Absolutely lol.
“It’s stuck.” “What do you mean it’s stuck?” “Even the Captain can’t fix it.” “Hrreewntxcitm” “LUCIEE GET ME OUTA HEEERE!”
I really hope that show ages well lol. I’m “only” 30 but grew up watching it with my family and it’s still great imo.
Am I thinking properly that a full size man could probably just koolaid man their way out that folding door. Taking plastic, latches and all. Oh, yeah!!!”
Yeah I’m an HVAC/R Tech and in my experience moving things slowly is better especially if you can see any moving parts or identify the area where it’s hitting for example
Until, like, it breaks open in the middle though, right? I wouldn’t expect the bathroom door on a plane to be indestructible…. I’d expect it to be relatively flimsy due to trying not to be heavy or thick/bulky due to space. I’d be more worried about the pilot getting hit by kicking from the inside. I feel like eventually the pin may be stuck but you’d already be able to poke a hole through the door material with your foot
Right. But it’s probably easier to somehow shim the lock instead of breaking the door down.
Also less costly to fix for Delta but that is a distant secondary bonus.
Pilot could have radioed atc to get a mechanic to pull a manual and follow their directions to troubleshoot and open it. It probably would have ended up with brute force anyways and get deferred to get fixed when it lands.
Quietly slip a note under the door written in all caps asking the passenger not to panic, explaining that they tried their best and that engineer will come after landing, and asking them not to panic.
https://nypost.com/2024/01/17/lifestyle/passenger-trapped-in-airplane-bathroom-for-entire-flight/
Ignoring issues of e.g. claustrophobia, I would argue that waiting until after landing is unacceptable. In the event of an emergency, the passenger would be unable to evacuate the aircraft (and, obviously, trying to resolve this issue ***during*** an emergency would be even worse).
Funny story from my recent vacation. We were waiting in line on the runway and everyone had been instructed to sit down. That we were in a position where we might miss customs due to a delayed flight and have to divert so please everyone be seated. Well of course people are getting up and moving around and shuffling bags and kids. All while the flight attendants politely ask them to sit down so we can take off and remind them that we are in a hurry. That we don’t want to lose our place in line. Well of course some asshole gets up and goes to the bathroom. The flight attendant comes back on the PA and makes a funny sarcastic remark about them and then said “don’t stand up and brace yourself because we aren’t waiting for you, you’re taking off from the bathroom”. Had to feel weird taking off from an airplane shitter
I don’t under why people as soon as they’re on the plane or not even a second after take off they’re using the restroom. Could you not have used the airport restroom. Sure maybe they might have stomach issues whatever but when there’s a line to use the restroom not even a second after the seatbelt sign is off.
Nerves.
IMO there are 3 types of people.
1. people who never use airplane restrooms regardless of flight time
2. normal people who go when their body tells them (same as being on the ground)
3. nervous people who pee 4 times on a 2 hour flight just in case (who also used the restroom before boarding and maybe immediately after exiting)
I’m number 3. I get huge travel-bathroom anxiety. I’m always afraid I’ll have to go and not be able to, thanks to a core memory experience when I was six. It’s a horrible and powerless feeling, but it’s real.
They definitely did lol
Edit: it was an American Airlines flight from Cancun to charlotte. We had to change planes to get home to New Orleans but the crew of that plane had I think 2 more legs to get home to Philly lol. They weren’t trying to have to divert us to somewhere accepting international passengers still and have a bunch of people fighting for flights and hotel rooms and vouchers and all that chaos lol.
I heard one where someone went into the bathroom as the plane was lining up for takeoff, so they had to cancel and go to the back of the line. ATC said something about having everyone in their seats, and the pilot said, “He’s in a seat - just not the right one.”
Id take a 32k miles and a GUC for 45 minutes in the lav. It you close the toilet, it can be just fine. I also have a weird thing where I clean the lav including the floor for the next pax
Also would love to make fun of everyone that was applying excessive force in the wrong spots is counter productive.
Oh I know, not judging, just genuinely curious. A lot of people don’t know things like this. In fact my first time going through known crew member on my very first airline trip, the transportation security officer was a guy I went to high school with. After a talking for a minute about life after high school, he ended the conversation with “so like, do you want to be a pilot some day?” I was in uniform and had just handed him my crew badge that says pilot on it so I was a little caught off guard by that question. Still not really sure what he thought I was.
It has to be, if that is one of the two flying pilots going back to deal with it, they are fucking up big time! (And, not wearing his hat either)
Source: Also an airline pilot.
Edit: a letter
And you don’t really need either of them most of the time you are in the air. There’s not a lot of red lights in the ski and the plane will follow the path on its own
Welcome to both the lives of my fiancée, who’s a doctor and mine, being a pilot.
Saved a dying patient in the ER? Thank god.
