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By northernlass - 01/10/2010 14:32 - United States

Today, I boarded a trans-Atlantic flight by myself, and struck up a nice conversation with the passenger across the aisle. Before we even took off, the man in front of me unbuckled, stood to face me, and asked me to please shut the hell up. "It's a 9 hour flight, and you're VERY loud!" FML

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By Ashleigh - 22/04/2011 18:43 - United States

Today, I was on a three hour flight to Los Angeles for a corporate meeting. The woman next to me instantly fell asleep and snored louder than a freight train, while the kid behind me made a hobby of thashing my seat from behind. When I peered over and asked him to stop, he spat in my face. FML

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Oh, the irony

By HassledAirfarer - 07/12/2009 02:08 - United States

Today, I was on a red-eye flight, and the woman beside me was chattering loudly to her friend. I opened my laptop and got to work. Suddenly, one of the women turned to me and told me that the clicking of my keyboard was too loud. She then called me an "inconsiderate, selfish bitch." FML

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By Dammit - 16/02/2025 20:00 - Australia

Today, I was on a long-haul flight, desperately trying to sleep. My husband next to me started snoring so loudly, I swear he was vibrating the seat. In a dazed, half-asleep state, I leaned over and hissed, “Shut up!” It wasn’t him. It was the guy next to him. He woke up and looked at me like I was the problem. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/03/2015 15:26 - United States

Today, I got in line for my flight to visit a friend in England. My mom was there to see me off, and decided to shout "No sex!" while waving, in front of at least a hundred people who will very likely be sharing the transatlantic flight with me. FML

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By Sigh - 19/02/2013 17:13 - United Kingdom - Waltham Abbey

Today, a woman strapped her 8-year-old son into the seat next to me on a transatlantic flight. Thinking they'd been unable to book seats together, I offered to swap seats with her. She said she'd booked it this way intentionally, because he's a "fucking brat" on flights. She was right. FML

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Unflattered

By lindsay - 28/10/2019 00:01

Today, I was at the airport walking around, killing time. There was a man about twenty years older than me who kept on eyeballing me, and it really wasn't flattering. I get on the plane and guess who I get to sit next to. FML

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Foursome

By MLeguillon - 01/09/2014 04:34 - United States - Imperial

Today, after years of wonderful flying experiences, I boarded a flight and took my seat only to find a baby sitting in front of me, behind me, and to the right of me, and across the aisle from me. All of whom decided to cry in unison. It was a 9-hour flight. FML

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By planes - 30/12/2009 06:27 - United States

Today, on the airplane, the kid behind me kicked my seat hundreds of times, while the big bald guy next to me farted deadly ones repeatedly. I was on a non-stop 14-hour flight. FML

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By huj - 25/09/2010 21:49 - United States

Today, I was on an airplane, riding in first class for the first time in my life. The man next to me turned to me just before takeoff, stared at my chest, and said that he hoped there would be severe turbulence. FML

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Flight from Hell

By Anonymous - 04/07/2023 17:00

Today, I was sat next to a screaming baby on a 9-hour flight. Now before anyone has a go at me, I am in no way blaming the baby, I’m blaming the mother with her makeup hair and nails done perfectly, with her AirPods on, staring at her phone, and ignoring her screaming child the full 9 hours. FML

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MAGNAVOX 0

Friday 1 October 2010 19:05

The idea of talking loudly on a long flight.

JGood09 0

Friday 1 October 2010 19:09

I've been on a long ass flight like this before, loud people do get annoying after awhile

Comments

knibbsy 4

Friday 1 October 2010 20:00

Exactly! He should have said "ENOUGH OF 'YO JIBBA JABBA!" But he didn't, so he will get lupus soon.

Marvin_Android 0

Friday 1 October 2010 20:47

Flying is so dreadfully tedious. I should know. You think a 9-hour flight across a small planet such as yours is bad? Try spending years travelling through deep space. It's so mind-achingly dull, much like your story. Your fellow Earth-monkey was trying to make the experience slightly less miserable for everyone around you; tedium is bad enough without annoyance on top of it. Just thinking about a loud passenger behind me gets me even more depressed, which I did not believe was possible. Life. Don't talk to me about life.

krysjones 0

Friday 1 October 2010 20:58

umm I would have looked him in the eye and said "Rude."

fearfulsymmetry 1

Friday 1 October 2010 21:03

I guess somebody learned their lesson, eh? Don't talk so loud in public.

TheIrishJaneDoe 8

Friday 1 October 2010 21:04

Ugh, screw weddings— air travel is where we need to use all those antiquated etiquette rules. You probably were being rude, and he definitely was. As if being cramped in an inevitably too hot or cold space, having your personal bubble invaded, and breathing your seatmate's stale breath for 9 hours isn't bad enough already. I would've been super-stressed out just overhearing this happen.

sYmhaHa 0

Friday 1 October 2010 21:30

I'm guessing you would of been the loud douche by how annoying you already are..

CloudEnvy 17

Friday 1 October 2010 21:43

#59 I'm guessing that your guess is irrelevant and poorly guessed.

sYmhaHa 0

Friday 1 October 2010 22:33

#61 I'm guessing your comment is irrelevant, so what does that leave us at? I don't care so SMD..

CloudEnvy 17

Friday 1 October 2010 23:13

I'm no longer guessing and you've expired my playfulness. My comment gained validity as soon as yours lost it's own. Concerning where this leaves us? It leaves me content and should leave you seeking greater understanding.

TheIrishJaneDoe 8

Friday 1 October 2010 23:19

It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside when the smart people stick up for me. :] *high fives CloudEnvy*

CloudEnvy 17

Friday 1 October 2010 23:32

*High fives*

honeybeex3 0

Friday 1 October 2010 21:06

Who pissed in his coffee :o

Trollz4daLULZ 1

Friday 1 October 2010 21:12

YDI for flying, for giving any airline any of your money at all, for being a loudmouth babbler, and for even trying to be sociable in the first place. If you're going to talk loudly on an airplane, make sure you do it in Arabic. Duh.