Air Travel Pet Peeves (1 Viewer)

[Scoresman]

Fat people.

Was flying out of Orlando by myself last year. I usually try to get an aisle seat but booked late and was near the rear on a window. As the plane was filling there were not many seats open other than the 2 next to me. I see these two short squatty 300lbers a man and a woman lumbering toward the back with bags of fast food and am thinking "Please no" Of course the man plops in the middle seat right next to me and the woman takes the aisle. As we are waiting the man and wife both pull out a Double Whopper, fries and giant Cokes. Slopping it down and already are invading my space so I had to pull back more against the window. Both are sweating like they are in a sauna.

I am 6-1 210 so already feel cramped before they sat down, when I looked at them halfway into my seat area and blocking everything I felt I had no escape route and almost had a panic attack before takeoff.

I kindly asked if they would like the window seat and was rebuffed right away. It was the worst flight of my life and took everything I had to keep myself composed

Thats horrific. How long was the flight?

2 1/2 hours of hell.

I was expecting worse. I am the same size as you and I can imagine the discomfort

Obese people should be banned from being around other humans until they lose weight

It is not only that they were both obese, it is that they could care less about anybody else, Slurping their food, invading my space,as soon as the Whoppers were done they scarfed down the packets of nuts and the free coke, #####ing about how small the nut package was. Then acting miffed because I got up twice during the flight to get away from their fat asses. Just your basic human pigs.

My wife #####es about a small nut package all the time too. Not sure what she's talking about, maybe it's this.

 

[Chaka]

Children under the age of 27 should not be allowed on airplanes.

Who would ever say someone 26 years of age should still be considered a child?

I thought I was being generous. My initial impulse was to say children under 35 years of age should not be allowed on airplanes, but that excludes too many hot women.

 

[Chaka]

My biggest pet peeve is that an inordinate amount of people wear flip flops, most likely to make security a bit easier for them. Now, I have no problem with good looking chicks wearing flip flops, in fact I love them because most of them have exquisite feet.

The problem is, that most people have no business wearing flip flops. You'll see 80 year old grandmas with wrinkly, veiny feet wearing flip flops. Their toes sticking out in random directions like a tree branch. Fat, middle aged slobs proudly display their gout ridden, fungus infested nubs too. When you see a hot chick with flip flops, your attention is naturally immediately drawn to their feet, but the problem is that this ends up happening even on regular people, and by the time I catch myself, it's already too late and I want to gag.

I think you have much bigger problems than flying.

 

[DSP]

Fat people.

Was flying out of Orlando by myself last year. I usually try to get an aisle seat but booked late and was near the rear on a window. As the plane was filling there were not many seats open other than the 2 next to me. I see these two short squatty 300lbers a man and a woman lumbering toward the back with bags of fast food and am thinking "Please no" Of course the man plops in the middle seat right next to me and the woman takes the aisle. As we are waiting the man and wife both pull out a Double Whopper, fries and giant Cokes. Slopping it down and already are invading my space so I had to pull back more against the window. Both are sweating like they are in a sauna.

I am 6-1 210 so already feel cramped before they sat down, when I looked at them halfway into my seat area and blocking everything I felt I had no escape route and almost had a panic attack before takeoff.

I kindly asked if they would like the window seat and was rebuffed right away. It was the worst flight of my life and took everything I had to keep myself composed

Thats horrific. How long was the flight?

2 1/2 hours of hell.

I was expecting worse. I am the same size as you and I can imagine the discomfortObese people should be banned from being around other humans until they lose weight

It is not only that they were both obese, it is that they could care less about anybody else, Slurping their food, invading my space,as soon as the Whoppers were done they scarfed down the packets of nuts and the free coke, #####ing about how small the nut package was. Then acting miffed because I got up twice during the flight to get away from their fat asses. Just your basic human pigs.

I think all the obese have poor manners. They dont have enough self respect to take reasonable care of themselves then how would they have respect for anyone else?

 

[TheIronSheik]

Children under the age of 27 should not be allowed on airplanes.

Who would ever say someone 26 years of age should still be considered a child?