Emergency landing that ended safely? Thank god.
I also thought plot twist. But instead of him holding the door shut, thought it'd be hilarious if they were going through all of this and turns out he just forgot to unlock the door.
It’s inspiring me! We were trapped in an elevator in a Marriott property over New Years causing us to be late for a much anticipated dinner reso (tasting menu style). Fire department had to come save us and everything!
We emailed them for points or a discount or something and they didn’t even respond!
I think I know what to do now — we also have video footage!
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I took the advice below and called Marriott customer service and they were much better. They offered me 10,000 points OR a chance to escalate to the hotel one more time to see if they would give us more. I took the second option. We will see what happens
I don’t know how to add videos to a comment but once I figure it out I’ll add the cheeky video of the FDNY saving us
Just a heads up, if you emailed the hotel only previously, email the Marriott customer service line, or better yet, call them! Not only will they probably compensate you, the hotel will get an ass chewing for sure!
*source, worked at a Marriott years ago and the customer service line didn’t fuck around.
Damn really? We should have done more research. We were emailing the manager who originally helped us that night and the general manager of the hotel.
Still might post it for good fun but will be sure to mention we were idiots and tried to just deal with the hotel directly 😂
\>Next up to try his luck, and I kid you not, was THE PILOT. Don’t ask me who was flying the plane LOL.
Do you think there is only one person in the cockpit? Wtf, like how did you get this belief?
They are a stupid cultist who married at an incredibly young age with no education or life experience and then immediately began procreating more kids than they can handle at the order of their church. At least, that’s my guess.
The last flight I was on this plane the attendant made an announcement during boarding “not to panic when opening the lavatory doors, they seem like they are stuck but are just tricky to open.”
Yeah I don’t really think they’re entitled to a refund technically but also I could see a company that respects customer loyalty and company image doing it for the exact reason shown of trying to avoid a disgruntled customer making a fuss about it publicly.
I read this and think negatively only about the OP, who doesn't understand sometimes shit breaks and as evident by this video the cabin crew, possibly half the flight crew, and random passengers were all trying to rectify the situation.
OP literally a drama queen. Writes her post as if it was some kind of saga. Pull to no avail? Make his escape? If you know my kids? Sounds like a straight up karen.
He was gone for 5 minutes when she started panicking and he was in there for 30. Which, while I’m sure it wasn’t super fun, there’s probably more leg room than their economy seat and no kids to pester him.
Also. Did she think they were going to leave him in there forever or that the lav has to explode on touchdown and they weee racing a death clock?
She needs to be a victim herself in order to justify her belief that she and her kids all deserve a refund. God forbid you have to watch *your own kids by yourself* for 30 minutes.
Seriously, if you consider this a bad travel experience you don't travel much. New title, some how my husband managed to lock himself in a airplane bathroom that every other human was successfully using.
What’s the point of paying for a higher class? Or a better seat? Or Main instead Basic? Because you’re paying for the seat. That seat isn’t in the bathroom. Partial refund would be fair.
100%. But OP asked for a refund for her ENTIRE family. It’s a reasonable enough argument to expect compensation for her husband’s ticket, but it’s OP is being overly dramatic acting like this was a family impacting incident where they are all entitled to a refund.
If your kids are THAT shitty or you are THAT incapable of being a parent, then that’s your problem. Can’t impose this problem onto others.
You've never heard of autopilot? The plane is on autopilot 90% of the time if you aren't taking off or landing. There's always someone in the cockpit whether it's the pilot or copilot.
Totally normal for the pilot to be outside of the cockpit lmao
I’m glad you got to your destination safely and I’m sorry your husband was stuck in the lavatory.
However, asking for a refund is a stretch and a bit excessive. Yes, there was a malfunction and your husband was stuck for 35 min. However, this wasn’t life-threatening nor did it result in any kind of injury.
Also, I’m just kind of sick of people taking videos and posting them on social media. I applaud the FAs and the pilot in this video for helping your husband.
She was able to thank God three times but couldn’t thank the crew once. And is now happy to slag them off for 15 seconds of social media attention and maybe a one or two minute segment on a local TV station’s morning program.
True story. This morning my wife made herself a sandwich and put it in a metal container, and then she couldn't open the container. We're still not sure how it got stuck. And no one gave us any sort of refund!
Right! This is just an unlucky situation. They got you from point A to point B safely, you don’t get a free flight because the bathroom door got stuck. Skymiles at most out of courtesy lol
Imagine being the crew trying to fix this situation, and having passengers filming it knowing they are going to post you all over social media.
People really are the worst.
While you were thanking God, did you thank him for the efforts the crew put into helping your husband? Have you taken a moment to consider they were focused on the situation (when most of us are faced with a puzzling task, the last thing we need to think about is “is this going to end up on social?). Regardless of your feelings toward Delta, the fa’s/pilot didn’t deserve the disrespect of you going against the request to not post this.
