Male Karen in economy pretends he's a vegetarian to get first class meal, flight attendant maliciously complies: 'I'll just have the chicken then'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Sep 11, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

Some passengers think they can pull a fast one on flight attendants, but oh, how wrong can they be?

This male Karen in economy insisted on having the higher quality vegetarian meal after hearing that the economy option was sold out. Now, the flight attendant remembered that he was eating bacon chips just 30 minutes prior, which clearly, the male Karen had not considered before trying to get away with his silly plan. However, instead of flat-out denying him service, the flight attendant maliciously complied and cobbled together a few leftover leaves from various first class meals so that the passenger could get the "first class vegetarian option" he so desired. Unfortunately for him, that just meant a small salad of mostly leaves.

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more, check out this post about an employee's malicious compliance toward their micromanaging boss.

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    Fake Vegetarian on Flight M Okay so just to preface this. I'm a Cabin Crew member (Flight Attendant). I've been doing it for over 10y. Any
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    issues that crop up during my work day I will bend over backwards to accommodate people, if I can. However, there are unfortunately a handful of people that are dishonest
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    to try and get what they want. Fake injuries to try and get upgraded, fake birthdays, you name it,
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    people have tried it and believe you me, I've had loads of scenarios where people try to cheat the system because it makes them feel special or that they have one upped me, I guess?
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    Let me tell you about a fake vegetarian I had on board... He was flying in economy (coach) in the 2nd from last row. He wanted the pasta option. I
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    apologised and told him due to popular demand we had ran out in the middle of the cabin, but we had the chicken option instead if he wanted thay. Without skipping a beat he said "I'm a vegetarian. Last
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    "I'm a vegetarian. Last time they brought me a meal from business class, so I will just wait for that".
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    Now, this is something I would have offered anyway as a nicety, (if available), as I'm not too
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    much of a d☐ and I genuinely like helping people out, if I can. (After all, it's a 747, not a 7- Eleven, as the saying goes ).
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    Anyway, the way he just expected it right off the bat before I could even offer a solution left a slightly bad taste in my mouth. And also I smelled
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    a rat. I was 99% sure that I had cleared in an empty packet of smokey bacon Crisps from him earlier on, and no, they weren't a veggy brand as I have the same ones occasionally. I
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    was certain that he was being picky and wanted a higher quality meal. (Plus, any regular flyer would know how often we run out of the veggy option
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    and to preorder a veggy meal). I said 'It's unfortunate that you didn't pre order a vegetation meal, I will see what I can do for you though, just give me 5 mins to finish up here ||
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    Anyway, I went up to Business Class. They had also ran out of the Veggy option. So I went up to First Class and asked if they could spare anything. We ended up putting a few leaves
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    together with a bit of dressing. (They spend £1000s more up there and can dine at any time,
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    so they didn't want me taking any of the hot Veggy options in case someone wanted it later.
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    Fair enough). Then I thought... I could probably have some fun with this fake Vegetarian. Cue malicious compliance.
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    I brought it back down on a Silver tray and held it above his eyeline so he couldn't see what it was. I explained that unfortunately the vegetarian business class
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    option had run out, then he went to cut me off so he could complain, but I held up my hand and said "However , |
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    managed to go one step further and I got the last vegetarian meal from FIRST CLASS Then I pulled the linen cloth off the top of the tray as I placed the salad down in
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    front of him. (It really was a very basic but large salad and his face said it all).
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    His face went from a smug "Haha, I worked the system" to is that?!" within 2/3 seconds flat.
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    He then said "I wanted something hot, I'll just have the chicken then". I
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    put on a shocked face and said "I cannot give you that Sir, I would feel awful." He responded with "Don't worry about it, it's fine". I gave him an
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    "Are you sure you're vegetarian?" look and brought back the chicken, by which point it had been sat drying up in the oven a little bit longer. Bon appetite
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    Just to say, even if he was a real vegetarian, he should have pre ordered. Same goes for Gluten Free, Vegan, Children's Meal, Diabetic, etc... Anyway, that's my story. Sorry if I rambled a bit
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