"What a bunch of babies": Self-important couple blows through boarding to get on plane first, refuse to give up seats

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
Dec 10, 2023 11:00 AM EST

Traveling can be exhausting. There's so much rigamarole and to-do at airports from security to boarding you just hope that everyone complies so it can be done as quickly as possible. There's a procedure for everything, and all you have to do is what you're told. I've flown a lot in my lifetime, so I feel I've got the system down. I know all the little nuances and tricks of airport efficiency. Plus, I have TSA Precheck so I feel like a VIP. It's good for saving time, but bad for the ego. 

That's why it's so frustrating when certain passengers try to buck the system. It never works out in their favor, but instead slows everyone else down. Like this couple who tried to skip some steps at boarding and then flipped out when they had to face the consequences. This upcoming holiday travel season, let's hope there are not too many folks like them. 

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    r/ImTheMain Character 14h Couple on plane think they are more important than everyone else ...
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    elcubiche 13h ● If they didn't like flying for 20 hours they're gonna hate riding by bus and boat for 20 days.
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    Zincktank 13h Also if they really did fly 20 hours straight, they CHOSE to. It doesn't entitle them to ignore the rules.
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    publicbigguns • 14h I don't understand these types of people that refuse to get off planes. There is only 1 scenario....you will be getting off the plane. Your opinions are easy or hard way. Don't matter if you feel that you're in the right or wrong. You WILL be getting off the plane.
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    sphinctertickler • 12h Most likely is that they think riding a plane is like riding a public bus, because that's how they're acting. Probably haven't flown many times if ever.
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    JoJackthewonderskunk. 13h His last statement "We're not going anywhere" appears to have been correct
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    Suspicious-Brick-957 14h no fly list, good ●
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    brittonwk 13h What an amazingly ironic twist of fate that would be, after screaming "We're not going nowhere!"
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    ducksandbucks13 • 13h Frontier. Always some entertainment on every flight.
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    ANALOGPHENOMENA. 11h Frontier and Spirit
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    daitenshe 9h ● I'm at the point in life where I've "graduated" from Sprit/Frontier but I can't ever say in all the years I've ever had a problem like this on any of my flights
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    gahddammitdiane. 13h What a bunch of babies. Wah wah wha im gonna mess up everybody's day because im TIRED...
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    hotsauceinmyjeans • 13h Right because throwing a tantrum and shouting at people will definitely help the situation. People need to think and access more.
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    Hour-Comfort-6191 - 9h It's learned behavior. They did it because flipping out like that usually works for those types, because most people don't want to deal with it and will just capitulate to whatever they want. This is why you will commonly see these types devolve to simply repeating the same lines over and over, because when it doesn't work, they have nothing else, and don't know what else to do.
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    wonderwall999 • 12h I've seen a couple of these crazy karen airplane videos. So many of them will echo the excuse, "I paid for my ticket." They're obviously missing the point. I think the best response is, "Yes, you paid for your ticket, like everyone else. That's not the issue. The issue is that you broke the rules. You aren't allowed to do whatever the you want to do (be it smoking, being shirtless, causing a disturbance, whatever). It's possible for people to pay for their ticket, and break t
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    HighlyAutomated 12h People like this exist. And they found eachother. ●
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