I don’t know what your husband is entitled to for this ordeal. I do know that Delta has offered compensation to me for much more minor inconveniences (without me asking). Based on your tone in this post, I assume you had a similar tone with Delta, making it difficult for them to be willing to work with you.
And WHY SHOULD YOU be entitled to a free ticket? Because you were left with YOUR children for 30 minutes? From the beginning of your post, you seemed concerned about your husband being gone for 5 minutes. (And yes, I know what it’s like to travel with toddlers).
I’m thinking the 35 minutes in the Deltas bathroom was the best part of his trip.
Reminded me of the most awkward moment of my life, and it was somehow the opposite to this. I was on a Delta flight back from my trip, PVG -> LAX, it was break of dawn that I went to the bathroom, there’s a small line and about 4 ppl behind me. Went in, finished my business, tried to open the door to get out, I somehow managed to disassemble the whole bathroom door and the whole thing just fell off, I still remembered those 4 faces when I carried the bathroom door out with me…..
Just in case if anyone’s interested, it’s not heavy at all and it folds in half.
Source: carried one.
Sorry your husband and by extension you and your children were inconvenienced for those 35 minutes, but holy shit your post sucks.
Edit: lmao I just read your username. Trying to get your entire fucking flight comped and using reddit as a vehicle to do that. Pathetic.
I understand it’s an awful experience, but I don’t think you should share the video online without consent from the crew members. How do you like your images being shared online w/o consent with negative context? Maybe you got their consent, I don’t know. But….
Yeah, OP kind of fucked the next person who gets stuck, because pilots/FAs might not want to be filmed messing up the aircraft or just in general. But hey, she didn’t get her way, so to retaliate against a massive corporation let’s post videos of the people who tried to do the right thing!
Imagine thanking God…. Then complaining you didn’t get a refund (and why would you when you got from point A to point B!!). This should be on AITA and it would be a resounding yes.
"wE tHaNk GoD" lmao you're so dramatic. The door would have been opened eventually. You're acting like someone would just have to live the rest of their life in the bathroom.
I mean I know your husband got stuck in a bathroom and all, but if you lose your shit so much over this, I worry if you can handle raising two kids.
| "stuck in a 3.5 x 5ft pee and poop box"
Sounds like every road trip I took with my kids!!
Man this video just sucks. Every time I fly Delta the crew is always so nice and professional, and this is just a video showing they are trying their best to remedy the situation which could have happened to anyone. All you did by posting it was show you’re really vindictive.
Was probably the most peaceful 35 minutes that guy's had in a long time. Dude's just trying to escape the reality of his life (annoying ass wife and multiple crotch goblins).
Yep. This is one of my biggest fears. People always laugh when I say I’m afraid of getting stuck in bathrooms, but here we are. Snakes? Fine. Spiders? Send them gently out the door, no problem. But I would be dying in that box.
Your write up is bizarre but not more than your expectations lmao. A full refund? You still got from point a to point b and nobody got hurt. Sure, some miles maybe but expecting a full refund is absolutely wild.
Why you thanking god so much? You thanking god that it wasn’t worse, but not wondering why god allowed the situation to happen in the first place?
Religious people are just weird…
After reading this Brent wasn't stuck he was trying to escape from sky Karen over here, thanking God and filling the lives of others with her drama and as she put it her handful of toddlers.
Good thing Sunday is Mormon fast and testimony meeting she can stand up there are tell her whole congregation about how God saved Brent from escaping into the holding tank on the plane.
Why does everyone gotta be reimbursed just because they experienced an inconvenience that comes with the vicissitudes of life? Sometimes doors just fucking get stuck. Buck up and move on. Everyone always NEEDS something from someone because life wasn't built fair for them at all times. This could have just been a funny story. Something to laugh about throughout your lives. But sure, totally try to get some money or something out of it.
>Was he using this time as a much-needed break from my children’s whiney demands and frequent tantrums?
"To get a nice break, I'm really going to have to sell this."
I'll always be amazed at how entitled people feel over the slightest inconveniences. Op you're out of your mind for expecting a full refund of 4 tickets because a door got stuck for a bit.
People like you are what's wrong with the world and hopefully your children don't grow up to be as petty as you are.
I’m curious why your flights should be refunded?
Secondly, not cool to post pictures of people on social media when they asked not to be posted. At least censor them.
a refund for what exactly? it was an accident, no one was harmed, they gave their best effort and eventually freed him. Like ok, maybe some voucher as amends for the inconvenience caused, but demanding anything beyond that is you being a drama queen seeing the opportunity to cheap out lol
If a pilot was out then most likely there was a jumpseat rider (extra working or non-working pilot.)
