22 People Who Had a Nightmare Experience at the Airport

Airports are a combination of excitement and anxiety as travelers fly out to welcome new adventures, to board flights, maneuver security queues and muddle through final snags. But other times it can become an inconvenience to a catastrophe From misplaced bags to missed flights, and more than a few cringeworthy moments to be had, the airport has its way of making us all lose our marbles. Here, in this post, we bring you — I cannot even think of the worst experience at the airport that can happen to a human being — 22 stories of people who all went through the ordeal. Prepare to be amused, mortified, and at the very least, sympathetic about their travel dramas!

1. This person who got on the plane and saw that their luggage was left behind:

2. This person who was on a flight with passengers who decided to put on a musical performance:

3. This person whose armrests were taken by someone else’s feet:

4. This person who got RINGWORM from their seat’s armrest:

5. This person who was flying for the first time and got this amaaaaaazing view:

6. This person who boarded a plane that had this huge dent on the side:

7. This person who barely had enough room to fit comfortably in their seat:

8. This person who was almost home, but then their plane made an emergency landing because someone got sick:

9. This person whose in-flight entertainment had technical difficulties during the 15-hour journey:

10. This person who had other technical difficulties while trying to enjoy their in-flight entertainment:

11. This person who forgot their AirPods before a six-hour flight:

12. This person who had to sleep on this DIY bed at the airport for over three days because of cancellations:

13. This person who had to sit with these messy, disrespectful passengers:

14. The people who had to walk around this wire to sit at their gate because this guy refused to sit next to the electrical outlet:

15. These people who watched someone dry their underwear using the airplane seat fan:

16. These people who had to sit by this passenger who made themself too at home:

17. This person whose seat was being blocked by another inconsiderate passenger:

18. The person who had to sit next to this guy who took his pants off and rode the whole flight in his boxers:

19. These people who went to sit at their gate and found that someone left trash, including a USED baby diaper, on the ground:

20. These people who witnessed this person drop their orange peels on the floor:

21. These people who couldn’t fall asleep because this passenger had the brightest headphones ever:

22. And finally, this person who let their pants touch the floor in the airport bathroom for just a second:

These tales are enough to make anyone reconsider their next journey, but they also demonstrate that travel disasters are simply a portion of the trip. Except on occasion, they become one of those moments that you will have a story to share and retell somewhere down the road. So the next time you are stuck in line one too many people to check in at security or a delayed flight, just remember: you still are not alone. It could always be worse! Got any airport horror tales of your own? Give them to us in the comments below—we want to commiserate with you!