{"id":49455,"date":"2025-11-23T17:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T17:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/49455\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T17:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T17:27:09","slug":"shrieking-southwest-passenger-berates-employee-after-flight-was-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/49455\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrieking Southwest passenger berates employee after flight was delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just plane stupid.<\/p>\n<p>A screaming Southwest passenger has gone viral after video showed her spectacular public meltdown after learning that her flight was delayed and overbooked.<\/p>\n<p>The unknown young woman was filmed breaking down in tears and demanding that staff be fired during the showdown at Denver International Airport \u2014 as filmed and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@unacceptabletay\/video\/7574928397982240030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">posted on TikTok<\/a> on Friday\u00a0by user Taylor Graboyes.<\/p>\n<p>A Southwest Airlines passenger was filmed having a public meltdown after learning her plane was overbooked. TikTok\/@unacceptabletay<\/p>\n<p>The woman yelled at her fellow passengers during the bizarre scene at Boise, Idaho Airport. TikTok\/@unacceptabletay<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you guys feel safe?\u201d the potty passenger yelled in the terminal while holding her phone up and appearing to record beleaguered staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow dare you treat me this way?\u201d the enraged flier, dressed in white sweatpants and a green crop-top, shouted at the gate agent, before continuing to yell questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho are you? Why is our plane late?\u201d she screamed, ridiculing the employee for \u201cshaking\u201d as she harangued her.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cWhy are not we boarding?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That particular line got commenters going. \u201cWhy is she speaking Middle English,\u201d one quipped, with another adding that the odd phrasing was \u201ckinda giving Shakespeare.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The woman also demanded that someone \u201ccome and get [her] fired, and said she was going to sue the employee.<\/p>\n<p>The bizarre scene was triggered after the plane was late \u2014 and then the passenger was reportedly denied boarding because the flight was full.<\/p>\n<p>Airlines occasionally bump passengers when they oversell flights in anticipation of predicted \u201cno shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The woman was later seen being led away by cops. TikTok\/@unacceptabletay<\/p>\n<p>But the woman was not having it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou tell me I cannot board now? Because I questioned why it is late,\u201d the woman yelled.<\/p>\n<p>It reportedly took 30 minutes for airport security to arrive and lead the woman away to cheers from fellow passengers, Graboyes said in the comments under her video.<\/p>\n<p>Graboyes went to check on the airline employee, who was visibly upset after being screamed at, she wrote in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had tears in her eyes when I went over to check on her afterwards I felt so bad,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Commenters had little sympathy for the screaming woman\u2019s plight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHas this lady never experienced a delay of any sort?\u201d one wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there is one place on this entire planet to behave it\u2019s the damn airport,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo people think that the no fly list is a myth or something?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Southwest Airlines and the Denver were both approached for more information on the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just plane stupid. 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