On a United Airlines flight from Miami to Newark, a woman tried to move forward during deplaning, says a man blocked her with his elbow, and then recorded the argument that she escalated.
She says she was “walking past” and did not push anyone. She says a man had “no business” blocking her and that he used his elbow stop her. A woman complains about the (extreme and constant) profanity the passenger is dropping, “My children are right here,” objecting to the profanity and scene.
Her defense is basically:
- she was not far behind first class
- she did not have a carry-on
- she saw room to move forward.
And she claims the man was “mad because I was ahead while everybody else was sitting down,” and that she “took [her] chance” to move because she had no carry-on. She thought the video would vindicate her, but it mostly made her look worse.
I ain’t even from Jersey. Period. Mind your business. That’s what’s wrong with people now and people business.
Alright, and tell your man next time he don’t have to do that. He should have thought about his kids when he sat up there trying to block me. He could have just moved to the side. No, I’m going to do what the [f—] I want to do. I’m grown. He should have never..disturbed me. I was minding my business walking by. You had no business trying to block me.
This video is extremely not safe for work due to language. It is extremely not safe for work from home, too.
The recurring themes in the comments to the video:
“Wait your turn.”
“You were cutting the aisle.”
“The profanity around kids destroyed your case.”
“Recording yourself with a filter while yelling is not the flex you think it is.”
“Let’s remember…she uploaded this…”
“I don’t think this video is doing what she was hoping for…”
We’ve seen vigilantes take revenge on passengers who wouldn’t wait their turn getting off a plane. The correct deplaning etiquette is to wait your turn, but if there’s a clear opening where you’re not blocking anyone as the passenger ahead of you delays, it’s ok to move past.
The goal is for everyone to got off quickly. That means everyone behind you is on the plane for less time. Fast deplaning also keeps flights running on time, allowing airlines to turn aircraft more quickly. And quick turns, along with on-time operations, keep costs down and fares low.
- Getting ready to deplane, including getting things out of the overhead bin, speeds up the process. That means getting everyone off the aircraft a couple of minutes faster. And that means more people make tight connections (which is polite to your fellow travelers). It also means allowing those couple of minutes for cleaners to get on board and clean the aircraft (polite to the cleaners, letting them do their job, and polite to the next passengers on the plane). It helps with the airline’s operation, too, which makes them more efficient and holds down costs and ultimately fares.
- It’s polite to the middle seat passenger who’s been stuck in place for hours when the person in the aisle seat gets up into the aisle. When you no longer have to have seat belts fastened, you want to take advantage of all of the space in the aircraft. The aisle seat passenger gets into the aisle, the middle seat passenger now has the space of the aisle seat to spread into, and the window seat passenger has a bit more elbow room as well. Why wouldn’t you use all of the space in the aircraft for comfort?
- You’ve been stuck in an uncomfortable seat for hours, why not stand as soon as you can? Especially in an era of less-padded slimline seats, it’s time to give your back a rest.
You should get up as soon as the seat belt sign turns off especially if you’re in the aisle. That doesn’t mean you should shove ahead of other passengers. You should not. But if other passengers are taking their time getting up, and there’s an opening where you won’t block anyone else or slow them down, by all means go ahead of them. That keeps the disembarkation process moving, and gets everyone else off the plane quicker.
But ultimately be polite, getting off ahead of others only makes sense if there really is a clean path that means you’re not disturbing anyone. If someone can ‘throw an elbow in front of you’ (not appropriate) then there wasn’t actually a clean path.
Looking at her and considering to was MIA to EWR tells me everything I need to know.
It’s always “those” people
You are right George. Before I clicked on I was thinking to or from MIA. Obviously just back from South Beach and her Carnival Cruise. Hard core Democrat too.
And this is how stereotypes are made.
Guy probably could stand that a black woman defied him. Hope he get named and shamed and loses his job.
Guy probably couldn’t stand that a black woman defied him. Hope he gets named and shamed and loses his job.
I commonly find when adults refer to themselves as “grown,” they are acting like children. No argument I make has me refer to myself as “grown.”
White entitlement and supremacy, he thought it was his duty to make sure this “lesser” knew she needed to follow his white rules.
