Travelling by aeroplane is never the most stress-free experience in the world, even when you have the luxury of first class. You still have to put up with all the waiting around in the airport, the rigamarole of checking bags and storing hand luggage, and - worst of all - you never know what sort of passengers will be joining you on your journey.

Oftentimes, you end up stuck between two screaming kids, or an overly affectionate couple, or a lone tourist who really doesn't get the hint that you'd rather be left to yourself for the ensuing eight hours.

So, when one guy took his seat on a flight and found that the man next to him was "very obese", he decided to do something about it. However, not everybody agrees on how he handled the situation.

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In the Reddit sub, Am I The A**hole?, /u/BigBawluh posted about an experience he'd had recently.

"So this month I was flying across the country on a long 5 hour flight, which I had booked and seats selected for," he wrote. I specifically chose an aisle seat in a row of two, so no middle seat — just the aisle and window.

"Well, a very obese man boards and I can tell instantly he is going to have a tough time fitting in any of the seats. I assume maybe he bought two hence why he’s even attempting to board. I’m mentally crossing my fingers he’s not next to me, but sure enough he ends up pointing to the window seat next to me to let him in."

The user then goes on to explain that he was polite at first, but, after a minute or so, realised he was not going to be comfortable with his neighbour taking up "about 1/3 of [his] seat." So he told him as much.

"Sir, I’m sorry but this situation is not working for me, you’re taking up quite a bit of my seat," he claims to have said.

The neighbour acknowledged this, and tried to shrink himself down a bit by holding his arms. Unfortunately, it helped very little.

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"I end up stopping a flight attendant and ask her what can be done about the situation," the Redditor said. "She instantly tells him that he is likely going to need to purchase another seat. She goes to the front and comes back saying that there aren’t any open seats on this flight, so there wasn’t a way to move people so he could have two. This causes a very awkward silence.

"The guy seemed embarrassed and didn’t want to get up. He mentioned how he can’t wait for a later flight. I felt bad for him but I was also thinking about my own comfort on the long flight — the comfort I paid for. The flight attendant tells him that unless someone on the flight agrees to let him take up part of their seat, he’ll need to book another flight. The guy seems really flustered by this ultimatum, and here’s where I made my offer."

The Redditor explains that he would drop the issue if his seatmate paid him $150: half the cost of the flight. And, perhaps surprisingly, the overweight man instantly agreed, even saying he appreciated the compromise. Not everyone felt the same, however.

"Well the people sitting behind me (who keep in mind didn’t volunteer to sit by him) were making under their breath comments about me being an asshole for doing that," the passenger said. "I just ignored them and put the cash in my wallet."

He continued: "After the flight, the couple behind me glared at me but I ignored them. This leads me to beg the question, am I the a**hole?"

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The internet, as usual, was divided. Many people said the guy wasn't an a-hole, because the obese man could have taken responsibility and bought two seats.

"Having less than one seat to yourself for five hours is worth less than having a full seat to yourself for five hours. OP was compensated for his discomfort," said one person.

"He's not an asshole, but he isn't really nice either," said another. "I think this is the epitome of neutral. Take up part of my seat, pay for part of my seat, seems fair to me."

However, others think he was definitely in the wrong, as, if he was fine to take the flight anyway, he should have been able to do so without taking money from the man.

"This is ridiculous. You made a scene and embarrassed the man and then made him pay you for a fraction of your seat. You are the epitome of an a**hole," commented one redditor.

"The problem here was that this large dude stuck you with being uncomfortable on your flight, right? Well, the $150 didn't make you any less squished in your seat, so it really feels like you just blackmailed this guy for being fat," explained another.

So, was he an a-hole? This is certainly a matter of opinion, and everyone is going to have a different take.

A man has revealed that he refused to give up his seat during his second 10-hour flight of the day so that a family of six could sit together.

Taking to Reddit in a now-deleted post, the man explained that after paying for extra legroom in the second part of a 20-hour trip, he was asked to give up his seat by a family, the Mirror reports.

While the man said that was "pretty sure [he'd acted like an] a**hole", he wanted a second opinion.

He wrote: "I paid a small amount extra for a seat that is in the front of the cabin - the coach seat that has a wall in front of it and extra legroom because it's my second leg in a 20-hour total trip.

