Originally Posted by Always Flyin

Sorry, but your post reeks of attitude so I can imagine how the interaction at the time was interpreted by the flight attendant.

You tried to bring on an oversize bag (whether there was room on board or not); but you think it was ok as everyone else has oversize carry-on bags; F/A told you that you couldn't bring on your bag; you "protested"; you muttered to yourself "what BS" that was; at your seat, you again ask why you couldn't bring the bag on; you placed your smaller bag on the floor in some manner that made the F/A seek oral confirmation that you would cooperate during the flight.

Most people post in a manner that makes them look better, or at least not worse, than they actually acted. My reading of it is that, from the F/A's perspective, you were being a pain in the ....

Had employees on earlier flights correctly limited you from bringing on an oversize bag, this probably wouldn't have occurred. But they didn't so the one who finally did irritated you.

At least that's how I read it.