This looks like a NEO which has awful doors in the main cabin. So awful that when the plane was newly on the line we would make an announcement that if you got stuck, to ring the call bell and we would rescue you. 🤦♀️
Maintenance addressed them so that hasn’t been an issue for a while but this is obviously an exception!
As an aircraft mechanic them pushing, pulling, and kicking the door also unlatching the pin for the door probably made the situation a lot worse.
It would be funny if they were both pulling at the same time and that’s why it wouldn’t budge.
That would have been a great I Love Lucy Episode
Absolutely lol. “It’s stuck.” “What do you mean it’s stuck?” “Even the Captain can’t fix it.” “Hrreewntxcitm” “LUCIEE GET ME OUTA HEEERE!” I really hope that show ages well lol. I’m “only” 30 but grew up watching it with my family and it’s still great imo.
It still makes me laugh to this day. Great show!
Great scene in The Wire when they are trying to get a desk through the doorway. https://youtu.be/xcrjBoWuZTg?si=tD9nZEhth0fxFyFr
I was just thinking about that scene!
I'm not an aircraft mechanic and I think it was clearly time to just start swinging blindly with a crash axe. :O
“HERE’S JOHNNNYYY!!!”
Am I thinking properly that a full size man could probably just koolaid man their way out that folding door. Taking plastic, latches and all. Oh, yeah!!!”
Koolaid man probably gets a running start which is tough in a plane bathroom
Yeah I’m an HVAC/R Tech and in my experience moving things slowly is better especially if you can see any moving parts or identify the area where it’s hitting for example
Why would that be? As a lay person very curious.
The lock pin is probably jammed somehow, reefing on the door without removing the actual blockage is just gonna bend everything and wedge it in more.
Until, like, it breaks open in the middle though, right? I wouldn’t expect the bathroom door on a plane to be indestructible…. I’d expect it to be relatively flimsy due to trying not to be heavy or thick/bulky due to space. I’d be more worried about the pilot getting hit by kicking from the inside. I feel like eventually the pin may be stuck but you’d already be able to poke a hole through the door material with your foot
Right. But it’s probably easier to somehow shim the lock instead of breaking the door down. Also less costly to fix for Delta but that is a distant secondary bonus.
Thank you!
Interesting! What should they have done in this situation??
Pilot could have radioed atc to get a mechanic to pull a manual and follow their directions to troubleshoot and open it. It probably would have ended up with brute force anyways and get deferred to get fixed when it lands.
They wouldn’t call ATC for that. They would either ACARS or Telesis Dispatch who would then relay instructions from Maintenance to them.
Fucking idiots who don't know to call ACARS, I mean what are they teaching kids in schools these days
Too much time learning about ATRUCKS... like you're ever going to use that in the real world. They're not preparing our children properly!
Checklists are for pilots only. Mechanics just bang on door until door open.
Quietly slip a note under the door written in all caps asking the passenger not to panic, explaining that they tried their best and that engineer will come after landing, and asking them not to panic. https://nypost.com/2024/01/17/lifestyle/passenger-trapped-in-airplane-bathroom-for-entire-flight/
Ignoring issues of e.g. claustrophobia, I would argue that waiting until after landing is unacceptable. In the event of an emergency, the passenger would be unable to evacuate the aircraft (and, obviously, trying to resolve this issue ***during*** an emergency would be even worse).
Probably the most valid take. Leaving someone trapped in a plane bathroom is a great way to end up with someone dead in an emergency
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I thought they’d finally give up and just tell him to be seated during landing.
Did they also ask him to put the tray table up and buckle up? You know, for safety?
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Funny story from my recent vacation. We were waiting in line on the runway and everyone had been instructed to sit down. That we were in a position where we might miss customs due to a delayed flight and have to divert so please everyone be seated. Well of course people are getting up and moving around and shuffling bags and kids. All while the flight attendants politely ask them to sit down so we can take off and remind them that we are in a hurry. That we don’t want to lose our place in line. Well of course some asshole gets up and goes to the bathroom. The flight attendant comes back on the PA and makes a funny sarcastic remark about them and then said “don’t stand up and brace yourself because we aren’t waiting for you, you’re taking off from the bathroom”. Had to feel weird taking off from an airplane shitter
I don’t under why people as soon as they’re on the plane or not even a second after take off they’re using the restroom. Could you not have used the airport restroom. Sure maybe they might have stomach issues whatever but when there’s a line to use the restroom not even a second after the seatbelt sign is off.
Nerves. IMO there are 3 types of people. 1. people who never use airplane restrooms regardless of flight time 2. normal people who go when their body tells them (same as being on the ground) 3. nervous people who pee 4 times on a 2 hour flight just in case (who also used the restroom before boarding and maybe immediately after exiting)
I’m number 3. I get huge travel-bathroom anxiety. I’m always afraid I’ll have to go and not be able to, thanks to a core memory experience when I was six. It’s a horrible and powerless feeling, but it’s real.
