Anyone who travels regularly has probably had at least a handful unpleasant in-flight seat mate experiences, whether it’s the all too common crying baby, chatty Cathy, snorer, someone eating stinky food, etcetera, etcetera. But few have experienced the horror that writer Sara Nović recently did on a flight Friday morning. Nović was lucky enough to score an aisle seat on her flight, and even luckier to have the middle seat occupied… by a human being.
But unfortunately that’s where her luck ran out.
https://twitter.com/novicsara/status/779205328428609536
It’s unclear whether or not the doll sitting next to Nović was a type of Luk thep doll (or “child angel” doll) currently popular in Thailand, which are blessed by Buddhist monks and believed to be possessed by a “wandering benevolent spirit” to protect and watch over the doll’s owner. But does it even matter? Either way, “wandering benevolent spirit” or not, it’s still creepy as hell, as Nović was to learn over the course of her flight.
https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779206771436957696
https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779207251491819520
https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779207746549723137
https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779207849377275904
https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779208168765173761
https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779273836394983424
When your seat mate traveling with a bunch of bananas is the least strange thing about them, that’s really saying something. Nović’s next tweet finally revealed the destination of the doll’s owner, which makes the whole thing no less strange.
https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779274037188976640
https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779274190318735360
https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779279461623533568
https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779294048313937920
https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779294327239417856
Still creepy.
https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779294819654836224
https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779295573253820416
https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779333390411726848
https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779333522439929856
https://twitter.com/NovicSara/status/779340283255357440
Judgement or not, this woman has earned herself the karmic equivalent of having no seat mates, period, for the rest of her life.
