‘You’re The Real Karen!’: JetBlue Passenger Loses It After Flyers Reject Her ‘I’m a Lawyer’ Demand To Deplane First
A passenger on a JetBlue flight demanded to be allowed to cut in front of other passengers getting off, identifying herself as a lawyer. Was she going to get a judge to order everyone to wait for her?
- Claiming to be a lawyer when you want sympathy is probably the least effective strategy possible, because passengers pushed back quickly, “Wait for the people in front of you to get off!”
- Her response? “Shut your mouth.” And things escalated from there. Another passenger chimed in, “Let the people go.” And she told them they were all “whining for no reason” and they should “just deal with it.”
- That’s when a man starts chanting “Karen.” She tells him he’s “the real Karen” but I don’t know if that’s even possible? She insults a Southerner’s IQ. And a colloquey on colloquialisms follow, bizarrely enough, with a doctoral student proudly proclaiming their use of ‘improper’ English.
- As if the whole thing wasn’t strange enough, the discourse became pedantic even as it stooped to accusations of racism. She was called a racist, but demands nuance, arguing they actually mean to call her “xenophobic.”
She challenged opponents to a Barbri death match, I think? Threatening to meet them outside… to flash her “bar card.” Not implausibly, a passenger responds “You’ll lose your bar card once this goes viral.”
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7524892671844814111?lang=vi-VN&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fviewfromthewing.com%2Fyoure-the-real-karen-jetblue-passenger-loses-it-after-flyers-reject-her-im-a-lawyer-demand-to-deplane-first%2F
I have to wonder whether she’s actually a lawyer? Clearly not a very good one, at least in terms of managing complex negotiations or knowing when to speak and when to hold her tongue. I don’t think she should be disbarred, but her judgment is clearly questionable and the internet should find out her name because I certainly wouldn’t want to accidentally hire her.
Ultimately, the way she dealt with other passengers was terrible. But I’m going to defend her popping up into the aisle – a little bit. You might think she’s causing others to stay on the aircraft longer by jumping ahead of them, and that unfair, but she’s getting off the plane quickly! If everyone got off quickly, everyone would be on the plane for less time!
Fast deplaning also keeps flights running on time, allowing airlines to turn aircraft more quickly. And quick turns, along with on-time operations, keep costs down and fares low. She just needs to learn how to sell it – like any marginally competent lawyer would.
Passenger sends social media SOS from 6-hour flight after kid won’t stop kicking her seat: ‘Ready to go full tilt Karen’
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She was on a flight from heaven — headed straight to hell.
A passenger on a Southwest flight from Hawaii to the mainland found herself trapped in a nightmare after a child wouldn’t stop kicking the back of her seat — and the parent allegedly refused to take the matter seriously.
And while the internet is full of after-the-fact, high-elevation horror stories nowadays, this fed-up flyer found herself in need of immediate moral support.
So she logged into the inflight wi-fi service and posted an urgent plea to the Southwest Airlines board on Reddit, hoping finding a sympathetic ear — and some helpful advice, People first reported.
“I am currently on a flight from Hawaii to Las Vegas and a child behind me keeps kicking my seat,” Redditor Silverlace22 alerted the room.
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“His oblivious father is sitting next to him and does nothing. I don’t want to cause a scene but 4 hours into this and I am ready to go full tilt Karen. I have said ‘ouch’ a few times, but to no avail.
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“Why do they only put 1/2 inch of foam between your lower back and someone’s foot,” she wondered aloud.
Users were quick to come to the moral support of the ticked-off traveler, telling her to ring for crew assistance immediately.
“Press the flight attendant button and use your best adult words to tell them what you said here,” one virtual Good Samaritan urged.
“I have turned around many a time and just said straight to the kid ‘hey bud you’re kicking my seat and it hurts. Can you keep your legs away from there? Thanks!’ Usually goes fine,” said another.
Other users suggested hilarious ways to strong-arm the child into better behavior.
“‘See this blue button above my seat? It is the eject button for YOUR seat. If you keep kicking me, I will be forced to push it and you will be ejected from the plane,’” one armchair warrior suggested as a line that might work.
Some, however, were quick to blame the passenger for being “passive aggressive,” which the woman clarified was not the case.
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“Should have added I already spoke to Dad who says okay and then it continues. So getting flight attendant involved is the only recourse. Was just hoping someone had a creative alternative. Feral parenting is no joke,” she fumed.
In hopeless in-cabin cases, travel pro and advisor Nicole Campoy Jackson of Fora Travel previously told People, it’s good to be cautious — you never know who’s going to lose their cool when confronted.
“This is a tough one because parents are already on high alert and often feel defensive when flying with their kids,” she told the outlet. “To turn around, already mad, and start throwing blaming words around is going to help absolutely no one have a better flight.”
Instead, she advocated for a gentle approach, speaking quietly and directly with the parent — and only involving a flight attendant if the problem persists.
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Recently, one mom went viral after confronting a pair of fellow passengers over their badly behaved kid, who wouldn’t stop blowing spittle-filled raspberries from the seat in front of them.
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“After the third time my husband very sternly said to the parents, ‘If you don’t get your kid under control, I’ll do it for you,’” Shayla Monnier recounted of her flight from Atlanta to Denver earlier this year.
After the offending mom retorted that people without kids wouldn’t understand, Monnier’s husband had the ultimate comeback:
“‘We have five children and six grandchildren and I promise you not one of them would do something like that,’” he reportedly said.
Unruly behavior in airports and on planes has become common place, typically among adults behaving like children.
In Taiwan, one fully-adult traveler was filmed recently hurling a chair and assaulting a staffer at Kinmen Airport over an unknown issue.
Closer to home, a United Airlines passenger in a “Scarface” t-shirt took a bite out of a flight attendant’s uniform, forcing the Newark-bound plane to make an emergency landing.