"Two adults, two children (8ish?) and two infants would like to fill this row of four. Two adults with one infant each in the bassinet in front of them, and the two middle-schoolers. The attendant asked if I would move to a similar seat so they could sit together.

"I said, 'but I paid extra for this seat.' The response was that the other seat was the exact same, so sure. It was not the exact same. It was the same chair, aisle, and class, but it was not with the extra legroom. I said, 'absolutely not.'

"So one of the middle schoolers had to sit by themselves."

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He said that the passengers went on to look at him with disdain for the remainder of the flight.

The man added: "Service on the flight for me was abhorrent in comparison to everyone around me," and he said that the flight attendants "forgot" to serve him and they were slow in answering his requests.

But despite the man believing that he was likely in the wrong, Reddit users said that the situation could have been handled differently by the flight staff.

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As per the Mirror, one Reddit user wrote: "You paid more and planned ahead. They didn't. Too many parents think the rest of us will just give them want they want even if they don't pay or plan for it."

A second added: "If the flight attendants had wanted to make it easier for the parents by you moving, they should have offered you a better seat. I bet there were a few open in first class."

However, a third less sympathetic user wrote: "I always think these stories are funny because you literally buy airplane tickets with the clause that if the flight attendants/staff on the plane ask you to move, you will. The only reason they issue refunds or anything if you get put in a worse seat is just customer service, they literally aren't obligated to do that."

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Meanwhile, one Reddit user simply questioned where the man was going, writing: "Where is he going that it's 10 hours and then 10 hours??? [sic]"

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What do you think of the man's actions? Let us know in the comments.

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Recently, a Twitter post went viral that showcased an entirely unusual scenario on an Air France flight.

Lizzie Thompson may have chosen the worst seat on her flight. While her Air France flight was waiting on the tarmac, the man on a seat on the opposite side of the aisle decided to get comfortable and proceeded to take off his socks, before stripping his trousers off until he was left standing in his boxers.

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Thompson uploaded three pictures of the unidentified man in his underwear and captioned the snaps: "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 ... He just shouted at a man who boarded with a ukulele (also have questions) to 'COME SIT WITH ME AND MAKE SOME MUSIC.' Wtf is going on. [sic]"

She later added: "Two hours in he stood up and took four mini bottles of wine from the cart. Then he fell asleep. Then six hours in he got cold so PUT ON HIS PUFFY JACKET ... Finally, his pants went back on. Good news: nothing bonds a group of passengers like a man half-naked in your section. [sic]"

"Shout out to the flight attendant who slipped me extra wine and did keep checking in to make sure I was good. ... He took pants off in the plane bathroom pre-takeoff. He put them back on pre-landing in the aisle right next to me. He was neither American nor French. No ukulele was played, sadly. [sic]"

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On Twitter, the reaction to Lizzie's pictures was one of condemnation, and many people were pretty grossed out and confused. One commenter wrote: "Just more proof that air travel these days is a Greyhound bus with wings."

Another person shared a similar experience, tweeting: "And here I was complaining about my seatmate who BOARDED our flight from Sydney, Australia already wearing plaid flannel pyjama pants....(because on a 15-hour flight, who has the time to go into the lavatory and change, amiright?). FYI he also deplaned wearing them. [sic]"

Guys, if you're flying with other people, don't take your trousers off. It really is as simple as that.

A woman has sparked a heated debate online after she expressed her outrage at being asked to tip an airport employee.

Posting to TikTok, Addysen who goes by the username @addydrake98, claimed that the person checking in her bags asked her for a tip via cash or card, leaving her speechless.

"Tell me why I get to the airport after paying $400 for a flight and I'm going to pay for my $35 checked bag [and] the guy says to me: 'Okay you have to pay in credit card but you can tip in cash,'" she explained, before going on to state that the worker was "rude".

Amid her confusion, she continued: "What? And keep in mind he was a total f****** douchebag to me, like he was so rude to me," she said. "What am I tipping that man for? What do I pay all this money for?"

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Despite the 24-year-old's story, according to USA Today, it's pretty normal to tip curb-side airport workers but it seems as though not everyone agrees...

"Nah cuz I’m done. Unless it’s a sit-down restaurant where someone actually served me throughout my meal, or I’m getting food delivered, I am not tipping for anything else anymore. Gotta put our foot down," said one TikTok user.

