Flying is one of the easiest ways to get from one place to another. It is convenient and often saves you time compared to driving or taking some other means of transportation.
On occasion, however, we may even find that the convenience of flying is overshadowed by some of the inconveniences that may go along with it. This could include having a kid sitting behind you and kicking your chair.
When that happened to the man in the story we have for you below, he decided he had enough. The family didn’t do anything to stop the child from kicking the seat so he took matters into his own hands.
This was a few years ago, when my dad and I(14f) were on a flight back home from India. Behind us there was a family of three, with their son behind me, and the mum behind my dad.
It was a night time flight and everyone was beat. It was also a small, budget-airlines with not much leg room. About 10 minutes into the flight, the kid behind me starts kicking my seat. To be clear, he wasn’t very little, maybe 9 or 10. I let my dad know and he politely asks him to stop, and he does…..for about 10 seconds. We tell him again ( more firmly this time), but no luck.
This is where the revenge starts. My dad reclines his seat as much as he can and when they ask him to put it up he doesn’t. They call the flight attendant(FA) and the jerk dad (JD) talks to him.
JD: this man put his seat down, and my wife is uncomfortable.
FA (while talking to my dad): would you like to keep it down?
My dad: yes please
FA: well then, he can if he wants to. That’s not his problem. Have a nice flight
He walks away with the dad left spluttering and cursing under his breath.
Fun times!
Edit: sorry, I didn’t give proper closure disappointing a lot of you. The parents realised what happened and after a few harsh whispers, got the kid to stop kicking. But that didn’t stop them from glaring at both me, my dad and the flight attendant that walked by. My dad did keep the seat down for another hour, but got up once he was sure those parents learnt their lesson.