I thought I was being generous. My initial impulse was to say children under 35 years of age should not be allowed on airplanes, but that excludes too many hot women.

So you'll give them insurance, just not a plane ticket?

 

[CurlyNight]

I don't do long flights because my relatives live within 2 hours of flying time. Things that bug me even on shorter flights are: talkers (leave me the hell alone), overweight folks who are spilling into my seat, loud kids in any part of the plane (of course worse if close to me), someone who clearly hasn't showered and badly needs it. I always get an isle seat even if it means I'm in the back of the plane. Middle and window seat are too claustrophobic. Of course the downside of isle seat is if you have someone who has bladder issues and needs to get up more than once to go to the bathroom on this short flight!

 

[Statorama]

Not a pet peeve at all, but I've started to see women flying in what are, effectively, pajamas. Not sure what's going on there. Are regular clothes really that uncomfortable?

I hold out hope that this evolves into them wearing lingerie at some point

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Children under the age of 27 should not be allowed on airplanes.

Who would ever say someone 26 years of age should still be considered a child?

Is this where we talk about Obamacare?

 

[DA RAIDERS]

the one that gets me the worst is the giant steamer trunk these idiots bring on to the plane that have ZERO chance of fitting into the over head. but this is also the airlines fault for not catching it at the gate.

 

[Da Guru]

Fat people.

Was flying out of Orlando by myself last year. I usually try to get an aisle seat but booked late and was near the rear on a window. As the plane was filling there were not many seats open other than the 2 next to me. I see these two short squatty 300lbers a man and a woman lumbering toward the back with bags of fast food and am thinking "Please no" Of course the man plops in the middle seat right next to me and the woman takes the aisle. As we are waiting the man and wife both pull out a Double Whopper, fries and giant Cokes. Slopping it down and already are invading my space so I had to pull back more against the window. Both are sweating like they are in a sauna.

I am 6-1 210 so already feel cramped before they sat down, when I looked at them halfway into my seat area and blocking everything I felt I had no escape route and almost had a panic attack before takeoff.

I kindly asked if they would like the window seat and was rebuffed right away. It was the worst flight of my life and took everything I had to keep myself composed

Thats horrific. How long was the flight?

2 1/2 hours of hell.

I was expecting worse. I am the same size as you and I can imagine the discomfortObese people should be banned from being around other humans until they lose weight

It is not only that they were both obese, it is that they could care less about anybody else, Slurping their food, invading my space,as soon as the Whoppers were done they scarfed down the packets of nuts and the free coke, #####ing about how small the nut package was. Then acting miffed because I got up twice during the flight to get away from their fat asses. Just your basic human pigs.

I think all the obese have poor manners. They dont have enough self respect to take reasonable care of themselves then how would they have respect for anyone else?

Why do fat people talk loud?

 

[Fennis]

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

Typically they are small women. This isn't your living room, and you aren't on a La-Z-Boy. Sit the hell up.

 

[DSP]

Fat people.

Was flying out of Orlando by myself last year. I usually try to get an aisle seat but booked late and was near the rear on a window. As the plane was filling there were not many seats open other than the 2 next to me. I see these two short squatty 300lbers a man and a woman lumbering toward the back with bags of fast food and am thinking "Please no" Of course the man plops in the middle seat right next to me and the woman takes the aisle. As we are waiting the man and wife both pull out a Double Whopper, fries and giant Cokes. Slopping it down and already are invading my space so I had to pull back more against the window. Both are sweating like they are in a sauna.

I am 6-1 210 so already feel cramped before they sat down, when I looked at them halfway into my seat area and blocking everything I felt I had no escape route and almost had a panic attack before takeoff.

I kindly asked if they would like the window seat and was rebuffed right away. It was the worst flight of my life and took everything I had to keep myself composed

Thats horrific. How long was the flight?

2 1/2 hours of hell.

I was expecting worse. I am the same size as you and I can imagine the discomfortObese people should be banned from being around other humans until they lose weight

It is not only that they were both obese, it is that they could care less about anybody else, Slurping their food, invading my space,as soon as the Whoppers were done they scarfed down the packets of nuts and the free coke, #####ing about how small the nut package was. Then acting miffed because I got up twice during the flight to get away from their fat asses. Just your basic human pigs.

