Post your holiday horror stories here.

[pokerdirty]

I had typed this out in the "pick your airplane seat" thread, but I figure there are more horror stories to be had.

I was going from Columbus to Newark. It should take no longer than 3.5hrs from doorstep to doorstep. Left my house at 3:30pm for a 5:10pm flight. When I get there, the plane has not yet landed, and they say it will be at least 5:30pm before we take off. So we take off from Columbus at 7pm. There is this little [censored] rugrat behind me who won't shut the [censored] up and keeps kicking the back of my seat. After about 10-15 minutes, I turn around with that "I'm going to explode if this [censored] doesn't stop" look to her mother. Apparently, she didn't get the hint. The kicking continued. This time, I lunged my back into the chair, hoping that the tray table would pierce her skull and she would die. All it did was rattle her soda, spilling a drop on to the tray. This did not make her shut up, it just made her complain more. "Heeeyyyy, don't do dat mistuh!" Then the mom got in my face. "Why would you do that?" I turned around and said "All I want to do is to get a little sleep on this plane. I can't do that with your daughter's non stop pointless chatter, and with her kicking the back of my [censored] chair.", and turned back around. Once the F-bomb was thrown out there, everything stopped. I got a few dirty stares (using the F-word in front of children and people from conservative Ohio won't get you brownie points). Finally, at 8:30pm, I got off that [censored] plane. I probably got down to baggage claim about 8:45pm. Waited. Then waited. Waited some more. I got my luggage at 9:25pm. 40 [censored] minutes. Ran to the AirTrain so I could catch the NJ transit into the city. Caught the AirTrain just as it was arriving, finally I caught a [censored] break. I get into the train station at about 9:35pm, only to see that the next train wasn't until 10:15pm. [censored]. So I wait some more. Get on the train, and take it one stop to Newark Penn Station. They stop the train, and the conductor gets on the mic saying that the tunnel is closed, and that the train won't go for 45 minutes. [censored]. They say that the PATH train is running, so I run out of the train to try and go catch that. I get there, along with everyone else and their mother. I get on the WTC train, and transfer at Journal Square to take it to 14th street 3 blocks from where I live. Only, since it's late at night, the train goes to [censored] Hoboken first and sits there for 10-15 more minutes so that 3 extra [censored] people can get on the train. I finally get at my place at about 11:30pm, 7 hrs after I left.

Just to add insult to injury, I received some beer in my stocking and I put one bottle in each coat sleeve, and then shoved it in my bag. I got home and forgot about the beer, and when I took the coat out of my bag, the beer hit the floor, breaking the [censored] out of it. Ugh.

[jba]

yeah dropping the f bomb on a little kid really isn't that cool dude. karma [censored] you on this one

you should have just killed the little [censored]

[pokerdirty]

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yeah dropping the f bomb on a little kid really isn't that cool dude. karma [censored] you on this one

you should have just killed the little [censored]

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Dropping the F-bomb isn't cool, but killing the kid is? Holy [censored] life makes sense now. At least it got the kid to STFU.

[Hamish McBagpipe]

I was 5 minutes away from where there was a mass shooting yesterday in downtown Toronto. 1 dead, 6 wounded as a couple of [censored] fired into the boxing day shopping crowd on our main drag. Saw them cart away the corpse, lots of blood.

Mine was pretty tame, but annoying nonetheless. It really seems like my family (both sides, mine and wife's) can't seem to stay together for more than two hours together without a fight coming up about something. And they wonder why I shun family gatherings....

Because all you do is talk crap about each other behind each other's backs, or heck, to their face if you're feeling particularly onery that day! Such a bitter group of people. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

Ray

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yeah dropping the f bomb on a little kid really isn't that cool dude. karma [censored] you on this one

you should have just killed the little [censored]

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Dropping the F-bomb isn't cool, but killing the kid is? Holy [censored] life makes sense now. At least it got the kid to STFU.

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nah I'm just saying I hate loud kids on planes too. they are just kids though, and dropping an f-bomb isn't that cool. especially if you had not yet asked the mom nicely to get it under control.

just my opinion..

[B Dids]

So the OP's story is basically about him being a passive agressive dick? Solid. 'Cause like just turning around and being nice would have been so horrible?

[pokerdirty]

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yeah dropping the f bomb on a little kid really isn't that cool dude. karma [censored] you on this one

you should have just killed the little [censored]

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Dropping the F-bomb isn't cool, but killing the kid is? Holy [censored] life makes sense now. At least it got the kid to STFU.

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nah I'm just saying I hate loud kids on planes too. they are just kids though, and dropping an f-bomb isn't that cool. especially if you had not yet asked the mom nicely to get it under control.

just my opinion..

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there was eye contact made, which is pretty obvious what I want when its from the guy in front of your daughter who won't stop moving her [censored] legs toward the back of my seat.

In my opinion, I shouldn't have to ask nicely. It should be a given that she should be enough of a parent to tell her daughter to stop.

[pokerdirty]

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So the OP's story is basically about him being a passive agressive dick? Solid. 'Cause like just turning around and being nice would have been so horrible?

