'I got ultimate revenge after entitled teenager decided to ruin my 16-hour flight'

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Social media users were left in stitches after a man shared his tale of sweet revenge on an 'entitled' plane passenger who turned his 16-hour flight from Brisbane into a nightmare.

The man recounted how he was seated behind a teenage boy who was acting half his age, kicking seats and blasting music from his Nintendo Switch.

The traveller took to Reddit to share his experience: "His dad apologised and tried to get him to settle down. I just tried to ignore him, hard to do with the kicking and loud music."

He continued: "They seemed to be having some sort of argument on top of all of this too, like towards the end of the flight, but still with many hours to go."

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In a bid for some peace, the boy's father eventually instructed him to switch seats and sit behind, away from him.

The man added: "I roll my eyes but smile and try to be polite, only to be greeted by a grunt from the young man. I'm on the aisle seat, with one of the few free seats next to me by the window. He pushes past me as I get out of my seat for him not saying sorry or excuse me or anything and continues to blast loud music from his Switch and swig from a Mountain Dew bottle."

The man recounted: "I politely try and talk to him but he quite literally gives me the finger. Well, he's already finished a Mountain Dew bottle and dips into a second. It was the only drink available at the store where we departed after we went through security and had to toss out all liquids."

Intent on imparting a lesson, the gentleman placed his backpack in the foot space and lowered the tray table, feigning sleep, and elaborated: "Later, he gets up and is like 'move, I need the bathroom,' I pretended not to hear him. He tries to shove past but dad is like, 'Don't you dare push past someone sleeping, sit back down or you are in so much trouble when we land'.

"He whines but sits back down, probably regretting drinking all that Mountain Dew. The next hour I could hear him squirming."

When it was time for landing, the man 'awakened' and casually asked if the youth enjoyed his flight.

Sharing further, he remarked: "He was literally holding himself and looking uncomfortable, the phrase 'back teeth floating' comes to mind. He whines about needing to go, bad. I say it's unfortunate the seatbelt sign is on. Now, the sign is on, but there are still drinks out, and I still have a plastic glass and a bottle of water, I slowly pour out my water in front of him making a real show of it and take a rather noisy drink.

"When the plane finally landed, he was crossing his legs tight. It took ages to off board everyone, and I spent a few minutes chatting to the dad as the plane emptied out. All the while, the boys were sitting there looking uncomfortable. When we finally got to enter the terminal, he was carrying hand luggage and walking awkwardly.

"I lost track of them by that point, but I did notice the huge lines for passport control and the distinct lack of bathrooms until you entered the main terminal."

While most users couldn't help but laugh at his revenge, others praised the father for making him sit still while another passenger slept. One user said: "He was trying to show his dad how 'bad' things could get through abusing you... didn't go as planned."

Another user added: "Father sensed you can teach him a thing or two. You prolonging the agony chatting with his dad is chef's kiss." A third user said: "Extremely petty and awesome."