I think all the obese have poor manners. They dont have enough self respect to take reasonable care of themselves then how would they have respect for anyone else?

Why do fat people talk loud?

I would assume their ear canal width is reduced from the excess body fat and they have hearing difficultied

Or they all think just because they are fat they are opera singers

 

[TheIronSheik]

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

Typically they are small women. This isn't your living room, and you aren't on a La-Z-Boy. Sit the hell up.

And I love the chick who reclines in front of me. Then holds the recline button and pushes back 50 or 60 times because she's confused as to why it only reclined an inch. If it went back any further, #####, I could do a dental examination on you.

 

[pizzatyme]

Many good ones on here. My biggest is probably the person who gets on late and then moves luggage around so theirs fits but then leaves someone else's bag jutting out to the point it has to be checked.

This almost happened once (not to me) and I flipped out on the lady as did about 5 or 6 others! Grrrr

 

[Fennis]

what's the opposite of a pet peeve?

There is few bigger thrills in life when the middle seat ends up being occupied by a small Asian woman. I feel like I won the lottery.

 

[bigbottom]

what's the opposite of a pet peeve?

There is few bigger thrills in life when the middle seat ends up being occupied by a small Asian woman. I feel like I won the lottery.

A perv pet?

 

[TheIronSheik]

what's the opposite of a pet peeve?

There is few bigger thrills in life when the middle seat ends up being occupied by a small Asian woman. I feel like I won the lottery.

I like when every row has a window and aisle seat occupied with the exception of mine, where it's just me. That's a pretty awesome feeling, too.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

I'm a parent of a toddler, so I feel the pain of parents flying with their kid. But WTF with changing diapers in your seat? Even if your family has the whole row, you are a jagoff. Let's take that business to the bathroom.

As for a couple getting an aisle and a window, my wife and I would always book that way with the hope of having an empty middle or that the person booked there would relocate. If it was full, we always would switch with the middle person. I can't believe people wouldn't switch. Those people are jerks.

 

[Jobber]

I swear to god, if they start allowing cell phone usage during flights I will quit flying altogether.

 

[pizzatyme]

what's the opposite of a pet peeve?

There is few bigger thrills in life when the middle seat ends up being occupied by a small Asian woman. I feel like I won the lottery.

Pet reprieve?

How about the flight attendant making the big boy beside you move to the rear of the plane due to load balance?

 

[bigbottom]

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

You must not fly much. Most people recline. The seats are designed with that in mind. You are absolutely the ###hole in this scenario.

I've seen a marked decline in the percentage of people who recline over the last 5 years or so. Last few times I;ve flown, I'd say less than 50% of folks recline. Perhaps as low as 25%.

 

[-fish-]

1) Kids in the row ahead of you that turn around in their seat and stare at you over the seat back.

It makes it really difficult to masturbate.

thanks a lot, bin laden

 

[-fish-]

I'm a parent of a toddler, so I feel the pain of parents flying with their kid. But WTF with changing diapers in your seat? Even if your family has the whole row, you are a jagoff. Let's take that business to the bathroom.

As for a couple getting an aisle and a window, my wife and I would always book that way with the hope of having an empty middle or that the person booked there would relocate. If it was full, we always would switch with the middle person. I can't believe people wouldn't switch. Those people are jerks.

Booking that way is still a #### move.

You're taking the aisle and window seats, which fill first. Now single travelers are forced to pick a middle seat. If they happen to hit your row, then you claim you'll move. So now the single traveller is forced to ask you to move to the middle, which you should have done in the first place.

Book two seats next to each other. If there's an open aisle, then you can continue your bitter marriage by having a space between you.

Couples are the only people on the plane who should be comfortable sharing their personal space. You're being selfish d-bags by booking this way.

 

[-fish-]

Oh, and couples that book the two aisle seats next to each other and then talk across the aisle the entire time so everyone else around has to hear their conversations the whole flight are almost as bad.

