Far too many of us have ended up stuck with someone behaving in a creepy way while travelling on trains, buses, or aeroplanes, but just because this is common, doesn't mean it should be accepted.
A young woman has shared how she was left disturbed during a flight after the man seated next to her began acting inappropriately, making her feel so uncomfortable that she claims she cried for ten minutes.
During a recent flight, where there were only two seats per row on the plane, a model and actress named Melanie found herself sat in the window seat, with an "old guy" - who she didn't know - beside her in the aisle seat.
According to Melanie, the man proceeded to use both armrests, leaving her without an armrest and squished up against the window. But this wasn't the worst part.
Already feeling annoyed by the situation, Melanie says she looked over at the man, only to see that he was typing the words "sex on a plane" into his phone, before proceeding to watch "videos of people doing it on a plane".
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In a video uploaded to TikTok Melanie said: "I know it had something to do with the fact that I was sitting next to him because I'm a young, attractive female, and he's a creep.
"So I get really scared and uncomfortable and I go 'excuse me!' to him, and then he gets up and moves because I was trying to get up, and I sprint to the front of the plane and I find the flight attendants".
At this point, Melanie says she was already "crying and freaking out", explaining to her followers that she has been sexually assaulted in the past, a factor that only added to her panic about the situation.
After Melanie told the flight attendants what was going on, they kindly went back to get her stuff from her seat for her, as she was "too scared" to return to the row where the man was sitting.
"They get my stuff from my seat and they move me to first class, and for the whole flight I was crying and trying to calm down and move on," she explains.
"It's okay, I'm very grateful that the flight attendants helped me, I'm glad that I was able to remove myself from the situation. Who knows what would have happened if I'd have stayed there?"
In a TikTok clip that has since gone viral, Melanie - who goes by the username @ a1iengir1 - can be seen sitting safely in first-class, sticking her tongue out cheekily at her followers as she lets them know what had unfolded.
Many people have praised Melanie for coming forward about what had happened to her, with one follower writing: "The fact that you said something is so commendable because a situation like that you can feel so frozen and scared".
Another said: "I’m so sorry that happened to you, that’s so scary but I’m glad you were able to get help and got your seat moved".
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