'You get more with sugar than you do with salt': Flight attendant gives another passenger a row to himself after a Karen blatantly disrespects her and tries to claim it first

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Jun 12, 2024 5:00 PM EDT

"Why do people make this job so hard?"

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  • Not everyone you meet along your travels is a keeper. Some are Karens and you are glad you never have to see them again. Now imagine you're working while traveling and you bump into an entitled Karen. They really think they own you when you're on the clock, for some reason… 

    This flight attendant let her Karen passenger know who is boss. The Karen wanted a row for herself and her older daughter. She mentioned that to the flight attendant, in a smug manner. The flight attendant let her know that they were expecting a full flight, but if the connection flights were missed and the other passengers didn't make it, then fine. However, the Karen seemed not to care and went to sit there anyway. As the new passengers started to shuffle in, she had to go and reprimand this Karen mom who had the audacity to give her attitude back. However, the passengers who were supposed to sit in that aisle actually did end up missing the flight and the seats were free. However, the flight attendant ended up giving it to another passenger who was kind and respectful. Goes to show you that being nice gets you way further than being mean. Check out the whole story below! 

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    Flight Attendant: "If you're nice to me, I'll bend over backwards for your comfort. If you're rude... No.”
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    this is a fight that I worked last night that was completely full
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    but only half the plane had boarded because everyone had tight connections
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    so we are waiting on the tight connections before we shut the aircraft door
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    we had like 15 minutes left of boarding
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    this woman and her daughter grabbed me meanwhile
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    this woman says
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    is this like gonna be full
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    I said yeah
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    there might be a couple middle seats available
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    and then she points at the empty roll cross and goes
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    oh cause we wanna move there
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    it is gonna be full
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    so you can't move there
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    so I walk away
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    and then she tells her daughter to move there
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    after I told them not to move there
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    meanwhile everyone else is getting comfortable in seats that are not theirs
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    so I walk up to her daughter and I'm like guys
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    I just told you people are gonna be sitting here
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    please move back to your seat
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    if these people do miss their connection
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    if these people do miss their connection
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    but I just told you that
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    and she just looked at me and mugged me
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    and her mom was like ugh
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    then I go up to the lead and I'm like
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    can you please make an announcement
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    because a lot of people are sitting in the wrong seats right now
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    cause they think that the flight is just empty
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    but we're waiting on a bunch of connections
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    he's like yeah
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    I got you then people who made the connection are coming on and they're like uh
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    there's a bunch of people in our seats
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    I'm like guys XT WA
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    please go sit in your own seat until boarding is finished please
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    this isn't southwest
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    you can't just sit wherever you want
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    you sit in your assigned seat
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    and then after if you wanna move
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    ask the flight attendant why
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    why why do people make this job so hard
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    then the seat that
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    the row across from that mom and that daughter
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    I was like I'm gonna be petty and move someone because they were so rude to me
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    but then a guy walked up and was like
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    can I move here
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    and I look at them and I go
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    well someone is waiting on their connection
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    but feel free to sit there
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    and if they do miss their connection
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    you can sit there
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    and the mom and the daughter were like ah
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    you get more with sugar than you do with salt
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    if you're nice to me
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    I will bend over backwards if you're rude to me
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    no
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