Screw you people. Sit next to each other or shut up.

 

[pizzatyme]

I'm a parent of a toddler, so I feel the pain of parents flying with their kid. But WTF with changing diapers in your seat? Even if your family has the whole row, you are a jagoff. Let's take that business to the bathroom.

As for a couple getting an aisle and a window, my wife and I would always book that way with the hope of having an empty middle or that the person booked there would relocate. If it was full, we always would switch with the middle person. I can't believe people wouldn't switch. Those people are jerks.

Booking that way is still a #### move.

You're taking the aisle and window seats, which fill first. Now single travelers are forced to pick a middle seat. If they happen to hit your row, then you claim you'll move. So now the single traveller is forced to ask you to move to the middle, which you should have done in the first place.

Book two seats next to each other. If there's an open aisle, then you can continue your bitter marriage by having a space between you.

Couples are the only people on the plane who should be comfortable sharing their personal space. You're being selfish d-bags by booking this way.

Say What? Don't even get me started...

 

[jon_mx]

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

You must not fly much. Most people recline. The seats are designed with that in mind. You are absolutely the ###hole in this scenario.

I've seen a marked decline in the percentage of people who recline over the last 5 years or so. Last few times I;ve flown, I'd say less than 50% of folks recline. Perhaps as low as 25%.

People who recline in coach on full flights are major a-holes.

 

[DSP]

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

You must not fly much. Most people recline. The seats are designed with that in mind. You are absolutely the ###hole in this scenario.

I've seen a marked decline in the percentage of people who recline over the last 5 years or so. Last few times I;ve flown, I'd say less than 50% of folks recline. Perhaps as low as 25%.

People who recline in coach on full flights are major a-holes.

I wonder who thought reclining seats in coach was a good idea

 

[pizzatyme]

If singles want an aisle seat maybe they should try booking earlier.

If you don't want to hear conversations buy some headphones.

 

[pizzatyme]

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

You must not fly much. Most people recline. The seats are designed with that in mind. You are absolutely the ###hole in this scenario.

I've seen a marked decline in the percentage of people who recline over the last 5 years or so. Last few times I;ve flown, I'd say less than 50% of folks recline. Perhaps as low as 25%.

People who recline in coach on full flights are major a-holes.

I wonder who thought reclining seats in coach was a good idea

Back in the day when there was more leg room on all flights, it made sense. Not any more.

 

[heckmanm]

Nothing about reclining #######s? Person in front of me needs to recline into my space they are getting a knee shot sporadically throughout the flight.

You must not fly much. Most people recline. The seats are designed with that in mind. You are absolutely the ###hole in this scenario.

I've seen a marked decline in the percentage of people who recline over the last 5 years or so. Last few times I;ve flown, I'd say less than 50% of folks recline. Perhaps as low as 25%.

People who recline in coach on full flights are major a-holes.

I wonder who thought reclining seats in coach was a good idea

It was probably OK until they jammed in 5 extra rows of seats.

 

[Scoresman]

If you want more leg room, fly Virgin. Their planes are pretty awesome. I usually fly them but recently had to fly Southwest and the change in comfort was noticeably bad in comparison.

 

[NCCommish]

Leg room is too precious to put anything under your seat.

...So is it worth not bringing so much crap with you? That's the question people need to be forced to ask themselves.

It's worth not bringing much on the plane with me but I don't see how that reduces the amount of stuff I travel with overall.

I could give 2 ####s how much stuff people travel with overall...what I hate is that in an effort to save money by not checking bags, people make already cramped quarters even more cramped, and inconsiderately take more than their share of overhead bin space. Ultimately, it's the airline's fault for all these BS baggage "fees," but the result is, for me, what has made flying so horrible.

Oh, you want to PICK your seats so you can sit next to your wife? Sure, for $35 extra. Want to take a bag? That's $25. Would you like a snack? $13. Did we mention that you can board early, watch new release movies, AND surf the web? ...For $25, $15, and $13 respectively!

I'd much rather flying just go back to how it was before, when a ticket cost more, but included all the amenities.

