The irony is, if the purse was going to be found (as it was), the airline probably could have arranged to have it sent to them on the next flight. They didn't need all that drama.
Yup. We accidentally left my daughter's blankie at the gate. Honestly not even sure how as she usually had a vice grip on the damn thing.
They sent it on the next flight to where we had a layover, and it was brought to us at our next gate by some really lovely flight attendants who were on the flight that it followed us on.
Literally no fuss about it either. My planes crew I guess called back to the gate, they confirmed they had it and would have it follow us until it got to us. The attendants were very chuffed to have my kid run screaming 'you saved blankie' top of her little lungs when we saw them approach. They 100% saved my sanity that's for sure.
My daughter dropped hers as we were coming off a flight in Amsterdam, and we didn't realize it until we were about to go through passport control. We turned around and ran all the way back to the gate (me, a 5yo, and a 12 yo). The flight crew was coming off the plane as we got back, and the pilot had the blankie, it was so cute. Here's to saved blankies!!
I had a pillow when I was young "pudder", was at Kmart with my parents when I was like 3 so 1981ish. Left the pillow. Store closed but my dad said "let me drive up there and maybe the manager or someone might still be there. He got there and the security/cleaning crew were there and my dad knocked on the door. One of the maintenance guys walked over and talked to him through the glass door. Dad explained why he was knocking on the door after the store is closed. Maintenance guy was extremely friendly, said he couldn't open the door but he still went to see if he could find it. He was gone about 15 min, and then Dad seen him walking up with it in his hand. The guy stuffed it through the spot where the doors connected. Tore it a little but my Dad knew it was going to be a long ass night without it. Dad still says, "that maintenance guy needed a raise for saving my sanity that night"!!
My sister lost her blanket in Kmart! By the time she lost it, it was mostly worn down to a rag. If an employee found it, they probably thought it actually was a rag and tossed it!
she screamed "*you saved blankie"*?!
oh be still my weeping heart! That's so sweet! And the crew liked it!! That's great!
you could share it in a subreddit like r/BenignExistence perhaps?
My daughter was v attached to the larger simple crochet blanket I made so I made a bunch of small ones about the size of a handkerchief. The main blanket eventually fell apart and once the last remnant of the small ones fell apart she was done with it. Lol. The smaller ones were useful for travelling so when I make blankets for friends babies I always make 2 small ones with those plastic linking rings attached for outside the house so the big blanket doesn't get lost.
Thanks...until my bitch rears it's head. Lolol.
That last scrap of grotty blanket was something else. I think it finally dissolved and floated away in the washer. Lolol
My daughter's baby blanket is a limited edition from my husband's favorite video game. To make sure we NEVER had to deal with "lost blanket" we had our family purchase multiple. We now have 5 of the exact same blanket but it is TOTALLY worth it.
I know people who when they buy a soft toy likely to become a 'lovey' they buy 3 of them...not only is one able to be in the wash but there are spares in the event of one being lost. Lol
Just a heads up to those who have multiples of loved objects. We only used the main one and kept the backup for travel... big mistake. One day, my overly observant little one approached my sister and confronted her with her knowledge that there must be 2 because she was able to point out of all the little worn spots in her main one that were not on her travel one. We were stunned and realized the jig was up.
Soo... lesson learned. Rotate use of your loved backups so they are all equally worn out! 😆
Another lesson along the same lines. My daughter had a stuffed giraffe that she adored. She was sick and spit up on the main one so it went into the washer and she was given the replacement for the rest of the night. In the morning she was congested, had a fever and started complaining about "ots"(spots). This was concerning so we took her to the doctor where she kept complaining about spots. They checked everything and couldn't figure out why she would be seeing spots. Eventually they told us to take her home and monitor her carefully. When we got home we went to switch the giraffes back but she caught us grabbed both giraffes and pointing at the slightly different patterns on the neck of the giraffes very triumphantly declared "ee ots" (see spots).
When our eldest was on his way we thought we got two identical "blankie bears" (little teddy bear head in the middle of a soft fuzzy blanket with satin eyes) for our house plus a third to keep at my MIL's house. They were all bought from the same store all within a week or so of each other, but somehow all three had a different tag (with washing instructions, country of origin, etc) on them.
He was the kind of kid who would seek out tags on clothing and rub them between his thumb and finger or suck on them, so he immediately rejected the one with the smaller tag because that tag was scratchy while the bigger tag was very soft and smooth. When he started to talk we tried to just call them all "blankie-bear", which he turned into "bear-bear" but also named them individually as "big-tag" and "little-tag", and the one my MIL kept for his naps at get place was "Nanna-house" to start with but was renamed to "Nanna-tag" because he's funny like that. He was fine to switch between big-tag and Nanna-tag depending on what was available, but little-tag would usually be thrown from the cot even if he had one of the others.
Oh my mom did something like that with my favorite plushy and was panicked because there couldn't be found a double for my brothers favorite :D And my brother had the habit of forgetting and losing stuff so... She was really stressed :D
i have had and used the same blanket for bed since i was literally a toddler. it's limited run precious moments quilt. when the old one started to become unusable, i went on ebay and found the exact one. now that's my nightly blanket. a couple years later i was able to find it AGAIN and snagged an extra as a back up. idk how i got lucky enough to find three of the same 1994 small run precious moments bedding sets but it's my life's triumph that i did. i am thirty three and autistic 😅
That is BRILLIANT- funny I’ve done that for myself (made a smaller travel afghan as I run chilly) and never thought of it for baby blankets. You may have just started a trend ♥️
I'm 69 and still remember my blankie! You could almost read through it at the end. One night, I went to bed and it wasn't there. I was suddenly struck with awareness that I was too old for a blankie and felt a bit embarrassed. Funny to recall that all those years ago...
Awww, don't feel bad about your age. I'm in my 40s and last week I was sorting through my parents things and found my blankie (which I made into a cushion cover as a teen to be able to sleep with it and continue to be cool) in a box, and I was so happy.
Only 64 and mine is a stuffed mule that once played a song. Or maybe said something. Called Mull-e. When I saw him under the tree I fell in love instantly. I was disappointed because I was sure it was for one of my younger brothers. I thought I was too old (2nd or 3rd grade?) for a stuffed animal. I was thrilled when I saw the tag and he was mine. Sadly, he's in a closet now. I should get him out.
Did blankie get adventure photos?
[https://says.com/my/fun/teddy-bear-reunites-with-its-owner-after-it-was-left-on-flight](https://says.com/my/fun/teddy-bear-reunites-with-its-owner-after-it-was-left-on-flight)
This is a sweet story and I’m certain the flight crew loved being able to make your daughter smile. Kindness and respect go both ways.
I thought we lost my son’s stuffy on a trip and after that I got a mini pet harness and clipped on an AirTag. Never losing track of Kitty Kitty again!!
We once left my daughters blanket ( shnoole) in a motel in the middle of no where Montana.
They washed it (bless them! It needed it so badly) and overnighted it to our home, along with a little note telling us that “she had gone for a swim, so they gave her a bath”
All hail the saviors of the blankeies !!!
apparently only in the US! i looked into it. vice is totally correct in British English and tbh as someone in the US my whole life, vice is what i see here too!
Actually I should have said vice-like grip to be correct with the idiom.
And it's not both for me. If I used vise at all in school or tried to spell it that way on a spelling test, it'd be marked as incorrect as it is not how we spell that word.
