We were subjected to some wry entertainment on Friday’s shuttle down to London courtesy of one passenger who just seemed to have taken the current “selfie” craze a little too far. Said gent returned from the forward lav, evidently saw that the passage to his seat was blocked by the drinks trolley so he decided to wait it out in the aisle by row 1. He must have stood there for a good 25 minutes during which time he’d acquired and consumed a couple of JW Red miniatures and used the cabin as a convenient backdrop for a variety of selfie photos. At one point he even managed to convince one of the cabin crew to pose with him. Later, as his photo shoot continued I was beginning to get a little concerned for his safety as this fellow contorted his body into more extreme positions blissfully unaware of basic physics and the risks of airborne turbulence.

Thankfully before he managed to injury himself and/or anyone around him another cabin crew approached him and asked that he return to his seat. Which he did but not before stopping to ask another passenger* to pose with him. This request was accepted albeit begrudgingly. This is where his antics backfired. With both gents standing, camera phone outstretched our protagonist turns his head to face the back of the cabin and in an attempt to whip up the audience cried out, “Come on! Everybody cheer!!!!”

Row after row, attention remained steadfast on newspapers, kindles, iDevices et al, and in an eery silence the passenger returned to his seat (followed by tumbleweeds). Such sweet justice

* Whom I was later informed was Charlie Nicholas - heavens the years have not been kind