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tsalty · 21/07/2025 21:07

On a short city hopper flight earlier, minding my own business. I was sat in the aisle seat, and a man came to sit next to me with his daughter. She went into the window seat, and he was in the middle. I had my AirPods in and was playing a game on my phone. He tapped to on the shoulder and asked when I was going to stop playing the game because it was irritating him. I was a bit shocked and actually immediately thought ‘fuck you’ but I said ‘maybe in half an hour’. God knows where those words of mine came from - but should I just have stopped playing the game and sat looking into the distance?

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ToKittyornottoKitty · 21/07/2025 21:08

What was it doing it irritate him? Could he hear it over the air pods?

NormasArse · 21/07/2025 21:10

Repetitive movement makes me anxious- no idea why. I wouldn’t say anything personally, but it would be really bothering me.

Dangermoo · 21/07/2025 21:10

I would have said, don't touch me again and I will sit and mind my own business, for the duration of the flight. Might I suggest you do the same.

TheCurious0range · 21/07/2025 21:11

Have you got long nails you were tapping with?

tsalty · 21/07/2025 21:20

@Dangermoo he then went on to tap me twice more and I was on the edge for sure. There was a woman sitting in front of us watching a downloaded movie and I wanted to say ‘shall we ask her to put it away too’ but I was too chicken shit

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tsalty · 21/07/2025 21:20

@TheCurious0range short nails. I don’t have sound for the games on - this drives me mad. It wasn’t like it was candy crush either

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Dangermoo · 21/07/2025 21:22

tsalty · 21/07/2025 21:20

@Dangermoo he then went on to tap me twice more and I was on the edge for sure. There was a woman sitting in front of us watching a downloaded movie and I wanted to say ‘shall we ask her to put it away too’ but I was too chicken shit

Bless, didn't you know your place? He's lucky you were so polite.

tsalty · 21/07/2025 21:28

@Dangermoo Well, I guess I do. Silly, frivolous female that I am

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Maddy70 · 21/07/2025 22:21

Maybe he could still hear the noise through the headphones. It's super irritating!

Chompingatthebeat · 21/07/2025 22:24

He was wrong but....those games are really annoying

hmmimnotsurewhy · 21/07/2025 22:25

Oh fgs. There was another woman there and he didn’t bother her. You were probably doing something annoying.

Spirallingdownwards · 21/07/2025 22:26

Maddy70 · 21/07/2025 22:21

Maybe he could still hear the noise through the headphones. It's super irritating!

She says she didn't have the sound on.

rockingthekasbah · 21/07/2025 22:30

@hmmimnotsurewhywhat other woman?

hmmimnotsurewhy · 21/07/2025 22:31

The other woman that the op mentioned who was watching a movie!

Aaaallthefood · 21/07/2025 22:40

Depending what day you catch me on, my response would likely have been ‘well fucking move then’ 😅 but I do realise that this is not how most rational adults deal with these things

HunnyPot · 21/07/2025 22:47

You handled it better than I would. I would have listed all the things he was doing that bothered me and asked when he was going to stop them.

KickAssAngel · 21/07/2025 22:47

Any reason why he couldn't just look out the window?

Maddy70 · 21/07/2025 22:48

Must have been the tapping of nails then or the flashing lights it can be really annoying

CharlotteStreetW1 · 21/07/2025 22:52

What about your game was irritating him?

SallyD00lally · 21/07/2025 22:52

tsalty · 21/07/2025 21:20

@TheCurious0range short nails. I don’t have sound for the games on - this drives me mad. It wasn’t like it was candy crush either

What were the AirPods for?

tsalty · 22/07/2025 06:37

@Maddy70 there were no tapping of nails. It’s a dragging game

@hmmimnotsurewhy its a plane.and it full. Of course there were other people on it. The woman I am referring to had her husband sat next to her, hence no need to chat to her

@SallyD00lally i was listening to music

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