First four (@George Romey, @John T Burkholder, @CoffeePlease, @stogieguy7)… that was just plane-ole racism (pun intended).
Misbehavior (cutting, rudeness, cursing) is the problem; not the race, gender, background of the individual, or the origin/destination of the flight.
Gary’s right. There’s a better way to treat each other. Clearly, this wasn’t it.
@KittyKat — Maybe, but no one should be losing their jobs here.
@This comes to mind — Agreed.
Entitled to everything and ashamed of nothing
@1990
Fish on the line! Fish on the line! Ha! Ha!
Me thinks Kitty Kat was her traveling companion.
@Coffee Please — “I don’t think that’s a porpoise…”
I am sure the guy blocked her, but this is no way to react. They are both at fault, but she needs to calm down. I don’t know why she had to activate her video recorder and curse like a sailor out on leave. Totally inappropriate and rude. But like another person said Miami to Newark that’s all you need to know
Why not move forward if there is a clear path? Why wait behind people who need to unload their carry on if you don’t have one? When people are already standing in the aisle, that is not a clear path. If you have a short connection, politely ask. Throwing an elbow out to block somebody is no way to act, but neither is a spewing an F word tirade.
When I worked retail as a college student I quickly learned a simple life-rule: Screaming and cursing when you feel you have been mistreated completely destroys your credibility. Keep your cool if you want to win.
A customer blows up at an employee, screaming and ranting to the manager. They manager may nod and apologize and appear to take their side, but once they leave, everyone laughs about that crazy jerk and the employee gets a pass — even if the customer *was* correct.
A customer calmly explains the situation to the manager. When they leave, the manager is much more likely to ask “What did you do?” and take the customer’s side. I would literally hear them note “Look, she seemed calm and reasonable, something must have happened….”
If you truly want to “win” the situation, stay calm and keep your cool. Otherwise, it’s easy to write you off as a crazy, obnoxious d*ck or loon.
Why are we giving airtime to some random person who had a mental meltdown when deplaning? Seems like the kind of thing we should just ignore rather than broadcast…
The elbow was a wrong move but if you’re going to skip ahead, look people in the eye and get some acknowledgement. Or apologize politely and say you have a short connection. It’s a small space. Kindness goes a long way to making it comfortable.
I suspect, based on her way of handling conflict, that she wasn’t polite about any of it.
Even better, if you want to get off the plane first, pay for first class.
She seems nice.
Dang, I’m just shocked this wasn’t on a Spirit flight.
On another note, the level of incivility in society is nuts. While there are horrid people all over, this is a major reason that I tend to fly first class; you’re slightly less likely to encounter horribly rude people up front who have paid a lot for their flight.
This is why we need to return to TWO exits to deplane.
Carnival buffet line expert.
Looks to me like she “staged” this on purpose just to go viral. I’m a born cynic….
The problem is not the people it is the airlines packing people into small spaces based on $/people profit. I fly in first class simply to avoid the dense seating and the long deplaning from economy. The air travel environment has deteriorated in quality. I say open up seat and raise prices to meet the people/profit ratio. I’m actually subsidizing the economy flyers. Let the airlines use smaller more economical planes on all but the longest routes and price the seats appropriately.
Back cabin entitlement simian. She’s lucky the elbow just reminded her, it would have been fine for him to launch her back to her seat at elbow-point.
I subconsciously must miss Roller Derby…why else would I read this rubbish.
I see the Amish are acting up again. Always the Amish, all the time.
Cuz, you know, be’in seat 19 E gives you rights.
Entitlement at it’s worst. Or maybe it is worse from people who think that they are entitled to jam their seat back into my knees.
There seems to be only one person exhibiting aggressive and beyond foul behavior. She shows her ignorance by her limited verbiage, use of the F bomb as one of the few in her vocabulary. This calls for the FAA to start enforcing the rules that state escalating or creating a civil disturbance on a commercial airplane while still engaged is a felony, and that individual should be escorted off the plane by security. Being a multi-race, this has nothing to do with hers, as I’m finding the constant and overall use of profanity is becoming alarmingly common, and a sign of the decline of decency, and pride in a proficient vocabulary.
1. that’s a monkey
2. that’s savage
3. why does she/he have white womans hair?