"I can hear the argument now 'if you can’t afford a tip you can’t afford to fly'", added another.

"Literally EVERYONE wants a tip now it's crazy!", added a third.

"We have to do something about this everyone," urged another user, while someone else questioned why they would expect a tip for a simple task: "It was check the bags?? What is the service they are providing? Taking the bag off the scale and putting it on the conveyor belt??"

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However, others argued the opposite.

"The outside baggage you tip because they take care of your bags for you. Otherwise you can go inside and do it yourself. Takes about half hour longer," responded one user.

"Yeah a lot of curbside people who handle the luggages only get paid in tips, similar to wait staff," another agreed.

"If it's on the curb you always tip. Like excuse me???? Go wait inside if you don't want to tip!!!!"

"If you use airport outside bag handlers you tip! Or take your bags inside and wait in line at the ticket counter."

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Some even recalled their own experiences of tipping nightmares.

"I went to McDonald drive thru… they ask for a tip? What?"

"A couple months ago I was asked if I wanted to tip the staff when I made an ONLINE ORDER for some nose rings. I’m SORRY??? Tipping on a website? Bye," recalled someone else.

"I honestly don't know who I'm supposed to tip anymore. I won $100 on a scratch off and the clerk asked for a tip after I cashed it. I was SO confused," commented another.

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A lot of people also pointed out the reasons why people expect tips, looking towards unfair wages given by companies.

"So the company's don't have to pay a fair wages. I assume?" (sic), wrote one.

"It's sad," pointed out another. "Everyone expects a tip now because their company doesn’t pay them right. They’re mad at the wrong ppl."

Who do you think is right in this situation?

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As much as a lot of us probably don't want to admit it, racism is still alive and well in the world. Across all levels of society, white people are still favored (whether deliberately or not) above others, and not enough is being done to counteract the problem. But not all incidents of racism are glaringly obvious. Some - or most, even - are subtle, which is why the issue is still being brushed under the carpet. Racism doesn't have to be as explicit as using a slur, or expressing supremacist viewpoints, or committing a racially-motivated crime. For those at the receiving end of it, racism can be found in the most seemingly-innocent of conversations. This is what happened to Emmit Walker, who had a pretty insulting interaction with a woman while he was waiting to board his flight at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in DC on Tuesday. Walker, a music executive, was preparing to fly to the Dominican Republic to celebrate his 37th birthday when he found himself being challenged by a white woman who didn't think he should have been boarding the flight at that moment. Both he and the woman had first class tickets but, for some reason, the other passenger assumed that Walker was mistaken somehow, and told him, "You may be in the wrong place." Now, what could possibly have made her think that? Walker remained calm, however, and produced his boarding pass for the woman to take a look at. "I'm in the right spot," he said. He also pointed out that he had been there longer, so she would have to wait her turn. But she still refused to believe that he had actually purchased the ticket, and said that he must have only got his ticket from being 'military or something.'" Exactly why this woman assumed that a black man couldn't possibly have paid for his own flight is not clear, but her actions insulted Walker nonetheless. So he put her on blast. The post immediately blew up, drawing in nearly a quarter of a million shares and 661,000 reactions. Most people were supportive of Walker, and agreed that the woman's prejudiced assumptions were unacceptable. However, others were critical of his decision to share her face so publicly. Now, one could argue that if she didn't want to be called out for saying racist stuff, she shouldn't have said racist stuff. But, on the other hand, Walker could have posted about the situation without showing her face. After just a day, the music executive actually posted again to say he regretted sharing the picture. As he explains in the Instagram post, he didn't actually expect the post to get much traction at all, and thought that it would be seen only by a few friends who would brush it off as nothing serious because they'd all experienced similar things before. Essentially, it was meant as a humorous commentary, not an attack on the woman. "I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE AGAIN TO THE WOMAN I HAD THIS ENCOUNTER WITH YESTERDAY. NO MATTER HOW WRONG YOUR ACTIONS YOU DON’T DESERVE THIS," he wrote - even though he had been the victim in the situation. Walker's actions were truly admirable, especially considering that he didn't do anything to provoke the situation. His attitude is one that we should all try to adopt: always try to put yourself in another person's shoes before challenging them on something.