ANNOYING THINGS PEOPLE DO ON PLANES

[croyde]

I've been flying BA City flyer a lot from City Airport. The other passengers all seem smart and business like and I actually enjoy the experience.

But had to fly EasyJet the other day with my daughter to Belfast. OK it was a fraction of the price but boy do they pack them in.

Than the guy who caused the massive queue on the stairs in the rain as he ever so slowly put his bag in the overhead after carefully considering which bin to put it in then took his coat off with all the speed of a sloth on valium.

The careful way he undid every button and every clasp as well as unhooking the velcro cuff fastenings before carefully folding it.

At no point did he seem aware of the hold up he was causing.

That's what gets me. People just not caring or thinking about others.

[ClaphamGT3]

schmalex said:

hammo19 said:

I totally understand that families have to travel but i would pay a big premium if airlines had adult only flights.

I fly up front quite a lot on Emirates and Qatar. One would have thought the price of the tickets would be sufficient to prevent people from booking their kids into business or first, but the amount of families (mainly Russian and Arab) with 4 or 5 kids all travelling in J or F is absolutely staggering. Sadly, most of the time, the kids are absolute monsters and not controlled at all by the parents or nannies, thereby ruining, often, much needed sleep

Similarly, they probably hate the fact that first/club is clogged up with moaning suits who are only flying up-front because it's expensed and are sad enough to refer to cabin classes by their code letter.

The answer if it really is a problem for you is to stop being a whining cheap-skate and Charter a PJ.

[eharding]

People who set the prop fully fine as soon as they turn downwind and then whine their way around the rest of the circuit, thereby pissing off both the habitual neighbourhood noise complainers and those who have to deal with the complaints.

[Ayahuasca]

paulguitar said:

Ayahuasca said:

paulguitar said:

Ayahuasca said:

FWIW said:

Standing up the moment the plane comes to a halt. You’re not going anywhere for at least 10 mins ffs.

I always do this. If you do it right you can be gain half a dozen places in getting off the plane, which doesn't mean much per se, but you are still half a dozen places (plus what you have gained by walking faster than everyone else) at immigration / passport control, where those half dozen places will mean an eternity.

You don't gain though because nobody can go anywhere. You can just sit calmly in your seat, and get up and take your place once things start to move.

The better option is to select a seat as far forward as possible if you have to deal with the dreaded US immigration...

You get up and move forward, thus gaining places.

Mmm....I still don’t get it, because everyone gets up all at once and they just stand there, hunched over, waiting endlessly for the tunnel and door. So how do you get any further forward without climbing over the top of them or going through their legs?

The point is that you are first up, and have made a few places up whilst they are still fiddling with their seat belts.

It can backfire when you try to leap up with the speed of a thousand gazelles, only to realise you forgot to undo your seatbelt, and you then have to sit there pretending you never meant to get up anyway.

[gregs656]

People who don't organise them selves when they go through security, board and disembark so clog up the entire process.

[Ayahuasca]

The most annoying thing people do on planes - when the guy in front reaches up and grasps the back of his seat and leaves his hand there, not realising that his hand is now in your space.

Next time someone does that I am just going to give the hand a gentle, light, stroke.

[surveyor]

fizz47 said:

Arrogant pricks who don’t put their security tray back once they collect their belongings from the security line.

This really really annoys me. I usually ask them if they would like me to return their tray for them. I will generally scoop empties around me when putting mine back. I think my record is 8.

fizz47 said:

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...

The airports do not help here. I'll normally have a laptop, ipad and kindle to take out. Plus a belt. I can't really start doing this until I get to a tray. Although the holiday travellers who look surprised that perfume is a liquid do really annoy me.

[Ayahuasca]

surveyor said:

fizz47 said:

Arrogant pricks who don’t put their security tray back once they collect their belongings from the security line.

This really really annoys me. I usually ask them if they would like me to return their tray for them. I will generally scoop empties around me when putting mine back. I think my record is 8.

fizz47 said:

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...

The airports do not help here. I'll normally have a laptop, ipad and kindle to take out. Plus a belt. I can't really start doing this until I get to a tray. Although the holiday travellers who look surprised that perfume is a liquid do really annoy me.

To be fair, different airports have different rules on this. In the US different security lines have different rules. Even some individual passengers can have different rules applied to them. TSA Pre and all that.

[crofty1984]

eharding said:

People who set the prop fully fine as soon as they turn downwind and then whine their way around the rest of the circuit, thereby pissing off both the habitual neighbourhood noise complainers and those who have to deal with the complaints.

I understood at least 10 of those words!
I think badly behaved people. I put my seat back (shock!) on a 7 hour overnight flight to have it violently shoved forwards and yelled at. Then spent the rest of the flight fighting off abuse from those behind everyone I moved in my bolt-upright chair. That's what I get for going on holiday with Thomas Cook I guess.

[djc206]

valiant said:

People who get up to use the toilet 0.00001 seconds after the seatbelt signs go off. Wtf were you doing while we were all waiting an age to board? It's not as if there's a shortage of bogs in the airport.

I have been this person and can help explain this. I was in Tokyo and had been in the lounge for close to 3 hours. They have a really cool beer pouring machine so I had had quite a few beers and went for a pee before leaving and walking to the gate, then when I boarded the nice lady offered me a welcome drink so I had another beer. It then took us about 45 mins to taxi and then another 10 minutes or so until the sign went off, by that time it may have only been just over an hour since I last peed but my god I don’t think ever peed so much in life, I must have been seconds from pissing myself.

