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Post by Susie_Homemaker on Aug 1, 2023 20:07:03 GMT
We were on a flight home from Cozumel, and my SO had the audacity to accept a flight upgrade to first. I was stuck sitting in the middle seat in economy between a very amorous and drunk couple. They kept handing things to each other, and then started leaning over and kissing each other. The last straw was when she tried to lay her legs over me so she could rest her feet on her boyfriend's lap. We came very close to throwing hands, but a flight attendant was able to get them to knock it off. Meanwhile, my very relaxed now-DH had a very relaxing flight. So, a comment: how dare your SO take the upgrade! and a question: why did you not offer to swap seats with one member of the couple? Like whichever one had the window seat.
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Post by smartypants71 on Aug 1, 2023 20:17:01 GMT
We were on a flight home from Cozumel, and my SO had the audacity to accept a flight upgrade to first. I was stuck sitting in the middle seat in economy between a very amorous and drunk couple. They kept handing things to each other, and then started leaning over and kissing each other. The last straw was when she tried to lay her legs over me so she could rest her feet on her boyfriend's lap. We came very close to throwing hands, but a flight attendant was able to get them to knock it off. Meanwhile, my very relaxed now-DH had a very relaxing flight. So, a comment: how dare your SO take the upgrade! and a question: why did you not offer to swap seats with one member of the couple? Like whichever one had the window seat.
I did offer many times. They were drunk af though. The whole situation was out of control. And yes, I'm still mad at DH and it's been 8 or 9 years!
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Aug 1, 2023 20:54:26 GMT
Bummer that you lost your yarn scissors. I lost a great pair of Gingher embroidery scissors in Paris once because I forgot to take them out. . For future trips, get one of these. I've been traveling with one for well over 10 years and have never had an issue with TSA or security in other countries. The other option I use is a pair of finger nail clippers. Get a pair with no attached file/blade. Does the Clover tool cut yarn? embroidery floss? pearl cotton? I've been reluctant to buy one because it says "thread cutter" and I'm cutting thicker items. Yes to all of those. I just did a test of 6 strand cotton floss, #5 Perle cotton and standard acrylic yarn. It went through all of them. But if you have a nail clipper, that should do the trick as well.
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Post by cmpeter on Aug 1, 2023 21:24:45 GMT
If we only had one upgrade, dh would give it to me or one of our kids. That was back when he was the only one with status and he flew a lot on his own. His reasoning was he was often upgraded on his solo trips, so time to share the wealth.
Iāve been lucky to not deal with anything too terrible on a flight. But, once when walking to baggage claim a guy walking towards us started just ranting at the gal walking in front of me. I didnāt really notice how drunk he was and tried to come to her defense by asking him if he would talk to his daughter like that. Then he started ranting at me too. Luckily we got to the spot you walk thru and canāt go back out and he was gone.
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Post by karinec on Aug 1, 2023 21:30:28 GMT
Had to be the drunk woman on the 7am flight to Vancouver. She thought she was cleverly hiding her bottle of liquor in her purse as she chugged. She was so drunk, when the flight attendants were confronting her over her behavior she tried to light a cigarette. It was almost comical. I think she was arrested after deplaning.
My daughter and I were sitting directly behind her and witnessed the entire escapade. My then-husband was at the front of the plane with our other daughter and they had no clue what was transpiring.
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Post by rockymtnpea on Aug 1, 2023 22:07:49 GMT
Well on one flight I had the guy in the middle seat that was eating a sandwich that must of been made of an entire onion, all sliced up. It was dripping on his hands and down his arms and he would just wipe it all on his pants. After he finished his sandwich he started on on his boogers. Fun times.
And then on the train in Italyā¦the train was super crowded and all of the people were looking for a seat anywhere they could find one. In one section the train has four seats and they face each other. One seat was taken by a lady who had her little bag of postcards and some other crap in it in an empty seat. One of the young adults in our group wanted to sit there and the lady said āummmm I kinda want my bag to stay there.ā Insert me with my eyes growing wide in disbelieve. I said āreally, the train is packed and people are searching for seats and you want your tiny bag to stay in the seat? How selfish.ā She responded āIām sorry you feel that way.ā
I wanted to throat punch her but I didnāt want to go to jail in a country not my own. So instead I gave her the stink eye the entire trip. Iām still mad about that.
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Post by librarylady on Aug 1, 2023 23:49:39 GMT
I am surprised that knitting needles are allowed on the plane. I quit taking mine as I was sure they would be declared a weapon. I put them in my checked bag.
