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Tony Owusu

Southwest Flight Delayed For an Incredibly Petty (But Hilarious) Reason

Of all the issues that could delay your flight, spilled rice has to be the worst. 

Passengers on a recent Southwest Airlines (LUV) flight from Atlanta to Houston received some bad news after flight attendants seemed to have had enough of a passenger's bad behavior in the plane's cabin. 

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Thankfully, one passenger chronicled the experience on social media. 

Apparently, no one wanted to admit to or clean up the mess, so of course, someone just covered it up. 

The war of attrition was won by the passengers as one of flight attendants ended up cleaning up the mess. 

But the crew wasn't about to let these lazy, fare-paying passengers get the last laugh. 

Social media seems to be the place where important cultural questions are discussed, and the responsibility for cleaning up on planes has been in the spotlight recently. 

Earlier in April, Anthony Bass, a pitcher for MLB's  Toronto Blu Jays, said that a United Airlines (UAL) flight attendant made his 22 week pregnant wife to get on her hands and knees to clean up after her 5 year old and 2 year old children. 

The replies under Anthony Bass' post ran the gamut, with some saying that his wife should be the one to pick up after her kids, and others pointing out that it isn't the flight attendant's job to clean the plane. 

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