The thing is, tickets cost more now.

Not sure that is true. When I started flying it was expensive. My mom worked for the airline so we only paid the tax on the tickets and it still could be over 100.00. And that is is in 1960-70 dollars. I am pretty sure tickets cost less now than they did in the golden age..

 

[Brony]

How about the people that stink up the whole area with butt gas thinking they can get away with it cause the plane is loud and no one can hear their fart? I hate when I do that.

 

[DSP]

How about the people that stink up the whole area with butt gas thinking they can get away with it cause the plane is loud and no one can hear their fart? I hate when I do that.

Ive never flown but crop dusting is one of my favorite things to do on the subway

For those who dont know crop dusting is walking the length of a bus, train, plane or any crowded vehicle letting out a long silent fart

I have to stop doing it with my gf because she cant stop laughing and gives it away

 

[Jobber]

Not a pet peeve, but I've always wondered why First Class boards first. I think it makes sense for FC to board last. Here's why:

1. You don't have a steady stream of sweaty, smelly, unbathed asses parading past you for a straight 20 minutes.

2. You're turning a 3 hour flight into a 3 1/2 hour flight by boarding first.

The shark move is for a FC traveler to board last, thus avoiding those in steerage and minimizing your time sitting on the plane.

 

[Plaid Boxer]

I swear to god, if they start allowing cell phone usage during flights I will quit flying altogether.

A teenager 2 seats over was on skype with his girlfriend for an hour on Southwest the other day. It was painful.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

The thing is, tickets cost more now.

Not sure that is true. When I started flying it was expensive. My mom worked for the airline so we only paid the tax on the tickets and it still could be over 100.00. And that is is in 1960-70 dollars. I am pretty sure tickets cost less now than they did in the golden age..

Then number I've always seen bandied about is that tickets today (adjusted for inflation) cost between 33% and 50% less than what prices were under the CAB. Of course that was long time ago and the Sheik may be talking about ticket prices before baggage fees and nickel-and-dime pricing strategies started a few years back.

 

[Brony]

Not a pet peeve, but I've always wondered why First Class boards first. I think it makes sense for FC to board last. Here's why:

1. You don't have a steady stream of sweaty, smelly, unbathed asses parading past you for a straight 20 minutes.

2. You're turning a 3 hour flight into a 3 1/2 hour flight by boarding first.

The shark move is for a FC traveler to board last, thus avoiding those in steerage and minimizing your time sitting on the plane.

If I didn't have a bag to put in the overhead (which is rare), I'd do this, but once you lose your bag once or twice, you start to get paranoid about relinquishing control of your stuff. If it wasn't for the overhead space issue, I'd do what you suggest.

In the old days, they would start the booze as soon as you sat down, and that was another reason to board first.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Not a pet peeve, but I've always wondered why First Class boards first. I think it makes sense for FC to board last. Here's why:

1. You don't have a steady stream of sweaty, smelly, unbathed asses parading past you for a straight 20 minutes.

2. You're turning a 3 hour flight into a 3 1/2 hour flight by boarding first.

The shark move is for a FC traveler to board last, thus avoiding those in steerage and minimizing your time sitting on the plane.

I've often wondered why so many people are so eager to be the first to board. I end up on a lot of flights with pathetic overhead storage that can't accommodate a standard roller bag anyway, so those things end up getting gate-checked. If you're not fighting for overhead space, why not stretch your legs and board at the last minute?

 

[Keith R]

If you want more leg room, fly Virgin. Their planes are pretty awesome. I usually fly them but recently had to fly Southwest and the change in comfort was noticeably bad in comparison.

Don't fly out of Albuquerque At 6'3, 230, I would definitely go with an airline that offered more legroom.

 

[pizzatyme]

Not a pet peeve, but I've always wondered why First Class boards first. I think it makes sense for FC to board last. Here's why:

1. You don't have a steady stream of sweaty, smelly, unbathed asses parading past you for a straight 20 minutes.

2. You're turning a 3 hour flight into a 3 1/2 hour flight by boarding first.

The shark move is for a FC traveler to board last, thus avoiding those in steerage and minimizing your time sitting on the plane.