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Post by Merge on Aug 1, 2023 23:58:18 GMT
I found it especially annoying when we always flew with our kids and he would leave me and the kids in coach while he enjoyed business class, Oh HELL no. and my DH loves to upgrade. If we're by ourselves then it wouldn't bother me, I spent one memorable flight in 1st class with 2 drunk guys who were not pleasant. I fail to understand the love of the upgrade. Try it when we have both kids and there will be words on the plane. DH's excuse was that he is 6'5" and the rest of us are ... not (though now that oldest daughter is six feet tall, that argument carries less weight). We were waiting to find out if we would get upgraded to business class on our way home from Australia and I told him if there was only one upgrade and he took it, I'd divorce him. Fortunately, we both got upgrades this time. I'm not sure my back and hips would survive a 15-hour flight in coach.
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Post by epeanymous on Aug 2, 2023 0:20:59 GMT
Last year at SFO I saw a passed-out-drunk guy at the gate (who woke up and cursed up a storm) carted off by security. It was 6:30AM.
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Post by scrapbookwriter on Aug 2, 2023 1:03:56 GMT
I tagged along on my husband's business trip. On the way home we were 2C and 2D in first class and a woman (50ish) from the same company was across the aisle from us in 2A (window seat). The last passenger to board was a man in his early 30s wearing shorts and a tank top. He was brought in by wheelchair and loaded into aisle seat 2B, then the wheelchair was removed from the plane. He immediately ordered a drink. By the time we took off it was apparent he'd already had quite a few. He began harassing/touching/grabbing DH's coworker in 2A. Her protests became louder and louder. The flight crew firmly told him to cut it out, but what could they do? They couldn't move him because there was no longer a wheelchair on board. 2A couldn't change seats because she was blocked in by 2B. Gary would have changed seats with her but again, she was blocked in by 2B. It was a horrible experience for her. When we landed the flight crew asked her if she'd like to press charges but she was upset and embarrassed and just wanted to go home.
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Post by smasonnc on Aug 2, 2023 1:06:30 GMT
The behavior was bad, but I also take some responsibility. When we lived overseas, we were flying business class and our flight was delayed for several hours and so that meant most of the people in business had been slurping down free drinks in the lounge for quite a while. A couple behind us were really hammered and the woman started to berate her partner very loudly. The flight attendant wouldn't give them any more to drink so the woman went ape$#it. She started screaming and throwing service items at the staff and complaining loudly about the $#itty airline, $#itty service, blah, blah, blah. Being a bit mouthy myself after my stay in the lounge, I told the woman to cut it out and behave herself. She turned on me and started to berate me in her slurred British accent, "Oh, you're American. I bet you're voting for Trump (it was 2016). You're just a Trump tramp!!" DH and I burst out laughing and making fun of her drunken state (pot/kettle, but we managed to hide it better). She continued to be disruptive until she fell asleep at which time I took a selfie with her with her mouth open. When we got off the plane, the authorities were waiting for them and it was like a scene from the movie Airplane. In the exit line other passengers, many of whom were also a bit tipsy, were describing how they had planned to subdue her if she had gotten any more out of hand. One elderly lady was going to throw her scarf around the woman's neck, etc. A guy was going to throw his sweater over her head, etc. It was totally out of control and hilarious and even though it could have been a safety issue, the other passengers would have had it handled. šš„“
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Post by scrappinghappy on Aug 2, 2023 1:39:32 GMT
Fast forward two years and my nephew is getting married. We are at the wedding when my husband recognizes the old lady. She is my new nieceās GRANDMOTHER! Thank heavens she didnāt appear to recognize us. Wow! It truly is a small world!Right?! We truly were gobsmacked!! We have never shared the story with that side of the family
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Aug 2, 2023 7:50:02 GMT
In certain parts of Asia, some castes have a different idea of hygiene from ours. DH and I had the window (him) and aisle (me) seats on a steaming hot flight surrounded by a large, very smelly family. There were many-layered armpit stains on the beautiful orange and yellow saree of the woman across the aisle from me, and when the plane landed, she stood up revealing skid marks all down the back. It didn't look as if she'd had an accident, just that she didn't change her clothes or wash that often. The plane then sat on the tarmac for nearly an hour, and she stood up the whole time, with her armpit exposed, and that crotch stain inches from my face. It was BAD.
