Passenger and tarmac worker play rock-paper-scissors through plane window

Pre-flight goals.
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Nicole Gallucci
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Some people have the rare ability to get along with almost anyone they encounter in life.

Take Brianna Kolbe's boyfriend, Robert Meadows, for example. After the two boarded a recent Spirit Airlines flight in Atlantic City, New Jersey, rather than simply sitting back in his seat, Meadows looked out of the plane window, made friends with a tarmac worker, and played a few games of rock-paper-scissors with him.

Kolbe, known on Twitter as @bricheeseyy, shared a 7-second video of the interaction on Twitter, and it's extremely charming.

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In an interview with Time, Meadows said he started playing the game because he saw the airport employee, reportedly named Allain Bantaya, playing with someone else through the window.

"I like to be friendly because not a lot of other people are," Meadows, 23, told the publication.

Since Kolbe posted the tweet on Sunday it's received more than 1.5 million likes. After the tweet went viral, the couple was able to identify and connect with the employee online.

"They’re already talking about a rematch," Kolbe told Time. Meanwhile, Bantaya and Meadows have been tweeting back and forth.

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We eagerly await a wholesome, pre-flight rematch between these two ambitious rock, paper, scissors players.

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Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.

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