{"id":43893,"date":"2026-08-14T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T03:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=43893"},"modified":"2026-08-14T08:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T03:02:00","slug":"jaw-down-to-her-knees-40-satisfying-stories-of-entitled-plane-passengers-getting-exactly-what-they-deserved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=43893","title":{"rendered":"\u201cJaw Down To Her Knees\u201d: 40 Satisfying Stories Of Entitled Plane Passengers Getting Exactly What They Deserved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cover_800_6a7d6342eb701.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div>I was not the vengeful airline gate agent, nor was I the [jerk], I was just a witness, but it was beautiful to behold.<\/p>\n<p>This happened in the late 1980&#8217;s, before the internet was everywhere, before cell phones and before the post 9\/11 hyper security when you could arrive at a smaller airport an hour before your flight and be on time.<\/p>\n<p>My parents lived in SW Michigan in the eastern time zone and at the time, the cheapest airport nearby was South Bend, Indiana, which is in the central time zone&#8230;sometimes, but does not observe daylight savings time, so for part of the year, the clocks in Indiana are the same as the clocks in MI. Confused? I was.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m flying back to LA through Chicago and show up at the South Bend airport for my flight to Chicago at 7:00 am with what I thought was an hour to spare. Typical of a small airport, there was only one agent checking people in, so I wait, but I have an hour. The guy in front of me is at the counter and starts speaking loudly and angrily at the agent, who explains that he&#8217;s not an hour early, but the flight he&#8217;s supposed to be on is on the runway taking off. He completely loses his mind and starts yelling at this poor woman, venting his rage on her as she tells him the next flight to Chicago with an available seat is at 9:00 pm that night. He&#8217;s cursing her, the airline, the state of Indiana and really just throwing a tantrum.<\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;m watching this, I realize that I&#8217;ve made the exact same mistake and missed my flight just like this clown.<\/p>\n<p>After he storms off in his dark rage-cloud, I approach the counter and tell the agent, &#8220;Look, I made the same mistake as that guy, but I know it&#8217;s my mistake, I&#8217;m not going to throw a fit about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;OK, Mr DLS3141.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She starts typing stuff into the computer and prints out boarding passes, hands them to me, giving me directions to the bus terminal in the airport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This ticket is for the bus to the Chicago airport, it leaves in 20 minutes. When you get there, these are your boarding passes for your flight to LA, you should have plenty of time to make that flight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I thanked her profusely and went on my way. I was across the country and home before that guy even boarded his flight to Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>EDIT: I forgot to add that for the flight to LA, she had bumped me up to first\/business class.<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR &#8211; Guy is late for flight, acts like a jerk, gets to spend all day in the airport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was not the vengeful airline gate agent, nor was I the [jerk], I was just a witness, but it was beautiful to behold. 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