Did a similar thing on a plane recently
As I was chucking me bag into the overhead compartment, a bedraggled harridan said,

"Breakables!"

"Excuse me?", I said.

"There are breakables in there"

"OK", says I.

Now, if she had 1 - asked me to be careful in an any way polite manner, revenge might not have been necessary but she didn't. She used a peremptory tone of voice and demanded I be careful.

or 2 - placed her breakables in a sensible manner in the overhead compartment where they would be clearly seen and remarked upon as fragile (instead of strewn about), I wouldn't have acted thus:

When we sat down directly behind her, I said, sufficiently audibly to my travel companion,

"Make sure you have a sickbag there and try not to projectile vomit it like you did last time".

Stitches.

That poor woman eventually changed seat.

I won.

rafter
baz
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 15:28, 1 reply)

hah!
Serves her right. If only people could take the time to add two small but very significant words before they say anything: "excuse me".

"Excuse me, can I get on the train first?". "Excuse me, there are delicate goods in the overhead locker".
The world would be a nicer place all round methinks.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 15:31, closed)

agree
Colleague of mine tells me I'm the most sincere and polite person he has ever met.

Me Mammy raised me proper :)
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 15:32, closed)

yay for your mammy!
yay for mine!

I'm goign to bring my children up to know that some of the most important words they'll ever learn are "please" and "thankyou".
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 15:34, closed)

and that revenge is a dish best served cold.
Never fight, never argue - just win.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 15:36, closed)

Now THAT
is a good slogan to live by.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 15:42, closed)

im sigging it
Self-quoting - the masturbation of sig writing.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 15:43, closed)

the most important words my children will ever learn
will be 'can i get you a beer, daddy?'
( the brass moustache putting the ass moust in brache since, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 17:12, closed)