A man has been praised for taking a stand against a mother and her glitter-crazed kid while onboard an airplane.
The man took to Reddit to explain how he was sat next to a mother and her young child on a flight. The mum gave her child some arts and crafts to get on with during the flight, which included loose glitter.
The flyer ended up covered in the stuff and when he looked to the mother for help, she just shrugged her shoulders and ignored him. He discreetly told a flight attendant who promised to address it with caution.
However, when he returned to his seat, the mother insulted him and continued to do so for the rest of the flight.
Writing on Reddit, the man said: "I had a situation that happened to me on a long-haul flight yesterday and I need your verdict.
"I'd paid for an aisle seat in main cabin extra because of my long legs. It was a packed flight and my row-mates were a mother with a young child - maybe five or six.
"They brought a bunch of arts and crafts to keep the kid busy - things like a glue stick, markers, paper, craft sticks. Sounds cute, right? Well, not when the glitter came out.
"The child, let's call her Glitter Godzilla (GG), was making a mess, and since she was in the middle seat, the glitter would spill over onto my side.
"If you remember glitter from school, it’s messy as f*** if you try attaching it to paper. There’s a lot of shake off and most of it doesn’t stick.
"So yeah the glitter and marks from the glue stick rolling off the gray table was everywhere - on my shoes, my backpack, and my jeans.
"I'm patient and get kids can be messy, but this felt crazy. I tried catching the mom's eye, hoping she'd step in. But she just gave me a blank look like 'this is how it is.'
"I’m not confrontational so when I got up to use the bathroom, I quietly shared the situation with a flight attendant. She promised to discretely address it."
The man continued: "When I got back to my seat, the mother was pissed. Idk what the flight attendant said but the mom claimed I was being discriminatory against mothers, and since the flight was delayed she was just trying to keep her child entertained.
"Then she started raising her voice, accusing me of being 'a selfish man with no understanding of children'. All this despite the fact that my lower half now looks bedazzled.
"There were no other seats available, so I was stuck the rest of the flight with this lady’s verbal attacks. The flight attendants gave me looks of sympathy but didn’t want to step in.
"Of course the mother gave me a final f*** you as we deplaned.
"I travel a lot and this was the flight from hell. Not to mention it was pretty embarrassing in the airport. Not that I can blame people taking notice.
"Am I the a****** here? Was I wrong to get some help in dealing with what felt like a glitter assault? Should I have just sucked it up and became a human art project?"
Readers sided with the glitter-covered traveller, as one Reddit user wrote: "A plane is not a child's classroom. Of course, it's not always easy to entertain children on planes.
"But if you bring arts and crafts, it shouldn't be anyone else responsibility but the parents to clean it up, and they shouldn't be surprised if people are put off it.
"Given her actions, she's just selfish and inconsiderate of others around her."
Another said: "She could've at least been a glitter shield by putting her kid on the window seat."
A third wrote: "Only an extremely entitled mother would think that glitter is acceptable in transit, either for the passengers or for the poor attendants that have to clean that out of the carpet and seats later.
"You handled it like a champ and were extremely polite. Don't worry about it, seriously."
More comments read: "Listen. I love glitter, I want to sparkle all the time. I would bath in glitter if it wasn’t so bad for everything. HOWEVER, glitter crafts are not for public.
"It is the herpes of craft supplies and should be kept at home where everyone consents to being covered in glitter. You did nothing wrong. That mother was a giant entitled a******."
And one noted: "She deserved to be called out. Having a kid doesn't mean you get to impose their messes on anyone else. The kid should have also been in the window seat."
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