From the WaPo article about that tweet:No chance is the guy next to me eating a full rack of ribs plus sides on this plane gtf pic.twitter.com/hDD9u6MlPi
— Lanna Tolland (@lannatolland) February 20, 2023
According to internet detectives, the takeout in question was from Glasgow Airport’s Frankie and Benny’s, a United Kingdom-based “family friendly American Italian restaurant” chain that’s “the home of spaghetti, meatballs, pizza and birthday parties.” Tolland’s neighbor appears to have ordered their “Smoky Ultimate BBQ Ribs” with a side of “skin-on” fries and a half an ear of corn slathered in “mayo and Italian cheese.”
A lot of the discussion is about the fact that he's doing this in the middle seat. But I think that counts in his favor. Middle seaters are the oppressed class of the airplane cabin.
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A fucking nightmare. I cannot imagine a transcontinental flight with a fat ass squeezed in next to me, finger-licking, then wiping his hands all over the place, slurping, moaning, loudly chewing, then belching.
My God, it'd be like eating with my wife when she gets a good gluten-free waffle.
Is he sharing? If not, what a pig!
I am disgusted by people bringing food on planes. i suggest you eat beforehand instead of bringing your smelly tuna sandwich to my row, your awful homemade crap, your fried chicken, your Big Macs. You big fat shit get to the airport earlier and pig out on your ribs and corn before you board. Or perhaps you already did and the giant dish on your obese lap is meant as a snack during your two hour flight during which you would be deprived of chow.
"Now, I don’t care just what you do
If you wanta have a picnic, that’s up t’ you
But don’t tell me about it, I don’t wanta hear it
’Cause, see, I just lost all m’ picnic spirit"
I once sat next to a guy in the second row at a PLAY who opened up a sandwich as soon as the lights went down. He put it away after I told him I could hear him CHEWING.
I had a young woman eating some kind of Chinese in the back seat just yesterday. As the ride progressed I got over the initial disregard for a simple question, ‘can I eat something in your car, I’m starving… ya di yada…’. A combination of AAs big book page 417 “acceptance is the answer today” and the fact that it was a temporary situation, the ride would be over in 15 minutes, and, who knows maybe she will tip me. As for the smells, I carry a spray to deal with that. It seems to absorb the smell without replacing it with a sensation you are walking into a mall perfume kiosk. Remember those?
This result was entirely foreseeable given the nature and quality of food served by the airlines.
I just wrote a brief on causation and foreseeability.
Dude is like Rosa Parks.
Could be worse. Could be an egg salad sandwich.
Glasgow Airport.
Of course.
Mayo and Cheese!?!?!
Why not just dip it in a porta-john?
But I may not be the best judge. I mostly eat naked fries, with vanilla ice cream, no toppings for desert.
But Sweet Corn? It is on the top five of butter delivery systems.
A perfectly good meal ruined by French fries.
OOF! The last thing I want to do while traveling is eat a large meal, or any meal, really, let alone sit next to someone who is doing so! Occasional very small portions of trail mix and water is the only way to go for me....
What she I assume means to post as an affront (how dare he!) I would take as a challenge (I’ll finish it before we land, and have time for a quick nap).
And that in spite of the fact that sweet corn is out of season and what they put on it is an affront to corn on the cob!
I think it looks damn yummy….but I wouldn’t want to sit next to it on a plane.
- Krumhorn
BTW. The point of “acceptance” is not to automatically turn yourself into a doormat in every possibly awkward situation. The point is to gage your own possible tolerance level in that moment in time. And not overreact as though your Macdonald's order was missing your spicy buffalo. Ask yourself, is this something worth getting somebody, myself included, bumped off a flight?
Not every place or thing is Palestine Ohio. And that might very well have contributed to us as a whole not recognising a Palestine Ohio when it does happen.
He must not fly much. Hopefully.
In Glasgow, sweetcorn is always in season. It comes from a can. No I am not joking. Also, that barbecue has never been within 5 miles of wood smoke.
