Traveling is usually a pain, even before taking into account the other passengers traveling with you.
For Ryan Case, the Emmy-winning editor for ABC sitcom Modern Family, things started to look a lot like a hilariously scripted episode of her show. Case boarded her four-hour flight from New York City back to her home in Los Angeles. After some time in the air, the woman in front of her went a bit too far.
The noticeably intoxicated woman in front of Case stirred up trouble with obnoxiously loud headphones. She became progressively worse from there.
Sitting behind the worst person in the world.
— Ryan Case (@film114) September 29, 2014
She was watching Hawaii 5.0 so loudly in her earphones that her seat mate asked her to turn it down. Worst move he ever made.
— Ryan Case (@film114) September 29, 2014
She apologized in the loudest, drunkest voice ever “SORRY ITS MY 1ST TIME NOT IN 1ST CLASS” & hasn’t stopped talking since.
— Ryan Case (@film114) September 29, 2014
We’ve dealt with annoying people like this before, but keep in mind how one feels crammed into those small seats at 30,000 feet in the air.
Cooler heads would have prevailed, but the situation quickly escalated with those high altitudes… and even higher alcohol content.
After saying “MY ARAB FRIENDS” so many times she slurred “is that SO racist?” then kept on saying it
— Ryan Case (@film114) September 29, 2014
You guys, she goes to Vegas all the time and her table is always next to the DJ.
— Ryan Case (@film114) September 29, 2014
She said “I have a very racist view of all Middle East.” She’s talking to a middle Eastern man, also mocking his accent.
— Ryan Case (@film114) September 29, 2014
She’s throwing business cards at him.
— Ryan Case (@film114) September 29, 2014
She thought she lost her shoes then whooped loudly when she found them as if they weren’t 6 inches in front of her.
— Ryan Case (@film114) September 29, 2014
She’s taken control of her seat mate’s TV and is making him watch The Mysteries of Laura.
— Ryan Case (@film114) September 29, 2014
Her poor seat mate received the bulk of the bonkers behavior. Luckily, another passenger in their section finally had enough and confronted the drunken diva.
The guy in front of her just shouted at her. He’s a true hero.
— Ryan Case (@film114) September 29, 2014
“This is what the F happens when you don’t fly first class.” she shrieked.
— Ryan Case (@film114) September 29, 2014
She’s been asked to stop speaking
— Ryan Case (@film114) September 29, 2014
Her response was “they’re not on my level anyway”
— Ryan Case (@film114) September 29, 2014
She continued to go on her loud, obnoxious rambles and officials from the airline got involved.
She just got yelled at so publicly.
— Ryan Case (@film114) September 29, 2014
Police are meeting the aircraft.
— Ryan Case (@film114) September 29, 2014
(H/T: Gawker.)
The woman began loudly talking on her phone after landing. According to Case, the woman left a “CHILLING” amount of tequila bottles under her chair.
Fellow passengers reported further updates on the turbulent tale and informed Case that the woman never received further reprimand for her conduct. While a comeuppance would have been nice, at least the story will live on in infamy for all future travelers.
