Man praised for 'very British revenge' on entitled teen who 'ruined flight'

A man has been praised for his 'petty' revenge on a troublesome teenager who ruined his flight. The passenger was travelling to the USA from the UK when he found himself seated next to a mother and her teenage daughter.

But the nine-hour flight was far from peaceful. The teenager elbowed him during the journey while sitting on the plane shoeless.

She also 'slapped' the man with her jacket and woke him up by kicking him after he had dozed off. Despite telling the mother and daughter to be 'civilised', the man felt he needed to get revenge.

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Writing on Reddit, he said: "I was flying to America from the UK, and a mother and apparent 18 y/o daughter were sitting next to me. "She looked younger but the mother gave her alcohol during the flight that she had ordered, so who knows.

"The whole flight the daughter had her shoes off and kept elbowing and kicking me with her stinky sock feet while talking loudly. At one point I was asleep and the daughter kicked me awake and slapped me with her jacket.

"Right before landing the two of them were physically fighting, play or not, I got hit a few times and told them to be civilized." He added: "Now for my pettiness.

"As soon as the fasten seat belt sign came off, they got up and obviously were trying to force their way off the plane early (we were in 37G-J, very back of plane). I threw down my table and kept watching my programme, trapping them, and told them "patience is a virtue, we'll be last off anyway".

"They were not pleased. When the rows in front were clearing out, I waited til the last second to close up and as I got my bag out of the overhead I put it on my seat blocking them again and 'accdentally' hit the daughter with my jacket on the way out of the overhead keeping her back.

"There was a very large family behind us that made their way behind me in the aisle blocking them in again. I didn't see them at baggage til five minutes after I made it.

"Didn't affect them a lot but sure made me feel good, it's the little things." Reddit users praised the man for his crafty retaliation, with one commenting: "Petty and satisfying. Thank you."

Another said: "Very British revenge. Full marks!" A third remarked: "Good petty revenge. I feel a little vindicated for you" While another added: "Petty, well-timed, and inconvenient. That's the sort of thing the British are absolute masters at. Well done, old chap!"