This horrible tale of a pantless plane passenger will leave you in tears

Pants should be a requirement while flying.
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Brian Koerber
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No one is immune from sharing a flight with an absolutely horrendous passenger.

Getting locked in a pressurized tube flying 500 miles an hour at 30,000 feet above the earth just seems to bring the worst out in some people.

Actor, comedian and all around hilarious person Kumail Nanjiani shared a recent experience he had with an unruly passenger on Twitter on Wednesday. While there are plenty of offensive things you can do on a plane, taking off your pants and spreading your legs for all to see your grundle may top the list.

According to Nanjiani, this behavior went on for four hours until a flight attendant finally had enough.

But the defiant passenger was not ready to stand down.

And of course, Nanjiani says he was also rude to other passengers and flight attendants before and during the flight.

He also completely ignored safety instructions.

And he got away with the whole thing. Hope you had a great flight, bud.

But here's the kicker.

And just in case that wasn't enough, the red glow in the photos is actually just a really annoying USB charger.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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