Passenger Terrifies Seatmates by Flying in His Boxer Shorts, Goes Viral
You could say he was flying by the seat of his pants.
Flying in economy class is becoming more and more of a social experiment as it pertains to the limits of human patience—especially now that both the seats and bathrooms are shrinking. Faced with several hours of extreme discomfort, plane etiquette has fallen a long way from the days of getting dressed in your Sunday best for a flight. People take off their shoes, place their feet up on someone else's chair, and engage in spartan battles over the armrest.
But one air traveler really took things up on a notch. This week, Twitter user Lizzie Thompson was on an Air France flight from Paris to Los Angeles, when the man in the seat across from her actually took off his pants.
The man in the seat across from me has taken HIS PANTS OFF for the flight and is just in his boxers. Flight attendants seem unconcerned. This is going to be a long flight @AirFranceFR #CDG to #LAX pic.twitter.com/Z0EfktDwpD
— Lizzie Thompson (@Lizzie_Thompson) February 18, 2019
Then, just to really make himself feel at home, he also took off his socks and spread his legs out against the wall.
He has also removed his socks. pic.twitter.com/0cmhtlFxOi
— Lizzie Thompson (@Lizzie_Thompson) February 18, 2019
Things only got more bizarre from there. "He just shouted at a man who boarded with a ukulele (also have questions) to COME SIT WITH ME AND MAKE SOME MUSIC," Thompson wrote. Apparently, airline staff were "unconcerned" by these antics. They offered her another seat, but apparently shrugged off the fact that a man in his boxers was having a jam session on an 11 hour flight.
Update @AirFranceFR – alerted the flight attendant. He offered to move me (which would mean losing my bulkhead legroom) but just shrugged when I suggested he ask the man to put his pants back on.
— Lizzie Thompson (@Lizzie_Thompson) February 18, 2019
Two hours in, the man swiped four bottles of wine from the cart and fell asleep. When he awoke, he put on his puffer jacket, presumably because he was cold, but, evidently, not his pants.
Just landed. 2 hours in he stood up and took 4 mini bottles of wine from the cart. Then he fell asleep. Then 6 hours in he got cold so PUT ON HIS PUFFY JACKET pic.twitter.com/wNFq9L2bkH
— Lizzie Thompson (@Lizzie_Thompson) February 18, 2019
The story has a happy ending, however. He did, eventually, put his pants back on.
Finally, his pants went back on. Good news: nothing bonds a group of passengers like a man half naked in your section. Shout out to the flight attendant who slipped me extra wine and did keep checking in to make sure I was good.
— Lizzie Thompson (@Lizzie_Thompson) February 18, 2019
Thompson's thread immediately went viral because it is, of course, hysterical.
OMG I have literally never laughed so hard in my life. My sides hurt.
— WyeToons (@pamwye) February 19, 2019
And while many people criticized the man for his blatant disregard for other passengers, some applauded him for his ability to make a long-haul flight as close as possible to a Saturday night at home.
OMG!!!! I'm jus jealous I never thought of that on the overseas flights lol pic.twitter.com/WNC5pT7nEm
— Bobby Keith King (@BobbyKeithKing1) February 19, 2019
And for proof that not everything that happens on a flight is terrible, check out the heartwarming, viral exchange that occurred when Timothée Chalamet was seated next to one of his biggest fans.
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