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Air Travel Pet Peeves (1 Viewer)

How has clapping become the main pet peeve being discussed? Of all the things in this thread, that's bottom of the peeve list.

Also, A321's have THE BEST coach seat known to man: 23F. No seat in front of you, plenty of legroom, under-seat storage and a window seat that you can get up and walk to the aisle without having to ask anyone to move, and it's an exit row so you're first one off in an emergency.
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Applauding the landing is stupid, dude. The pilot cant even hear you. He's sealed behind that thickass door they put in after 9/11. Unless you're clapping for the stewardesses for successfully serving you coke and peanuts. Then it's even more dumb. There are thousands of airplane landings every day. They happen all the time and are not applause worthy.

Same thing with people who clap at movies. Who are you clapping for? Do you think the actors are there somewhere behind the screen? Are you clapping for the 16 year old pimple-faced projectionist?
So you've never watched a sporting event on TV and clapped or shown excitement towards a good play your team made? If you have, did you think they could hear it? Or did you do it because it was a way to express joy over something you observed? And if you have cheered in sports, what for? What is applause worthy? Surely not a regular TD or first down since those happen all the time right?

I don't clap when landing but can't figure out why I would be annoyed at people who did if they are just being happy about it and showing it. Can't figure out why it would bother me even if I didn't cheer for sports teams who can't hear me.

 
I was on a flight returning from Vegas the one time I went. We're getting ready to taxi, and some guy calls over the stewardess. Informs said stewardess that his seatbelt is not working. As it is against FAA regulations to take off if all seatbelts are not operational...an engineer needs to come fix the seatbelt before we can take off. OF COURSE, the part needed is nowhere to be found, and the airline is calling other airlines to find the :censored: part. The natives are beginning to get restless, and the pilot is under-handedly giving them all the ammo they need via "updates" over the loud speaker. Every single time, people just stare at the guy/start shouting "things."

3 hour later we took off. I am shocked the passenger who requested the seatbelt fix was not harmed. He was heckled...far less than he should have been, now that I think about it.
I have been through some turbulence where I was glad I had a working seat belt. When you hit an air pocket and the plane falls a few hundred feet in a second or so the seatbelt comes in real handy.
Yeah, call me selfish, but I prefer the airplane seat with a seat belt.

 
A couple that I don't think have been mentioned:

- Blocking escalators or moving walkways with bags (especially when there aren't stairs as an alternative to the escalator)

- Putting back on shoes/belts/coats etc. right where the bags come out of the scanner at security instead of collecting items and clearing space for the next person in line

- Groups of people blocking the entire concourse while waiting to board (I'm with the others who don't understand why people congregate around the boarding area)

 
Hilarious stuff here guys. Clearly flying and landing any commercial aircraft is so easy as to be casually dismissed. After all, what could go wrong?
I've done it a few hundred, if not a few thousand, times. On a calm day, it isn't much harder than a lot of other activities. In high winds or storms, it can be sporty. As someone alluded too, you'd probably be surprised to learn how many times your pilot DIDN'T land the plane. Someone mentioned it being flown automatically to within a few feet of the grand. In reality, newer aircraft have auto-landing systems which allow them to be flown through the landing in zero visibiity consitions. With auto land, the aircraft is landed automatically by the auto pilot. The human pilots are there only in case something goes wrong with the automation. It should be noted, a human pilot will NEVER land an airliner in zero visibility conditions. If the auto system fails, you'll be diverting to somewhere with beter weather conditions. Welcome to the new millennium.

p.s. The auto pilot doesn't land at 600 mph either....

 
I was on a flight returning from Vegas the one time I went. We're getting ready to taxi, and some guy calls over the stewardess. Informs said stewardess that his seatbelt is not working. As it is against FAA regulations to take off if all seatbelts are not operational...an engineer needs to come fix the seatbelt before we can take off. OF COURSE, the part needed is nowhere to be found, and the airline is calling other airlines to find the :censored: part. The natives are beginning to get restless, and the pilot is under-handedly giving them all the ammo they need via "updates" over the loud speaker. Every single time, people just stare at the guy/start shouting "things."

