People who fly frequently know it's pretty easy to get a little dehydrated during a flight, which is why airlines offer drink service. However, this drink service apparently wasn't enough for one passenger, who recently shared on Reddit that they decided to bring a lot of extra water on board.
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The passenger explains, "Recently I flew home for the holidays. The flight was three hours long. I read that you dehydrate twice as fast on a plane as you do elsewhere, so I packed two 40oz water bottles and planned to drink both of them over the course of the flight (should note I’m a pretty big person and an athlete)."
The passenger was in the middle seat.
"I booked a middle seat because I’m on a budget and I also don’t particularly care about the aisle/window and I used the bathroom four times over the course of the flight. Each time, the person sitting on the aisle got progressively annoyed."
The person in the aisle seat was trying to sleep.
"She was sleeping and I woke her up each time," the original poster (OP) explains. "She would sigh, groan, roll her eyes, etc whenever I got up. When I used the bathroom for the third time, she asked me if I could try to hold it for the remainder of the flight so she could sleep. (I should mention it was 4pm and there was no time change involved.)"
She asked if OP had a medical condition.
"I didn’t take her request too seriously and continued to drink water" OP adds. "When I got up for the fourth time, she told me I was rude for not following her request. I told her it was either that, dehydrate, or wet myself and going to the bathroom seemed like the best option. She told me no one needs to drink enough to pee four times in less than three hours unless they have a bladder issue. She then asked me if I had a bladder issue and I said no, not that that’s your business."
OP had to flag down a flight attendant.
"I asked if she wanted to switch seats so I didn't have to climb over her, but she refused. She kept pressing me and I suggested that we flag down a flight attendant because I didn’t feel comfortable resolving this on my own."
OP isn't sure if they were in the wrong.
"The flight attendant sided with me, but at home my family had some disagreements," OP admits. "Some said I did nothing wrong, and that I have the right to drink water and I’m not breaking rules, but others said it was discourteous to drink that much water during a flight and that I should be able to hold it, especially if the person on the aisle is sleeping."
People find the situation ridiculous.
As one person put it, "Three hours on a plane isn't going to dehydrate you enough to harm you. If you plan on doing this on your next flight, pay for the aisle seat or get ready to have another pissed off seat mate. Also as far as her wanting to sleep, it doesn't matter what time of day it is. Some people don't fly well and they sleep to help get through the flight."
They also think it's medically unnecessary.
Another person added, "I just looked it up because that's such an excessive amount of water – according to the ever-reliable Wikipedia, water intoxication can occur when water intake grossly exceeds output, and healthy kidneys can process .8-1 liter of water per hour. 80oz over 3 hours is just about .8 liter per hour, so let's hope OP's kidneys are healthy."
OP also has no way of knowing how long other passengers have been flying.
A third person added, "OP also has no idea whether this person had a connecting flight. They very well could have just gotten off of a flight from the other side of the world, and feel like it’s 4 am."
