Airplane passenger tries to cut 40 person line, faces payback for disrespectful behavior: 'I told the guy to get to the back'

Being pushy isn't always going to get somebody what they want.

It is common nowadays to tell people to speak up and take up space if they want to get anywhere good in life, and while there is a grain of truth to this advice, it is very much context-dependent. Politely yet firmly asking your manager for a raise when you've exceeded your targets is worlds away from yelling at an underpaid service worker because they forgot to take ice out of your drink. 

There are an unfortunate number of individuals who do not see the difference between these things, or just do not really care about them. No matter what scenario they find themselves in, they feel entitled to a better or easier way out. We have all had the misfortune of encountering these types from time to time, and we are normally left hoping that they experience a taste of their own medicine for once. They can be allowed to get away with far too much my virtue of being loud and annoying. They may not learn that much from being put in their place, but it is a satisfying thing to witness nonetheless. We want to see some justice.

 

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  • A man sits on the floor, looking stressed, with one leg outstretched, a jacket under his arm, and a suitcase beside him
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  • In this story, a man was waiting to check in his bags for a flight from Tokyo to Washington and was stuck in a very long queue. While he was waiting, another man came up to the person in front of him and seemed to be friendly, but was obviously trying to cut the line.

    When this individual refused to let him in, he quickly got angry and started trying to be intimidating. The man got involved and managed to de-escalate the situation slightly. What happened next was a lesson in why queue jumping is not always something worth attempting.

     

  • Dude tried to cut 40 people at the airport, then tried to intimidate us. Got justice.

    I was headed back home from Japan to Washington, and the line for checked luggage at the Tokyo airport was groan-inducingly long. I got there well before the flight and still ended up waiting 20-30 minutes. As I slowly got
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  • closer to the counter, several people walked up, realized what was going on, then dejectedly walked to the back of the line. And then there was our hero.
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  • This younger Eastern European dude, probably early 20s, walks up, sees the line, then starts trying to have a conversation with the guy behind me. He was very clearly doing the "Hey, let's be buddies and I can cut you" thing, but the guy behind me wasn't having it.
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  • Eventually he tells our young friend "Hey man, you have to go to the back of the line." Things take a turn and the main character goes from uncharming but chummy to telling my line comrade
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  • to "f off," threw in some "What are you gonna do about it," and got in the guy's face, puffing out his chest and everything.
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  • Now mind you, this is at like noon in a Japanese airport. In a place where everyone had been incredibly respectful and deferential, this stood out. I had also turned around and told the guy to get to the back of the line, and him
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  • puffing his chest out was less effective since I'm 6'4". Neither me nor the guy behind me was going to take his bait and get in a scuffle with him, and it was just super odd behavior. So we just waited for the next time one of the
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  • airline people came by, told them what was going on, and the 10 other people in line around us corroborated our story. She removed him and told him he'd have to take another flight.
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  • Hilariously, this was the Hawaiian Airlines flight and it was the only one that day, so I assume he had to catch a flight the next day. I still think about him. I can't really fathom what he thought was going to happen. I wonder
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  • if he goes through life having interactions like that and just thinking, man, the world is so unfair to me. It was such a strange interaction, with an adult. buy.
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  • A man lying on the floor with a jacket under his head and a suitcase behind him
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    A man lying on the floor with a jacket under his head and a suitcase behind him

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