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Post by Sarah*H on Aug 2, 2023 12:31:02 GMT
In certain parts of Asia, some castes have a different idea of hygiene from ours. DH and I had the window (him) and aisle (me) seats on a steaming hot flight surrounded by a large, very smelly family. There were many-layered armpit stains on the beautiful orange and yellow saree of the woman across the aisle from me, and when the plane landed, she stood up revealing skid marks all down the back. It didn't look as if she'd had an accident, just that she didn't change her clothes or wash that often. The plane then sat on the tarmac for nearly an hour, and she stood up the whole time, with her armpit exposed, and that crotch stain inches from my face. It was BAD. This one might be the worst! :/ We were on a Spirit Flight to Myrtle Beach and there was a group of women toward the back of the plane who were drunk. One woman threw up before the plane departed and then got belligerent and wouldn't cooperate with the flight attendant. Security came and escorted her off the plane, we thought that was the end of it but the plane was delayed while they cleaned up her mess. And then we saw the State Police come onto the tarmac to arrest the woman. She punched one of the police officers! I think that girl's trip probably didn't make it into the scrapbook.
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Post by DEX on Aug 2, 2023 12:56:22 GMT
I was waiting in the Phoenix airport for my flight at the gate. This guy comes up wearing a very short kilt at the next gate over. He sits down and proceeds to spread his legs for all to see his junk. I wasn't close enough to hear what was happening but a short time later security was there and he was led away.
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Post by peabay on Aug 2, 2023 13:44:08 GMT
We were traveling from Munich to Tel Aviv with our kids. My daughter was exhausted and it was a night time flight so as soon as she could, she put her seat back to go to sleep. The lady in the seat behind her started kicking the seat. She was a tiny old lady and couldnāt speak English. Her husband was in the seat across the aisle and after some broken English discussion he agreed the seat could go down after food service. So my daughter and I swapped seats, she went to sleep, and I pretty much kept my seat up until said old lady went to sleep. I donāt sleep on planes so I was in the gallery getting tea when the old lady woke up. As far as she knew the seat never went back. We deplaned, not a word of thanks or acknowledgement from her or her hubby. No problem. Incident pretty much forgotten. Fast forward two years and my nephew is getting married. We are at the wedding when my husband recognizes the old lady. She is my new nieceās GRANDMOTHER! Thank heavens she didnāt appear to recognize us. That's an awesome story!
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Aug 2, 2023 13:51:21 GMT
I am surprised that knitting needles are allowed on the plane. I quit taking mine as I was sure they would be declared a weapon. I put them in my checked bag. Knitting needles are allowed by the TSA in both carryon and checked luggage. Recommendations I've seen are to take circular bamboo, wood or plastic needles and put point covers on them. Be aware when traveling abroad that not all countries allow them though. It's always best to check before your trip.
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Post by christinec68 on Aug 2, 2023 14:16:10 GMT
I haven't witnessed anything too too bad. The worst example of people behaving badly was this one time on Spirit Airlines so many years ago when they had a $40 upgrade option to sit in the roomier section up front which DH and I did. It was close to take off time and the flight attendant received the list of passengers in this section and counted everyone off. By some coincidence, another passenger purchased the upgrade after this list was printed out. He boards the plane and when he goes to put his bag in the overhead bin, the FA told him that this is a reserved space for passengers who paid for the upgrade. He said he had and showed the boarding pass. The FA apologized profusely but this guy was so offended that he wasn't recognized as a first class passenger that he made it a mission to be the biggest asshole to the FA for the entire flight. There was not one once of grace for an honest mistake. He was rude, loud, disregarded cell phone use in flight, extra drinks, extra ice, extra reminders to follow instructions, extra everything. The whole flight this guy didn't let up. He was right behind us and I kept thinking "This is a budget airline, your sense of entitlement is much greater than the extra leg room you just paid $40 for".
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Post by peabay on Aug 2, 2023 14:28:04 GMT
In all the years of flying (and I worked for the airlines) I have never come across anyone acting bad. KNOCK on wood. Never anything. No weird feet poking through the seats. No one acting out. The worst might have been a baby crying or just packed in like sardines. I have shared this one though before... I flew from Europe to JFK on a 747 with one other person. Whole plane empty. It was awesome. We played cards and drank the whole time. I was pretty toasted by the time we landed. That happened to us once - we were flying back from France and there were literally 10 people on the whole plane. They let us pull up the armrests stretch out and sleep across the middle section of seats. It was probably the best flight I've ever had!