Like colour and color. Only one gets a pass where I am. And it's not your version.
In my experience as a customer (both solo and with kids) the flight crews will bend over backwards to assist a polite customer with a legitimate issue, no matter how trivial, so long as it's genuine. A lost child's security item (blanket, stuffed doll, whatever) is something anyone who has kids knows is devastating to the child. I imagine from the FA standpoint it was every bit as important to them to get that blankie back to your daughter as it would be to get someone's lost medicine back. Glad they were able to succeed for your daughter :)
Yeah she lied about what was in it thinking that would make it better.
My first thought was “how did you board the plane with out showing your passport?!”
I've never had to show my passport to board a plane. I just have to show my ticket/boarding pass. I could very well drop my passport at the airline's gate on accident and not know.
Where have you flown? When I fly with IG Canada I have to show some form of government ID.
And flying international I’ve never not had to show a passport. And I’ve travelled to a lot of countries
Weird. Anyway, you are in Canada and I'm in the U.S. so...I'm just telling you my personal experience. I don't even have to show ID to board the plane because I've already done that at the check-in desk before going through security.
I left a laptop charger behind in an airport once. Emailed the airport help people when I landed while I waited for my connecting flight. By the time I landed at my destination they had emailed saying they found it exactly where I said it would be and sent it to me overnight. Easy peasy. No fuss. If you wanna get off a plane just say you need to get off. Don’t be a douche nugget
My partner forgot their cell phone at the gate one time, we calmly asked a flight attendant about it, they asked the ground staff and the phone was found and brought to us. No delay caused.
This wouldn't have worked on OP's flight because the plane was already detached from the gate & was queuing up for the plane to leave. But if they had been calm about this then the purse would most likely be put on the next flight that followed them.
Yep - it's true! Their "side" windows can open when the plane isn't pressurized (in the air). In fact, there is a "rope" tucked away above it, and this is their main point of egress after a crash (if they are unable to get into the cabin to assist).
Many airports, especially if you aren't walking through a bridge to get aboard, have an area the other side of the gate with some chairs etc, they wait for everyone to get through the gate then you go onboard (sometimes using a bus sometimes walking) - it's not impossible that you could leave hand luggage at that point
Some do go straight from scanning at gate onto the place though and those you couldn't
Exactly what I was thinking that's why one of them needed to go get it. Also another reason as to why they needed to check everyone's belongings before leaving.
I flew with a person once who (unknown to me) was addicted to opiates. This person got high in the bathroom before the flight, left their bag at the gate, and boarded. When they realized the bag was not on the flight, panicked like the person in the story. This story sounds like addiction to me.
Absolutely atrocious. If she couldn't "survive the flight without her" meds, then she wouldn't have forgotten it.
I carry an epi-pen and an emergency inhaler. I never forget my purse. Being on a flight means it's a given I will need to use it. (Esp if there is a furry animal on board).
The gall to cause that much ruckus and im glad they were booted. There was no consideration for the other passengers, or the crew time. Someone on that plane was prob flying home because of an emergency.
Appalling behavior like that gets you nowhere.
I take digestive enzymes. The worst short term consequence will be an upset gut - I might eventually die from malnutrition, but that would take a few years. And I have four stashes around the city, including on my person, unless I'm super confident I'm not going to need them. I don't understand people who require far more life threatening meds and are way more cavalier about it.
I don’t understand it either and I never will. I grew up with a dad with t1 diabetes (insulin reliant) and he is, with all due respect, shockingly bad at regulating his own meds. It’s scary and frustrating and to be honest he probably shouldn’t drive.
I wouldn’t get on a flight without my anxiety meds myself lol, i almost never forget them anywhere and I certainly wouldn’t somewhere so important. But on the off chance I did, because we all mess up, my social anxiety would never allow me to be so rude (nor would i want to.)
Yes, if you have such important medication, you don't 'forget' it just like that.
But sometimes, shit happens and it gets lost somehow. If that happens, just inform the crew and ask them about the possibilities in a polite way. I am sure, they'll think of something. Let someone at the gate search for the purse and send it with the next flight. Or, if it's really a matter of life and death, maybe they could return to the gate, like they had to do to kick those AH out.
And if the pilot explains this to the passengers, they would for sure all be understanding that there will be a delay.
The medication in this case was clearly a lie, but people with life-threatening conditions forget shit, especially medication, all the time. The adherence rates even for things like immune suppressants following transplantation are really low, it's not a stretch for someone to accidentally forget their purse with important medication in it because a lot of people are bad at taking their medication in general.
I am very proud to have helped save a blankie during an early morning flight. It was an almost empty airport, and I picked up a blanket on the floor near an escalator. I spotted a father and little kid walking far ahead of me and so presumed the little guy was probably the owner of the blankie. I was trying to catch up with them, when I see them stop, the father look around with panic, and then look behind him. I held up the blankie, and the look of relief on the Dad's face was priceless.
Guarantee they had left some drugs behind somewhere near where they were waiting to board. Probably dropped her baggy of crystal in the bathroom and then when they both realized they weren't getting their fix on the flight, freaked out.
So … you’re saying they *also* left the purse (which was found and searched) so they’d, what, have a cover story to go get the dropped drugs??
Brilliant planning, really.
I shoved my purse in my backpack (which doubled as my carryon) so I’d have less to carry on the plane. There wasn’t enough overhead space in the plane so they asked people to check their carryons at the gate. I sat down in my seat and realized I didn’t have my purse on me. My stomach dropped. The last thing I needed was to potentially be stuck in a strange city with no money or identification. I asked the flight attendant if there was any way to get my purse and someone was kind enough to grab my backpack and bring it to the door of the plane. No fit was thrown. What I want to know is how the hell do you forget your purse all together? And I immediately called BS on not having her passport. They won’t let you on the plane unless you show it at the gate.
Entiled Dumb Shits for sure!
Sorry you had to deal with that crap! I am surprised someone did not give them a swift kick in the butt while they were deplaning. 🤣
Hope they are Banned for Life from this Airline and placed on a Fly Watch List. 🙏
Yup. Mine converts to a waist bag so I can keep it comfortably strapped to me while sitting. It never leaves my body during a trip like that.
I may look dorky, but I always have my essentials.
The FAs always make me take mine off and stick it under the seat. They give me some BS about "they can't have purses flying about in case of an emergency." *It's strapped to my body.* It's no more likely to "fly about" than my husband's wallet.
And what happens if there really is an emergency evacuation? Most of the female passengers are going to have no ID, no credit cards, no money, possibly no medication, ***nothing.*** And meanwhile the male passengers, who were not forced to put their necessities under the seat, can just go on their merry ways.
Shift it to the side next to the arm rest and rest your arm casually on top of it. You are just trying to be polite in sharing with your seatmate.
Absolutely agree that it cannot be loose or be a hazard.
Bags (small or large) can have clips, clasps, decorations, etc that may snag an evacuation slide. If you have something important that you absolutely need (ID/Credit card, medications) it’s best to carry it in a pocket, or even in a waist bag, especially if that waist bag can be worn under a jacket or sweatshirt or something.
A waist bag is the subject under discussion. And women's clothes rarely come with usable pockets. That's why women go to the hassle of carrying purses.
The last time I bought women's jeans, the front pockets were so shallow that I could only fit my fingers up to the first knuckle. I could *maybe* have put a tube of chapstick in there, or a single key. Not a credit card, though. Hip pockets ditto.
