An Air India passenger – let’s call her Karen – seated in business class raged when an economy class passenger placed his carry-on bag in a business class overhead bin, demanding that it be removed. Why can’t Karens just mind their own business?
Air India Karen Demands Economy Class Passengers Remove Carry-On Bag From Empty Overhead Bin In Business Class, Scolds Flight Attendant
An undated video shows a woman yelling at a passenger in economy class, demanding to know his name and then demanding that his carry-on bag be removed. Business class looks lightly booked, but apparently, “Air India Karen” could not stand the indignity of a coach passenger using a premium overhead bin.
It appears the flight attendant, who does comply with the demand to move the carry-on bag from business class to economy class, is amused by this and smirks or smiles. That upsets the woman, who says, “Don’t give me looks! We don’t need that.”
When the carry-ons got more status than the passenger!
byu/TheManager_1 inKarenGoBrrr
This reminds me of the story I covered yesterday, about a first class passenger becoming irate that an economy class passenger would have the audacity to use a first class lavatory (when access to the rear lavatory was blocked by a beverage cart).
My analysis is the same: mind your own business. In this case, it seems like business class was lightly booked and a passenger from economy class dropped his bag in the empty business class bin. Should that be done? No, not if it can be avoided. But I do not see a problem with economy class passengers utilizing business class overhead bin space when 1.) business class is fully boarded and 2.) extra space is left 3.) especially if the space in economy class overhead bin space is full.
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And the woman yelling at the passenger and flight attendant in such a condescending manner is not a good look either…would she talk to everyone that way or is that just another caste issue on display?
In any case, mind your own business! It’s one thing to complain if an economy class passenger boarding in front of you takes the last of the business class overhead bin space, leaving none for you, but it’s quite another when there appears to be plenty of surplus space.
Weird hate article. My fault for clicking I suppose but normally your posts are informative or have a point beyond picking on people.
I get the mind your own business but I am siding with her here unless there were no signs in the overhead bins that they were business class only. Here is why I side with her. First, “Business class looks lightly booked”. How do you know that? And that’s why I agree with her because this happened many times when I was on the plane. Surprisingly, many business class people board late. Some stay longer in the lounge, some are finishing a business call, some are connecting from another flight. I have seen many times a passenger from coach play stupid and dump his/her bags on the first/business class overhead bins. FAs start closing bins and suddenly the “lightly booked” business class is full and those passengers have no space for their bags. Guess what happens? FAs start asking around who owns those bags until it becomes clear it is nobody sitting in business class. Then they have to make an announcement so the stupid passenger shows up to remove the bag and get it checked because that space belongs to the first/business class passenger. That only delays departure and makes an unnecessary mess in the process. Thus, if you are sitting in coach, that’s where your bag belongs and if you are the last to board and doesn’t have more space, you have to check your bag and not the guy sitting in first class.
If there is a fire and an evacuation, business class passengers should die unless all of the first class passengers have already evacuated. After that only business class passengers should exit, with those on buddy passes waiting until last. This Karen is probably has an ugly personality in daily life. If she has a child, have mercy on the child.
Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan applies. When the man was robbed and beaten, the Jews would not help the man. Only the disgusting Samaritan (West Bank) man helped.
“or is that just another caste issue on display” What the hell are you talking about. An a-hole from India and you assume caste is at issue. How about she’s just an a-hole. If you have evidence of caste being relevant, then raise the issue. Otherwise, why spout nonsense and promote stereotypes?
The author is an idiot. Where did caste issue come from? What a douchebag things to say.
Some folks get very offended whenever caste is mentioned.
Some bloggers have nothing else to say when their ignorance is called out
It’s like when systemic or structural racism is mentioned in the USA. Folks go crazy and start hurling ad hominems. Predictable…
It’s like when a clickbaity blogger posts a video of a Karen being rude to a person off-screen (whose race is therefore unknown) and says something foolish and clickbaity that the behaviour in the video is definitely racist because America.
