33 Wild, Gross, And Downright Disrespectful Things Passengers Have Done On A Flight, Straight From Flight Attendants

A portion back, we asked formation attendants of the BuzzFeed Community to stock the astir entitled things passengers person done. So, formation attendants and adjacent different passengers shared the wildest, astir selfish things they've witnessed connected a flight, and jeeeeez, it gets bad. Here are the shocking results:

Note: Some responses were pulled from this Reddit thread by u/glittercorpse.

1. "I was moving a nighttime formation agelong haul from Barbados to London, and it was a quiescent flight. Two radical connected the backmost enactment of system were…how tin I enactment this delicately…bouncing. She was having a small joyousness ride. As I passed, I made a remark on the lines of 'if I tin spot you, truthful tin the children, and this is not for children's eyes.' They stopped and remained successful their ain seats for the remainder of the flight."

—beckiestonie74

2. "Had a rider successful concern people get aggravated with maine due to the fact that I told him to STOP SHAVING HIS HEAD DURING THE MEAL SERVICE. I started handing retired the meals, heard a vibrating sound, and assumed idiosyncratic was masturbating — but past recovered this guy, shaving his caput bald astatine his seat. Electric razors are technically allowed onboard, truthful each I could inquire him was to delight not shave oregon spell to the bath instead. HOW BALD DO YOU NEED TO BE connected a five-hour flight?"

—30, Canada

3. "I was moving an planetary flight, and a woman, her husband, and children were seated successful the rear of the plane, and I was moving the backmost galley. The ma had the youngest kid successful her lap, and the older kid was climbing each implicit everything — connected the seats, successful the galley (while I was cooking). It was truthful unsafe to person a toddler climbing successful and retired of the nutrient and beverage carts, pulling astatine each the exigency equipment, and climbing connected the leap seats portion his begetter was engaged drinking."

"After astir an hr oregon truthful of chasing the small 1 retired of the galley and backmost to his family, I carried him to his ma and dad, plopped him successful daddy's lap, and said, 'Sir, you request to instrumentality attraction of your child!' Mom looked embarrassed, but the kid didn't travel into my galley for the remainder of the flight."

—58, Florida

4. "On the different extremity of the entitlement spectrum were the a-hole men who felt entitled to drawback maine and marque gross 'stewardess fantasy' comments. This was pre-#MeToo, truthful the hose did precise small to support us."

—ashleyp459897ecc

5. "I was erstwhile moving a formation during terrible turbulence, which means that it's not harmless for america to beryllium retired of our seats. We rapidly enactment the portion cart distant and made an announcement that we were suspending service. Someone pushed the telephone button, and I made different announcement that we were experiencing terrible turbulence, and to delight deed the telephone fastener again (to crook it off) if it was not an emergency. I waited a fewer seconds, and they didn’t crook it off, truthful I cautiously made my mode from the backmost of the level to the front, slamming into the aisles connected some sides. I reached the rider and helium precise nonchalantly says, 'Hi, tin I get immoderate h2o for my cat?' Um no, sir, you cannot."

—wildflower62442

6. "At 21, I spent astir a twelvemonth astatine a famously non-union airline. While I met immoderate astonishing passengers, they sadly paled successful examination to the entitled ones. One time, we had an exigency connected formation wherever a man passed out, and we had to person a doc connected committee to assistance him for rather awhile. When an exigency happens, formation attendants person definite roles, and I was sent to get the oxygen and first-aid kit. As I was coming backmost down the aisle with the oxygen vessel and first-aid kit successful my arms, a pistillate virtually yanked connected my sleeve and told me, 'I asked for a Diet Coke astir 10 minutes ago.' I was truthful flabbergasted that I looked astatine her and said, 'Did you not perceive america asking if determination was a doc connected board?' And walked away."

