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The Time I Saw A Guy Get Kicked Off A Plane
Posted by Simple Dude | Posted in Vacation | Posted on 23-03-2012
This is a follow up to Wednesday’s post about my airport experience… so it you haven’t read that one yet, you can go back and see it here.
So we get settled into our seats. Our First Class seats. Our big, comfortable, plenty of room to stretch out and scratch myself seats. And while people are still boarding around us the flight attendant stops them to ask if we would like anything to drink before takeoff. Umm… hell yeah! It may be 8:30am but it’s 9:00am somewhere. I’ll take a Bloody Mary! My Lady Friend was a little more sensible and just got a coffee.
How can I go back to flying coach now??
After we get settled and it appears that most if not all the people have boarded, we see the flight attendants huddled, speaking in hushed tones. Uh oh, did someone make a mistake bumping us up to First Class? Are we going to be pushed back into the (gasp) common people part of the plane?
Side note: when you are sitting in First Class you feel obligated to look at the common people walking by heading to their seats with a certain amount of disdain, as if they are beneath you.
Even though 99% of the flights I’ve been on, have been in coach, I am still forced to act superior that 1% of the time. It’s not my fault, I think it’s something about the air they pump into that part of the plane.
Then we realize the real reason for the hushed conversations as one of the flight attendants chews out the airline person working the gate entry. Anticipating the overhead bins filling up, they had started telling people they had to check their carry-ons. This is all well and good until someone who is forced to check their carry-on gets to their seats and see the overhead bins are NOT full. They were not happy. I would be pissed too. But I had plenty of space, you know, being in First Class and all.
Apparently one passenger took it a little too far, being belligerent, cussing at flight attendants, calling them idiots, etc. They don’t take too kindly to this behavior. So they kicked him off! Airport security came and grabbed the dude and walked him off the plane. And as he was escorted past me I noticed he HAD his carry-on bag. So he wasn’t even one of the people who was forced to check his! What a moron.
Can you imagine having to tell your wife, significant other, kids or boss that you are not going to be getting home on time because you were kicked off a plane for being a jackass? Ugh.
After all was said and done, we were about 20 minutes late taking off so not too bad. Then I spent the next 2 ½ hours soaking up the bloody mary’s and free food from the comfort of my big ass wide chair. Yep… it was the good life.
SD
P.S. I think I may have unintentionally misled some of you at the end of my LAST post. I mentioned there was an incident on the plane but I neglected to say it DIDN’T involve me directly. Oops. Sorry to disappoint those who thought I would be the one getting arrested.. haha.
That is funny. Some people just can’t keep themselves under control. He probably still thinks he was treated unfairly/
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Posted on: Mar/23/2012@8:32 am
These are always fun to watch. They’re almost as fun as the flight attendants who get cheeky when they’re explaining seatbelts/safety to you.
…almost.
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Posted on: Mar/23/2012@9:39 am
lol I didn’t think you’d be getting kicked off but I always have a bit of anxiety at scuffles like that. What a tool for raising a big commotion when he still had his bag. Some people. *shakes head*
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Posted on: Mar/23/2012@9:46 am
I didn’t think you were going to get arrested. I thought there was going to be sex.
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Posted on: Mar/23/2012@9:51 am
I had a jackass on a flight to LA that refused to turn his DVD player off after 3 warnings from the pilot himself. They actually had security surround the plane on the runway, two agents came on and escorted him off and we were two hours late taking off. Get an f’ing clue people!!
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Posted on: Mar/23/2012@9:55 am
Um. I am sad you didn’t get kicked off the plane. Try better next time.
Posted on: Mar/23/2012@9:58 am
People should understand that flying is no joke. I mean if they can ask you to strip before you board, that should be your signal that you can’t be a jackass.
It may not be right, but it is the way it is. Maybe he got kicked off so he can sue…
WG
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Posted on: Mar/23/2012@9:59 am
He had his stuff with him?? What a jackass. I’m tolerant about all flying annoyances – except screaming kids. I get rageful.
Glad 1st class was a treat.
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Posted on: Mar/23/2012@10:09 am
You know when he retells this tale, he’s the victim of over-zealous stewardesses (his terminology not mine) with a God complex who singled out him, the lone voice of justice.
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Posted on: Mar/23/2012@10:27 am
I’ve never been in first class. People like you make me jealous. But I imagine that if I ever should end up in first class, I’d laugh at the pitiful jealousy of the unwashed coach-class masses. Hah!
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Posted on: Mar/23/2012@12:25 pm
Unfortunately some people in this world just enjoy being asshats and getting attention for it. However it is highly humorous watching those asshats get their just desserts when they are acting that way…especially with a Bloody Mary in hand
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Posted on: Mar/23/2012@12:36 pm
Well I hope you ego isn’t damaged beyond repair, but I actually thought you wouldn’t have been the one to get arrested or involved in the incident, as you are far too passive to be THAT GUY! However I did hope that the incident was in closer proximity to you. Like one of my co-passengers who touched the flight attendants skirt and in a moment of turbulence pulled on the hem, and ALL FOUR OF US got cut off and no more free drinks in our big ass chairs. We made him buy a LOT of drinks after we landed!
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Posted on: Mar/23/2012@3:24 pm
This was so funny! Glad you were able to soak up your celebrity status for a couple of hours.
Maybe he will not be so quick to speak next time!
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Posted on: Mar/23/2012@3:38 pm
I love first class. Sometimes it can provide you some interesting entertainment. I’m happy it wasn’t you but it would have been an interesting post don’t you think?
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Posted on: Mar/23/2012@8:21 pm
it wouldnt surprise me if he got a payout from their customer service department
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Posted on: Mar/24/2012@7:45 pm
I too gaze disdainfully at the ocmmoners when I board first class on a plane. That is until the flight attendant notices me sneaking in and politely guides me (read, shoves me) back to my seat at the back of the plane where you can feel the tail engines give your backside a shiatsu massage.
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Posted on: Mar/25/2012@6:42 pm
you could be if you are causing disturbance to your fellow passangers
Posted on: Mar/26/2012@6:00 pm
That reminds me of Alec Baldwin being escorted off a plane because he wouldn’t turn off his cell phone. He was too busy playing Word with Friends, lol. I so was hoping that somehow you would be involved in the story though, other than an observer.
Posted on: Apr/2/2012@1:51 pm