See if I was still frequently flying that would have been me trapped between the window and the box o’ ribs there. OTOH before Popeyes started opening stores in California that kinda was me hunched over hot chicken and looking out the window. You eat when you can sometimes.
"first they came for the peanuts..."
I wouldn't want to be sitting next to this guy, but the upside is that I would dine-out on it for the rest of my life.
I don't think I would like to sit near someone eating that (or anything else smelly) in an airplane or any where else, but I'm not sure I see how this is any less acceptable than someone eating an airplane meal (or other snack) delivered on the airplane that also has odors? People eat on airplanes, I don't like the smells but that's what people do.
Gross.
Smelly.
inconsiderate.
He thought they said it was National Day of ATE.
This reminds me of a flight where I was in the window bulkhead seat next to two guys who dismantled a chicken with their bare hands. It was both disgusting and hilarious.
This reminds me of a flight where I was in the window bulkhead seat next to two guys who dismantled a chicken with their bare hands. It was both disgusting and hilarious.
Yes, I too cannot make a right/wrong judgment about the decisions of a person until I know how oppressed that person, or the category of persons he or she is a member of, is or has been (without any time limit, e.g., oppression that occurred not to the person but by some of the members of that person's category still count no matter how many centuries or eons the oppression may have occurred).
At least it doesn't look like he needs a seatbelt extender (yet).
And nothing says 'Italian food' like ribs smothered with BBQ sauce and cheese.
Thatsa spicy meat-a-ball!
'Could be worse. Could be an egg salad sandwich.'
I was on a flight a long time ago from Rome to the U.S.
Two Middle-Eastern guys got on (Western dress) and the stench of B.O. was so overpowering, the flight attendant had them kicked off the plane before we took off.
I should add to my previous comment: Except for the fat ass part. Lord. If my wife reads Althouse today, I'm screwed.
I forgot to add that I also must know the oppression status of the person complaining if other than me, and my own oppression status, even if I'm only acting as arbiter.
I didn't know they allowed you to bring your own food on an airplane. But ribs and french fries is a good choice.
And yes, sitting in the middle sucks big-time. I got stuck in the middle row, in the middle seat on a flight to Japan. People yakking behind me, people yakking in front of me. No window view. And of course, having to squeeze by 3 other people everytime I wanted to use the Loo or just stretch my legs.
Privilege or preparedness? Pass the Grey Poupon.
She invaded his privacy, so why would he offer to share?
Mayo and Cheese!?!?!
Why not just dip it in a porta-john?
Elote is good.
It managed to look both meager and excessive at same time.
Old Lawyer,
I have recently learned that there are no more Minority groups needing support / preferences / whatever. Now, there are "Historically Minoritized Groups".
This has the wonderful twofold function of 1) guaranteeing that a former minority that becomes a local majority shall not lose their status, and 2) guaranteeing that whites never get "protected minority" status, even after the biblical seven generations.
Isn't language just the BEST THING EVER?
I'm still puzzled how Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, etc. fit into this scheme. I am awaiting an update with great anticipation.
I would be loath to eat something that messy on a flight, but on a 4 or 5 hour flight you've got to have something!
The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Scottish food is Haggis or clootie or mince and tatties, BBQ Ribs not so much.
If I had the aisle seat I'd be okay but if I had the window seat I'd feel threatened.
General plane etiquette includes a stipulation that middle seaters will meekly agree to accept their low-caste status for the duration by doing nothing worse than what they're already doing: being there, thus depriving both seat mates of spreading out and using both arm rests.
People suck…
I just had to connect thru Denver and Shake Shack had some bourbon honey shake thing I enjoyed…dint take on the plane though…
A fun terminal game while you’re walking to your connecting flight- while walking by the other gates guess where the plane is going by looking only at the people.
Gulfstream here in Savannah has been lining up the green planes at a furious pace lately. If you have the means I highly recommend picking one up…
Did he order a beer to wash it down, because that would be epic.
When I travel, I always buy two seats. Just to avoid the middle seat passenger. Occasionally I get asked to move my stuff from the middle seat but I show my ticket and they shut up but look pissed.
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