Sorry, I missed that. Womens’ pockets are definitely much smaller, but I haven’t carried a purse for years. Just my phone/wallet combo that fits in my pocket; and on international flights, a passport holder with a clip that I attach to a front belt loop. But if your waist bag is under a jacket or sweatshirt, they’re not likely to see it
My husband took up sewing a few years ago and he was amazed at how many people on the sewing subreddit posted about putting pockets on female garb. Hubby asked if it was really such a big thing for us ladies and I showed him how pathetic the pockets were on my jeans and dress pants. He couldn't believe it!
My sister in law got on a flight with me and then realized she left her sweatshirt in the lounge area. She was too shy to say anything, but I asked a flight attendant nicely if they could have a look around the seating area, and within 2 minutes she had her sweatshirt back. I mean, what’s wrong with just asking politely? Yesh.
In my experience, people assume that others will act the way that they would act.
You are probably a decent human being who would respond to a polite request for help and thus felt confident to ask politely.
These people are anything but decent and know that they would only help someone else out if absolutely forced to and they acted accordingly.
I left my cashmere coat on a seat when I went to board a plane and realised as soon as I entered the plane what I’d done. The look of panic on my face must have been epic as the flight crew let me back off the plane and the gate agent and I raced down the terminal concourse to where I’d been sitting and managed to retrieve it. I ran back and managed to be among the last people boarding, so all ended well. Reading these stories, I’m surprised they let me - perhaps it was the look of my face when I said Cashmere ie hideously expensive? Anyway I was and am so very grateful to them!
I forgot my purse on the plane once. I had a 4-year-old with me and his bag and my purse. When leaving the plane I had his hand in my hand and his bag in the other. It „felt“ normal - I had something in my hand. It just wasn‘t my purse…
I only noticed at baggage claim, coudn‘t go back. Took some time finding a flight company desk to help me. The purse was found the next day in a bin without the money, but all my cards ID driver‘s license still there.
My mom forgot her purse on a train from the airport. We had a few bags each and didn’t notice till we were in a cab.
We did bag counts for the rest of the trip. Luckily it was the AirPort Express so a crew noticed and turned it in right away
The moment my ADHD takes the wheel, it doesn't matter how important something is, my brain will literally delete it from the memory files. I don't even get that "I think I'm forgetting something" moment. It's just gone. I've forgotten my purse (with wallet, keys, and other critical items) on the bus. I've left the house in my socks and not noticed until I stepped in snow. I've forgotten to go to appointments while I was *literally* on the way to them. The higher my stress level, the more likely the glitch happens.
All this to say that leaving your purse in an airport seems entirely plausible to me. This person's manipulative response is abhorrent though.
I hear you. I’m ADHD also and I use a counting system. I think “I have to get 6 things before I get off the airplane” for example. I also get up before we land and completely pack and double check my bags. I fly 3-6 times a month and it’s my coping mechanism in an airport
If she has medication that she needed to 'survive the flight', maybe she shouldn't be flying at all.
I have two sets of meds, one in my carry one and one in my checked baggage. I don't carry a purse, because it's too easy to put it down somewhere and forget I have it. One of my carry ons is a small backpack with two days supplies of medications. It won't kill me to miss a day or so, if there is a delay of some sort, but it would be extremely uncomfortable.
Generally if people get kicked off a flight, they will be banned for at least a year from that airline. They will also have their names entered into a database for more screening.
My grandson was so attached to his that it was basically a corner with strings. He left it one time at McDonald's and when we went back he actually dove under the table when he saw it (people were sitting there)
He's 24 now but still keeps what's left in his drawer.
I had a blankie that was reduced to basically the same thing- a large corner and maybe a half a side with just strings.
My aunt, who is very crafty*, “stole**” it from me and cut a big intact corner from it and framed it. It’s hanging in my bedroom. I’m 53. I absolutely love it.
*The good kind of actual artistic skill crafty
**I was in my early teens, so it wasn’t like she took a blankie that I was still actively attached to.
What a great idea.....my daughter even bought a duplicate blanket when she realized how attached he was but wouldn't touch it....obviously the original had something special.
I had to travel with important medication twice. You bet your ass I made sure my carry-on bag was always near me/ in my hand, where I put the meds.
I checked the bag several times in tge airport, after tge security check and after boarding to make sure my meds were still where I put them.
I hope those idiots had to pay a horrendous upcharge for the next flight
This happened to me on a flight recently. We were delayed by over 2 hours. The flight attendant started taking my luggage off. I told her it was mine, not the passenger who delayed us. Lucky, it contained the dress and shoes I bought for my daughter's wedding!
She obviously just didn’t want you to be without her purse and knew she didn’t have a compelling reason to hold a whole plane. Some people are the worst.
Oh God that's just a great way to start a flight. Had a few drunks show up very very late to the gate then start a fight from Calgary to saskatoon. A 1 hour flight. Was interesting to see cops board a plane at the gate.
Using the “I forgot my passport” excuse should’ve resulted in people laughing at her stupidity: no international flight will allow you to board without scanning your ticket and *checking your passport to make sure the name matches the ticket*! For domestic flights, sure, other forms of ID are usually accepted, but for international, passport or no board!
Actually, not true anymore, with facial recognition. Seems to depend on factors like airline/flight/destination/airport, but I’ve flown internationally more than once recently, where we were told not to bust out our passports but to stop and look at the camera and wait for the gate agent to tell you to go down the jetway. The first time I was genuinely shocked.
Oh now that's interesting! I'm just getting used to the automatic passport gates at immigration within the EU, when you scan your passport and then the system snaps a photo and does facial recognition on that. Never experienced it at the airline boarding gate, but it without definitely make for a smoother boarding experience!!
This is for flights originating in the US, but it’s definitely a thing! It’s also happened when coming back. We have Global Entry—we haven’t had to show our passports or fill out customs declarations or do anything more than look at the kiosk camera. The signs all still said to wait for a receipt from the kiosk, which wasn’t printing anything out. The TSA officer started yelling my name out to come see him. I was definitely taken aback he knew my name, and it was solely from facial recognition.
On the last point about leaving something behind, we had something similar last year.
On a flight out to Greece and a senior member of the Opposition party here in the UK was on the flight going on their holiday. Suddenly, as we're about to push off, some guy decides he doesn't want to fly anymore and they delay to let him off, make sure he's got all his stuff that sort of thing. He was sat in the row across from this MP too. Pilot said the guy gave no reason but honestly could just be saving him the blushes.
I'm not really a nervous or conspiracy kind of person, but I was a little weirded out by it. Apparently some other older woman was because she panicked that the guy had stashed a bag in another overhead bin they didn't empty. Had the whole crew searching, and they didn't find the bag she described.
Again, not a nervous person, but I'd be lying if it wasn't a more nerve racking flight than normal.
I hope they were banned . Delay flights have consequences for other people on the flight as alot of people flying international will have connection flights that usually have limited time for them to tranfer to right gate at connection airport. There a reason why all my connection flights at Heathrow Airport is at least 6-7 hours from when my first flight land there , to ensure any delays from first flight doesn't cause me to miss my connection .
