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On a flight from Chicago to Salt Lake there was a young couple with a small one who was just not having a good day. They tried to calm him but he threw a fit about being belted in on takeoff. Very, very vocal. The were in the middle section and I was sitting one row back and on the window seat. By mid flight a woman from about four rows ahead got up came back and just unloaded on this young couple. The couple tried to apologize for the noise but when the the lady from up front suggested that there were things to give kids while traveling the gloves came off. The kids mom lunged from her seat and it was a huge potential fist fight. I thought to myself that this could be way better than the movie. She was raging about "How dare you ask me to poison my baby" About the time some of us were lookimg at each other with that "someone should do something", three flight attendents showed up and split the two women who were now down to berating each other about ancestery and sexual preference. Two attendents took the mom aside and the other one sternly took the other over near the rear of the plane.
I for one was glad that the attendents stepped in before on of us would have had to. The incident that started this thread may be an exception, but for the most part attendents work hard under what is for a lot of people a stressfull time.
Although it did make for an exciting 10 minutes of the flight.
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