When travelling for a long time, there can be nothing more annoying than an obnoxious passenger on a flight who just doesn't get the hint.
And one man just knew how to get some petty revenge on a fellow flyer who wouldn't stop annoying him during his trip, reports the Mirror.
The man took to social media to explain how the passenger behind him on the plane kept "stabbing" at her television screen in the headrest while picking a film.
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He posted anonymously on Reddit, saying: "I had turned around in my seat about four times to ask another passenger to tap her touchscreen gently.
"She kept stabbing at the screen/headrest while giving no f***s. Each time I asked her to take care she just stared at me in silence.
"After the fourth time, she replied 'Just f***ing deal with it' and continued on. This was about one third of the way in on a 13 hour or so flight."
After he stewed for a while, the passenger came up with a cunning plan to exact "revenge" upon the annoying passenger.
He added: "On my next bathroom break, I went up to the young man seated behind her and showed him a message I wrote on my notes app.
"It read 'The lady sitting in front of you is playing whack-a-mole with my headrest. I'll give you $50 (£40) when we land if you f*** with her for at least an hour'.
"He laughed and nodded. After about an hour later, I heard commotion behind me, 'Quit it, she said'."
While the young man put on a brilliant performance behind the annoying woman, he pretended to be asleep when kicking her chair, and acted like the digs were him readjusting in his sleep.
The original poster added: "He just ignored her when she finally got up and tapped him (quite hard I might add), and he made a fuss about waking up in confusion, offered apologies, and continued on readjusting his feet every so often for what seemed like the rest of the flight.
"Upon exiting, I waited at the gate for him and he waved away my offer to pay him. Really nice guy."
While many users couldn't help but laugh at the woman's misfortune for her actions, others shamed her for her behaviour in the first place.
One user said: "That would have been worth the $50, I think I've had that woman sitting behind me before."
Another user added: "I have never had an issue after asking the person to please touch the screen gently. What a rude woman and perfect revenge."
A third user said: "Nice. Very petty, I love how humanity as a whole are 100 per cent down to be petty at a moment’s notice!"
One more user added: "When I was a flight attendant, I always said 'Remember that screen is attached to a seat with a human in it. It's a touch screen, not a punch screen'."
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