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Dids,

Maybe, but whatever happened to parenting? If I would have been that kid, my dad would have beat the [censored] out of me. Also, I'm pretty intolerant when it comes to kids.

[Inthacup]

After 10-15 minutes of kicking, you turn around and give a dirty look? lmao. Why are you so afraid of confrontation? 2 minutes into the kicking, turn around and civilly ask the mother to keep her daughter from kicking your chair. If the talking bothers you, get some headphones. End of story.

Is this a blog or a message board?

[pokerdirty]

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After 10-15 minutes of kicking, you turn around and give a dirty look? lmao. Why are you so afraid of confrontation? 2 minutes into the kicking, turn around and civilly ask the mother to keep her daughter from kicking your chair. If the talking bothers you, get some headphones. End of story.

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it wasn't constant kicking. probably at least one good hard kick/minute, plus some minor kicking.

i can't believe you people are siding with the kid here...

[jba]

maybe your dad should have beat some manners into you?

I'm totally on your side if you try to handle it in a non-[censored] fashion. slamming your chair back and calling dropping the f bomb on a kid sounds like you had worse parenting than a rowdy kid on a delayed plane would indicate.

[pokerdirty]

confrontation is always the last resort.

Perhaps before I had kids I would have sided with you, but now, not a chance. Kids are kids and it has little to do with parenting. If any parent hits their kid for kicking an airplane chair, they have issues. Granted I am from the camp that solving problems with violence (yes, spanking is violence) doesn't help the mental well being of anyone. It appears you were hit as a kid and now have anger management problems.

Tangent aside, kids are hard to deal with on a plane. They have EVERY right to talk. It is an airplane, not a movie theater. Kicking your seat is annoying, but 1) was it all the way reclined? 2) Were you exaggerating the situation because you hate kids? 3) There are better ways to ask the mother to do a better job monitoring her child.

Overall, you handled the situation poorly, very poorly As another response said, karma.

One Thanksgiving I brought twins to dinner and ended up hooking up with one of them in my old bedroom during desert.


Oh wait this isnt a horror story, I'm just bragging. Sorry!

Mmmmmmm Twins....

[pokerdirty]

I did not have my sea reclined. and this kid was like 8, old enough to know better.

there's definately an unwritten rule about being quiet on a plane. only exception is if you are sitting next to a hot chick, or you are telling your kid to sit still and be quiet.

[pokerdirty]

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One Thanksgiving I brought twins to dinner and ended up hooking up with one of them in my old bedroom during desert.


Oh wait this isnt a horror story, I'm just bragging. Sorry!

Mmmmmmm Twins....

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how you have less stars than me is beyond my comprehension.

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how you have less stars than me is beyond my comprehension.

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Says the man with two stars...

You must be a ray of sunshine IRL

[edit] Not worth opening another post to respond

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**Crushed**
Now my pithy remarks will fall on deaf ears...

[pokerdirty]

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Your penile length has nothing to do with this, sir!

[OtisTheMarsupial]

I didn't read the OP because I like paragraphs and white space.
But then I read the responses and have to agree that OP is probaby a dick. I've gathered that he yelled obscenities at a kid for kicking his seat on an airplane.

Anyway, my holiday horror story is that my cat was pissed that I left him while I visited my family. So he shat twice by the sliding glass door and then put his paws in it and did a painting on the glass.

[pokerdirty]

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I didn't read the OP because I like paragraphs and white space.
But then I read the responses and have to agree that OP is probaby a dick. I've gathered that he yelled obscenities at a kid for kicking his seat on an airplane.

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Wrong. I cursed at the mother for not taking care of the situation like a good parent would.

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Anyway, my holiday horror story is that my cat was pissed that I left him while I visited my family. So he shat twice by the sliding glass door and then put his paws in it and did a painting on the glass.

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Imagine if you would have had a dog.

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You are complete moron then. After 2 minutes, just asking, "hey, would you mind stop kicking my seat?", would have fixed the problem. I have no tolerance for passive agressive douchebags.

[pokerdirty]

Wow, I'm really surprised how OOT has responded to this.

[samjjones]

I think your judgement is clouded by your personal involvement here. Its pretty clear to most of us that you were an out-of-line a-hole in this instance.

[MonkeeMan]

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One Thanksgiving I brought twins to dinner and ended up hooking up with one of them in my old bedroom during desert.


Oh wait this isnt a horror story, I'm just bragging. Sorry!

Mmmmmmm Twins....

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Pretty pathetic to hook up with ONE of them. Did you fantasize about the other one while banging the first?

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Wow, I'm really surprised how OOT has responded to this.

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Seems to me that turning around and giving the lady a look is an OK play. That way, words aren't even exchanged. Keep it clean, ya mean?

This lady should be perceptive enough (if her IQ isn't sub-Ape) to realize that you are either annoyed by the incessant kicking, or wish to join the mile high club with her.

Either way, getting her child to quite down should be her next play. End of story.

However, many humans are too stoopid to realize that when someone goes out of their way to turn around and stare at them that that is a "warning signal".

This lady probably fell into this category. (Was she without make-up, and donned in sweatpants?)

But, cussing on a plane in front of little kids really is stupid.

YFPWF,YSO?NTG

(Your first play was fine, your second one? Not too good.)