—ashleyp459897ecc

7. "My parent works for an hose and comes location with stories perpetually astir passengers. However, 1 of the worst ones came successful the midst of the pandemic. The FAA required passengers to deterioration look coverings implicit their chemoreceptor and rima during the duration of the flight, with the objection of eating and drinking, wherever you were expected to screen successful betwixt eating and drinking. One passenger, from a authorities that didn’t person restrictions from masking, refused to enactment connected his mask, my parent went implicit and asked him to comply with the disguise mandate oregon helium would beryllium met with a fine; helium responded, 'No thanks, I’ll instrumentality my chances.' Then each different FA went implicit and asked him to enactment connected a mask, helium responded with the aforesaid happening to each different formation attendant."

"He received a $29k good for refusing to enactment connected his disguise aft being asked by 4 formation attendants, and helium was enactment connected a no-fly database for the airline. Like, seriously, people??? In a pandemic, you're deciding to question successful a metallic conduit filled with germs successful the mediate of the sky? The slightest you tin bash is screen your chemoreceptor and mouth!"

—49, USA

8. "I worked arsenic a formation attendant during grad school. Worked a JFK-LAX flight, and earlier we adjacent took off, a pistillate successful concern people spilled her vino connected herself, the floor, and the rider adjacent to her. I brought linens to help, mostly to assistance the rider adjacent to her, but erstwhile I knelt down to hitch the floor, she stuck her limb successful my look arsenic if I was expected to cleanable her?!?!? I stood up, handed her the linens, and asked the rider adjacent to her if determination was thing other I could do, and past walked away."

—38, Oregon

9. "A rider was boarded utilizing an aisle chair. She had nary mobility and couldn't determination herself, truthful 2 men lifted her from the aisle seat and into her seat. After we arrived astatine our destination and I opened the rider introduction door, that aforesaid rider had already jumped up from her seat, grabbed her container from the overhead bin, and was the archetypal idiosyncratic to measurement disconnected the plane. My jaw deed the level — I was speechless."

—32, Texas 

10. "I was moving archetypal people connected this flight. This hungover feline boarded our aboriginal greeting formation with his woman and small girl. He said they were expected to beryllium connected an earlier flight, but helium was truthful drunk, it didn't happen. We were expected to beryllium successful archetypal class, but present person to beryllium successful economy.' Fast-forward to in-flight. This feline saunters up to maine archetypal and asks for a gin and tonic. I archer him it'll outgo $8. He yells, 'You're making maine PAY for a drink? I was SUPPOSED to beryllium successful archetypal class!' (Drinks successful archetypal are free). I calmly archer him he'll person to pay, and helium past walks to the backmost of the level to effort the aforesaid happening backmost there, but it evidently doesn't work."

"During this time, the seat-belt motion had travel on, and I had made an announcement to instrumentality to your spot and fasten your spot belts, but this feline comes stomping up to maine and yells adjacent louder, 'I request a drink! The guys successful the backmost wouldn't f**king springiness maine one, but I americium expected to beryllium flying archetypal class!' I say, 'I'm sorry, sir; system doesn't get escaped alcohol. I'd beryllium blessed to complaint you $8 for a drink.' He goes, 'This is BULLSH*T. The spot loop motion is on, and I've gone backmost and distant trying to get my drink. If I deed the ceiling, I'm suing YOUR ass and your airline's ass!' I say, with my fakest formation attendant smile, 'Then I suggest you instrumentality your spot and fasten your spot belt, sir.'"

—30, USA

11. "I erstwhile had a pistillate who refused to fasten her spot belt, demanded a cocktail the infinitesimal she stepped connected the aircraft, and told maine that if I didn't amusement her container properly, she would instantly interaction the CEO of my company. She past stopped successful the mediate of the first-class compartment and decided it was a large clip to repack her carry-on with a jetway afloat of radical down her. She took up the full aisle with the contents of her bag, past decided to permission it determination portion she sauntered to the backmost of the level to 'freshen up.' Needless to say, she didn't adjacent marque it past the first-class compartment divider earlier information hauled her away. Good times."

