Father and 2 kids crowd airplane passenger for 4 hours, are asked to move 3 times before flight attendant steps in: 'Even the adult is acting like an entitled brat'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Sep 19, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

Were you a well-behaved child during airplane flights? Or, if you have kids now, are those kiddos polite and quiet, or do they get upset and throw tantrums? 

My parents had the foresight to never take me and my siblings on an airplane. We didn't really have the money for things like that, but as a kid, I was relieved, because the thought of flying on a plane high above the ground was utterly terrifying. I think if I had flown before the age of like, 10, I would've been a screaming, sobbing mess, making the flight miserable for everyone around me. I'm often surprised to see little kids on flights who are well-behaved… at least some of the time. A lot of parents let their kids run around before boarding, and maybe feed them a filling meal, in the hopes that the child then naps throughout the flight. It's kind of 50/50, though: that youngster on the plane might be a perfect angel, or they might sob loudly for the entire duration of the flight. 

Kids can be entertained pretty easily, especially when that flight has a TV on the back of every seat. I know parents are sometimes screen-averse, but this is an excellent time to let your little one binge-watch a TV show or a few movies. I know a lot of those babies already have iPads, too, so that's also a great opportunity to let them have their screen time. Then, there's the added bonus that when you get to your destination (hopefully somewhere fun!) the children won't be begging for their screens, and instead, they'll be energized and ready to play. 

This flyer has a bone to pick with a parent who let his kids look out the window for way too long. And for some reason, he didn't let them look out of the windows on their own seat? I just don't understand that… unless it was one of those massive jets that has a middle row with no windows. But even so, you can't just hog someone else's window for an entire flight! It just goes to show how different people's views on acceptable behavior are. 

After you check out the airplane shenanigans below, read about what happened when a locked-out driver refused to pay the locksmith who opened up his car: "I'm not paying you 80 bucks." 

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    "Paid extra for legroom seats, but spent 4 hours with kids blocking the emergency exit window"

    Man in khaki shorts bends over next to airplane window alongside young boy in white shirt in an airplane setting
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    Post: I was flying with my sister and niece, and we paid €30 each for extra legroom seats. Seemed worth it for a 4-hour flight... until a dad and his two kids decided that the emergency door window right next to us was the most fascinating thing they'd ever seen.
    via u/theycallmedumpling
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    They stood there almost the entire flight, leaning over us, pointing, chatting loudly, and completely blocking the space we paid extra for. We had to call the flight attendant 3 times to get them to move, but they just kept coming back after a few minutes.
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    The third time the FA came to tell them to sit down, she was already pred off and warned them this would be the last time she tells them to move. Sometimes I wish Europe was as strict as the US with the no fly lists.
    via u/theycallmedumpling
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    Curly red-haired boy sits on blond woman's lap next to little girl in yellow hoodie on an airplane
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    This is an accurate reaction of how everyone else on the plane was probably seeing this go down

    Three_Armed_Wrecker This is extremely infuriating. Not just the kids but even the adult is acting like an entitled brat
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    theycallmedumpling OP Thank you. I see people are extremely infuriated I was only mildly infuriated, but I don't usually get very worked up. I was more shocked that some people can be this ride.
    via u/theycallmedumpling
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    Matthews_89 This doesn't belong here.. It's far more than mildly infuriating!
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    theycallmedumpling OP Well we're not very tall so it wasn't extremely infuriating. But we were all shocked about the lack of awareness.
    via u/theycallmedumpling
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    goshyallaresoft good on you for getting the FA involved, but you wre WAY too passive if you didnt tap homeboy on the shoulder and say "listen i understand how cool the window seat on an airplane can be for a kid. but this is MY window seat. see all that extra room that you seem to believe is a public area? thats MINE until there is an emergency. and in that situation, i am HAPPY to toss your little guy out first."
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    theycallmedumpling OP I'm not a very confrontational person but I did tell him twice, sorry if that wasn't clear from my post. He sat down and then they were all back in 10 minutes. So I thought getting the FA involved would actually convince him to move, but not really.
    via u/theycallmedumpling
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    Mygoddamreddit Did you try "Sorry but this is the emergency exit. You aren't allowed to stand there or block it. You have to leave and stay away!"?
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    Flight attendant shuts overhead bins on airplane with numerous empty black and red seats
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    SLATS13 Dude, they wouldn't even listen to the FA. What makes you think they were going to listen to OP, regardless of what they said?
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    theycallmedumpling OP No, I didn't. I was more like: "can you please go to your seat? There isn't that much room here" But I will definitely know in the future, I got great advice from people here, on what to do if this happens again. For what it's worth, the FA used almost your exact words, 3 times.
    via u/theycallmedumpling
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    uberiffic I would have crashed out, ngl.
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