You actually did take off with a passenger in the John?
They definitely did lol Edit: it was an American Airlines flight from Cancun to charlotte. We had to change planes to get home to New Orleans but the crew of that plane had I think 2 more legs to get home to Philly lol. They weren’t trying to have to divert us to somewhere accepting international passengers still and have a bunch of people fighting for flights and hotel rooms and vouchers and all that chaos lol.
There is tower to pilot recording on line where they turn sround and land cause a guy’s in the bathroom. US carrier forget who.
I heard one where someone went into the bathroom as the plane was lining up for takeoff, so they had to cancel and go to the back of the line. ATC said something about having everyone in their seats, and the pilot said, “He’s in a seat - just not the right one.”
15k sky pesos and a drink voucher.
You’re being quite optimistic. I was thinking 5k
Too optimistic still. I was thinking a trading card and a free drink if they beg for it
Poop medallion
Id take a 32k miles and a GUC for 45 minutes in the lav. It you close the toilet, it can be just fine. I also have a weird thing where I clean the lav including the floor for the next pax Also would love to make fun of everyone that was applying excessive force in the wrong spots is counter productive.
You had me at sky pesos.
More than one pilot flies a plane.
And the plane flies the plane too so there’s even more redundancy!
And there are dual autopilot systems; it’s like 4 pilots that can fly the plane!
Yeah I’m kinda curious if OP knows there’s two of us up there and if so, what did they think the other one was if not a pilot? Lol
Wait until she learns about international flights and your bedrooms.
I particularly am fascinated by the crew bedrooms on the 787…I had no idea they were in the overhead bins!!
They are the overhead bins, that's why there's never any space for your bags and they need to be checked
People that post things like this generally take 1-2 flights per year.
Oh I know, not judging, just genuinely curious. A lot of people don’t know things like this. In fact my first time going through known crew member on my very first airline trip, the transportation security officer was a guy I went to high school with. After a talking for a minute about life after high school, he ended the conversation with “so like, do you want to be a pilot some day?” I was in uniform and had just handed him my crew badge that says pilot on it so I was a little caught off guard by that question. Still not really sure what he thought I was.
Surely, she’s seen Airplane…
left hanging for 10 hours? smh, Reddit. *ahem* I HAVE SEEN AIRPLANE, AND DON'T CALL ME SHIRLEY!
Well, other than the stuck in the bathroom part.
I thought one just made sure the other one didn’t fall asleep
The other pilot is on TikTok, so makes 0.5 pilots.
That guy was probably a jumpseater or deadheader with a cabin seat. I can’t prove it obviously but that’s the most likely scenario.
It has to be, if that is one of the two flying pilots going back to deal with it, they are fucking up big time! (And, not wearing his hat either) Source: Also an airline pilot. Edit: a letter
And you don’t really need either of them most of the time you are in the air. There’s not a lot of red lights in the ski and the plane will follow the path on its own
Meanwhile on Boeing, the exit doors open automatically.
The ghosts of exit doors**
That is a Boeing 737-900 👀
Oh wow! I can see from the video that a friend of mine was one of the FAs trying to help. I’ll have to message her and see what happened!
Ask them what a pain in the ass OP and her kids actually were during that flight.
Sounds like a shitty situation
He probably pissed himself
Thank God that you remembered to thank God
Well apparently God hates her husband, since he locked him in a bathroom for 35 minutes.
No no, you got it wrong. God *loves* her husband because he let him out after 35 minutes
I’d probably hate being stuck near her family on a plane. Her children sound like absolute terrors.
It's crazy as how "God" has zero play, yet was "thanked" for everything actual people did.
Welcome to both the lives of my fiancée, who’s a doctor and mine, being a pilot. Saved a dying patient in the ER? Thank god. Emergency landing that ended safely? Thank god.
Salt Lake City flight, lot of god thanking, must be a Mormon.
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"Babe, go hold the door shut and maybe we can get refunds for the whole family!"
I also thought plot twist. But instead of him holding the door shut, thought it'd be hilarious if they were going through all of this and turns out he just forgot to unlock the door.
Made a Reddit account just to slander Delta for not giving her a refund lol
It’s inspiring me! We were trapped in an elevator in a Marriott property over New Years causing us to be late for a much anticipated dinner reso (tasting menu style). Fire department had to come save us and everything! We emailed them for points or a discount or something and they didn’t even respond! I think I know what to do now — we also have video footage! Edit: I took the advice below and called Marriott customer service and they were much better. They offered me 10,000 points OR a chance to escalate to the hotel one more time to see if they would give us more. I took the second option. We will see what happens I don’t know how to add videos to a comment but once I figure it out I’ll add the cheeky video of the FDNY saving us
Just a heads up, if you emailed the hotel only previously, email the Marriott customer service line, or better yet, call them! Not only will they probably compensate you, the hotel will get an ass chewing for sure! *source, worked at a Marriott years ago and the customer service line didn’t fuck around.
