I have TSA Precheck and am a frequent business traveler. Things are pretty robotic.
However, this last week not one but two people decided to crowd the outflowing belt. I’m standing there, like, “My stuff is coming out first, but whatever…”.
Then this chick grabs my bag to move it out of the way as it comes down the line. I stepped to her side and did yank it out of her hands saying “pardon me” in a knowingly terse tone. She genuinely gasped and said “You don’t need to be a jerk about it!”
So I might be the asshole because it just slipped: “Fuck off.”
I didn’t yell it. Nobody else said anything. Her face was just stunned.
So was I wrong for being overly aggressive to her, or did she just suck?
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she touched your stuff without asking at TSA, of all places. you didn’t yell, you just reacted in the moment. could it have been handled smoother? maybe.
did she overstep first? definitely.
People touching your stuff is an ick .. people touching your luggage AT THE AIRPORT!! That is a huge No no.
NTA
YTA.
Being right and being an asshole are not mutually exclusive.
she grabbed your bag,that’s your personal property, and at an airport, that’s a big deal.
“Airport etiquette is simple: don’t touch what isn’t yours. You said ‘pardon me’ she touched your stuff. That ‘fuck off’ was just the carry-on you didn’t mean to pack.”
YTA. It doesn’t hurt to be nice, and all she did was touch your bag
Sketchy…definitely NTA. I get pissed if people mess with my stuff no matter where I am. Best believe at the airport I’d be even more frustrated
She shouldn’t have touched your bag
NTA
Next time yell “that’s my purse!!” Like Bobby Hill.
NTA: sometimes these things just slip out. It was two words not a thorough beating. I’m sure she’ll cope.
Is your life that boring?
Nope. Now days people have no respect for anyone sometimes not even themselves
You don’t touch other people’s luggage. She is lucky you did not raise the issue with TSA. NTA
NTA. It slipped out. Sounds like it wasn’t intentional.
A terse “You don’t get to touch my stuff” or “You don’t get to steal my stuff” would have been preferable, but not everyone can think of the perfect line at the right time.
NTA you were alot more polite than I woulda been.
NTA
At an airport or on a plane you don’t touch anyone’s shit. Period.
She has some nerve acting affronted when caked on lifting your bag
NTA
Pretty sure not touching someone else’s bag is a big thing at airports.
As a fellow business traveler you’re nicer than I would have been.
NTA but as a professional traveler it will behoove you to keep in mind that most folks aren’t as seasoned as you. Most are likely in a state of stress that you have the luxury of floating above if you so choose.
Where is the part where you’re being mean?
You said “pardon me” not “that’s my purse I don’t know you” and kicked em in the groin
NTA
Nta….id be pissed oif somwone touched my stuff. Especially in the airport. I would have said the same thing because im a bit hot headed😅
NTA. People are getting increasingly rude and entitled everywhere and the airport is one of the worst places. You tried polite and terse, she took it as the call out for bad behavior it was, lashes out and got an appropriate response. I think you were pretty well controlled in that situation.
You’re fine. You do not touch other people’s stuff, especially at the airport
Fuck Off was bad, how does it feel when I type it to you? Surely, if you’re an experienced traveller, as you say, you have better ways of coping with the holiday rushes by now:) act like an understanding, well mannered adult, not an ungrateful kid, will go go a long way in life:)
You’re supposed to be rude at airports
What are the standard questions asked at security?
So you could really be the ass and report her for tampering with your luggage. It would only take a bored jobsworth customs officer to really ruin her day.
So no nta.
She touched your personal property and called you a jerk… I probably would have said worse to her
ESH. Unfortunately, your “fuck off” probably just allowed her to double down that you’re the asshole. I doubt it occurred to her that she was the jerk about it. If you’re going to make the effort, you want to walk away with the other person wondering AITA.
NTA while you could’ve used different wording. I’m guessing if someone grabbed her bag she wouldn’t be silent.
Nta. Wait your turn and let the people in front of grab stuff first
I have to tell somebody what’s up about everytime I fly domestic …Some Americans don’t know how to act in public
What’s up with these comments ? Bunch of feral AHs, starting with OP. His bag was moved out of the way on the belt, oh, the ultimate insult. At some point OP is gonna get punched, especially if tries shit like that with a dude, and especially abroad. YTA.