'Entitled man on flight kept manspreading during flight so I got sweet revenge'
A man has been lauded for his clever revenge against a plane passenger who 'manspread' throughout their entire flight. The issue of 'entitled plane passengers' is a common gripe, and one traveller shared his ordeal on Reddit when he was flying for seven-and-a-half hours with his wife in the premium section due to his "plus sized" stature.
He recounted on Reddit: "I'm always so careful to make sure I'm not taking anyone else's space on a plane, even if it's uncomfortable. I'm supposed to be in a middle seat, but when I get there, there's already a man sitting in the middle spot next to his (assumed) wife, so I take the aisle. No big deal. I prefer that. My spouse was seated a couple of rows away."
Despite being a shorter man in his 70s, the passenger was occupying more space than necessary, leaving the storyteller cramped for the duration of the flight.
He continued: "He basically has a swimming pool of space to lounge around in. So tell me why the hell this man took my entire armrest and 3-4" of my space, had his entire body pressed against mine despite me seeing he had room between him and his wife.
"Most egregious of all, put his one foot like 6 inches into my leg room. Also, at one point, he motioned like he was trying to get at his seatbelt, but just kind of ended up 'pinching' at my upper thigh, but then didn't put his seatbelt on? Ew."
"He also had AirPods in and seemed to be pretending to sleep, plus being a woman sitting alone means I don't trust how he'd react if I said something."
To establish dominance, he retaliated by placing his foot on the border of his seat when he repositioned himself, stopping him from reclaiming the space.
However, this backfired because he positioned his foot directly against his and would knock into it every 20 seconds or so.
He explained: "I start texting my spouse and she does the coolest thing. She tells me she'll trade seats with me, and if he tries the same thing with her, she will start playing footsie with him.
"Here's the thing: my wife is a 6'4" bearded trans woman. She has a voice like Johnny Cash and to a 70-something creepy man, will absolutely read as male.
"So if this guy wants to intimidate a woman, he can do it to someone who will dish it out right back, but 5x creepier.
"I told her not to worry, I would put a blanket between us, no big deal. So the blanket goes down, his foot immediately retreats, but then... this guy starts 'tapping' his foot to music, but he's doing it pressed up against my foot, so he's basically just rubbing my foot up and down with his foot? I yank my foot back instinctively because I felt like I was going to puke. So I got the wife on him.
"Bless her heart for being willing to swap seats with me. She's an angel."
Reacting to his post, one user queried: "I need to know what the other guy did when your wife sat down! I'm sure he retreated back into a cocoon!".
Another chimed in with: "I just fell in love with your wife."
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