A plane passenger has blasted a ‘selfish’ woman who made herself such a nuisance, it ruined his journey overseas – and it has prompted others to share how they would have handled this situation
A man has shamed a ‘selfish’ plane passenger who ruined his inflight entertainment for ‘no good reason’. He explained how he boarded a flight expecting it to go off without a hitch like the many he has experienced before – but, unfortunately, he was seated behind an ‘entitled’ woman.
Shortly after settling into his seat, someone sat down in the chair in front of him and swung her ponytail over the top of the seat, leaving it to trail across the TV screen on the other side. This not only stopped him from watching a TV show onboard the flight to help pass the time – but also meant he’d have to engage in an awkward conversation with a stranger to resolve the situation.
On Reddit’s mildly infuriating thread, he simply wrote: “Woman kept covering my screen with her hair during a flight”.
But what he can’t understand is why the woman decided to inconvenience him in this way – as he claims he hadn’t done anything to make her ‘lash out’.
Commenting on his post, users were quick to share how they would have resolved this situation – with one saying: “Big, wet, sloppy sneezes are easy to fake and extremely useful.”
Another user added: “Start making braids, if she turns say you were bored.”
A third user said: “Life hack: Chewing gum makes for an excellent adhesive in a pinch to append hair curtains above viewable screen space to better avoid having your view blocked! Try it!”
One more user added: “Nine times out of 10 a simple, ‘Excuse me your hair is blocking my TV screen’ will do the trick.”
Another user said: “What confuses me about this is, why doesn’t she just put it in a bun? I understand she doesn’t want to be leaning on her ponytail the whole flight, but that’s so easily fixable by just putting it in a bun.”
One more user added: “Flight attendants are there to help you and make your flight more comfortable/enjoyable.
“Ding the bell thing above your head, point to what’s happening, and they would tell her kindly what the problem is.
“Never have to be frustrated or even talk to this person and worry about being rude. Hope that’s what you did.”
Sharing how they handled this exact situation when it happened to them, a final user said: “This happened to me once. I stood up ‘to use the restroom’ and put my hand on the back of her seat, ‘accidentally’ tugging it a bit.
“She turned around and gave me a filthy look, which I ignored. When I returned, I put my hand on her hair again. Second filthy look.
“A few minutes later, I had to stand up to ‘get something out of the overhead bin’, and gripped the hairy chair again… this time a little harder.
“The hair disappeared. She turned around and snarked at me: ‘If you wanted me to move my hair, you could have just asked me!’ I responded, ‘If I have to explain, you wouldn’t understand’.”