She Struggled To Fit Her Carry-On In The Overhead Bin, And Another Passenger Made It Worse By Trying To Take Over
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Airplane storage can turn a minor inconvenience into major drama.
Two passengers had already solved a tricky overhead-bin problem.
Then, a late arrival started rearranging everything.
Patience ran out quickly.
Check out how this baggage battle unfolded.
AITA- F (49) telling a stranger (M 50+) to stop trying to bully me and the passenger next to me?
I was sitting in BC on a flight to YYZ from YVR.
The overhead bin space is allocated above our seats and is a little tricky.
I had to finesse my carry-on flat, not sideways, because the bins are lower in height.
My seatmate looked up from her laptop and laughed with me as I took a moment to figure it out.
She said she had the same issue.
This woman was able to fix her carry-on in the bin and finally closed it.
It was sorted, I closed the full bin, and settled in for our flight.
A man and a woman come rushing onto the flight just after last call.
He’s huffing and complaining under his breath.
He has two carry-ons and a huge backpack and starts opening bins left and right, trying to stuff his bags wherever he can.
The man yelled at her and told her she did it wrong.
Then he opens ours, yells at us, and says we did it wrong.
He claims we obviously don’t know a thing about loading bags.
He pulls out our luggage, puts his in, and tries to stuff our bags sideways.
He starts swearing because, obviously, the bins won’t close.
She yelled back, telling him to stop bullying them.
I get up and tell him not to remove our bags and to put them back.
He glares at me, again tries to tell me I’m wrong, and keeps banging the bin on my luggage.
Finally, I look at him and tell him to stop trying to mansplain how to do something we had already figured out before he came on board.
He decided to play a game of bag Tetris.
The man’s wife apologized to them and told them he was having a bad day.
I was firm and annoyed.
Then, the flight attendant came and told this man to leave our bags and sit down.
She took his bags away for gate check and put ours back, and that was that.
His wife looked embarrassed, apologized, and said her husband had a bad day.
After I sat down, I felt bad about raising my voice.
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AITA?
Let’s see how others reacted to this story.
This person makes a seriously valid point.
You’re allowed to be upset with someone yelling at you, says this one.
This user shares their personal thoughts.
Short and simple.
Finally, this one makes sense, too.
The late passenger removed their luggage, insulted them, and repeatedly tried to force the bags into the wrong position.
This woman was justified in confronting him, and the flight attendant ultimately restored their bags while checking his.
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