I fly frequently - three or more times per month - with an airline not always know for the friendliest customer service. I have premier status with the airline, so I generally get to choose my seat and get the row directly behind first class if I’m not upgraded.

Last night I was in the row right behind first class, and had a flight attendant who had been acting particularly bizarrely to my fellow passengers (super stringent with rules, reprimanding people for little stuff, and making extra announcements outside the norm for flights like this).

So before landing, the FA makes this announcement about how if you need to stow your carry-one or use the bathroom, you should do it now. I wouldn’t say this is a common announcement, particularly given how casually but still urgently she worded it.

This announcement created a massive rush for the back bathrooms, and the line was at least four people deep. That said, there was no line for the first class bathroom, which was *only three rows ahead of my seat*. 

I needed to use the bathroom, so I went ahead and used the bathroom up front in first class.

When I exited the bathroom, the flight attendant was directly outside the bathroom door, so close I almost hit her with it (she had obviously been waiting for me).

She proceeded to angrily tell me that I had used the wrong bathroom, etc. Franky, I’d had a long and difficult work day and didn’t feel like listening to her lecture. So I said interrupted to say “thank you for telling me” and walked away.

She proceeded to follow me to my seat and in a voice loud enough for many to hear said “it’s extremely rude to walk away from people when they’re talking to you, don’t you think?”

At this point I just ignored her and she stalked away. 

AITA here? I get that there are safety regulations and stuff, but I’ve used the front bathroom before and no FA has said anything. I also know FAs have really hard jobs, but I don’t feel like I did anything to purposefully make her job harder. Frankly, her lecture felt like a bombardment and totally unnecessary.

TL;DR: Used the “wrong bathroom,” got yelled at, walked away, got followed and called rude by the flight attendant,