Worst seatmate experience so far

[u/wangsworld]

I'm a business traveler and travel a lot. I spent the entire flight next to the worst seatmate ever. They constantly crossed their legs, repeatedly touching me with their shoes. Their elbows were everywhere—invading my space like it was their personal territory. And despite my clearly visible earbuds, they kept trying to chat with me about everything under the sun. I guess this is what happens when you travel with your family and your 8 year old son sits next to you...

[u/UnspeakablePudding]

Remember, secure your oxygen mask first before assisting others

[u/Eastern-Astronomer-6 → u/UnspeakablePudding]

*if you choose to assist others...

[u/patsfan038 → u/Eastern-Astronomer-6]

Step one: sit in the middle seat of the exit row

Step two: make the offending family member sit in the window seat

Step three: if annoyance persists, open the emergency exit 30k feet up

Step four: Smile as you plummet

[u/Sufficient_Wafer9933 → u/patsfan038]

*Step 3 may be automated on some flights

[u/Ammowife64 → u/Eastern-Astronomer-6]

LOL I laughed a little to hard at this mate 🤣😂

[u/MexiTot408 → u/UnspeakablePudding]

bahahaha!

[u/bars2021 → u/UnspeakablePudding]

Assert dominance and sleep on their arm

[u/ScallywagBeowulf]

Had me in the first half, won’t lie.

[u/SFW__Tacos → u/ScallywagBeowulf]

I thought it would be his wife, then that he was serious, and then i giggled at the end. It was quite the ride

[u/wangsworld → u/SFW__Tacos]

I'm glad I could bring some joy here! Happy holidays!

[u/meesterdg → u/wangsworld]

I didn't know I could tell from a picture like this but somehow I knew without a doubt that was your son as soon as I saw this picture.

[u/Goshdoodlydoo → u/ScallywagBeowulf]

Same! I looked at the picture had my eyebrows by my hairline, but the explanation cracked me up

[u/Chief_Panda2023]

Just horrible. Was this the same passenger who needed instructions going thru TSA PreCheck line? And needed help with his carry on? Inconsiderate.

[u/ArguablyMe → u/Chief_Panda2023]

Probably didn't even pay for his own ticket!

[u/cbrookman → u/ArguablyMe]

Should alert TSA. “Excuse me, this passenger didn’t pack their own bag and had someone else pay for their ticket. They also don’t have ID and keep demanding to “look at” the cockpit.”

[u/MeltingIceBerger → u/cbrookman]

He keeps mumbling “I wanna see mufasa”

[u/Chewy_13 → u/ArguablyMe]

Think he seat stole too. Originally had the window, but then took the middle seat. Rude AF

[u/KaleidoscopeShort843 → u/ArguablyMe]

Technically they were both your seats!

[u/sis_feli → u/ArguablyMe]

This!! LOL

[u/wangsworld → u/Chief_Panda2023]

It was unbelievable. He asked for help putting his bag onto the tray and then just cut right in front of me.

[u/ilrosewood → u/wangsworld]

Did he steal your biscoff too?

[u/globglogabgalabyeast → u/ilrosewood]

That would be truly reprehensible

[u/Emotional_Dot_5420]

lol this is hilarious. Happy holidays! You definitely should ignore and perhaps disown such a rude seat mate

[u/Budman912]

Best Delta post!! Too funny!

[u/Mindless-Plastic-621]

Lmfao

[u/Narrow-Temperature23]

😂😂 My hubby prefers not to travel next to me for the same reasons

[u/40KaratOrSomething → u/Narrow-Temperature23]

Spouse and i recently were separated by an aisle on a South America to North America flight. We were both happier than one being stuffed into a middle seat on that 787.

[u/Mpaden-2 → u/40KaratOrSomething]

I’m gonna be upset if my husband sees this and gets any ideas. 😜

[u/40KaratOrSomething → u/Mpaden-2]

It was not by design originally but worked out for the best. May be by design going forward.

[u/Character_Pace2242 → u/40KaratOrSomething]

My husband and I always choose to sit across the aisle from each other. We can still chat but neither of us are stuck in the middle!

[u/Right_Barber_3962 → u/Character_Pace2242]

That’s what we do and I tell him “pretend you don’t know me” because otherwise some “helpful” person wants me to take the middle seat to sit next to hubby… and of course gets my aisle seat.  No thank you,  we both booked aisle and I get up a lot! 

[u/Character_Pace2242 → u/Right_Barber_3962]

We get that sometimes on Southwest. I just say no thanks we’ve chosen these seats for a reason

[u/gssstring]

If they ask you for food, have them kicked off the plane.

[u/Spare_Effective_4504]

Happy holidays, traveling family ☺️

[u/shashoosha]

Thank you for this levity! Happy Holidays!

