'For the first time... he had nothing to say': Entitled passenger whines for an entire flight, gets confronted by fed-up passenger

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Apr 5, 2024 5:00 PM EDT

Look, none of us wants to be at the airport, but if we have to be there, we may as well try to relax. You already know you might be delayed for four hours, so bring a book. If you don't want to be bored in the long TSA line snaking around the building, best to bring a podcast or some good music. U/traveler-veil did just that when they were traveling, and it helped them a little bit. It would've been a more effective distraction if someone could manage to shut their yapper for more than five seconds.

That someone was another passenger who was entitled and demanding. He didn't care about the other passengers, all he cared about was himself. So what if that flight attendant is helping someone else? He wanted a soda right now! It's like these entitled people have that toddler mindset: everything is about "me, me, me." They can't fathom that other people might also have problems or concerns that need to be addressed. At least the traveller who shared the post kept their cool, while also managing to put this awful plane passenger into his place. 

After that, one neighbor had to confront the home baker who kept leaving cookies in the lobby… but she had a very important reason. 

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    Entitled passenger on a flight M I was told that this story belonged in this subreddit. This story happened a few years ago, so details might be a bit hazy.
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    I was returning home from a trip that I cut short due to a family health emergency. The flight was pleasant, but I was in a bad place mentally. I did what I usually do in situations like that and kept to myself, saying few words. I plugged in my headphones and started to listen to some podcast during the two hour flight.
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    Over the sound of the podcast, I heard someone speaking loudly in a pretentious nasal voice talking. I pulled out my earbuds and heard a guy arguing with a flight attendant about how he had asked for something several times but didn't get it. I didn't really care and tried to ignore him but he kept going, asking the
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    flight attendant for her name and telling her that the airline company must hear about it. I don't remember what he wanted, but it was some kind of drink they didn't have available for some reason.
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    I returned to my podcast and raised the volume. Ten minutes later, by the podcast timer, he was still ranting in his annoyingly pretentious way about professionalism, respect and giving customers what they want. I switched to some rock music to drown him out, and saw the captain coming over to talk to him. He was flailing his arms around like spaghetti.
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    My worry about my hospitalized grandmother gave way to anger and I started fantasizing about all the different ways I would shut him up. The captain walked away with a frustrated look on his face, and the flight attendant started serving the other passengers and ignoring his attempts to stir up trouble. I think they got him some alternative drink which he never touched.
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    We landed, and I put my earbuds away to get ready to leave. He was first in line by the airplane door and I was right behind him. The door opened and an airport security guard was standing there to him through the tube. I followed, and by the end of the tube a higher ranking guard was waiting for him. He
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    stood blocking the way out, and I saw that other passengers behind me were fed up with this guy who never shut up for more than half of the flight time. He was arguing about how terrible the crew and service was, and how he never had service this bad. He kept saying he needs to leave now because his family was waiting for him or some similar non-reason reason.
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    My anger was starting to boil. Should I shove him? Bang my pulling bag onto his leg? Punch him in the back? Would everybody clap? I had to head straight to the hospital, and everyone behind me had places to go. I've heard many stories about people like him online, across many different channels. Nobody would feel bad for them. But this wasn't only about them, it was also about who I am and what kind of person I want to be.
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    I took a couple of deep breaths to calm down as he was telling the guards how to do their jobs, and with the most aggressive tone I could come up with despite my stress and exhaustion spoke up. out of my way." "Get the
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    That F bomb was enough to stun him since everyone else was following a code of conduct required by their jobs, and for the first time since I noticed him he had nothing to say. The guards took advantage of his silence and started to move him away, hopefully to some back office where he will be delayed for a few hours.
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    I left the airport and headed home for a quick shower and a change of clothes before going to the hospital. My thoughts kept going back to that entitled guy and how he thought he could be a pretentious and guy with people whose jobs require them to be polite. Politeness never works with them, and sometimes meeting someone who thinks they're scum is the wake up call they deserve.
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    DarekaDesu Kudos to you for trying to keep your cool. In such situations things could escalate out of hand, if not handled correctly. And you may have gotten delayed because of it.
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    traveler-veil OP. Thank you. I'm afraid I only did it because I had places to be and didn't want to deal with delays.
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