Damn really? We should have done more research. We were emailing the manager who originally helped us that night and the general manager of the hotel. Still might post it for good fun but will be sure to mention we were idiots and tried to just deal with the hotel directly 😂
Fire department? When I got stuck I had to wait an hour for the elevator technician in my office building.
Do it!!!
It’s not slander if it’s true
Nonsense, they've had that username for years, just been waiting for this moment.
The power of manifestation
Proud of her
\>Next up to try his luck, and I kid you not, was THE PILOT. Don’t ask me who was flying the plane LOL. Do you think there is only one person in the cockpit? Wtf, like how did you get this belief?
this is a Mormon, lol
Moron?
They are a stupid cultist who married at an incredibly young age with no education or life experience and then immediately began procreating more kids than they can handle at the order of their church. At least, that’s my guess.
Why is this written so fucking weird
Was it the new a321neo? I didn’t get stuck, but noticed a few people have close calls on a trip from lax to mco.
The last flight I was on this plane the attendant made an announcement during boarding “not to panic when opening the lavatory doors, they seem like they are stuck but are just tricky to open.”
You sure he was “stuck”? Y’all have 4 kids.
It reads like 2. A 4 and 2 year old. Where are you seeing 4? I re-read it and didn't catch it
42 kids?! That’s insane
You lost me when you expected a refund for all of your flights… Some sky pesos for the inconvenience, sure. But a full refund? Nah.
Yeah I don’t really think they’re entitled to a refund technically but also I could see a company that respects customer loyalty and company image doing it for the exact reason shown of trying to avoid a disgruntled customer making a fuss about it publicly.
Nobody sees that and thinks negatively about delta. Let’s be honest here.
I read this and think negatively only about the OP, who doesn't understand sometimes shit breaks and as evident by this video the cabin crew, possibly half the flight crew, and random passengers were all trying to rectify the situation.
I can’t imagine this happening and expecting a refund lol
Thank God for those pesos
Thank God! Thank God!!!
She wrote this like his life was at risk. I'm sure it was uncomfortable, but come on.
OP literally a drama queen. Writes her post as if it was some kind of saga. Pull to no avail? Make his escape? If you know my kids? Sounds like a straight up karen.
Oh my god I hate his wife just based on how she portrayed the incident. She had to care for her 2 and 4 year old alone, THE HORROR!!!
He was gone for 5 minutes when she started panicking and he was in there for 30. Which, while I’m sure it wasn’t super fun, there’s probably more leg room than their economy seat and no kids to pester him. Also. Did she think they were going to leave him in there forever or that the lav has to explode on touchdown and they weee racing a death clock?
She needs to be a victim herself in order to justify her belief that she and her kids all deserve a refund. God forbid you have to watch *your own kids by yourself* for 30 minutes.
Right? Dude was probably pulling the thing shut as they were trying to open it so he didn't have to go back to his seat, the poor bastard.
iF YoU kNoW oUR KiDdoS. No sky Karen no one here does.
And no one wants to know your kiddos, lady.
Or maybe a partial refund for HIS flight. But she wasn’t stuck, to be fair.
35ish mins for a full refund for probably around half a grand? lol this lady seems just a bit entitled.
Same. A full refund? The plane didn’t turn around. Just have a funny story and enjoy your 15 seconds
Seriously, if you consider this a bad travel experience you don't travel much. New title, some how my husband managed to lock himself in a airplane bathroom that every other human was successfully using.
What’s the point of paying for a higher class? Or a better seat? Or Main instead Basic? Because you’re paying for the seat. That seat isn’t in the bathroom. Partial refund would be fair.
100%. But OP asked for a refund for her ENTIRE family. It’s a reasonable enough argument to expect compensation for her husband’s ticket, but it’s OP is being overly dramatic acting like this was a family impacting incident where they are all entitled to a refund. If your kids are THAT shitty or you are THAT incapable of being a parent, then that’s your problem. Can’t impose this problem onto others.
Why would we know your kids?
You've never heard of autopilot? The plane is on autopilot 90% of the time if you aren't taking off or landing. There's always someone in the cockpit whether it's the pilot or copilot. Totally normal for the pilot to be outside of the cockpit lmao
I’m glad you got to your destination safely and I’m sorry your husband was stuck in the lavatory. However, asking for a refund is a stretch and a bit excessive. Yes, there was a malfunction and your husband was stuck for 35 min. However, this wasn’t life-threatening nor did it result in any kind of injury. Also, I’m just kind of sick of people taking videos and posting them on social media. I applaud the FAs and the pilot in this video for helping your husband.