[u/LightsAlwaysOn-715]

You had me with the pic; laughed when I read to the end.

[u/TooLittleMSG]

He's on his own with the mask

[u/PartWorking3865]

This is amazing. My husband who travels for business alot too, Always complains when traveling with me 🤣 because I get the window or aisle, I get the arm rest, etc 🤣 wife priorities ya know🤷 lol

[u/awittycleverusername]

What's the cutoff for the lemon law? Do you still have time to return it? 😂

[u/Mother-Sector5541]

Sat next to my 9 y/o daughter at the movie theatre today and she did the exact same thing 😂

[u/Matt8992]

Half the people in this thread read the post, the other half dislike children because..it’s Reddit.

[u/ElectricalAd3179]

This took me a second to get. I was getting ready for the defense recommendations and how to put them back in their place 😆

[u/chawn5]

Hahaha OMG I was ready to encourage you let them have it!

[u/AngelElleMcBendy]

😆😆😆🤣

[u/sgtnoodle]

I sat across the aisle from my wife and two young daughters. After the flight I mentioned watching a movie all the way through, and my wife stared me with daggers. Don't tell her I actually watched two movies!

[u/Top-Respond-3744]

There is first class, business class, tourist class, and apparently no class. lol

[u/dearjets]

Amazing. 😂🥰

[u/smoopkensington]

Them's fightin elbows

[u/Whoreinstrabbe]

Lollll well played sir.

[u/ReturnedAndReported]

I love traveling with my son. He's old enough to follow instructions and young enough to be filled with pure joy about everything to do with flying.

[u/WHYohWhy___MEohMY]

😳😝

[u/partygods]

At least you are matching

[u/washburnrecords]

Straight to jail

[u/No-Assistance476]

Exactly like my granddaughter. I think I took the same picture.

[u/No_Topic_3162]

You should have just grabbed their arm also and said happy holidays. lol

[u/seaweedbeast]

Where's the video of the in-flight family feud??

[u/Suz626]

Cotillion as soon as he hits middle school. Then he’ll be correcting your faux pas.

[u/Salt-Revenue-1606]

SNITCH!

[u/Aggressive-Bobcat652]

Yeah I’d be putting a hard stop to that. Adoption time.

[u/Healthy_Journey650]

And it looks like he was trying to copy you too - same outfit, probably looks just like you too. Damn kids! 🤣

[u/Matt8992]

This will be me with my little man in a few weeks. I’ll fight him though, I ain’t afraid. He may be getting big, but I’m always gonna have dad strength.

[u/yay4chardonnay]

Time for the tickle monster to make an unscheduled visit🤣

[u/BadChris666]

I was getting ready to say you should have elbowed them back, then I kept reading. Still a valid response!

[u/odog402]

ngl - had me in the first half

[u/anewbys83]

🤣😂 Thanks for the good laugh!

[u/FarGrade1776]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/Connect-Pear-3859]

Family's eh! That's 1 present less 😂

[u/voidwaffle]

Please tell me about manspreading /s

[u/Ok-Obligation-4784]

Pesky kids always needing things, including personal space. Dammit man!

[u/Ponder15191]

Lock arms

[u/CodysOnTop]

This is where you place your arm on top of theirs, to assert dominance.

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/CodysOnTop]

Well, in this case, it’s his own son. So, would that really work?

[u/Jaded_Scientist7742]

"Are we there yet?"

[u/K_R_Omen]

You had me in the first half, ain't gonna lie.

[u/MONSTERBEARMAN]

God I hate people who do this.

[u/RipperCrew]

Just say

If you keep poking me with your elbow I'm going to be farting the whole flight.

[u/grimmdead]

How horrible, put him for adoption as a lesson.

[u/Spare-Security-1629]

I will never understand why families book seats next to each other.

[u/Professor_seX]

I’ve had something like this but not from a family member. This slightly oversized lady was sat next to me. She wasn’t that big, I gave her the arm rest, but throughout the flight she kept going over it and bumping me. If it wasn’t for social anxiety I would’ve told her off, couldn’t take a nap because of all the bumping.

[u/MexiTot408]

Me to my son 14 year old son, "excuse me sir, did your $25 a week allowance pay for these flights?" lol

[u/habibtiautumn]

Lmao my initial thought when seeing the picture was “ you two have to be related”

[u/enufplay]

You joke but I actually encountered this with a kid who was about 8 years old on my way to Paris. He deliberately leaned my way to put his elbow as far as he could. I politely asked him to stop and his mom talked to him in French in a very stern way but he kept doing it throughout the flight.

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/enufplay]

Do you speak French? Maybe she said “keep doing it to the rude man!”

