• A TikToker went viral this week with a storytime about how she missed three consecutive flights in a day.
• She instructed audiences that this incident in 2019 was her first time flying alone.
• She instructed Insider that she’s obtained a ton of dishearteningly hateful and insulting feedback from strangers.

A TikToker has gone viral with a wild and perplexing storytime about how she missed not one, not two, however three consecutive flights in a single day. Her video has amassed 1.3 million views in two days, however the reactions are break up between sympathy and scorn, with some commenters insulting her intelligence.

The creator is a 26-year-old accountant and part-time face painter and balloon artist from New Jersey named Sara Poskonka. Whereas she shared her story publicly for the primary time on Monday, she instructed Insider the incident passed off within the fall of 2019. She stated she was flying by way of United Airways at Newark Airport, and praised the corporate for being “very accommodating and useful throughout this horrible expertise.” 

In Poskonka’s video, instructed utilizing the second-person “put a finger down” narrative, she described how this was the primary time she was ever flying by herself, and that she was touring to go to her sister in Charleston, South Carolina.

She stated she missed the primary flight as a result of she did not perceive that boarding and departure instances had been completely different. She sat at a bar within the airport whereas her flight was boarding as a result of she thought she had extra time.

After customer support rescheduled her for a flight that very same day, leaving 4 hours later, she stated she missed that one, too. In line with Poskonka, the gate had been modified, however she didn’t hear this announcement as she had her headphones on your entire time.

“You begin operating over to the opposite gate, which is definitely actually far-off from the gate that you just had been at, and also you ended up lacking the second flight, and principally none of your loved ones believes you,” she recalled.

Poskonka stated she obtained scheduled on a third flight, this one as soon as once more scheduled to take off in 4 hours. She stated she was so anxious to make this one which she sat in complete silence — with out headphones or any distractions — ready to board.

However then chaos struck once more.

“Proper earlier than you had been purported to board, you get a cellphone name out of your sister saying that they really modified terminals, which you would need to take a shuttle bus so as to get to the subsequent terminal, and so you do not even try that,” she stated in her storytime.

Poskonka instructed Insider that as a result of her sister bought the ticket, the entire updates and notifications about flight modifications had been despatched to her cellphone and electronic mail.

“She was actively monitoring the flight as a result of I used to be extraordinarily upset over lacking the primary two so she was attempting to ease my nervousness as a lot as she may,” Poskonka stated.

In her video, Poskonka recalled sprinting to the customer support desk to plead if they may name the gate and ask them to carry the aircraft whereas she traveled over to the opposite terminal, however they stated no.

At this level, Poskonka stated she was so upset that she sat on the ground and cried. 

Regardless of the misfortunes of the day, the TikToker did make the fourth aircraft. Responding to a commenter, Poskonka added that she was so traumatized by the expertise that she opted to drive 13 hours to go to her sister the subsequent time.

The reactions to the video have been visceral, with many viewers surprised by the farcical chain of occasions, and evaluating it to the enduring episode of “SpongeBob” known as “Rock Backside” the place the titular sponge frequently misses his bus. 

“This story will at all times amaze me,” one high remark with over 4,000 likes stated.

“How did each a part of this go so incorrect?” one other commenter wrote. “This was such a chaotic story lmao.”

However there was additionally a torrent of harsh backlash, which Poskonka stated she was shocked to see. She anticipated extra individuals to seek out “humor within the expertise” due to how ridiculous and unrelatable it was, she instructed Insider.

Many commenters insulted her intelligence, and stated her misfortunes had been a “ability difficulty.”

“How outdated are you,” one high commenter quipped. Some prompt that she wanted a “babysitter” to navigate life, and that they discovered it “horrifying” that she may very well be allowed to vote or drive.

Poskonka thinks these hateful remarks are crossing a dangerous boundary on-line.

“The feedback are undoubtedly taking it too severely, and some feedback particularly have actually gotten out of hand,” she stated. “Some persons are ‘diagnosing’ me with psychological points and others are saying I am a ‘menace to society.’ All I did was share a narrative that did not hurt anybody and solely wasted my very own time.”

Regardless of the toxicity, Poskonka stated she additionally obtained some candy and useful feedback from strangers with helpful flying suggestions that she is going to perpetually pocket.