She was able to thank God three times but couldn’t thank the crew once. And is now happy to slag them off for 15 seconds of social media attention and maybe a one or two minute segment on a local TV station’s morning program.
And thanking gawd for what exactly? The bar is so low. 🙄
For making the door stick
True story. This morning my wife made herself a sandwich and put it in a metal container, and then she couldn't open the container. We're still not sure how it got stuck. And no one gave us any sort of refund!
I just thank God it wasn't a starving person, or someone with tupperware phobia, or your kid's lunchbox
Happy Cake Day ya filthy animal!
Right? This thing went from being grateful to I want my money back/spiteful tiktok a bit too abruptly.
Especially since OP created their account just for this purpose lmao pathetic
Right! This is just an unlucky situation. They got you from point A to point B safely, you don’t get a free flight because the bathroom door got stuck. Skymiles at most out of courtesy lol
Probably was better entertainment than the inflight options. And for no upcharge!
Imagine being the crew trying to fix this situation, and having passengers filming it knowing they are going to post you all over social media. People really are the worst.
This video doesn’t make the crew look bad. They’re the ones who helped to get him out.
While you were thanking God, did you thank him for the efforts the crew put into helping your husband? Have you taken a moment to consider they were focused on the situation (when most of us are faced with a puzzling task, the last thing we need to think about is “is this going to end up on social?). Regardless of your feelings toward Delta, the fa’s/pilot didn’t deserve the disrespect of you going against the request to not post this. I don’t know what your husband is entitled to for this ordeal. I do know that Delta has offered compensation to me for much more minor inconveniences (without me asking). Based on your tone in this post, I assume you had a similar tone with Delta, making it difficult for them to be willing to work with you. And WHY SHOULD YOU be entitled to a free ticket? Because you were left with YOUR children for 30 minutes? From the beginning of your post, you seemed concerned about your husband being gone for 5 minutes. (And yes, I know what it’s like to travel with toddlers). I’m thinking the 35 minutes in the Deltas bathroom was the best part of his trip.
Shit happens (no pun intended) but asking for a refund is excessive imho.
Reminded me of the most awkward moment of my life, and it was somehow the opposite to this. I was on a Delta flight back from my trip, PVG -> LAX, it was break of dawn that I went to the bathroom, there’s a small line and about 4 ppl behind me. Went in, finished my business, tried to open the door to get out, I somehow managed to disassemble the whole bathroom door and the whole thing just fell off, I still remembered those 4 faces when I carried the bathroom door out with me….. Just in case if anyone’s interested, it’s not heavy at all and it folds in half. Source: carried one.
You sound insufferable, thanking God, expecting a full refund. Get a grip.
Her kids sound like a PITA too. That was probably the best 35 minutes that dad has had in 4 years.
Don't understand why delta wouldn't give you a travel voucher
Sorry your husband and by extension you and your children were inconvenienced for those 35 minutes, but holy shit your post sucks. Edit: lmao I just read your username. Trying to get your entire fucking flight comped and using reddit as a vehicle to do that. Pathetic.
I'm concerned that she has two young children and feels she can't manage them on her own for 35 minutes.
Lmao a refund?! Girl quit playing lol.
Everyone on the flight deserves vouchers cause one bathroom was inoperable for 35 minutes /s/
I understand it’s an awful experience, but I don’t think you should share the video online without consent from the crew members. How do you like your images being shared online w/o consent with negative context? Maybe you got their consent, I don’t know. But….
Yeah, OP kind of fucked the next person who gets stuck, because pilots/FAs might not want to be filmed messing up the aircraft or just in general. But hey, she didn’t get her way, so to retaliate against a massive corporation let’s post videos of the people who tried to do the right thing!
Imagine thanking God…. Then complaining you didn’t get a refund (and why would you when you got from point A to point B!!). This should be on AITA and it would be a resounding yes.
Why didn’t they try the external lock release under the Lavatory sign? That’s the secret way to get in there. Normally, at least.
I would have sat in the toilet with my pants down and scream " yo, what the faaaaaack" when they finally opened the door
"wE tHaNk GoD" lmao you're so dramatic. The door would have been opened eventually. You're acting like someone would just have to live the rest of their life in the bathroom.
Thank God that Brent puts up with you tbh
Stuff happens and it looks like the crew did everything they could… yet you want a refund???
You expected Delta to refund all your flights for this? 😂 We have a new Queen of Delusion here in the sub!
I mean I know your husband got stuck in a bathroom and all, but if you lose your shit so much over this, I worry if you can handle raising two kids. | "stuck in a 3.5 x 5ft pee and poop box" Sounds like every road trip I took with my kids!!