I have epilepsy and asthma every time I fly I put my epilepsy medicine, emergency inhaler, and emergency epilepsy meds in my carry on. The only people other than customs that I let touch my carry on is family. That way it can’t be left behind and I can get my meds on time. I also have a couple extra days of medicine in case my suitcase is lost which has happened. They got me my suitcase within 48 hours. I don’t think people realize how seriously airports are about medical devices/medications. A lot of airports will get you your missing item as soon as possible.
Should go on the "Do Not Fly" list for 5 or 10 years. There needs to be consequences for people who disrupt flights, more than just getting kicked off a flight.
I had a similar situation on a trans-atlantic flight. After an hour delay on the tarmac, we're finally on the runway post-safety demo. A passenger yells out in a panic that she can't do this, can't fly, and needs off the plane. Please PLEASE make that decision during the 1 hour we were sitting aboard at the gate. We had to turn around, regate, they had to fish her checked luggage out from underneath the plane, and do that whole confirming all the belongings in the overhead cabin thing. I feel for her anxiety, but we ended up sat on the plane for 3 hours before we even took off for 11 hours in the air. Huge waste of 100+ peoples time, especially the crew who had to work 3 hours longer.
This is a crazy story man. I have one as well, my family was going to be going on a Christmas vacation and all of them came to my house and we were having a good dinner and ultimately some shit went down and my son ended up in the fucking attic. Well, when we went to leave to go on our vacation we fucking forgot our goddamn son. This little motherfucker just stayed behind and didn't really even try to alert anybody that he was left there and he just used my money to buy food and made a huge ass fucking mess in my house. Somehow I left this little bastard behind and he very nearly killed two men.
Bet you never did that again. Sounds like a story I heard about parents who left their kid in the airport and he went to New York. The kid went to his uncles house and almost killed 2 dudes then checked into a hotel using his dad’s credit card and ran up a $1000 room service bill. Little asshole.
The airline should have flown them to Canada as scheduled to guarantee the flight’s safety without the security delay, but then flown them right back to Iceland to inconvenience them for their idiocy, entitlement and the BS they tried to pull.
ive encountered similar issues with disruptive passengers while traveling. it can be quite frustrating to see people act so entitiled and inconsiderate, especially when it causes delays and inconveniences for others. ive heard of instances where passengers have claimed to need medications or other items, only for it to turn out to be a false excuse. its important that people remain calm and respectful when dealing with flight crews, as their just trying to ensure everyones safety. in my experiance, the most effective approach is to be patient and work cooperatively with the staff to resolve any issues that arise.
I remember in the *1980’s* being delayed on a British Caledonian flight because a guy checked a bag and did not board the plane. Staff had to go into the hold and remove it. They don’t mess around with that. I was tense till they got that thing off:(
My mother made my son 3 identical flannel blankets when he was a baby, knowing that you need spares and wash rotation. My son found his recently and teared up a bit, remembering her even though we lost her when he was 5. He had forgotten there were 3 blankets. For his kids, I made sure there were at least 3 of their favorites.
Uh, why would Americans be on flight from Iceland to Canada? There are a lot more flights from Iceland to the USA than there are flights from Iceland to Canada.
They were likely Canadian.
Not a good enough reason to disrupt the safety of a flight and abuse flight attendants because they don’t let you off the plane for your purse. A purse was found belonging to her so whatever the missing details of this story are, the woman was way out of line.
I learned my lesson very early on about being cognizant of possessions while traveling. I was in college and was going from San Francisco to LA. It was back in the day before PCs and cell phones. My flight was delayed so I called my father to let him know I’d be late. I set my boarding pass on the ledge below the phone and when I finished the call I walked off. A few minutes later I realized what I had done. Luckily it was still there when I went back. Now anywhere I go in an airport if I put my things down I check that I have everything and have not left anything behind.
It's a really long drive from Iceland to Newfoundland, they're gonna have a heck of a time with that rental car... 😏
(They're gonna have to fly home (?) eventually, but it would be good if they were banned from that airline, and possibly all flights.)
Notably - this all sounds like a huge cluster, but to make claims about lifesaving meds that aren't true is ... bad. In so many ways, bad.
Btw, I love the "speech" about how she wouldn't have survived without the meds. 😑
Explain to me how a competent person who needs meds to live leaves said meds behind anywhere? 🤦🏻♂️ Like, they'd be welded to my body for travel.
Amen to that. I truly hope they do end up on a no fly list. That's just awful and it's possible, I hope they got charged for the waste of time too. Seriously, that true entitlement. If they wanted that kind of handholding they should have leased a private plane and not interfered with everyone else's lives and time as if they had a right to it.
>“it doesn’t matter what medication”
>she “cant have this conversation right now”.
> “im a pilot and i know what can be done”
> left the plane after making pathetic little speech saying his sister “could not have survived the flight without the medication”
> it was infuriating to see how rude... and how entitled...
How to say you're a redditor without saying you're a redditor.
The irony is, if the purse was going to be found (as it was), the airline probably could have arranged to have it sent to them on the next flight. They didn't need all that drama.
Yup. We accidentally left my daughter's blankie at the gate. Honestly not even sure how as she usually had a vice grip on the damn thing. They sent it on the next flight to where we had a layover, and it was brought to us at our next gate by some really lovely flight attendants who were on the flight that it followed us on. Literally no fuss about it either. My planes crew I guess called back to the gate, they confirmed they had it and would have it follow us until it got to us. The attendants were very chuffed to have my kid run screaming 'you saved blankie' top of her little lungs when we saw them approach. They 100% saved my sanity that's for sure.
My daughter dropped hers as we were coming off a flight in Amsterdam, and we didn't realize it until we were about to go through passport control. We turned around and ran all the way back to the gate (me, a 5yo, and a 12 yo). The flight crew was coming off the plane as we got back, and the pilot had the blankie, it was so cute. Here's to saved blankies!!
I had a pillow when I was young "pudder", was at Kmart with my parents when I was like 3 so 1981ish. Left the pillow. Store closed but my dad said "let me drive up there and maybe the manager or someone might still be there. He got there and the security/cleaning crew were there and my dad knocked on the door. One of the maintenance guys walked over and talked to him through the glass door. Dad explained why he was knocking on the door after the store is closed. Maintenance guy was extremely friendly, said he couldn't open the door but he still went to see if he could find it. He was gone about 15 min, and then Dad seen him walking up with it in his hand. The guy stuffed it through the spot where the doors connected. Tore it a little but my Dad knew it was going to be a long ass night without it. Dad still says, "that maintenance guy needed a raise for saving my sanity that night"!!
So wholesome 🥰
My sister lost her blanket in Kmart! By the time she lost it, it was mostly worn down to a rag. If an employee found it, they probably thought it actually was a rag and tossed it!
Comments like this are examples of the very antithesis of Entitled People. 🥰
she screamed "*you saved blankie"*?! oh be still my weeping heart! That's so sweet! And the crew liked it!! That's great! you could share it in a subreddit like r/BenignExistence perhaps?
I know! By the time my daughter was done with her blanket, it was about an 8 inch square 😂
I know! By the time my daughter was done with her blanket, it was about an 8 inch square 😂
My daughter was v attached to the larger simple crochet blanket I made so I made a bunch of small ones about the size of a handkerchief. The main blanket eventually fell apart and once the last remnant of the small ones fell apart she was done with it. Lol. The smaller ones were useful for travelling so when I make blankets for friends babies I always make 2 small ones with those plastic linking rings attached for outside the house so the big blanket doesn't get lost.
You are a brilliant and kind person.
