35-year-old male passenger goes on tirade on flight against 40-year-old woman for taking her dog out of the carrier: 'You better put the dog back'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jul 6, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

Flight etiquette can really make or break the experience of the average passenger. Before we launch into this story, wherein an owner took her dog out of the carrier only to be on the receiving end of another passenger's wrath, let's take this opportunity to go over a few no-nos before you start aggravating the people around you during your next flight.

First and foremost, always adhere to the leg and arm room that has been designated for you. Invading the personal space of others is an easy recipe for conflict. Next, be sure that your overhead light and air controls are pointed only in your direction. Furthermore, if everyone on the plane is sleeping and you're in a window seat, do not raise the shade to allow bright light to seep in and wake everyone. It's really not that difficult to respect the space and boundaries of other folks, and yet, so many passengers go out of their way to stir up trouble.

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  • In this instance, we have a woman who violated the Delta policy by removing her dog from the carrier. Now, there is a way to contact the flight attendant to discipline the passenger or to even kindly ask the lady to put her dog back, but this author took things a few steps too far. Two wrongs do not make a right, people!

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    This was about 5 yrs ago. Our house was just 1 yr old and was a "smart" hhome.We had 2 dogs that were washed every week and completely house broken.
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    I (35M) had to fly to LA this morning on Delta and I had an aisle seat. It was a smaller plane with 2 seats per side. No TV or Movies on this flight and I wasn't
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    paying for WIFI, so just me and my music. Ten minutes into the flight, the lady (40's) across the aisle was moving around and trying to get in her personal item.
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    She busts out a dog. In my head, i'm like What the F . I'm not dog friendly so I tell the lady firmly, you better put the dog back in the carrier. She says its
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    cramped in the carrier, and the dog would rather be in her lap. I tell her to put it away or this can be a bigger scene for you. She
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    reluctantly put it away. The rest of the flight she would baby talk the dog and call me the a h le. I complained to the flight attendants after the flight. AITA?
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    • catslady123 20h ago ESH because that lady should've kept her dog in the carrier (which is Delta's policy), and "you better put that dog back in the carrier"
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    is just not how you talk to other people when you want them to do something for you out of the gate. Next time just call the flight crew and ask them to handle it.
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    FewStill3958 • 20h ago NTA for asking her to follow the rules. YTA for being a about it. Ease up on the self righteousness and life will get a lot more pleasant for you generally.
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    RutilatedGold · 20h ago YTA solely for your approach. What an insane. way to speak to someone. You do sound like an ahle.
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    Opbombshellivy • 20h ago So you, a man, told a woman "This can be a bigger scene for you" after you "Firmly" told her what to do. Instead of calling a flight attendant.
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    Instead of saying "hey i'm afraid of dogs even small ones, would you mind putting him away" and allowing her empathy to take over, you decided to use your perceived power in this
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    world to inform someone they may be in danger if they don't do what you demand them to do? Think about this from any other perspective of someone who is larger than you telling
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    you what to do right now without any kind of warning or previous conversation, and they are bigger than you, and they seem threatening. Does that seem like an a hole? Yes? YATA
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    DemureDamsel122 20h ago is wrong with you. You realize you can communicate with people without being aj, right? YTA for your unnecessary attitude.
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    Specialist_Badge... • 20h ago ESH. She should have kept the dog in its carrier, but there was no reason for you to get aggressive or threatening. A normal person would have called over a flight attendant and let them deal with it since it's, you know, their job.
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    BigBigBig Tree • 20h ago YTA. I tell her to put it away or this can be a bigger scene for you. I see that you say you meant involving flight attendants, but... you didn't say that. It's
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    unclear what you were envisioning by "causing a bigger scene." It definitely sounds threatening. This is a garbage way to communicate with people unless you intended to sound threatening, in which case, you're still an a hole.
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    I don't think you were wrong for wanting her to put the dog away, but if this is how you try to resolve conflicts you're clearly an a hole.
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