16-year-old gets schooled on airplane etiquette by fellow passengers: 'Perfectly deserved revenge'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Apr 9, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

At 16, there is so much you still don't know about the world. At the time, you feel like you're basically a grown-up, begging your parents to treat you like one and trying to act like a cool guy in front of your friends. You think you know everything at the age of 16, but in reality, you're still clueless about almost everything outside of your small bubble of school, friends and family. 

Flying at the airport can be confusing for anyone, especially a teenager. You have to carry only a certain amount of liquids in specific bottles, you have to arrive a few hours early, and you have to wander the airport trying to find the correct gate. But this kid was also unaware of the more specific rules around air travel. Like when the snack cart is rolling down the aisle, you can't get up to use the bathroom or stretch your legs, because you're blocked in. No one really tells you that rule, you just have to learn it in real time. At least when this teen made a mistake, a group of adults played a lighthearted prank on them to lock in the memory of what they did wrong. 

Next, read about the law partners who kept pushing the lawyers to rush through cases, leading the lawyers to maliciously comply: "Partners thought it should take me about 15-20 minutes... it would take me at least 1.5 hours."

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    This is not my own revenge, but rather the revenge that someone has done on me. I thought I should share. I (A 16 year-old Highschool student) recently flew home on an airplane packed to the brim with people. I, being a poor , sat in the very last row with my backpack on my lap. This whole flight was extremely delayed and overbooked, arriving about three hours later than
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    intended. Everyone was tired, everyone was p ed off. Then the plane landed, and we were held on the plane for a couple minutes while they de- boarded the first class people first. I was not aware of this, and as soon as the seat-belt sign turned off, I jumped out of my seat and got about halfway up the airplane before the line of people getting up and getting their luggage stopped me. So there I am, bulging backpack on,
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    no semblance of manners, blocking off four rows of seats with no way to get out. I apologized profusely to everyone, and they all grumbled about how stupid kids of today are and all that stuff. The guys behind me looked like they had just come from a biking trip (athletic frame, biking shirts, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, Bike Locks). They were especially quiet, and didn't talk much, only glared at me. When things had
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    finally sorted themselves out and I walked shamefully up the aisle with the line of angry passengers behind me, I noticed that the biker dudes didn't looks so grumpy. Huh. Fast forward an hour, I'm home and starting to unpack. I turn to my backpack to get out my carry-on materials, and find that EVERY ZIPPER HAD BEEN COMBINATION LOCKED SHUT. EVERY SINGLE ONE. Those
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    smart-a sons of exacted perfectly deserved had revenge on me, and all I could do was laugh. I ended up having to cut the zippers to get my stuff out, but it was still hilarious. Needless to say, I will now be waiting my turn on any and every flight I ever take from now on.
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    TL;DR: I'm a on a flight to everyone in a section and I get what's coming to me, unable to access luggage.
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    PrincessPi How did you not notice the added weight of the lock? One by itself, sure, but several?
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    As a few people noted, these locks weigh almost nothing, so it's no wonder this teen didn't notice them right away

    WeirdF OP I don't know. I think it was the constant jostling around by the people around me, maybe the fact that it was midnight and I was exhausted, but I just didn't. They weren't really that large.
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    faffywaffle98 Just so you know, you can stick a pen in a zipper to unzip it and then while both zipper "sliders" are still stuck together zip it back up with a good bit of wiggling.
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    AmmoBradley The good thing is you knew you were in the wrong, as opposed to most douche. bags who think everything they do is by the grace of god.
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    [deleted] The important thing about this is that you learned. Nobody was hurt by your actions, just a bit upset. When you're in new situations, you fuck up. That's just life. Next time you'll go with the flow a bit better I'm sure.
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