Obnoxious seat neighbor on flight
I just need to vent for a minute to get this out of my system, so sorry for rambling a bit:
I was on the first leg of an overnight intercontinental flight, flying alone. I sat in the aisle next to a man my age but with different cultural background. He was very chatty. In the beginning I was okay with exchanging some stories but I generally rather keep to myself on long flights (this one was six hours) and was also just not interested in getting to know this man better.
He did not get any social hints about me not wanting to talk anymore. He also talked about how I should visit him in his home town to with I just said "no thank you" with a polite smile. At one point I said I was going to watch a movie now and this man kept talking to while I was watching the movie. He also nudged me every time to get my attention.
After dinner I thought my best strategy would be to just pretend to sleep and listen to an audiobook. I told him I was tired and was going to sleep now. I put on a sleeping mask, put in earphones, and this guy has the audacity to still talk to me! After nudging me twice within a few minutes an trying to show me something on my screen, I outright told him: "I'm sorry but I've told you multiple times now that I want to sleep and I've asked you to stop. I am serious, stop it. I just want some privacy now." I said it neutral but clearly, so a few heads turned.
After that he left me alone but I was steaming inside and nearly cried because I couldn't stand the audacity of this man. He never tried to talk to his other seat neighbor who was a guy as well, mind you. I couldn't catch a minute of sleep because he also took up some of my seat space with his arm/elbow and I couldn't stand touching him.