat, waiting to take off. And we kept waiting. It became clear that there was a problem with the plane when the flight attendants started calling various passengers to exit to be placed on different flights so they'd make their necessary connections. Eventually, after around 40 minutes, it was just my friend and I plus around 6 other people. And then it was our turn to leave the plane. We were sort of near the end of the group trompi
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    Font - They tried to reassure him, but he was talking over them. "This is unacceptable. You better get me the same seats we had on that flight." (He had the first row in coach, the one with no seats in front of it and therefore with extra leg room.) By then, the rest of us had gathered around, and the attendants began addressing the whole group, offering reassurances, filling us in that there was a critical problem with the plane (which made me very glad for the change, despite the inconvenience
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    Font - The attendant smiled and said. "You guys are all set. Sir," and she smiled at him specifically. "I'm very happy to tell you that we have a flight leaving shortly, and we were able to give you and your wife the exact same seats as you had booked on the previous flight." Rude husband: "I should hope so. That's the least you can do." And he huffily returns to his seat. Meanwhile, the rest of us are just waiting. The attendant then turns to us, and she says, "And I'm happy to let everyone els
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    Font - Rude husband was furious and immediately jumped up to demand why they weren't flying first class while the rest of us just sat there in a state of stunned glee. The attendant just informed the man that she'd given him his request, and didn't stick around for more abuse. The wait wasn't long, and soon my friend and I were boarded into the unicorn, fabled place that is First Class. As a poor, air travel newbie, it was like some fantasy land: huge seats, real hot wash cloths, and though we w
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    Font - Meanwhile, rude husband is irate. My friend and I were in the last row of first class, which only had around 8 seats, and we could hear him heaping abuse on the coach attendants, going off on how those "kids don't deserve" first class and how they "should have gotten them, they're older, they should be respected, not some kids." Someone else who was in first, not from our original plane, caught on and was quite tickled with the man's ire. Then, the best part of all happened: the flight at
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    Font - o TheTwoOneFive Had something similar back in March 2001 when I was a lot younger. Flight from Philly to DFW was late due to bad weather in flight (pilot said we had to fly a bit out of our way due to a storm and at 25,000 feet due to turbulence). Was at the back of the plane so one of the last off, run over to the connecting gate and get there to see a plane there but the jetway already pushed back. There were some other passengers (6ish, IIRC) who missed it as well (I think my flight as
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    Font - Like OP, was under 21 so couldn't drink onboard, but I still remember that to this day. Wouldn't expect that nowadays (I think most airlines flag agents who rebook people into a higher class of service without a very good reason), but always makes me smile when the memory comes back. 507 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - O_Elbereth Honestly gotten more joy out of reading this MC then any other. Congrats on your karmic First Class seats :-) Reply Share 3.5k bigkeef69 Karma 1st class is the best 1st class! 503 Reply Share
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    Font - NorCalAthlete You can always gauge someone's true colors by how they treat people in service work. Especially when a lot of the time, said service workers have a lot of leeway to change your experience for better or for worse. 1.5k Reply Share bigkeef69 Yep. Dont shit where ya eat so to speak. Be nice, and usually you get treated nice back! Throw shit, and shit will get returned. 284 Reply Share
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    Font - wapellonian Reminds me of my first trip to Las Vegas, back in the nineties. We got to our hotel at 1 in the morning, and at check-in, the people at the desk next to us were having a shit fit about being on the 10th floor, same as their friends. The desk clerks had a confab, and ours came back, explained the situation, and ask "would you mind terribly if we placed you a little higher up?" All the same to us, so we were gracious and accommodating. Which is how we ended up with a Strip-view
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    Font - VaguelyFamiliarVoice This is just perfect. Arrogance rewarded and hearing it unfold after. Reply Share 547
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    Font - bjorn1978_2. I have worked in the airlines for 13-14 years as a mechanic. Got my fair amount of flights. But when shit like this happens, just be polite and work with them to find a solution. I was upgraded to bussiness on an Emirates flight when my SAS flight was delayed too much to reach a connecting flight. I was supposed to sleep on that night flight, but I was not able to... just wanted to get the most out of it! So just dress nice and play ball with the representatives! 110 Reply Sh
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