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 2, 2023 15:38:03 GMT
In all the years of flying (and I worked for the airlines) I have never come across anyone acting bad. KNOCK on wood. Never anything. No weird feet poking through the seats. No one acting out. The worst might have been a baby crying or just packed in like sardines. I have shared this one though before... I flew from Europe to JFK on a 747 with one other person. Whole plane empty. It was awesome. We played cards and drank the whole time. I was pretty toasted by the time we landed. That happened to us once - we were flying back from France and there were literally 10 people on the whole plane. They let us pull up the armrests stretch out and sleep across the middle section of seats. It was probably the best flight I've ever had! DD had 5 people on her plane when she flew to us in Brussels in May of 2020. Best flight ever!
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Post by fredfreddy44 on Aug 2, 2023 16:02:18 GMT
This may not fall under bad behavior but certainly bad planning behavior:
We were waiting to board our plane at San Jose. To pass the time I watched the Southwest plane boarding next door. They announced it was a full flight. Everyone boarded and they were about to close the doors when a dad ran up dragging a very upset 5 year old. He said something I couldn't hear to the agent. They stood there and maybe 4 minutes later the mom came running carrying a toddler and an employee was carrying a baby! The family got on the plane but I'm guessing only four middle seats were left and someone had to move their aisle or window seat to a middle seat or sit next to a toddler. All I know is that the plane sat on the tarmac for 30 minutes before finally taking off. Fun for all, I'm sure.
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Post by RosieKat on Aug 2, 2023 21:58:24 GMT
I once had a woman liberally douse herself in perfume (and I do mean VERY liberally), then proceed to paint her fingernails.
Other than that, I think mostly the "mundane" feet propped on my armrest from behind, fingernail clipping, far too loud talking, relentless seat kicking, and hair over the back of the seat kinds of things.
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Post by MerryMom on Aug 3, 2023 1:15:25 GMT
Early 1980s I was coming back from Florida on People Express Airline (remember that airline?) and the woman next to me vomited suddenly and half of it landed on me. She must have been drinking red wine š· and the smell of puke and red wine. I canāt stand the smell of red wine to this day.
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Aug 3, 2023 11:26:21 GMT
Early 1980s I was coming back from Florida on People Express Airline (remember that airline?) and the woman next to me vomited suddenly and half of it landed on me. She must have been drinking red wine š· and the smell of puke and red wine. I canāt stand the smell of red wine to this day. That would be almost my worst nightmare come true.
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 3, 2023 13:57:09 GMT
I once was the only passenger on a plane, but it was a 19 seat turbo-prop from International Falls to Duluth. The pilots had to close the cockpit door for takeoff, but after that they left it open. That was really interesting. It was long before 9/11.
My horror story was a really strange family on a flight. I think they may have never flown before. As we were literally about to land, with flight attendants all buckled in, the older woman stands up and starts walking toward the first class bathroom! The flight attendants screamed to SIT DOWN. Luckily there was an empty sit she dropped into just as we touched down. I can't imagine she wouldn't have tumbled down the aisle if she'd been standing as we landed.
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Post by hopechest on Aug 3, 2023 21:04:19 GMT
We were on a flight home from Cozumel, and my SO had the audacity to accept a flight upgrade to first. I was stuck sitting in the middle seat in economy between a very amorous and drunk couple. They kept handing things to each other, and then started leaning over and kissing each other. The last straw was when she tried to lay her legs over me so she could rest her feet on her boyfriend's lap. We came very close to throwing hands, but a flight attendant was able to get them to knock it off. Meanwhile, my very relaxed now-DH had a very relaxing flight. Ok so this is a total tangent, but I get seriously annoyed when DH accepts an upgrade if there isnāt also one for me. I realize this isnāt particularly rational, but it is what it is. I found it especially annoying when we always flew with our kids and he would leave me and the kids in coach while he enjoyed business class, but now that itās usually just the two of us, I still find it annoying - especially on a longer flight. I do not, however, make a scene about it that would inconvenience other passengers. I just sit there and quietly fume, and use his credit card to pay for airline wine. š YOU HAVE HUSBANDS THAT ACCEPT AN UPGRADE WHILE YOU DON'T GET ONE??? What am I missing?
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Post by silverlining on Aug 3, 2023 22:39:41 GMT
DH and I were sitting on a plane right before take-off. I was in the aisle seat, he was in the middle. I felt someone tapping me on my shoulder and turned around. The lady behind me was frantic and told me I had to switch seats with her because she was too afraid. She couldn't sit in Row 13 on Friday the 13th! I wanted to help her just to be nice, but also because I didn't think we'd get to take off until she settled down! I told her I'd like to help but I wanted to sit next to my husband because I was also a nervous flyer. The kind gentleman next to her offered to trade with my DH and so we made the quick switch. And we all survived I realize this is not bad behavior, but just a "humans are funny" story. I guess when she had a ticket for that day and that row, she thought she could do it, but a minute before take-off she just fell apart.