FYI. THERE IS NO CASTE IN INDIA.IT WAS INTRODUCED BY PORTUGUESE” casta” in 1450. GUESS WHO EXPLOITED THE Sanatani 4 Varna Classification? The idiot Karl Marx and of course the British.Rest is history!
” just another caste issue on display” – Really expected more from a well-travelled Mr, Klint. Caste system has been on the decline for decades in India. In urban cosmopolitan areas and younger generations, it is extremely rare to see anyone identifying with their castes. If this incident had happened in a Bus filled with Boomers between one rural village to another; Yes, it may be just another caste issue on display. If this incident happens in an international flight with a young woman; it just only your opinion that is both out-of-place and out-of-time.
Probably a Trump supporter.
Definitely a BJP supporter
Unfortunately, aggressive arrogance toward people presumed to be poorer is not limited to just BJP lovers. I’ve seen it also from those opposed to the BJP.
Don’t call her Karen. Call her Rani. Those familiar with India will get the reasoning for falling her Rani.
Sounds more like classism than casteism. You can’t so easily figure out a person’s caste in India on a flight just by looking or cabin seating. But a passenger manifest with names or some routes can sometimes be used to try to figure out a person’s caste in India. By orthodox tradition in the country, all Indians who have left Bharat Mata could be considered outcastes/untouchables. But since money trumps that and flying abroad takes more money than being going nowhere, the priests and their fans chase the money and power and thus gave up on that concept. Even their Lord Modi went to the US and flew around the country on a Delta pass long before the USG had any idea that he had a chance to become Prime Minister of the country sometime down the road.
“Entitled”, “Karen”. Too many topics are filled with those sentences. Turned to yellow press?
Economy class passenger did wrong, the only person who has a right to put economy class passengers luggage to business class overhead compartment is a flight attendant. Period!
When I travel in economy, I never put my luggage to business class overhead bin and/or using the lavatory in the front, when I fly in business class I would usually go to confortation with anyone who put the luggage to business class overhead bin and walks to sit to economy class.
Yes agree putting bag in Business cabin (or in Premium Economy) if only in regular economy is wrong. However, why does she have to be the one calling it out. I play poker and we have a name for people that want to call out the rules. It is “table cabin” and not a compliment. Bottom line if it doesn’t directly impact you (and not just because you see yourself as the keeper of Business class protocol) then shut up and let it play out. To do otherwise is a “Karen”
I have seen on a Virgin Australia flight a few years ago someone put their bag immediately into the biz class overhead bin and wander down to economy . They were one of the 1st economy class pax to board, so yes I don’t think it’s appropriate they use the biz class bins.
Are you just trolling Indian readers by pointing this out as a caste issue or do you have a super power to figure out the castes of the people in the video? I think it’s the former to get more clicks. 🙂
I’m fascinated how the mention of caste puts certain people in a tizzy.
It was both predictable and disappointing that when California tried to put in a ban on caste discrimination that the Modi brigade threw a hissy fit about it from coast to coast and from continent to continent.
Completely get where you’re coming from. A click is cash in the bank no matter how irrelevant the reasoning. Maybe start blaming Karens for their race and gender next?
People who tend to be more privileged in being able to get away with public drama without as much in the way of negative consequences for themselves or their own demographic segment are perhaps a bit more likely to engage in public drama. We see this same kind of thing where bigotry toward more disadvantaged minorities is in play and the drama is coming from more privileged males of some backgrounds too while the public scrutiny and saliency is more when done by an individual from a less privileged background.
KLINT IT IS A VERY SORE SUBJECT ON BHARAT FOR 1550 YEARS ATLEAST.
Totally disagree. You’re paying for business class and all the accoutrements that come with it. By your reasoning if there’s an open seat in business class might as well sit there too. Especially if it’s “lightly used “.
If the flight attendant had done that, I think I’d be OK with it. But for some guy just to cram his luggage up there is wrong. We’re so afraid to just call people out nowadays.
I guarantee Air India charges for checking your bags.. He tried to pull a fast one and got called out on it.
Disagree.
How can you assume business class is lightly booked? 10 business class passengers could easily board last.