I stopped there. Seems like he's the A-hole because he thinks that stuff matters.
In the old days, parents would want to raise at least one child well, as one of your children would take care of you in your old age. And, that child would get the double-portion in your will.
Nowadays, we have Social Security and reverse mortgages.
“New York to London”.......that’s a long ride with a crumb snatcher kickin’ your chair.
What in earth does the ethnicity of those involved matter?
>>” Indians are not looked upon well by other travelers.”
I have had lots of issues with other travelers of a certain race behaving badly on airlines, but its never been Indians.
“His seat was in front of a woman and her two young sons, while her husband sat behind them”
Dad woulda found himself in the front seat seeing how he liked that crap........and the flight attendants shoulda seen to that......but alas they are now too occupied making sure your stupid covid mask that does absolutely nothing is covering your nose.
Commercial jets.......are now the greyhound buses of the 21st century. SMH
About six years ago, I had a kid kicking the back of my seat. I asked his mother (nicely) to please have him stop. She smirked at me and said “boys will be boys.” He did it again and I told him to stop. Mom was not pleased I tried to correct her son, and told me so. He started again. I got up on my knees in the seat, leaned over, and screamed at him: “I SAID STOP KICKING MY (f-word here)ing SEAT!!!!” Kid was crying, mom was angry, passengers were high-fiving me, and the flight attendants were laughing (and gave me free beer).
If the parent can’t control the kid, it’s time for the kid to calmly learn every expletive that could be directed at the mother as well as every truth of the world he’s not ready to hear. Let the mother then move them to another seat.
A number of years ago I was boarding a flight to Los Angeles and as soon as I reached my assigned seat, a young man came up and loudly insisted that I was in his seat. I looked at my ticket and at the row and seat number - and I was definitely in my correct seat.
He continued to loudly insist that it was his seat until I took his ticket from him and showed him that his seat was in the row behind mine.
He kept scowling and moved himself and his skinny, pale and angry-looking wife to the row behind me and said loudly, "at least I am a Christian!"
I reached between the seats and grabbed his neck and said quietly, "I'm a Christian too - but I'm the kind that punches faces - shut the blank up".
It was quiet flight.
I never let my kids kick the seat in front of them. I know how much I hate that and will not inflict that on others.
I also explained to them WHY people don’t like it.
And I kept my eye on them during the flight to make sure they didn’t do it.
Kids can be taught how to behave in public.
What’s worse is when you turn around and find that it’s an ADULT doing the kicking…
I’ll give little kids some grace, but adults?? No sir.
Bkmk