{"id":5455,"date":"2025-07-13T14:34:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T14:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/?p=5455"},"modified":"2025-07-13T14:34:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T14:34:44","slug":"rude-parents-told-me-not-to-eat-on-the-plane-so-i-taught-them-a-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/?p=5455","title":{"rendered":"Rude Parents Told Me Not To Eat On The Plane\u2014So I Taught Them A Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>She smiled tightly and said,&nbsp;<strong>\u201cI feel a calling to educate you about my son\u2019s condition.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn\u2019t even recoil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cLady,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;I said emphatically,&nbsp;<strong>\u201cI don\u2019t give a damn. I\u2019ll deal with my T1D however I see fit, and you may deal with your prince\u2019s tantrums however you feel fit. You can\u2019t control a tantrum, therefore I\u2019m not putting my health at risk. The next time, reserve the whole row. Better still, take a private flight.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was worth the hush that ensued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last two hours went by without any problems. The child never noticed anyone eating and never looked up from his game. How about the parents? They didn\u2019t speak to me again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I learnt that speaking up for your health is not impolite that day on the plane. It\u2019s essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Refusing to let someone minimise your needs is the most considerate thing you can do for yourself. Although my condition is invisible, it is real, and I am fully entitled to treat it as I see fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No one\u2019s health is more important than another\u2019s comfort. Whether you\u2019re on firm ground or at 30,000 feet, that\u2019s a lesson worth keeping in mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She smiled tightly and said,&nbsp;\u201cI feel a calling to educate you about my son\u2019s condition.\u201d I didn\u2019t even recoil. \u201cLady,\u201d&nbsp;I said emphatically,&nbsp;\u201cI don\u2019t give a damn. I\u2019ll&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5456,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5455\/revisions\/5456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}