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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my 20s, I had a cross country flight and was seated in the window seat next to a man that had spent the many hours before the flight (flying stand-by) drinking in the airport bar.  He then ordered three more jack and cokes in quick succession after boarding the flight.  The flight attendant then finally cut him off, but he was beyond slurring his words and falling over in his seat.  I had my book up literally blocking him from leaning over onto my shoulder and he kept trying to pull it down.  The nice man with the aisle seat finally starting trying to engage him to get him off of me.

My teen daughter has flown alone a couple of times and I've told her that if the man next to her touches her in anything other than an accidental way, she is to start yelling immediately that he is assaulting her and she needs to be reseated.  There are way too many stories of teen girls trying to be nice and reasonable about it, and then the airline just totally ignores them.

Also, I really don't think anyone should have more than 2 drinks on any flight.  [/quote]

I experienced something similar on a flight from dc to Houston.  I was with my husband and young kids and I was seated across the aisle from them. The man  next to me was dirty and smelled bad and was visibly drunk when he got on the plane. He continued to drink non stop and at some point started pawing at his crotch and would touch my thigh. It got worse as the flight continued. I froze and it took me a very long time to do anything. He was touching me so much I told him to stop it. I was so mortified I wasn’t loud. He apologized but continued. When the attendant came by to give him his 5th or 6th drink I told her to stop serving him and that if he touched me again there would be a problem. She ignored me. I’m so embarrassed that I didn’t speak up or get loud. My husband had no clue until we got off the plane. I did complain to the attendants at the front  as we were exiting the plane. No reaction whatsoever.

What really made me angry was when we were boarding the next flight he was boarding with us and tried to follow me on the plane. My husband got in between us and told him to get lost. The kicker was he was seated next to a young girl who might have 12 or 13. Her father was in a seat across the aisle. I told the dad what happened to me loudly enough for everyone around us to hear including the drunk perv so the dad switched seats with his daughter. Dad and drunk perv had a blast chatting together and as we were getting off the plane dad had to mention to me what a great guy he was.

Men are idiots when it comes to taking women seriously particularly about another man being inappropriate. I remember feeling stupid for speaking up. It still makes me feel sick. [/quote]

I understand and definitely agree with your last paragraph, having been in a similar situation myself.  However, why on earth didn't you immediately tell your husband what the drunk guy was doing so he could switch seats with you?[/quote]

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