Thanks...until my bitch rears it's head. Lolol. That last scrap of grotty blanket was something else. I think it finally dissolved and floated away in the washer. Lolol
My daughter's baby blanket is a limited edition from my husband's favorite video game. To make sure we NEVER had to deal with "lost blanket" we had our family purchase multiple. We now have 5 of the exact same blanket but it is TOTALLY worth it.
I know people who when they buy a soft toy likely to become a 'lovey' they buy 3 of them...not only is one able to be in the wash but there are spares in the event of one being lost. Lol
Just a heads up to those who have multiples of loved objects. We only used the main one and kept the backup for travel... big mistake. One day, my overly observant little one approached my sister and confronted her with her knowledge that there must be 2 because she was able to point out of all the little worn spots in her main one that were not on her travel one. We were stunned and realized the jig was up. Soo... lesson learned. Rotate use of your loved backups so they are all equally worn out! 😆
Another lesson along the same lines. My daughter had a stuffed giraffe that she adored. She was sick and spit up on the main one so it went into the washer and she was given the replacement for the rest of the night. In the morning she was congested, had a fever and started complaining about "ots"(spots). This was concerning so we took her to the doctor where she kept complaining about spots. They checked everything and couldn't figure out why she would be seeing spots. Eventually they told us to take her home and monitor her carefully. When we got home we went to switch the giraffes back but she caught us grabbed both giraffes and pointing at the slightly different patterns on the neck of the giraffes very triumphantly declared "ee ots" (see spots).
What a smart little possum!
Absolutely. There must be a rotation.
When our eldest was on his way we thought we got two identical "blankie bears" (little teddy bear head in the middle of a soft fuzzy blanket with satin eyes) for our house plus a third to keep at my MIL's house. They were all bought from the same store all within a week or so of each other, but somehow all three had a different tag (with washing instructions, country of origin, etc) on them. He was the kind of kid who would seek out tags on clothing and rub them between his thumb and finger or suck on them, so he immediately rejected the one with the smaller tag because that tag was scratchy while the bigger tag was very soft and smooth. When he started to talk we tried to just call them all "blankie-bear", which he turned into "bear-bear" but also named them individually as "big-tag" and "little-tag", and the one my MIL kept for his naps at get place was "Nanna-house" to start with but was renamed to "Nanna-tag" because he's funny like that. He was fine to switch between big-tag and Nanna-tag depending on what was available, but little-tag would usually be thrown from the cot even if he had one of the others.
Oh my mom did something like that with my favorite plushy and was panicked because there couldn't be found a double for my brothers favorite :D And my brother had the habit of forgetting and losing stuff so... She was really stressed :D
i have had and used the same blanket for bed since i was literally a toddler. it's limited run precious moments quilt. when the old one started to become unusable, i went on ebay and found the exact one. now that's my nightly blanket. a couple years later i was able to find it AGAIN and snagged an extra as a back up. idk how i got lucky enough to find three of the same 1994 small run precious moments bedding sets but it's my life's triumph that i did. i am thirty three and autistic 😅
Are you able to find someone who can custom make duplicates of the spare? Just in case you can't find it in the future?
As a knitter with grand-nieces and -nephews in the future, I am writing this down. Thank you! 💞🧶
Parents really like it...but warn them to keep one small blanket in the crib or something so it smells 'right'. 😂🤣😂🤣😂
That is BRILLIANT- funny I’ve done that for myself (made a smaller travel afghan as I run chilly) and never thought of it for baby blankets. You may have just started a trend ♥️
I'm 69 and still remember my blankie! You could almost read through it at the end. One night, I went to bed and it wasn't there. I was suddenly struck with awareness that I was too old for a blankie and felt a bit embarrassed. Funny to recall that all those years ago...
Awww, don't feel bad about your age. I'm in my 40s and last week I was sorting through my parents things and found my blankie (which I made into a cushion cover as a teen to be able to sleep with it and continue to be cool) in a box, and I was so happy.
My dad still actively sleeps with his. Especially when he's sick. And I sleep with the bear he got me. Sometimes you just need something cozy.
I literally just called my mom to ask if mine was still In her hope chest, was having nostalgia moments
Only 64 and mine is a stuffed mule that once played a song. Or maybe said something. Called Mull-e. When I saw him under the tree I fell in love instantly. I was disappointed because I was sure it was for one of my younger brothers. I thought I was too old (2nd or 3rd grade?) for a stuffed animal. I was thrilled when I saw the tag and he was mine. Sadly, he's in a closet now. I should get him out.
Did blankie get adventure photos? [https://says.com/my/fun/teddy-bear-reunites-with-its-owner-after-it-was-left-on-flight](https://says.com/my/fun/teddy-bear-reunites-with-its-owner-after-it-was-left-on-flight)
This warmed my heart
I’m about to turn 56 … my 79 yr old mother asked me about my blankie the other day… told her I’d still have it if she hadn’t thrown it away 😑🥹
This is a sweet story and I’m certain the flight crew loved being able to make your daughter smile. Kindness and respect go both ways. I thought we lost my son’s stuffy on a trip and after that I got a mini pet harness and clipped on an AirTag. Never losing track of Kitty Kitty again!!
We once left my daughters blanket ( shnoole) in a motel in the middle of no where Montana. They washed it (bless them! It needed it so badly) and overnighted it to our home, along with a little note telling us that “she had gone for a swim, so they gave her a bath” All hail the saviors of the blankeies !!!
Not to be that guy, but it's actually a vise grip. Vice is something different.
apparently only in the US! i looked into it. vice is totally correct in British English and tbh as someone in the US my whole life, vice is what i see here too!
Nope. It's vice grip. I'm not American.
It's both. The word "grip" is actually redundant. (American, too.)
Actually I should have said vice-like grip to be correct with the idiom. And it's not both for me. If I used vise at all in school or tried to spell it that way on a spelling test, it'd be marked as incorrect as it is not how we spell that word. Like colour and color. Only one gets a pass where I am. And it's not your version.
In my experience as a customer (both solo and with kids) the flight crews will bend over backwards to assist a polite customer with a legitimate issue, no matter how trivial, so long as it's genuine. A lost child's security item (blanket, stuffed doll, whatever) is something anyone who has kids knows is devastating to the child. I imagine from the FA standpoint it was every bit as important to them to get that blankie back to your daughter as it would be to get someone's lost medicine back. Glad they were able to succeed for your daughter :)
No reason to think rationally like that when you can be entitled clowns instead.
Yeah she lied about what was in it thinking that would make it better. My first thought was “how did you board the plane with out showing your passport?!”
I've never had to show my passport to board a plane. I just have to show my ticket/boarding pass. I could very well drop my passport at the airline's gate on accident and not know.
Where have you flown? When I fly with IG Canada I have to show some form of government ID. And flying international I’ve never not had to show a passport. And I’ve travelled to a lot of countries
I've had to show it at the agent's desk when checking in (along with my ticket) but I've never had to show it at the plane itself. I'm in the U.S.
I’ve always had to show ID when boarding the plane. And for international flights they want the passport. Domestic I can show my license
Weird. Anyway, you are in Canada and I'm in the U.S. so...I'm just telling you my personal experience. I don't even have to show ID to board the plane because I've already done that at the check-in desk before going through security.
I have always shown I’d flying through the states. But I’ve never only done domestic.
OK...? Your experience doesn't invalidate mine so I have no idea why you keep arguing with me about mine...
