June 24, 2025 at 11:15 am

Entitled Man Tried To Cut Ahead At The Airport Restaurant, So Hungry Passenger Asserted Themselves And Then Got Blamed For Being Rude

by Benjamin Cottrell

woman ordering food at the airport

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Airport travel brings out all kinds of questionable behaviors, especially when people are stressed or hungry.

One passenger learned just how tense things could get when a man tried to skip the line without asking.

Read on for the full story.

AITA for not allowing someone to go in front of me when ordering food at the airport?

So I just got off my flight and I was really hungry. I can’t eat much of the food they had on the plane because of personal reasons.

I was waiting in line at a restaurant in the airport, and it’s almost my turn after 5 people ahead of me.

But then comes some unexpected drama.

So when it comes my turn, the guy behind me says to the cashier before I can order: “Hey, my flight is boarding soon, is there any chance you could make my food now?”

This traveler is quick to shut him down, but the man doesn’t seem to care.

To which I reply that I was in line first.

He kinda gives me an acknowledging nod, then is about to say something else to the cashier, but I cut him off and say, “I’m really hungry,” because I was.

This rubbed them the wrong way.

I was kind of annoyed because he did not ask me for my spot, just the cashier. I felt this was rude, so I looked him in the eye when I said that.

The man ended up leaving, but it still didn’t sit right with them.

The cashier informs him it would take 10–12 minutes for the food, and he rushes off saying, “All yours, sir,” as if I was the rude one.

If he had asked me nicely, I may have said fine, but he didn’t, so I was not polite either.

AITA?

Looks like this guy never learned the power of asking nicely.

What did Reddit have to say?

Sometimes you just have to tell it like it is.

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If he really cared about getting there promptly, he would have planned accordingly.

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Airports may as well be the epicenter for entitled behavior.

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Even if this guy really did need to go first, he should have asked differently.

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Maybe the man was in a hurry, but that didn’t make skipping the line okay.

Some people need to learn that the world doesn’t bend to their will.

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Benjamin Cottrell | Assistant Editor, Internet Culture

Benjamin Cottrell is an Assistant Editor and contributing writer at TwistedSifter, specializing in internet culture, viral social dynamics, and the moral complexities of online communities. He brings a highly analytical, editorial voice to his reporting on workplace conflicts, malicious compliance, and interpersonal drama, with a specific focus on nuanced stories that lack an obvious villain.

As a published author of rhetorical criticism, Benjamin leverages his academic background in human communication to dissect and elevate viral social media threads. Instead of simply summarizing events, he provides readers with balanced, deep-dive commentary into why the internet reacts the way it does. In addition to his cultural reporting, he is an experienced fine art photography essayist and video game reviewer.

When he isn’t analyzing the latest viral debates, Benjamin is usually chipping away at his extensive video game backlog, hunting down the best new restaurants, or out exploring the city with a camera in hand.

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