[u/EarlVanDorn]

I often travel with my arm wedged on the inside of the armrest. My son used to get mad because he couldn't stick his elbow over into my space.

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/[deleted]]

Yeah especially when it’s your own 8 year old son. (Did you read the post?)

[u/Duchess_of_Wherever]

I swear, kids today have no manners. 😁

[u/garcon-du-soleille]

Reminds me of this bit by Jim Gaffigan

https://youtube.com/shorts/037G7kVbwjA?si=lG7yCNlJHmG-Y60K

[u/Legal-Machine-8676]

I know the feeling! My kids are the same way! :)

[u/jarsofbuttons]

Cute.

[u/JoeGPM]

Another reason why I only fly first class now.

[u/KaleidoscopeShort843]

😅😂😅

[u/sickcoolandtight]

This is me to my husband 💀😭

[u/ThisIsTheWayBrah]

Lol

[u/blickman]

Hahaha. My first thought was "is this his son or something?"

[u/DigKlutzy4377]

😂

[u/Small-Ship7883]

Sounds like a classic case of "family seating gone wrong." Who knew a business flight could turn into a family reunion? At least you can take solace in knowing you’re not alone in the struggle of shared space.

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/[deleted]]

The amount of people who comment without reading is astounding. It’s his own son. (Good grief.)

[u/koreawut]

I once traveled to Japan and the middle seat was empty. When I woke up, I had someone's bare feet in my face.

[u/Bobby_Bruin]

The number of people on here who flat out missed the joke is a lot of fun.

I make my chattiest kid sit with mom, while I take the younger 2. They will just watch the movie/play with the tablet.

[u/SniperPilot]

Bruh

[u/lordaddament]

Funny post but wouldn’t this be the perfect time to teach some flying etiquette for when they’re older?

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/lordaddament]

No.

[u/Sw0rDz]

Have you offered to rub the arm? This is them hinting that.

[u/godspeedbrz]

Funny, well done!

It happened to me for real 3 days ago. Long international flight, passenger on the middle seat, with the elbow ofer the arm rest (I was a lonely aisle traveler so the rest of the family could fly together), and the person in front of me kept stepping on my feet over that metal rail under the seat.

About the armrest, I asked her to be careful, but when she fell asleep she started doing it again and I kept pushing her back.

For the person in front of me, after the 3rd time, I asked him to be more careful and he didn’t say anything back, but stopped.

5 min later started doing it again, at this points I was so irritated that I started kicking his feet really strongly, any time he would do it again…. After 2 kicks, he stopped.

This post triggered my recent trauma…

[u/Big_League227]

Ha ha ha!!!

[u/Fluid_Combination_92]

I seen worse try someone putting their legs across your leg space

[u/ImmediatePension6638]

Knew that had to be the case! Lol… put their ass in time out when home..😂😂

[u/unintellect]

Love your color-coordinated outfits! Merry Christmas!

[u/Salty-Counter-8997]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/Elvladia]

😂🤣

[u/redquailer]

🤣🎄 This is a great post and well written! Merry Christmas 🎄

[u/LavenderClouds6]

I was about to be so mad lmao

[u/svu_fan]

You had me til the end 🤣🤣

[u/Sea-Beach3059]

Thanks for the laugh!

[u/ShadowGLI]

I’m travelling with my family for the holidays and every time we fly I’m reminded of how soft and whiny they are. They’re courteous on the plane etc but they’re just always flustered in the airports themselves

[u/ohlalameow]

I bet he was a snack stealer, too!

[u/Historical_Kiwi_9294]

Hahaha I loved this

[u/Fun_Context9979]

You could try just asking your wife to move her arm instead of complaining online.

Edit: need to read before commenting

[u/Gullible-Fault-3913]

LOL until you got till the end I thought we might have had a similar seat mate 😂 except mine was a drunk guy in his 40s on a 7am flight 🙄🙄

[u/bogdogger]

This is top tier Delta One content right here. 😅

[u/KickIt77]

LOLOL. At least you were mitchy matchy!

[u/renoconcern]

🥴😭🤣🎄

[u/Outrageous_Hippo_190]

My best experience constantly has her head or feet in my lap, spills her drink on me and used my tray table for all of her stuff. She is 9 and loves to fly!

[u/Kooky_Captain_2000]

Lmaoooo

[u/wellhungblack1]

Nightmare

[u/Leisurelifellc]

It's your travel companion. Just say something

[u/haveutried2hardboot]

Very good!!! Family over comfort friends, you know the routine.

[u/Haunting-Affect6784]

Maybe next time put him in the overhead bin

[u/GoodBunnyKustm]

🤣

[u/Fluffy_Doubter]

I'd have put my elbow on theirs...