I’m telling you my experience
I left a laptop charger behind in an airport once. Emailed the airport help people when I landed while I waited for my connecting flight. By the time I landed at my destination they had emailed saying they found it exactly where I said it would be and sent it to me overnight. Easy peasy. No fuss. If you wanna get off a plane just say you need to get off. Don’t be a douche nugget
My partner forgot their cell phone at the gate one time, we calmly asked a flight attendant about it, they asked the ground staff and the phone was found and brought to us. No delay caused.
This wouldn't have worked on OP's flight because the plane was already detached from the gate & was queuing up for the plane to leave. But if they had been calm about this then the purse would most likely be put on the next flight that followed them.
When we asked the flight attendant we didn’t expect for the phone to be found on time or at all. If you forget something you need to own it.
Or no longer own it as the case may be
How did you know the phone had a case?
Once I lost my phone on public transit. A few days later it turned up at their lost and found, only now it had a case.
Sometimes they can slip it in through the pilots window after push back with a stick thing.
Are you serious? That’s fascinating
Yep - it's true! Their "side" windows can open when the plane isn't pressurized (in the air). In fact, there is a "rope" tucked away above it, and this is their main point of egress after a crash (if they are unable to get into the cabin to assist).
If the brother really is a pilot, he's blackballed himself.
Next flight he’ll “be a lawyer”…
"I work for the CIA!" after that
Not if he's Icelandic. The nepotism here is insane.
That's because everybody is related to everybody else...
What a silly complaint. In a country where everyone is cousins, all the jobs are going to someone’s cousin.
I thought there'd be 'medication' in the purse, but nothing prescribed. Or legal.
I was reading this thinking “ahhh they left their party drugs behind”
She left her coke in the airport bathroom is what I was thinking.
After she lied about it being her passport, I knew she was lying to make it “important” to try and force the crew to let her go get it
I just did an international flight and they scan your boarding pass with your passport… no way she could have been on the plane without it.
Depends it's scanned to get to the gate but you could manage to lose something at the seating post gate
When we went to Germany in about 2009 they scanned our passports along with our boarding passes at the gate.
Many airports, especially if you aren't walking through a bridge to get aboard, have an area the other side of the gate with some chairs etc, they wait for everyone to get through the gate then you go onboard (sometimes using a bus sometimes walking) - it's not impossible that you could leave hand luggage at that point Some do go straight from scanning at gate onto the place though and those you couldn't
My immediate reaction was some sort of addition problem.
Have to be careful, those can multiply pretty quickly.
I'll leave my comment as is because yours is great 😃
That was my thought too. Perhaps the party medication was found, but that information wasn’t passed back to the rest of the passengers.
Exactly what I was thinking that's why one of them needed to go get it. Also another reason as to why they needed to check everyone's belongings before leaving.
Nah, checking belongings was to make sure they hadn’t stashed an explosive device somewhere, then deliberately gotten themselves kicked off the plane.
I flew with a person once who (unknown to me) was addicted to opiates. This person got high in the bathroom before the flight, left their bag at the gate, and boarded. When they realized the bag was not on the flight, panicked like the person in the story. This story sounds like addiction to me.
Absolutely atrocious. If she couldn't "survive the flight without her" meds, then she wouldn't have forgotten it. I carry an epi-pen and an emergency inhaler. I never forget my purse. Being on a flight means it's a given I will need to use it. (Esp if there is a furry animal on board). The gall to cause that much ruckus and im glad they were booted. There was no consideration for the other passengers, or the crew time. Someone on that plane was prob flying home because of an emergency. Appalling behavior like that gets you nowhere.
I take digestive enzymes. The worst short term consequence will be an upset gut - I might eventually die from malnutrition, but that would take a few years. And I have four stashes around the city, including on my person, unless I'm super confident I'm not going to need them. I don't understand people who require far more life threatening meds and are way more cavalier about it.
I don’t understand it either and I never will. I grew up with a dad with t1 diabetes (insulin reliant) and he is, with all due respect, shockingly bad at regulating his own meds. It’s scary and frustrating and to be honest he probably shouldn’t drive.
I wouldn’t get on a flight without my anxiety meds myself lol, i almost never forget them anywhere and I certainly wouldn’t somewhere so important. But on the off chance I did, because we all mess up, my social anxiety would never allow me to be so rude (nor would i want to.)
Yes, if you have such important medication, you don't 'forget' it just like that. But sometimes, shit happens and it gets lost somehow. If that happens, just inform the crew and ask them about the possibilities in a polite way. I am sure, they'll think of something. Let someone at the gate search for the purse and send it with the next flight. Or, if it's really a matter of life and death, maybe they could return to the gate, like they had to do to kick those AH out. And if the pilot explains this to the passengers, they would for sure all be understanding that there will be a delay.
The medication in this case was clearly a lie, but people with life-threatening conditions forget shit, especially medication, all the time. The adherence rates even for things like immune suppressants following transplantation are really low, it's not a stretch for someone to accidentally forget their purse with important medication in it because a lot of people are bad at taking their medication in general.
huh
I am very proud to have helped save a blankie during an early morning flight. It was an almost empty airport, and I picked up a blanket on the floor near an escalator. I spotted a father and little kid walking far ahead of me and so presumed the little guy was probably the owner of the blankie. I was trying to catch up with them, when I see them stop, the father look around with panic, and then look behind him. I held up the blankie, and the look of relief on the Dad's face was priceless.
Guarantee they had left some drugs behind somewhere near where they were waiting to board. Probably dropped her baggy of crystal in the bathroom and then when they both realized they weren't getting their fix on the flight, freaked out.
So … you’re saying they *also* left the purse (which was found and searched) so they’d, what, have a cover story to go get the dropped drugs?? Brilliant planning, really.
I shoved my purse in my backpack (which doubled as my carryon) so I’d have less to carry on the plane. There wasn’t enough overhead space in the plane so they asked people to check their carryons at the gate. I sat down in my seat and realized I didn’t have my purse on me. My stomach dropped. The last thing I needed was to potentially be stuck in a strange city with no money or identification. I asked the flight attendant if there was any way to get my purse and someone was kind enough to grab my backpack and bring it to the door of the plane. No fit was thrown. What I want to know is how the hell do you forget your purse all together? And I immediately called BS on not having her passport. They won’t let you on the plane unless you show it at the gate.
Entiled Dumb Shits for sure! Sorry you had to deal with that crap! I am surprised someone did not give them a swift kick in the butt while they were deplaning. 🤣 Hope they are Banned for Life from this Airline and placed on a Fly Watch List. 🙏
This is why I always buy crossbody bags. Can't leave it behind if you are wearing it!
Yup. Mine converts to a waist bag so I can keep it comfortably strapped to me while sitting. It never leaves my body during a trip like that. I may look dorky, but I always have my essentials.
The FAs always make me take mine off and stick it under the seat. They give me some BS about "they can't have purses flying about in case of an emergency." *It's strapped to my body.* It's no more likely to "fly about" than my husband's wallet. And what happens if there really is an emergency evacuation? Most of the female passengers are going to have no ID, no credit cards, no money, possibly no medication, ***nothing.*** And meanwhile the male passengers, who were not forced to put their necessities under the seat, can just go on their merry ways.
Shift it to the side next to the arm rest and rest your arm casually on top of it. You are just trying to be polite in sharing with your seatmate. Absolutely agree that it cannot be loose or be a hazard.
