A business traveler on a New York–to–L.A. flight returned from the restroom to find the man next to her had eaten her in-flight meal. He’d already finished his own and shrugged off her complaint, saying she “took too long” and he “didn’t want it to go to waste.”
Frustrated and left with only a bag of pretzels, she alerted a flight attendant—who confirmed there were no meals left. Meanwhile, the man leaned back, smug and satisfied, and fell asleep.
As the plane landed, a gate change for her San Diego connection was announced. She considered waking him, but chose not to. Later, in San Diego, a colleague described a confused man at LAX who’d missed his flight—same guy.
