“I Loved Every Moment Of That”: Plane Bursts Into Laughter And Applause After Captain Puts An Entitled Passenger In Her Place

Cramped seats, irritated passengers, and soaring flight prices with planes packed full to the brim can surely bring out the worst in us.

This story titled “Karen On A Plane” and shared on the Petty Revenge subreddit sheds a light on exactly how entitled some travelers might be.

According to the author, as soon as the plane landed, “a Karen in the back unbuckled and darted to the front of the plane to get off first.” After an 8-hour flight, everyone was exhausted, so nobody said a word.

But the captain didn’t remain silent and pulled a hilarious move to teach the entitled passenger a lesson.

The whole plane bursts into laughter after the captain puts an entitled passenger in her place

“I Loved Every Moment Of That”: Plane Bursts Into Laughter And Applause After Captain Puts An Entitled Passenger In Her Place

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“I Loved Every Moment Of That”: Plane Bursts Into Laughter And Applause After Captain Puts An Entitled Passenger In Her Place

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“I Loved Every Moment Of That”: Plane Bursts Into Laughter And Applause After Captain Puts An Entitled Passenger In Her Place

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“Don’t treat the airplane like your living room,” an etiquette expert warns

“I Loved Every Moment Of That”: Plane Bursts Into Laughter And Applause After Captain Puts An Entitled Passenger In Her Place

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With the seats getting tinier these days, traveling is not as glamorous as it used to be. Flight fares are soaring, planes are packed to the brim, and travelers seem to be more careless than ever. But since we should all aim for a pleasant and civil flight, there is some basic flying etiquette to be aware of.

Jacqueline Whitmore, a founder of the Protocol School of Etiquette in Palm Beach, Florida, argues that bringing in food with “a highly identifiable or offensive smell” is not smart. In fact, she argues, “There’s nothing more annoying than having to smell someone’s greasy fish tacos.”

Jacqueline believes that if you can’t lift your own bag, it’s better to stow it instead of carrying it on. Relying on others to lift it for you is not an option.

The internet is full of pictures showing strangers’ feet jammed in a plane seat. “Keep your dirty feet off the seat in front of you. This is not only gross, but it’s also unsanitary,” Jacqueline warns.

“Don’t treat the airplane like your living room. If you must air out your feet, keep your socks on or wear slippers.”

People are tired of sitting next to unruly passengers in planes, hence the soaring popularity of passenger-shaming groups

“I Loved Every Moment Of That”: Plane Bursts Into Laughter And Applause After Captain Puts An Entitled Passenger In Her Place

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It shouldn’t be surprising that flight attendants are no strangers to rude passengers. Shawn Kathleen, a former flight attendant of seven years who runs the Passenger Shaming account on Instagram, told Vox that the one thing she really found interesting was that previously, a lot of content related to rude behavior on planes was submitted by crew members.

But things have changed. “Now 99 percent are from passengers because they don’t want to sit next to these people. They’re like, ‘I’m calling these people out for this BS behavior.'”

A lot of the content is foot-related, or concerning arguments, people eating things like hard-boiled eggs or tuna, and clipping their nails. Shawn believes that this type of behavior was made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. “It was a s**tshow before, and now add everything else on top of it.”

Having said that, Shawn noted that this is still a very small percentage of people behaving that way. “When I was a flight attendant, 99 percent of the people I ran into were awesome.”

Many people joined the discussion and shared supportive comments

“I Loved Every Moment Of That”: Plane Bursts Into Laughter And Applause After Captain Puts An Entitled Passenger In Her Place

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Kathleen Davis 1 year ago

I'm a flight attendant at a major airline. This story is a crock of lies. Per FAA rules if pass is standing while plane is moving on runway the PLANE MUST COME TO A FULL STOP UNTIL PASS IS SEATED. plus pilot could care less and won't interact with unruly passengers. Finally this could cause many misconnects of other passengers. Wishful thinking at best.

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Clio Jaysiyel 5 months ago

This story is clearly about landing, not taking off. You're in the service industry because you have bad reading comprehension.

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Zedrapazia 1 year ago

And then everybody clapped. This story sounds fake, I'm pretty sure most people in the plane would have been either confused because they didn't see the lady nor cared for her, or had more important thoughts than laugh in this moment. Also, not a Karen woman, just a generally entitled person, if the story is actually true. She didn't ask to speak to the airplanes manager.

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Noname 1 year ago (edited)

Or, maybe... She was someone who has issues with being in enclosed spaces, or, more likely a passenger who had a connecting flight that was leaving soon and she didn't want to miss it. I'm really tired of these "Karen" stories when there are valid conclusions that aren't readily known, but it's just easier for the witnesses to be all "yeah, their behavior makes them seem like they feel entitled".

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Mari Schimmer 1 year ago

Sounds fake to me, too. I’ve been on several flights that have stopped on the runway because someone got up to use the bathroom or whatever and the flight crew announced that the plane cannot taxi unless everyone is seated. So it would be against FAA regulations for the plane to continue to the gate with a passenger standing in the galley. Seems unlikely that the pilot/crew would go to so much trouble to put someone in their place. And even LESS likely that every other passenger sat around waiting once the plane was at the gate and they could disembark. Cute idea, though.

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