Travel friends, I have to be honest – a part of me loves a good story about petty revenge. No one getting hurt, no one psychologically scarred for life, none of that. But a nice story of “they had it coming to them” and maybe…just MAYBE whoever “did someone wrong” will learn a life lesson? Or, if nothing else, the person doing the petty revenge feels better about the whole situation? Yup, I can dig it.
We get the impression that many of our readers like those stories too, because most times when we post a piece about petty revenge, more people tend to click on it (*cough* I mean, you just did, right? *cough*). Here are some of them:
- Flight attendant’s revenge on “fake vegetarian” on flight
- Woman did flight attendant wrong, flight attendants worldwide got even
- A hotel scammed their guests, who then got their revenge
- Cardi B.’s revenge on fellow passenger on her Delta flight
There’s one thing, though—if you’re going to “get your revenge” on someone, there’s a fine line between the person “getting what they deserve” and, well, not. We just found an example where the person claimed they got their petty revenge, but most people didn’t think the punishment fit the crime and could have done better.
The story
It’s something that was posted on Reddit, in their Petty Revenge subreddit (I know, I know. Big surprise there. Not.). Here’s the story…
The Reddit user wrote:
I was on a packed flight, in one of the last rows of an MD80, right near the lavatory (bathroom). Was settled in my aisle seat and right before they close the boarding door, this burly biker-looking dude gets on and has no space in the overhead for one of his bags.
He puts one in the last space in the overhead, then to my surprise, stuffs his small duffel bag under the seat in front of me, where my (minimal) leg room is. He gives me this dirty look, daring me to say something. I pretend not to notice, he takes his seat on the other side of the plane and we take off.
After dealing with the passenger’s bag by their feet for the whole journey, they decided enough was enough.
About an hour and a half later, the Redditor went to the lavatory and took an opportunity that they just couldn’t pass by.
They explained:
I go into the lav, and there is the typical puddle of urine on the floor in front of the toilet. I rub my foot into the puddle (I was wearing an old pair of sneakers), come out of the lav and hop on my other foot back to my seat.
You know where this is going, right?
The Reddit user went on:
I then rubbed my p***-covered shoe bottom all over the duffel bag at my feet. I got off the plane before the biker dude (he was in a window seat a couple rows back) so I didn’t get to see his reaction but I hope he enjoyed the aroma.
Here’s the link to the Reddit page. As always, be aware that the content may contain NSFW adult language.
Stories on the Petty Revenge subreddit tend to get positive responses. This one? Not so much. Granted, some people thought the OP’s revenge was perfect. One person who responded even admitted that they did something similar by kicking someone’s bag into the aisle.
But many other people saw issues with how the passenger dealt with the situation.
One said, “Having just come back from a 14 hour plane packed in like a sardine, I am a little triggered by this post. Biker dude or not, I would have said something or called the flight attendant for an abandoned bag.”
Another said, “Dude you really gotta stand up for yourself in situations like this.”
Yet another agreed: “Yeah this is where you have to be an adult and speak up.”
A fourth person said: “Should’ve called over the flight attendant and informed them that it’s an unattended bag.”
“Years ago, boarded a plane and the person next to me had placed something under the seat in front of me. I asked if it was his and he said yes but didn’t go to move it and acted like it was ok there. I told him it had to be moved and handed it to him. He was ruffled a bit but I was having none of it. Some people have no grasp of travel etiquette.”
Did it actually happen?
Of course, this is Reddit, where everyone is anonymous and people make up stories all the time. A handful of people suggested that OP’s event never happened.
Hope it’s bulls**t. Better than the alternative that there’s people out there who would rather rub their foot in a puddle of communal p**s than attempt to communicate with another human.
Plus spend the rest of their life retelling their big “win.”
Indeed.
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