Man gets last laugh after 'entitled' passenger tried to steal his first-class plane seat

There's a long list of things other plane passengers do that make you just want to scream.

Opening closed blinds, reclining their seat just as you're about to tuck into your dinner, blasting TikToks for the whole cabin to hear... the list goes on and on!

But of course, there's the never-ending debate over whether you should be forced to swap seats.

And one man got the last laugh after another passenger's attempt to steal his seat didn't quite go to plan.

Taking to Reddit, the man explained that he'd booked himself a first-class seat on a recent flight so he could stretch out his legs.

However, he was one of the last people to get on the plane and when he got to his seat, he found another passenger sitting in it.

The man wrote: "I boarded late, and when I boarded I noticed a gentleman sitting in my seat (it was the type of plane with one seat on one side, and two on the other... I was in the single row).

"I told him, 'Excuse me, you're in my seat.'

A Reddit user explained how a passenger tried to steal his first-class seat on a recent flight. (Getty Stock Images)

"He takes a deep sigh and says, 'Really? I've been sitting here now for 30 minutes and I'm all settled in.' I looked around and saw the first class section was completely full. 'I paid for this seat,' I told him."

At this point, a flight attendant who'd noticed the commotion came over to see what the problem was.

He continued: "He gave them the same spiel about being 'settled' in. He asked them if we could simply switch seats. He was seated in row 28."

Luckily, the flight attendant was having none of it and sent the seat-stealer away.

"I watched as he gathered his belongings and he even side-checked me as he had to go back to his seat."

"WTF is wrong with people," the post ended.

The man tried to use the excuse that he had already 'settled in', but was quickly put in his place by a flight attendant. (Getty Stock Images)

Other Reddit users were shocked by the man's 'entitled' behaviour, with one writing: "The AUDACITY. I would have asked him, 'Did you really think that excuse was going to work?'"

Another said: "Entitlement. That's what's wrong with people. And I'd have side checked him right back."

And a third shared their own experience with a seat-stealing traveller, commenting: "I have flown coach three times in the past two weeks and each time have paid the $80-$100 fee for the exit row aisle seat and on all three occasions I got on the plane to find somebody sitting comfortably in the seat that I paid for and flat out, refused to move."

Always remember your flight etiquette, people!