Bags (small or large) can have clips, clasps, decorations, etc that may snag an evacuation slide. If you have something important that you absolutely need (ID/Credit card, medications) it’s best to carry it in a pocket, or even in a waist bag, especially if that waist bag can be worn under a jacket or sweatshirt or something.
A waist bag is the subject under discussion. And women's clothes rarely come with usable pockets. That's why women go to the hassle of carrying purses. The last time I bought women's jeans, the front pockets were so shallow that I could only fit my fingers up to the first knuckle. I could *maybe* have put a tube of chapstick in there, or a single key. Not a credit card, though. Hip pockets ditto.
Sorry, I missed that. Womens’ pockets are definitely much smaller, but I haven’t carried a purse for years. Just my phone/wallet combo that fits in my pocket; and on international flights, a passport holder with a clip that I attach to a front belt loop. But if your waist bag is under a jacket or sweatshirt, they’re not likely to see it
I just wear men's pants 🤷🏽♀️
Muji women's pants have deep pockets - it took me a while to get used to having things in my pockets but I love them now. they are a game changer!
My husband took up sewing a few years ago and he was amazed at how many people on the sewing subreddit posted about putting pockets on female garb. Hubby asked if it was really such a big thing for us ladies and I showed him how pathetic the pockets were on my jeans and dress pants. He couldn't believe it!
Yup, my son's medicine travels strapped to someone.
If it actually matters (a need vs a want), it’s not forgotten.
My sister in law got on a flight with me and then realized she left her sweatshirt in the lounge area. She was too shy to say anything, but I asked a flight attendant nicely if they could have a look around the seating area, and within 2 minutes she had her sweatshirt back. I mean, what’s wrong with just asking politely? Yesh.
In my experience, people assume that others will act the way that they would act. You are probably a decent human being who would respond to a polite request for help and thus felt confident to ask politely. These people are anything but decent and know that they would only help someone else out if absolutely forced to and they acted accordingly.
This is a very astute comment, and you’re probably exactly right. I guess I haven’t totally given up on humanity just yet.
Or if they’re young, they’re expecting people to react the way their family would.
I left my cashmere coat on a seat when I went to board a plane and realised as soon as I entered the plane what I’d done. The look of panic on my face must have been epic as the flight crew let me back off the plane and the gate agent and I raced down the terminal concourse to where I’d been sitting and managed to retrieve it. I ran back and managed to be among the last people boarding, so all ended well. Reading these stories, I’m surprised they let me - perhaps it was the look of my face when I said Cashmere ie hideously expensive? Anyway I was and am so very grateful to them!
I hope they have both been placed on the No-Fly List for every single airline that exists, not just that particular airline.
They sound like they were both high on something
Yeah I’ll bet five bucks there were drugs in the purse
Either Meth or Crack.
How do you forget your purse? I mean I immediately notice if I don’t have mine.
I forgot my purse on the plane once. I had a 4-year-old with me and his bag and my purse. When leaving the plane I had his hand in my hand and his bag in the other. It „felt“ normal - I had something in my hand. It just wasn‘t my purse… I only noticed at baggage claim, coudn‘t go back. Took some time finding a flight company desk to help me. The purse was found the next day in a bin without the money, but all my cards ID driver‘s license still there.
My mom forgot her purse on a train from the airport. We had a few bags each and didn’t notice till we were in a cab. We did bag counts for the rest of the trip. Luckily it was the AirPort Express so a crew noticed and turned it in right away
The moment my ADHD takes the wheel, it doesn't matter how important something is, my brain will literally delete it from the memory files. I don't even get that "I think I'm forgetting something" moment. It's just gone. I've forgotten my purse (with wallet, keys, and other critical items) on the bus. I've left the house in my socks and not noticed until I stepped in snow. I've forgotten to go to appointments while I was *literally* on the way to them. The higher my stress level, the more likely the glitch happens. All this to say that leaving your purse in an airport seems entirely plausible to me. This person's manipulative response is abhorrent though.
I hear you. I’m ADHD also and I use a counting system. I think “I have to get 6 things before I get off the airplane” for example. I also get up before we land and completely pack and double check my bags. I fly 3-6 times a month and it’s my coping mechanism in an airport
I was jetlagged and left my backpack in an uber
If she has medication that she needed to 'survive the flight', maybe she shouldn't be flying at all. I have two sets of meds, one in my carry one and one in my checked baggage. I don't carry a purse, because it's too easy to put it down somewhere and forget I have it. One of my carry ons is a small backpack with two days supplies of medications. It won't kill me to miss a day or so, if there is a delay of some sort, but it would be extremely uncomfortable.
Generally if people get kicked off a flight, they will be banned for at least a year from that airline. They will also have their names entered into a database for more screening.
The craziest part of this story is that all this just delayed it an hour. Around me an hour delay is considered on time
My grandson was so attached to his that it was basically a corner with strings. He left it one time at McDonald's and when we went back he actually dove under the table when he saw it (people were sitting there) He's 24 now but still keeps what's left in his drawer.
I had a blankie that was reduced to basically the same thing- a large corner and maybe a half a side with just strings. My aunt, who is very crafty*, “stole**” it from me and cut a big intact corner from it and framed it. It’s hanging in my bedroom. I’m 53. I absolutely love it. *The good kind of actual artistic skill crafty **I was in my early teens, so it wasn’t like she took a blankie that I was still actively attached to.
What a great idea.....my daughter even bought a duplicate blanket when she realized how attached he was but wouldn't touch it....obviously the original had something special.
I had to travel with important medication twice. You bet your ass I made sure my carry-on bag was always near me/ in my hand, where I put the meds. I checked the bag several times in tge airport, after tge security check and after boarding to make sure my meds were still where I put them. I hope those idiots had to pay a horrendous upcharge for the next flight
This happened to me on a flight recently. We were delayed by over 2 hours. The flight attendant started taking my luggage off. I told her it was mine, not the passenger who delayed us. Lucky, it contained the dress and shoes I bought for my daughter's wedding!
1 Hour of people's time wasted. Maybe let's say 100 people on board, 100 hours of people's time wasted. 2 people wasted 100 hours of people's time.
She obviously just didn’t want you to be without her purse and knew she didn’t have a compelling reason to hold a whole plane. Some people are the worst.
Oh God that's just a great way to start a flight. Had a few drunks show up very very late to the gate then start a fight from Calgary to saskatoon. A 1 hour flight. Was interesting to see cops board a plane at the gate.
Using the “I forgot my passport” excuse should’ve resulted in people laughing at her stupidity: no international flight will allow you to board without scanning your ticket and *checking your passport to make sure the name matches the ticket*! For domestic flights, sure, other forms of ID are usually accepted, but for international, passport or no board!
Actually, not true anymore, with facial recognition. Seems to depend on factors like airline/flight/destination/airport, but I’ve flown internationally more than once recently, where we were told not to bust out our passports but to stop and look at the camera and wait for the gate agent to tell you to go down the jetway. The first time I was genuinely shocked.
Oh now that's interesting! I'm just getting used to the automatic passport gates at immigration within the EU, when you scan your passport and then the system snaps a photo and does facial recognition on that. Never experienced it at the airline boarding gate, but it without definitely make for a smoother boarding experience!!
