A teenager has shared her shock over a plane passenger’s reaction after making an honest mistake – explaining how even the flight attendant had a thing or two to say
A traveller has sparked debate after revealing how a fellow plane passenger nearly brought them to tears following an innocent mishap. The 19-year-old was making their way back to the UK on their second seven-hour flight when they attempted to get comfortable by reclining their seat.
However, in doing so, they accidentally knocked over the beverage belonging to the passenger sitting behind them. They explained on Reddit: “About four hours in I recline my seat to take a nap, and this lady behind me just screeches and swears. I turn around, because I had reclined my seat her drink had spilled. I felt so terrible, apologised and she just says don’t recline your seat and proceeds to say it’s fine.
“I give her about 40 mins to finish her drink, turn back around to ask if she’s done. She ignores me, she flat out ignores me. I sit there saying ‘excuse me ma’am’ like 5x and she doesn’t even waft an eyelid.”
The young traveller then turned away to gather themselves, knowing they were becoming distressed – and eventually the passenger, who seemed to be in her 50s, responded to them.
They continued: “I could feel myself getting upset. Then I just stare at her until she finally acknowledges me, I say, ‘Can I put my seat back now’ and she just shows me her drink. This attitude honestly just made me so upset.”
They summoned the cabin crew member and attempted to calmly describe the circumstances – but he merely stated that all passengers are entitled to recline their seats whenever they wish.
The teen added: “He tells me that I can just recline the seat without asking her, and I say that I got yelled at and she was just mean.
“He just looks at me confused, goes to the lady and says that I want to recline my seat, therefore he’s going to do it for me.
“She gets angry, she says the table hits her belly, she can’t watch her movie, says she doesn’t have enough space and just complains.
“The flight attendant just says ‘This is how the aircraft is built, if you look around there are multiple people who have their seats reclined. If you want to complain, you are free to do so in the airways site’.”
The cabin crew member then departed and the traveller began pushing against the seat in response.
They explained: “I just ignore it until she stops, she complains to her friend very loudly about how I reclined my seat and how inconsiderate I was.
“Probably because she got no reaction out of me, she calls the cabin manager, and for obvious reasons the cabin manager defends me too.
“The flight attendant asks if I’m okay, and gives me a squeeze on the shoulder. If I hadn’t received that reassurance I think I would have just cried.”
Fortunately, fellow passengers were swift to provide support regarding the uncomfortable situation.
Responding to the post, one person wrote: “If reclining caused drinks to spill if they’re placed normally, in the little groove in the table, you would think it would happen all the time. She must have been doing something weird.”
Another user chimed in: “When I flew in the 70s and 80s, few if any folks griped about others reclining their seats. Then airlines got greedy and reduced the seat pitch to fit more seats. Now I hear about seat reclining drama every week on Reddit.”
And a third user added: “It was your seat to recline, people are just mean, I’m glad the flight attendants were nice.”
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