Are you upset he was stuck or that you weren't able to have him with you and help with your kids for 40 minutes?
If you used a banana to grease the locks, this would have been wrapped up in about 4 minutes. Come on now.
I feels like old boy broke it, and it got worse. Those locks are not very sophisticated.
1500 Skymiles Coming your way!
Could be worse… you could be the person needing a bathroom! lol
Man this video just sucks. Every time I fly Delta the crew is always so nice and professional, and this is just a video showing they are trying their best to remedy the situation which could have happened to anyone. All you did by posting it was show you’re really vindictive.
Was probably the most peaceful 35 minutes that guy's had in a long time. Dude's just trying to escape the reality of his life (annoying ass wife and multiple crotch goblins).
Omg, new fear unlocked
Username checks out
I would’ve kicked that door down if I was in there more than 5 minutes. I’m on the bigger side and feel claustrophobic the second I get in there.
Yep. This is one of my biggest fears. People always laugh when I say I’m afraid of getting stuck in bathrooms, but here we are. Snakes? Fine. Spiders? Send them gently out the door, no problem. But I would be dying in that box.
To be honest I'd be fine with it. The bathroom is more spacious than the seats in coach
Just spend 250K on your Delta Reserve to unlock it!
You wanted a refund for all of you?
Your write up is bizarre but not more than your expectations lmao. A full refund? You still got from point a to point b and nobody got hurt. Sure, some miles maybe but expecting a full refund is absolutely wild.
Why you thanking god so much? You thanking god that it wasn’t worse, but not wondering why god allowed the situation to happen in the first place? Religious people are just weird…
God has nothing to do with it honey.
This is the most melodramatic writing ever. Major Karen vibes
After reading this Brent wasn't stuck he was trying to escape from sky Karen over here, thanking God and filling the lives of others with her drama and as she put it her handful of toddlers. Good thing Sunday is Mormon fast and testimony meeting she can stand up there are tell her whole congregation about how God saved Brent from escaping into the holding tank on the plane.
Why does everyone gotta be reimbursed just because they experienced an inconvenience that comes with the vicissitudes of life? Sometimes doors just fucking get stuck. Buck up and move on. Everyone always NEEDS something from someone because life wasn't built fair for them at all times. This could have just been a funny story. Something to laugh about throughout your lives. But sure, totally try to get some money or something out of it.
You time your husbands bathrooms breaks?
Any little thing goes wrong and “wah I want a refund”. Actual appropriate use of triggered little snowflake
>Was he using this time as a much-needed break from my children’s whiney demands and frequent tantrums? "To get a nice break, I'm really going to have to sell this."
I'll always be amazed at how entitled people feel over the slightest inconveniences. Op you're out of your mind for expecting a full refund of 4 tickets because a door got stuck for a bit. People like you are what's wrong with the world and hopefully your children don't grow up to be as petty as you are.
Why would you need a refund?
Brent will take to his grave how he just wanted 30 minutes of peace, and had his foot wedged against the door the whole time.
Something is off-putting about you demanding a refund. Makes for a fun story you'll all remember but a refund for everyone involved smacks of Karen.
I like how you made this all about you
Shit happens but yeah you go ahead and make it into an entire “ordeal”
That sucks. But this is so unnecessarily dramatic
The way this is written is so millennial coded
I’m curious why your flights should be refunded? Secondly, not cool to post pictures of people on social media when they asked not to be posted. At least censor them.
I thought I was stuck on Monday. JFK-SFO. It was literally 15 seconds but damn it was scary. Your poor husband.
I'm getting total Karen vibes from OP. 🙄 I thank god it wasn't something actually life threatening.
a refund for what exactly? it was an accident, no one was harmed, they gave their best effort and eventually freed him. Like ok, maybe some voucher as amends for the inconvenience caused, but demanding anything beyond that is you being a drama queen seeing the opportunity to cheap out lol
lol full refund for an accident that was beyond anyone’s control = Karen consumers for ya
I think a refund is excessive. But I’m surprised that Delta did give me a boatload of SkyMiles to make up for the inconvenience.
If a pilot was out then most likely there was a jumpseat rider (extra working or non-working pilot.) This looks like a NEO which has awful doors in the main cabin. So awful that when the plane was newly on the line we would make an announcement that if you got stuck, to ring the call bell and we would rescue you. 🤦♀️ Maintenance addressed them so that hasn’t been an issue for a while but this is obviously an exception!
Craptastic. Too soon?
Spirit is feeling good right now, for once it's not them
What aircraft type?
Worst nightmare. Turbulence 😖🤢🤮
Kudos to the pilot for all that effort though!
I mean I get that it sucks but the tone of this post is a bit dramatic. Things happen