OR: No sit, Sherlock
This report just in from cultural watchdogs Popbitch about a case of privilege and kindness gone unrewarded in the heady heights of a first class cabin:

'Getting Benny-dicked around'
Benedict Cumberbatch was on a flight when he told the purser he "wasn't comfortable" and wanted different seat. Although it's hard to think that any first-class seat wouldn't be comfortable, the woman in the seat he wanted didn't mind and agreed to swap.
   
A little later, Benny decided he preferred his original seat. Again, the woman swapped. Not being from the UK or the States, she had no idea who the passenger with ants-in-his-pants was so, emboldened by the free champagne, she asked him. The actor replied that he was the voice of the dragon in the Hobbit films and seemed somewhat put out when she burst out laughing.

From @RealPeteBell

Journey details: Flight from Bangkok to London (11 hours)
The scene: Me, my wife and a plane full of solo male travellers in their 40s, 50s and 60s.
Passenger description: Male, white, about 60, with suspiciously fresh looking military tattoos.
The review: I was sitting in the middle of a bank of three seats. To my left, in the window seat, was my wife. To my right, in the aisle seat was a single man. Throughout the 10-hour flight, he neither slept, read or watched the telly. He just stared ahead. Occasionally his leg would twitch and bang in to mine. He would then say "sorry", slightly too loudly and slightly too quickly and look at me for a long five seconds. Coincidentally, I found myself unable to sleep, read or watch telly.
Verdict: Petrifying.
Rating 0-5: 0

Journey: A 40 minute flight.
The scene: Half way through the flight, the crew ask if there's a doctor on board and carry a young woman up to an empty row and lay her out. A couple of people attend her and she slowly recovers from what looks like a mild seizure.
Describe your fellow traveller: She's with her Australian husband and a young child, around two years old, who is very distressed.
The review: As the woman regains consciousness, she slowly sits up and tries to comfort her child, who is understandably crying. The husband chooses this time to start berating her angrily. "For f*ck's sake, look at the fuss you're created and ALL FOR NOTHING," he is whisper-shouting. He carries on shouting at her and gets even more annoyed when she can't find her shoes, and is all in all about as shockingly unsupportive and unsympathetic as you can imagine.
Verdict: A terrible human being.
Rating: 0/5