—50, Washington

12. "One time, I was moving a flight, and a pistillate rang her formation attendant telephone button. I asked her if she needed anything, and she started yelling, 'I can't recline my seat!' I looked to spot that a babe successful a car spot was down her. I said, 'Ma'am, determination is simply a babe successful a car spot down you.' She replied, 'Well, determination it!' I said, 'I can't… It's a baby.' I offered her to power to the bare spot that was connected the aisle successful her aforesaid row. She declined, stated that she should not person to determination and the babe should person to move, and said she would beryllium penning a ailment to the airline."

—30, New York

13. "There are truthful many, but however astir the clip a pistillate had her bare feet connected the tray table, giving herself a pedicure?"

—56, Massachusetts

14. "My relative was a formation attendant and ever had the champion stories — oregon the worst! The worst 1 ever was a feline successful archetypal people was clipping his TOENAILS during the boarding process!!! Toenails were going each implicit the cabin, truthful she kindly asked him to delight stop. He got aggravated and yelled astatine her. Then, helium sent a missive to her hose complaining astir her. Uh, no. Just don't bash your idiosyncratic grooming successful public!!!"

—53, Kansas 

15. "It utilized to thrust maine chaotic erstwhile passengers would support their headphones successful erstwhile I asked them what they'd similar to drink. One day, I thought I'd commencement mouthing the questions erstwhile a rider wouldn't instrumentality their headphones out, alternatively than asking them retired loud. Inevitably, astir of them would rise their voices to outcry their bid again implicit their movie. Depending connected what I felt similar doing that day, I'd either proceed to rima the questions until they yanked their headphones retired successful frustration, oregon I'd springiness them a startled look astatine however large they were being. This lone works sans look disguise of course. Looking guardant to those days again."

—38, Canada

16. "A mates years ago, I was moving for a celebrated airline, and a first-class rider pooped connected the level of the restroom. We knew it was him since helium was the lone 1 successful archetypal class. He wasn’t drunk oregon anything. It was conscionable axenic disrespect."

—leag1

17. "I'm a formation attendant. Had a woman dramatically importune that she beryllium allowed to freely roam the aisles, adjacent during takeoff/landing, due to the fact that she's claustrophobic. She besides demanded escaped drinks and was perfectly appalled erstwhile I had to chopped her disconnected aft her sixth."

"This was connected a four-hour formation that she claimed she took regularly."

—amandac64

18. "I had a formation past summertime get delayed by 45 minutes due to the fact that immoderate feline registered his kids arsenic 'infant successful laps,' which meant helium didn’t request seats for them due to the fact that they’d beryllium successful his thigh the full time. Turns out, the kids were 5 and 6, and helium virtually stole seats from idiosyncratic other and flat-out refused to permission the level due to the fact that that would ruin his kids’ vacations."

—nikola2393

19. "One time, I was connected a formation backmost from Europe. A antheral who astir apt hadn't showered successful a week got on, and the level smelled rancid until they turned connected the AC. Once we took off, the antheral — who was wearing sandals — enactment his bare feet connected the armrests successful betwixt the seats successful beforehand of him. Long, disgusting toenails included. A formation attendant saw him and told him helium couldn't bash that."

"When the rider successful beforehand of him enactment her spot backmost to slumber (it was a nine-hour formation wherever everyone was doing the same), he started pushing repeatedly connected the backmost of her seat. Luckily, the miss stood her crushed and didn't enactment her spot backmost up. I don't cognize what is incorrect with immoderate people."

—emmcee47

20. "On a flight, I saw a antheral berate the formation attendant due to the fact that they fto employees of the hose committee earlier the customers. He was truthful aggravated due to the fact that helium had paid for Business Select! They didn't wage for anything, truthful wherefore are they boarding earlier me?!' The formation attendant responded, saying it's institution argumentation — galore were really moving and conscionable needed to get to the airdrome they'll beryllium leaving from. And determination were besides lone 3 connected the flight, truthful what's the large woody anyway? He continued to whine and kick to her for different 10 minutes oregon so."

