ANNOYING THINGS PEOPLE DO ON PLANES
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Continually poke me in the sides and ribs with their f
king elbows.
And it's not big people who are the main culprits, its the skinny people who have no idea how wide they're flailing their arms. Had a 10 and a 1/2 hour flight from Madrid to Medellin on Tuesday with some tt doing that the whole way. Its almost at the point where I prefer sitting next to a larger person as they tend to be aware of their own size.
Also this.
I hope there is a special place in hell reserved for recliners. Preferably behind the slow walkers.
king elbows.And it's not big people who are the main culprits, its the skinny people who have no idea how wide they're flailing their arms. Had a 10 and a 1/2 hour flight from Madrid to Medellin on Tuesday with some t
t doing that the whole way. Its almost at the point where I prefer sitting next to a larger person as they tend to be aware of their own size.Also this.
Huskyman said:
Smash, sorry recline their seat back without giving a toss. I mean ffs I’ve had drinks spilled on me by this type of tosser.
And also dont put their seat back upright for meal times (Singapore hosties always ask people to do this... just another reason why I love to fly SQ).I hope there is a special place in hell reserved for recliners. Preferably behind the slow walkers.
FWIW said:
Standing up the moment the plane comes to a halt. You’re not going anywhere for at least 10 mins ffs.
Beat me to it:
I am amazed by how dumb most people are once the plane has arrived and taxied to the gate. THE MOMENT the fasten seatbelt sign is turned off (and sometimes before) nearly everyone leaps up and then stands there, for 10 minutes, stooping in the aisles. Everyone knows, surely, that it takes an absolute minimum of 5 minutes to get the tunnel up to the plane and the door open. And, for those in steerage, there is a further wait while the business class folks debark. This behaviour suggests to me that:
1. It's their first flight.
2. They are just astonishingly stupid.
Surely not many can be on their first flight, so, worryingly, it must be the second of the above?
Firsty, people not checking in hand baggage for free when asked pre flight despite the airport staff warning that there won’t be enough room for everyone. Same tts then walk the entire length of the plane looking for overhead space to store their bags when others are trying to board.
Also, people who get out of their seats the second the wheels touch the ground and start faffing with their luggage. These people don’t seem to make any progress this way as they have to wait at the luggage carousel same as everyone else.
ts then walk the entire length of the plane looking for overhead space to store their bags when others are trying to board. Also, people who get out of their seats the second the wheels touch the ground and start faffing with their luggage. These people don’t seem to make any progress this way as they have to wait at the luggage carousel same as everyone else.
Snore, fart, not put their seat upright during meal service (I politely request this from the selfish pricks if they don’t do it automatically), ignore the seatbelt sign, carry a full sized suitcase onboard as their hand luggage, be rude to the crew, be overweight, smell, breath, exist...
djc206 said:
Snore, fart, not put their seat upright during meal service (I politely request this from the selfish pricks if they don’t do it automatically), ignore the seatbelt sign, carry a full sized suitcase onboard as their hand luggage, be rude to the crew, be overweight, smell, breath, exist...
paulguitar said:
Stig said:
Stow cabin baggage in first available locker, then walk to the back of the plane.
Utter, utter selfish f***tards.
Utter, utter selfish f***tards.
tload of stuff as carry-on bags.My other pet hate is brain dead t
ts who bring their spawn with them who scream and cry for the whole flight, because they can’t be arsed to interact with them. Other people manage to keep the kids entertained why not them? I’m pretty relaxed about people’s behaviour on planes. It’s the Airport bit that drives me mad.
It takes less than 60 seconds to check in:
1: Place checked bag on conveyor
2: Hand passport over, whilst saying “Hello, I’m on flight number X to destination Y”
3: Answer the questions “Yes”, “No”, “No”
4: Smile, collect passport, ticket & luggage receipt
5: Move on
Quite why people spend 30 minutes plus standing in the queue, watching every single person in front of them going through exactly the same process and then get to the front and act utterly confused and have to root through their handbag / rucksack to find their passport and tickets is beyond me.
Then they finally arrive at security where they seem to totally forget what a liquid and laptop is. Again, it’s a simple, binary process:
1: Remove Laptop, Ipad and liquid case from flight bag beforehand. Hold in one hand
2: Place Laptop, Ipad, phone, belt, wallet and liquid bag in a tray, making sure they are not on top of each other
3: Remove shoes and place them with your flight bag in a second case tray
4: Walk through scanner (if necessary, jump into the ProVision and adopt star jump position)
5: collect stuff and leave
I travel for work a lot, so fortunately, I generally get use the premium check-ins and go through fast track and head straight to the lounge so miss a lot of the muppetry in airports, but I do feel myself getting wound up when i have to use the standard channels as I hate inefficiency!!!
It takes less than 60 seconds to check in:
1: Place checked bag on conveyor
2: Hand passport over, whilst saying “Hello, I’m on flight number X to destination Y”
3: Answer the questions “Yes”, “No”, “No”
4: Smile, collect passport, ticket & luggage receipt
5: Move on
Quite why people spend 30 minutes plus standing in the queue, watching every single person in front of them going through exactly the same process and then get to the front and act utterly confused and have to root through their handbag / rucksack to find their passport and tickets is beyond me.
Then they finally arrive at security where they seem to totally forget what a liquid and laptop is. Again, it’s a simple, binary process:
1: Remove Laptop, Ipad and liquid case from flight bag beforehand. Hold in one hand
2: Place Laptop, Ipad, phone, belt, wallet and liquid bag in a tray, making sure they are not on top of each other
3: Remove shoes and place them with your flight bag in a second case tray
4: Walk through scanner (if necessary, jump into the ProVision and adopt star jump position)
5: collect stuff and leave
I travel for work a lot, so fortunately, I generally get use the premium check-ins and go through fast track and head straight to the lounge so miss a lot of the muppetry in airports, but I do feel myself getting wound up when i have to use the standard channels as I hate inefficiency!!!
British Airways Gold Card Holders— a lot of them seem to think they own the airline and love to make a big show of jumping the line with the gold cards in hand ( likely I’ll become a gold card holder this year so will see if I adopt this practice )
Arrogant pricks who don’t put their security tray back once they collect their belongings from the security line.
People who don’t know how their penis works so end up pissing all over the seat and don’t clear up after themselves.
People who talk too loud so the whole cabin can hear about their mundane life..
People who Videocall without using headphones in lounges- normally about unimportant s
t..When on a night flight and people don’t turn off their overhead light before they fall asleep -
People who let themselves ‘fall’ into a seat rather than gently sit down like a civilised person - Particularly bad when overweight people do this as it shakes the whole area around you.
People who have bad personal hygiene so the area around them them just turns into a vomit zone.
Those who wait till they get to the front of the security line and then decide to ask if they need to take their laptop and liquids out - ffs did you not read the 10 signs that you just walked past...
Some of the above may sound small but doing approx 50 flights a year these things start annoying you very quickly..
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