Originally posted by JSrombough:
globalflight, you should have told the F/A you were seated in First Class before waiting for eviction. Having a little fun at her expense (your words), was just plain rude.
I don't necessarily agree - if I thought, in such a situation, that the FA was making an unwarranted intrusion on me, I'd be perfectly willing to cause him/her embarrassment to teach a lesson ... and possibly even for my own amusement.
However: if I were sitting in biz and the FA had asked if I had a right to be there, I'd have corrected any misimpression right away; but as it appears that in globalflight's case there was no feeler, and the FA's (rude) action was probably triggered by the perception (youth <> business class), I think that the FA forfeited the right to a polite response.