[Kccv23highliftcam]

Ayahuasca said:

FWIW said:

Standing up the moment the plane comes to a halt. You’re not going anywhere for at least 10 mins ffs.

I always do this. If you do it right you can be gain half a dozen places in getting off the plane, which doesn't mean much per se, but you are still half a dozen places (plus what you have gained by walking faster than everyone else) at immigration / passport control, where those half dozen places will mean an eternity.

Yep, I was always up front for starters, BUT when you taxi in and right behind you there's 2 maybe 3 777's full of cockneys, then getting out of the blocks fast and maintaining progress through the labyrinth that is gatwick, is a definite LIFE SAVER when you come in through the side entrance to immigration, take 40 steps to a short queue only for the main doors behind you to be kicked open by the mother of pearl hoards ...

[paulguitar]

djc206 said:

Last few times I’ve been to the US the immigration guys have been super friendly. The guy at Miami even cracked a joke!

Earlier this month I had my worst experience so far at US immigration. I’ve been though somewhere between 50-60 times and usually it is fine, on this occasion I was shuffled down to ‘secondary screening’. Usually no worries, it happens regularly as cruise ship crew. The fellow I encountered there was the most unpleasant, pencil pushing, jobsworth prick I have ever encountered. I missed my connection as a result and would really liked to told him what I thought of him. He had a gun though and I am sure could have sent me for an internal body search if I had given him any attitude.

It just puts a bad taste in your mouth upon entering the country.

[djc206]

paulguitar said:

Earlier this month I had my worst experience so far at US immigration. I’ve been though somewhere between 50-60 times and usually it is fine, on this occasion I was shuffled down to ‘secondary screening’. Usually no worries, it happens regularly as cruise ship crew. The fellow I encountered there was the most unpleasant, pencil pushing, jobsworth prick I have ever encountered. I missed my connection as a result and would really liked to told him what I thought of him. He had a gun though and I am sure could have sent me for an internal body search if I had given him any attitude.

It just puts a bad taste in your mouth upon entering the country.

I did encounter one in Miami many years ago who was drunk on power like that. It’s what happens when you give a glorified receptionist a badge, a gun and gold braid/epaulettes etc.

Edited by djc206 on Saturday 31st March 16:15

[croyde]

After a 3 hour queue to get in at LAX the little Mexican with the big gun started asking lots of pretty personal questions about my 2 week visit to his city.

Including was I planning on having sexual relations with the woman I was going to be staying with.

This said in front of an open mouthed rest of the world behind me.

I was and I did but I wasn't telling him that

[schmalex]

ClaphamGT3 said:

Similarly, they probably hate the fact that first/club is clogged up with moaning suits who are only flying up-front because it's expensed and are sad enough to refer to cabin classes by their code letter.

The answer if it really is a problem for you is to stop being a whining cheap-skate and Charter a PJ.

To be fair, the last thing I am on a flight is a “suit”!

Apologies for the cabin codes - they are a bit crass

[captain_cynic]

Ayahuasca said:

You get up and move forward, thus gaining places.

Erm, no you don't.

You stay exactly where you are until everyone starts moving because everyone gets up and no-one can move. Where as you've been standing uncomfortably for 10 minutes, I've been sitting in the space you've vacated. I've been on hundreds of filghts, when the line starts moving, I'm right behind the person who got up as soon as the plane stopped (most dont even bother to wait for the seatbelt light to be switched off).

I almost always get to the baggage carousel or immigration before you because I dont dawdle. If you want to make up time, walk quickly through the terminal. I easily beat 100 or more other passengers by doing that.

[paulguitar]

captain_cynic said:

Ayahuasca said:

You get up and move forward, thus gaining places.

Erm, no you don't.

You stay exactly where you are until everyone starts moving because everyone gets up and no-one can move. Where as you've been standing uncomfortably for 10 minutes, I've been sitting in the space you've vacated. I've been on hundreds of filghts, when the line starts moving, I'm right behind the person who got up as soon as the plane stopped (most dont even bother to wait for the seatbelt light to be switched off).

Exxxxxxxactly.........

[texaxile]

I fly long haul fairly regularly, UK to Asia mostly. aholes who don't understand that it is a touch screen, not a "thump it as fking hard as you can" screen.

[NickCQ]

I must confess that I always stand up pretty promptly when the seatbelt sign goes off on arrival. I fly most weeks for work so have my routine pretty settled.

The reason I do it is that I find it very annoying when the line exiting the plane is held up by someone fiddling in the overhead locker - best to get that over and done with whilst the line isn’t moving to allow the line to move as quickly as possible when the door opens.

So whilst it doesn’t get me personally off the plane any faster, I think it does get the plane in general off faster.

[paulguitar]

NickCQ said:

I must confess that I always stand up pretty promptly when the seatbelt sign goes off on arrival. I fly most weeks for work so have my routine pretty settled.

The reason I do it is that I find it very annoying when the line exiting the plane is held up by someone fiddling in the overhead locker - best to get that over and done with whilst the line isn’t moving to allow the line to move as quickly as possible when the door opens.

So whilst it doesn’t get me personally off the plane any faster, I think it does get the plane in general off faster.

The thing is though, it takes 5-10 minutes before anyone is going anywhere, and about 5-10 seconds for an able-bodied person to grab their carry-on from the overhead. So even though it is admirable that you want to not cause any delay, we still have the situation where hundreds of people are stooping in the aisles for no reason, looking ridiculous to those of us sitting calmly finishing the chapter of the book we are reading.