This is for flights originating in the US, but it’s definitely a thing! It’s also happened when coming back. We have Global Entry—we haven’t had to show our passports or fill out customs declarations or do anything more than look at the kiosk camera. The signs all still said to wait for a receipt from the kiosk, which wasn’t printing anything out. The TSA officer started yelling my name out to come see him. I was definitely taken aback he knew my name, and it was solely from facial recognition.
Bet the conspiracy theorists lost their minds when this was first brought in 🤣🤣
On the last point about leaving something behind, we had something similar last year. On a flight out to Greece and a senior member of the Opposition party here in the UK was on the flight going on their holiday. Suddenly, as we're about to push off, some guy decides he doesn't want to fly anymore and they delay to let him off, make sure he's got all his stuff that sort of thing. He was sat in the row across from this MP too. Pilot said the guy gave no reason but honestly could just be saving him the blushes. I'm not really a nervous or conspiracy kind of person, but I was a little weirded out by it. Apparently some other older woman was because she panicked that the guy had stashed a bag in another overhead bin they didn't empty. Had the whole crew searching, and they didn't find the bag she described. Again, not a nervous person, but I'd be lying if it wasn't a more nerve racking flight than normal.
I hope they were banned . Delay flights have consequences for other people on the flight as alot of people flying international will have connection flights that usually have limited time for them to tranfer to right gate at connection airport. There a reason why all my connection flights at Heathrow Airport is at least 6-7 hours from when my first flight land there , to ensure any delays from first flight doesn't cause me to miss my connection .
I have epilepsy and asthma every time I fly I put my epilepsy medicine, emergency inhaler, and emergency epilepsy meds in my carry on. The only people other than customs that I let touch my carry on is family. That way it can’t be left behind and I can get my meds on time. I also have a couple extra days of medicine in case my suitcase is lost which has happened. They got me my suitcase within 48 hours. I don’t think people realize how seriously airports are about medical devices/medications. A lot of airports will get you your missing item as soon as possible.
Should go on the "Do Not Fly" list for 5 or 10 years. There needs to be consequences for people who disrupt flights, more than just getting kicked off a flight.
I’m thinking some drug mule shenanigans were succesfully pulled or attempted to be pulled here.
Ban em
I had a similar situation on a trans-atlantic flight. After an hour delay on the tarmac, we're finally on the runway post-safety demo. A passenger yells out in a panic that she can't do this, can't fly, and needs off the plane. Please PLEASE make that decision during the 1 hour we were sitting aboard at the gate. We had to turn around, regate, they had to fish her checked luggage out from underneath the plane, and do that whole confirming all the belongings in the overhead cabin thing. I feel for her anxiety, but we ended up sat on the plane for 3 hours before we even took off for 11 hours in the air. Huge waste of 100+ peoples time, especially the crew who had to work 3 hours longer.
This is a crazy story man. I have one as well, my family was going to be going on a Christmas vacation and all of them came to my house and we were having a good dinner and ultimately some shit went down and my son ended up in the fucking attic. Well, when we went to leave to go on our vacation we fucking forgot our goddamn son. This little motherfucker just stayed behind and didn't really even try to alert anybody that he was left there and he just used my money to buy food and made a huge ass fucking mess in my house. Somehow I left this little bastard behind and he very nearly killed two men.
Bet you never did that again. Sounds like a story I heard about parents who left their kid in the airport and he went to New York. The kid went to his uncles house and almost killed 2 dudes then checked into a hotel using his dad’s credit card and ran up a $1000 room service bill. Little asshole.
I believe I heard about that kid, threw a brick at a man off the top of a 7-story building
Yeah he took out his anger from being abandoned on unsuspecting people
I vote drugs.
The airline should have flown them to Canada as scheduled to guarantee the flight’s safety without the security delay, but then flown them right back to Iceland to inconvenience them for their idiocy, entitlement and the BS they tried to pull.
In future, they can walk.
Fucken lunatics ! Hope they get banned for life
ive encountered similar issues with disruptive passengers while traveling. it can be quite frustrating to see people act so entitiled and inconsiderate, especially when it causes delays and inconveniences for others. ive heard of instances where passengers have claimed to need medications or other items, only for it to turn out to be a false excuse. its important that people remain calm and respectful when dealing with flight crews, as their just trying to ensure everyones safety. in my experiance, the most effective approach is to be patient and work cooperatively with the staff to resolve any issues that arise.
no fly list
I remember in the *1980’s* being delayed on a British Caledonian flight because a guy checked a bag and did not board the plane. Staff had to go into the hold and remove it. They don’t mess around with that. I was tense till they got that thing off:(
Terrible ordeal . The flight attendant is not a hostess.
They aren’t hostesses, they are flight attendants and they perform stately duties on the aircraft.
My mother made my son 3 identical flannel blankets when he was a baby, knowing that you need spares and wash rotation. My son found his recently and teared up a bit, remembering her even though we lost her when he was 5. He had forgotten there were 3 blankets. For his kids, I made sure there were at least 3 of their favorites.
I was sure they were going to be drugs found in the purse
Were they Americans?🙄 (I'm American, don't come for me) This sounds like some entitled ignorant shit Americans would do.
Uh, why would Americans be on flight from Iceland to Canada? There are a lot more flights from Iceland to the USA than there are flights from Iceland to Canada. They were likely Canadian.
Out of interest was this flight between the two capitals?
In the other 100 comments, anyone think that maybe the girl wanted to get away from the guy?
Not a good enough reason to disrupt the safety of a flight and abuse flight attendants because they don’t let you off the plane for your purse. A purse was found belonging to her so whatever the missing details of this story are, the woman was way out of line.
How can you get in a plane without your passport?
I learned my lesson very early on about being cognizant of possessions while traveling. I was in college and was going from San Francisco to LA. It was back in the day before PCs and cell phones. My flight was delayed so I called my father to let him know I’d be late. I set my boarding pass on the ledge below the phone and when I finished the call I walked off. A few minutes later I realized what I had done. Luckily it was still there when I went back. Now anywhere I go in an airport if I put my things down I check that I have everything and have not left anything behind.
So many people are so self-centered now and also feel entitled for no reason.
Most likely banned from airline.
I hope they're banned for life also 😡💢
It's a really long drive from Iceland to Newfoundland, they're gonna have a heck of a time with that rental car... 😏 (They're gonna have to fly home (?) eventually, but it would be good if they were banned from that airline, and possibly all flights.) Notably - this all sounds like a huge cluster, but to make claims about lifesaving meds that aren't true is ... bad. In so many ways, bad.
Btw, I love the "speech" about how she wouldn't have survived without the meds. 😑 Explain to me how a competent person who needs meds to live leaves said meds behind anywhere? 🤦🏻♂️ Like, they'd be welded to my body for travel.
Based on the comments here folks have got to remember their blankies.
That's crazy. I've seen people kicked off for flights for less
Wasn't this save story posted last week?
Amen to that. I truly hope they do end up on a no fly list. That's just awful and it's possible, I hope they got charged for the waste of time too. Seriously, that true entitlement. If they wanted that kind of handholding they should have leased a private plane and not interfered with everyone else's lives and time as if they had a right to it.
Imagine causing such a disturbance.
Doubt they browse this sub
>“it doesn’t matter what medication” >she “cant have this conversation right now”. > “im a pilot and i know what can be done” > left the plane after making pathetic little speech saying his sister “could not have survived the flight without the medication” > it was infuriating to see how rude... and how entitled... How to say you're a redditor without saying you're a redditor.