I've often wondered why so many people are so eager to be the first to board. I end up on a lot of flights with pathetic overhead storage that can't accommodate a standard roller bag anyway, so those things end up getting gate-checked. If you're not fighting for overhead space, why not stretch your legs and board at the last minute?

Most of the flights I've been on if they have to check your bag when on the plane, it isn't Valet, but rather sent through to the luggage carousel.

 

[Don Quixote]

People who get annoyed by my camera bag in the overhead, because I can alternatively fit it under my seat. If I'm bringing it, I've checked my luggage, and that's all that I am putting in the overhead.

 

[-fish-]

If singles want an aisle seat maybe they should try booking earlier.

If you don't want to hear conversations buy some headphones.

you're the reason cell phones should stay banned on planes. complete lack of awareness of the fact that there's a social compact to not be a selfish #####.

 

[Statorama]

Flight attendants that feel it's their duty to be the in-flight entertainment.

Be courteous, act professional, and check from time to time if I'd like another Bloody Mary. That's all I ask

 

[TheIronSheik]

The thing is, tickets cost more now.

Not sure that is true. When I started flying it was expensive. My mom worked for the airline so we only paid the tax on the tickets and it still could be over 100.00. And that is is in 1960-70 dollars. I am pretty sure tickets cost less now than they did in the golden age..

Then number I've always seen bandied about is that tickets today (adjusted for inflation) cost between 33% and 50% less than what prices were under the CAB. Of course that was long time ago and the Sheik may be talking about ticket prices before baggage fees and nickel-and-dime pricing strategies started a few years back.

I was talking about that time not too long ago. When they first started the fees for everything, the price of flying did not go down. They basically just added more fees.

As to from years past, I have no idea because that would probably involve math.

 

[CurlyNight]

If you want more leg room, fly Virgin. Their planes are pretty awesome. I usually fly them but recently had to fly Southwest and the change in comfort was noticeably bad in comparison.

Love Virgin America! The ambiance with the lighting and upbeat music is bar none. Not to mention not having to hear flight attendants going through the safety stuff. The vid is great! Southwest is cheaper but no more for me.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Flight attendants that feel it's their duty to be the in-flight entertainment.

Be courteous, act professional, and check from time to time if I'd like another Bloody Mary. That's all I ask

I also am starting to hate the pilots who feel the need to give a twenty minute explanation of what the flight will be like and what the weather will be like when we arrive. Hey, dip####, every time you talk on the intercom, my movie gets paused.

 

[Buckfast 1]

I hate the wannabe comedian pilots. I'm paying you to be my taxi driver of the skies, not some two-bit standup comedian telling cringeworthy jokes. Some pilots just can't resist when they get on the intercom.

 

[NCCommish]

The thing is, tickets cost more now.

Not sure that is true. When I started flying it was expensive. My mom worked for the airline so we only paid the tax on the tickets and it still could be over 100.00. And that is is in 1960-70 dollars. I am pretty sure tickets cost less now than they did in the golden age..

Then number I've always seen bandied about is that tickets today (adjusted for inflation) cost between 33% and 50% less than what prices were under the CAB. Of course that was long time ago and the Sheik may be talking about ticket prices before baggage fees and nickel-and-dime pricing strategies started a few years back.

I was talking about that time not too long ago. When they first started the fees for everything, the price of flying did not go down. They basically just added more fees.

As to from years past, I have no idea because that would probably involve math.

That is true.

 

[bigbottom]

I hate the wannabe comedian pilots. I'm paying you to be my taxi driver of the skies, not some two-bit standup comedian telling cringeworthy jokes. Some pilots just can't resist when they get on the intercom.

One of my flights last month was delayed on the tarmac for about 20 minutes. The pilot chose to pass the time by playing his appalachian banjo over the intercom. Why he had his appalachian banjo with him on the flight, I have no idea. Everyone politely clapped after he finished the song. But he wasn't finished. Ended up playing two more songs before the ground crew waived us on and he had to put it away. Odd.