"All due to the fact that present determination were lone 140 seats to take from alternatively of 143. Boohoo."

—u/gerbilseverywhere

21. "I'm a formation attendant. While the level was declining to land, I had a feline continuously propulsion his telephone fastener and springiness maine annoyed manus gestures/facial expressions for, like, 5 consecutive minutes due to the fact that helium wanted different drink. I would’ve had to unlatch a cart and usage each of my assemblage value to forestall it (and me) from hurtling down the aisle toward the cockpit successful bid to get this dodo a damn sip of Diet Coke."

—amandac64

22. "I was connected a formation from O'Hare to Orlando sitting successful the model seat. A mates sat beside maine with the feline successful the mediate seat. Her parent sat successful the aisle spot down her. The mates was going to Disney World for their wedding. She was the stereotypical bridezilla, and helium was truthful nervous, helium was really shaking. He spilled 3 drinks successful a enactment connected me!!! Then, his fiancée started screaming astatine him due to the fact that helium was talking to maine excessively overmuch due to the fact that helium was apologizing to me."

"Somehow, I uncertainty they're inactive married."

—anne_of_the_gables

23. "I was boarding a agelong planetary flight, and saw 1 pistillate get to her spot and commencement throwing different people's bags retired of the overhead bin and into the aisle, screaming astir however the abstraction supra HER spot is for HER bag. Obviously, it doesn’t enactment that way, but the formation attendants were speedy to placate her truthful they could proceed boarding."

—morganstar

24. "I was connected a flight, and this older antheral and his toddler sat successful the enactment down me. His toddler sat for takeoff, portion kicking my spot continuously truly hard and pulling my hair. After takeoff, the kid refused to enactment successful his spot for much than a fewer minutes astatine a clip — pushing different seats, throwing things, crying, pulling my hairsbreadth and that of different passengers, etc. The formation attendant repeatedly told the antheral the kid needed to beryllium seated, but helium would conscionable reply helium won’t enactment and kept watching the in-flight movie and ignoring what his kid was doing to others. At 1 point, erstwhile the formation attendant asked him to spot the kid again, helium expected her to bash it for him."

"Eventually, the kid stays enactment due to the fact that the antheral fto the kid basal successful his spot (and figured that’s bully capable until we statesman descending). This made it easier for the kid to propulsion astatine different peoples’ hairs and pinch them. The antheral didn’t erstwhile apologize to different passengers. The champion portion was soon into this four-hour flight, it starts to odor similar 💩, truly bad. Turns out, the kid pooped his diapers, and this antheral did not bring immoderate further diapers. He expected the formation attendant to person immoderate AND alteration it — which she did not. I don't cognize wherefore this antheral expected formation attendants to instrumentality attraction of his kid for him. Poor kid. I tin ideate it was uncomfortable for him, and of course, helium wouldn’t privation to beryllium similar that. The odor was horrible for the remainder of the formation and filled astir of the country successful the cabin, adjacent though the formation attendants tried things to assistance with the smell, but helium inactive had his soiled diaper connected the full flight, truthful you could inactive powerfully odor it. The formation attendants apologized, adjacent though it wasn’t their fault. Everyone couldn’t hold to get disconnected the level erstwhile we landed. As everyone was getting off, the formation attendants told the antheral to adjacent clip marque definite helium packs diapers and is amended prepared to alert with the child."

—hiyacat

25. "I'm a formation attendant and had idiosyncratic person a meltdown due to the fact that I had to person them decently stow their wedding dress. The happening was monolithic and spilling into the aisle, blocking seats of the full row. They whitethorn person had to wage the edifice to get the wrinkles out, but I apt saved them from footwear prints and beverage cart rollers going backmost and distant implicit it."

"Still, she was successful tears, and I was not going to hazard others' safety, including my own."

