Here’s a hard lesson that will stick.
One traveler sought payback after a fellow passenger shook their chair throughout the flight.
“By this point, he’d done this at least 20 times and I was getting irritated,” the traveler declared online.
The Reddit user, who goes by @IndependentClub1117, revealed in an online post how their flight from Germany to Macedonia was a turbulent experience, all because of one passenger.
“Not even leaving the gate, I felt my seat shaking. Turning around, I saw a man grabbing the back of my seat,” they added. “Each time I’d lean back trying to press against his hand, making him retract it.”
However, despite the passive nudges, the passenger continued the intrusive behavior. He escalated his antics by grabbing the top of the Reddit user’s headrest, nearly touching their head.
“I dramatically turn around, looking back from the aisle, he’s just looking/talking to a woman three rows back, presumably his partner,” the Redditor wrote. “When our eyes met, he pulled his hand away.”
The traveler was at their final straw, with tensions increasing and ready to seek revenge.
The next time I felt the shaking, pretending to stretch, I wet my fingers with a generous lick, near spit on them, grabbed the back of my seat, and just doused his hand,” they confessed.
After the wet touch, the traveler didn’t experience any more turbulence in their seat.
“Needless to say, he didn’t touch my seat for the remainder of the flight,” the Reddit user chuckled.
Although they were able to enjoy the remainder of their flight, intrusive thoughts started to fade in, wondering if they took their revenge too far.
“Was I wrong?” questioned the passenger. “Didn’t know how to get the point across not to keep shaking my seat after many failed attempts.”
Meanwhile, fellow Redditors resonate with the unpleasant travel experience.
“I had a kid kicking the back of my chair for a good chunk of my flight home,” wrote one person. “I’ve already got a spinal condition and this kid was a lil c–t.”
“I had a woman who reached back over her head and grabbed her seat top covering the top of my screen,” commented a frequent flier.
One reader suggests publicly shaming overbearing passengers so they can learn boundaries.
“I have always found public shaming works best. A loud “Are you trying to touch me?!?” or “Will you please keep your hands to yourself?” that at least three rows can hear does the trick,” laughed another.
“As a frequent and non-shy flyer, my favorite is loudly stating to my seatmate, “If you have to fart so badly for the love of God, use the restroom,” a Redditor chimed in.