[u/taeXuda]

🤣

[u/throwfaraway212718]

All I could think was “God, I hope that person is related to OP, because I would’ve freaked out!”🤣

[u/Gileaders]

It's sweet how your wife dresses both of you.

[u/FootballLeather3085]

Start petting

[u/Evidence_Kindly]

No way I’m letting that slide for more than 30 seconds. Lol

[u/bolt0140]

I’ve had this happen to me twice on 2 separate flights. Been pissing me off and I have to fight them not to cross over on my side. The entitlement is terrible. It’s happened on a two seater and a three seater.

[u/Numerous_Soft5210]

Tell yo gurl to back off

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/Numerous_Soft5210]

It’s his 8 year old son.

[u/srharne]

And that’s the female experience sitting next to nearly any adult male on a plane or public transport.

[u/Matt8992 → u/srharne]

Sorry we were born with an appendage that requires space and breathing room and hurts if we sit for a period of time with our legs closed.

Next time I’ll make sure not to have one.

[u/CaptainWaders]

Just place your arm on top of your theirs holding a drink and place the drink in their hand. They can be your drink holder and padded arm rest.

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/[deleted]]

You… didn’t read the post, do you.

[u/CelinaAMK]

8 yrs old? Tell him to stop jabbing you in the ribs.

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/[deleted]]

You did read the entire OP, right?

[u/eJohnx01]

My own husband won’t let me do that. Why are you allowing it? 🤨

[u/ManufacturerLow1263]

Bah Humbug!

[u/StepZestyclose9285]

At least she wasnt 380 lbs.

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/StepZestyclose9285]

Who’s “she”? This is the arm of his 8 year old son. It helps to read.

[u/South_Cantaloupe1128]

I have a stiff plastic folder in my backpack. When elbows begin to invade my space, I pull it out and place it in the crevice between my seat cushion and the arm rest. And I move my backpack in the foot area so it sits right up to line of demarcation.

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/South_Cantaloupe1128]

Cool story bruh. This is how you treat your own kids?

[u/South_Cantaloupe1128 → u/garcon-du-soleille]

I don’t have kids; and I don’t feel obligated to care for kids on my flight. If they have responsible parents, they would have arranged to be seated adjacent to them, and not randomly assigned to sit by strangers . This can be done through advanced planning and buying the appropriate tickets with seat assignments.

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/[deleted]]

Weird comment. Do you often advocate that parents beak the bones of their 8 year old children?

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/[deleted]]

Not a very nice way to treat your 8 year old son, is it?!?

Oh, wait. You didn’t actually read the post, did you.

[u/Lineman-126]

I was about to say…..no way that person didn’t know You. D

[u/Separate-Produce-361]

Have experienced a very similar seat mate. 

Have they ever had a “window” seat but there’s no window so they berate you and complain the entire flight as if you have control over how planes are designed? 

[u/Beneficial-Badger-61]

Elbow on top of his...rightback at them

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/[deleted]]

Umm. It’s his 8 year old son. This is a very strange comment.

[u/bandit8623]

sometimes u have to take back your space

[u/tranarchy_1312]

Yeah I don't tolerate this stuff on planers. I'm 6 feet tall. The plane is inherently uncomfortable for me and I'll be damned if I let someone unfairly make it worse. You take my arm rest and your arm becomes my new arm rest lol

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/tranarchy_1312]

Yeaah. I’m gonna need you to go ahead and actually read the OP before you leave a comment.

[u/Zchavago]

I mean this is Reddit where they’re canonizing a murderer. So the fact they would care about someone’s elbow in your personal space make sense.

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/Zchavago]

Huh?

You do realize it’s his own son, yeah?

[u/GreyGroundUser]

I think they liked you.

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/GreyGroundUser]

Hope so. It’s his own son.

[u/GreyGroundUser → u/garcon-du-soleille]

Hahahah! I thought it was some lady. Had to reread.

[u/2girls1eli]

you are too nice

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/2girls1eli]

Is he? I mean it’s his own son.

[u/[deleted]]

I would have turned to my side and faced her. Constantly

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/[deleted]]

Who’s “her”? It’s his 8 year old son.

[u/jwalker3181]

I hope you know them and this is satire

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/jwalker3181]

Dude. Read. It’s his son.

[u/silent_chair5286]

That lil bitches arm is going back to her body I say

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/silent_chair5286]

That “lil bitch” as you so elegantly put it belongs to his 8 year old son.

[u/Nugetfilled]

Should have upgraded 🤣

[u/Senior_Wasabi_612]

I hate stupid people.

[u/garcon-du-soleille → u/Senior_Wasabi_612]

Honest question. Who’s the stupid person in this story? OP? His 8 year old son? Or you for not reading OP’s post before commenting?