—u/Anaxamenes

26. "I was connected a formation and was unluckily seated successful the middle. I had enactment my carry-on container successful the overhead compartment and conscionable kept a publication retired to read. I did it intentionally truthful that I could beryllium much comfy stretching my legs. The antheral seated successful the aisle spot boarded late, enactment his carry-on successful the bin supra us, and past reached implicit and slid his laptop container nether the spot successful beforehand of me. He past sat down, stretched retired his legs and proceeded to unopen his eyes. I was shocked by his nervus and instantly asked him to determination his laptop bag. He ignored me."

"So, I picked it up, dropped it connected the floor, and kicked it nether his legs. I past opened my publication and started to read. He glared astatine me, but past enactment it nether the spot successful beforehand of him. We didn't talk for the full flight, arsenic you tin imagine."

—joanwyly

27. "I was connected a five-hour formation to Atlanta erstwhile the pistillate down maine decided to commencement coating her nails. Five hours of smelling someone's nail polish fumes is simply a no-go for me, truthful I told her to stop. She protested but stopped. Getting decease glares from her and her person successful the adjacent spot was good worthy it."

—jadefishes

28. "I was connected a formation with truly atrocious turbulence. It went connected for astir 10 minutes, and past the aged woman adjacent to maine reached up and pressed her button. A formation attendant walks implicit to spot if the pistillate is okay, and the pistillate begins yelling astatine the attendant astir the unsmooth flight, saying she's been flying her full beingness and that the aviator intelligibly has nary thought what he's doing. The attendant conscionable walked away."

—u/NotWeirdThrowaway

29. "I was a passenger, but connected a three-hour formation a fewer years ago, I lucked into having an bare spot betwixt myself and the different idiosyncratic (a stranger) successful my row. I took retired my Kindle to bash immoderate reading. Next happening I know, this alien has moved into the spot adjacent to maine and is resting her caput connected my enarthrosis to work along. I asked, 'Can I assistance you?' And she conscionable says, 'I forgot to bring a book.' And then, started shoving Skittles successful her mouth, portion inactive connected my shoulder. I conscionable said, 'Nope, we’re not doing this,' shrugged her disconnected me, and enactment distant my Kindle."

"Like, if she had asked, I would person been blessed to clasp it successful the spot betwixt america truthful she could read, too, but I truly didn’t request the snuggles."

—duct_tape_heart

30. "I was connected a formation erstwhile wherever parents were traveling with their kids but had seats successful 2 antithetic rows. They enactment the kids successful 1 enactment and sat unneurotic successful the different row. Luckily, these were truly bully kids who stayed seated and colored the full flight. The kid connected the aisle did driblet their crayon once. It rolled adjacent to maine (opposite aisle seat), truthful I picked it up and gave it backmost to him. He past dropped crayons a fewer much times...I think, conscionable to get maine to prime it up."

—absurda42

31. "My girlfriend's ma is simply a formation attendant. One time, a pistillate got rather aggravated due to the fact that her girl spilled pome foodstuff each over, and determination wasn't a apparel dryer connected the level for her daughter's sweater."

—u/YacYacYac

32. "I erstwhile had a antheral chat with maine for the entirety of a three-hour flight. He was nice, but helium was chewing baccy and spitting it into a wide h2o vessel the full time. It was ace gross."

—mkatherinekelly

33. "I was connected a Vegas to Boston formation erstwhile a rider passed distant successful his sleep. The full concern was heartbreaking, and the formation attendants were intelligibly shaken. We stopped successful NY for exigency unit to be to him. The full process was precise quick, and the aviator and unit handled it similar champs. Just arsenic we were astir to instrumentality off, a feline successful the beforehand enactment asks the attendant if we would each get escaped drinks owed to the inconvenience. I've ne'er wanted to outcry astatine a alien truthful overmuch successful my life."

—u/Betsy514

Note: Some responses person been edited for magnitude and/or clarity.

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