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Post by katlady on Aug 3, 2023 23:34:31 GMT
Early 1980s I was coming back from Florida on People Express Airline (remember that airline?) and the woman next to me vomited suddenly and half of it landed on me. She must have been drinking red wine š· and the smell of puke and red wine. I canāt stand the smell of red wine to this day. I was on a commuter bus once. The setup was that we entered through the rear doors and showed our passes or paid when we got off at the front of the bus. A homeless guy gets on, since there is no one to stop him. Halfway through our ride, while we are on the freeway, he threw up! No one was sitting next to him, fortunately. But I was sitting close enough that I got up and walked further away to another seat. Another story was once again on a smaller airplane. The flight attendants were trying to rearrange seats in the back rows before takeoff. Apparently there was a large group of people in the back rows. By large, I mean size wise. There have been several plans crashes of smaller planes due to uneven weight distribution. I am glad I didnāt know what was going on until it was time to get off the plane. I would have been nervous.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Aug 4, 2023 12:22:17 GMT
My worst experience was on a Thanksgiving eve flight from Charlotte to Detroit last year. I upgraded to business class. Something I never do, but I needed to check luggage and it was another $30, so why not. We had to sit on the tarmac for awhile.. As one ALWAYS does in Charlotte. The couple behind me were ordering doubles and had at least 2 drinks while the plane was boarding. I was sitting next to a stranger. We both had headphones on, and all of the sudden I felt the back of my seat being pushed and i look at the guy and we both dont know what is going on. Then we hear raised voices, at the same time we both slid our headphones off, and we can hear the couple behind us yelling. The Guy says something very rude to his wife, (I can't remember exactly but it was very disparaging) The guy in the seat next to meet sits up and looks back at him as if to say..not okay and the guy quiets down. Then they call the flight attendent and ask for another double!!
A few minutes go by, and now the flight attendants are in the jump seats.. they can see the couple. They start yelling again and one of them throws a drink. the glass ends up between my seat mate and I. The flight attendant comes over and tells them to cut it out. (Now my ear phones are fully off and I am listening) The woman says, "I'm so sorry we are fine we won't yell again." Then she Shouts, "If you don't stop doing (couldn't understand) I am going to scream and yell and tell all the people on the plane that you (again couldnt understand).
The flight attendant tells her that if she doesn't stop she will have the plane turned around. Flight attendant is awesome. Very quiet and calm.
Flight attendant sits down. They start arguing again, I see her get up, get on the phone can't hear what she is saying but another flight attendant comes up and sits in the other jump seat.
Couple starts really shouting AGAIN!
She walks over to them, tells them the captain is turning the plane around and we are headed back to the gate. This takes about 15-20 minutes, every three or four minutes one of the couple calls her over and promises to "be good". She repeatedly tells them, she can't risk that type of behavior in the air. But so calmly and quietly.
We get back to the gate, a security guard comes on board and tells the couple they will need to get off. They calmly do. The pilot announces that apparently a couple in business class had started their Thanksgiving family squabble a little early and apologized for the delay. That the Detroit based crew wanted to get home for thanksgiving too, and we would be on our way as soon as possible. we were almost 2 hours delayed.
I fly 10-12 times a year and have flown a lot internationally and that was the craziest thing I have ever seen. (though there was the one time a couple of young brits got hammered on a flight from London to Chicago, spilt red wine all over them selves, went to the bathroom to clean their white pants, and came out not wearing any and wrapped up in the aiplane blankets! (but that was more funny)
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Post by supersoda on Aug 4, 2023 14:09:38 GMT
Speaking of husbands and upgradesā¦a man offered to trade my main cabin aisle seat for his first class seat so he could sit by his wife. I suspect she gave him an earful for taking the upgrade and it worked out for my benefit.
Worst behavior was a woman who passed out on the plane and had to be removed by EMS before the rest of us could deplane. Our flight was delayed a couple of hours and she was hanging out in the bar (small airport). She ended up across the aisle from me and dropped her overhead bag on me when she boarded.
Then she mentioned that she was a nervous flyer and had taken 3 Xanax while waiting for the flight. As soon as we were in the air she put her head on the seat tray and was out and didnāt move the rest of the flight. The lady next to her was clearly concerned. She tried to rouse her when we were preparing to land with no luck and the flight attendants couldnāt get her to move either.
She was at least moving a bit when EMS took her off the plane, and I think she was probably ok once the Xanax and booze wore off.
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