Overnight flight passenger calls out child talking loudly at 2 AM: 'The Mother responded, "Are you serious right now?"'

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• Am I wrong for asking a family with a small child to keep it down on a red eye flight?

  
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  Grinning little boy sits next to his peaceful-looking Mom and Dad on a flight.

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  Little boy laughs while sitting next to his distracted parents on a plane.

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  I'm sorry but I have to side with the passenger here. 

  Unless your child is a toddler, they should have some understanding of when it's quiet time and when it's acceptable to run around. I understand that they might be squirmy, or keep saying "I'm bored," or whatever else. But if they're like 8, or 10, they should really know better than to be loud around every other sleeping passenger. The fault is all on the parents! 

  People defended this family too. But most kids have some idea of what to do when you see someone sleeping! Haven't they ever been told, "Don't wake up your Mom on the couch, she's having a nap"? It's not that hard to grasp, in my opinion. 

• Things got really wild with this revelation

  
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  If they could hear this loudmouth through 2 types of noise cancellation, I mean, this must've been a bigger problem than they let on. This must've been affecting a lot of people! 

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• People had some very different takes on this high-flying debacle! 

  Some thought that this person was out of line.

  razzledazzle626

  “Inexplicably”? Really?

  A large percentage of grown adults have incredible difficulty sleeping on airplanes, let alone a small child.

  It’s totally reasonable to be annoyed, but you saying something isn’t going to magically make the child be able to fall asleep.

   

  lemonringpop

  Inexplicably? There is a very simple explanation: a young child on an overnight flight is off their routine and in an unfamiliar environment so they aren’t sleeping. Not sure what’s so hard to understand about that. Also, I see you wrote “2am my time” have you considered that’s not everyone’s time? You’re on a plane, people famously come from all over to get on those. 

   

  Other people felt that the parents really should've done more to stop their kid from yapping… it's not like he was a toddler! 

  bruisecaster

  NTA. All these Y T As are wild. It’s an international overnight flight which means the lights were probably off in the cabin and half the passengers were trying to sleep. OP made a reasonable request and the parents could have at least tried to get their kid to wind down a little or asked them to talk quieter, rather than cop an attitude.

   

  Consistent-Star5745

  NTA. The first airline to introduce adults-only flights will get my loyalty for life. 

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