3 hour later we took off. I am shocked the passenger who requested the seatbelt fix was not harmed. He was heckled...far less than he should have been, now that I think about it.
I have been through some turbulence where I was glad I had a working seat belt. When you hit an air pocket and the plane falls a few hundred feet in a second or so the seatbelt comes in real handy.
Especially true for flights to Vegas where the area surrounding the airport is notoriously turbulent.
Having been in a small plane in turbulence, I'll note that a) you haven't felt turbulence until you've felt it in a small plane, and b) I'll never be in a plane without a seat belt in turbulence.

I was flying a Diamond DA-20 (composite single-engine, very light) over the mountains trying to get up to PSU...Well,the weather that day was awful. I had a heck of a time keeping the plane level. Maneuvering speeds, being blown all over the place. I had my belts on, of course, but the belts in a DA-20 are double-shoulder harnesses. I had them loose. A big bump came, and I literally smacked my head on the cockpit roof hard enough to see stars. Scared the crap out of me. I've flown tightly buckled in ever since.

Anyone who's ever seen the effects of real turbulence (not bumps, but legitimate falling, dangerous turbulence) would never have to be told twice to wear their seat belt, nor would they ever consider flying without one.

 
Applauding the landing is stupid, dude. The pilot cant even hear you. He's sealed behind that thickass door they put in after 9/11. Unless you're clapping for the stewardesses for successfully serving you coke and peanuts. Then it's even more dumb. There are thousands of airplane landings every day. They happen all the time and are not applause worthy.

Same thing with people who clap at movies. Who are you clapping for? Do you think the actors are there somewhere behind the screen? Are you clapping for the 16 year old pimple-faced projectionist?
So you've never watched a sporting event on TV and clapped or shown excitement towards a good play your team made? If you have, did you think they could hear it? Or did you do it because it was a way to express joy over something you observed? And if you have cheered in sports, what for? What is applause worthy? Surely not a regular TD or first down since those happen all the time right?

I don't clap when landing but can't figure out why I would be annoyed at people who did if they are just being happy about it and showing it. Can't figure out why it would bother me even if I didn't cheer for sports teams who can't hear me.
Cheering at home out of your own excitement is way different than applauding for the captain of a plane making a routine landing. Unless that person is clapping out of excitement that they landed which is still kind of weird or its their first flight or something.

Also, I don't think it's annoying, I just think it's pointless and dumb.

 
I was on a flight returning from Vegas the one time I went. We're getting ready to taxi, and some guy calls over the stewardess. Informs said stewardess that his seatbelt is not working. As it is against FAA regulations to take off if all seatbelts are not operational...an engineer needs to come fix the seatbelt before we can take off. OF COURSE, the part needed is nowhere to be found, and the airline is calling other airlines to find the :censored: part. The natives are beginning to get restless, and the pilot is under-handedly giving them all the ammo they need via "updates" over the loud speaker. Every single time, people just stare at the guy/start shouting "things."

3 hour later we took off. I am shocked the passenger who requested the seatbelt fix was not harmed. He was heckled...far less than he should have been, now that I think about it.
I have been through some turbulence where I was glad I had a working seat belt. When you hit an air pocket and the plane falls a few hundred feet in a second or so the seatbelt comes in real handy.
Especially true for flights to Vegas where the area surrounding the airport is notoriously turbulent.
Having been in a small plane in turbulence, I'll note that a) you haven't felt turbulence until you've felt it in a small plane, and b) I'll never be in a plane without a seat belt in turbulence.

I was flying a Diamond DA-20 (composite single-engine, very light) over the mountains trying to get up to PSU...Well,the weather that day was awful. I had a heck of a time keeping the plane level. Maneuvering speeds, being blown all over the place. I had my belts on, of course, but the belts in a DA-20 are double-shoulder harnesses. I had them loose. A big bump came, and I literally smacked my head on the cockpit roof hard enough to see stars. Scared the crap out of me. I've flown tightly buckled in ever since.

Anyone who's ever seen the effects of real turbulence (not bumps, but legitimate falling, dangerous turbulence) would never have to be told twice to wear their seat belt, nor would they ever consider flying without one.
I used to have to fly into a small airport regularly for business. Only things going in were puddle jumpers. I used to call them Buddy Holly Airlines. Oh my god was the ride horrific. I swear half the time it sounded like the engine was going to stall and we were going to fall right out of the sky. Terrifying on a bad weather day.

 
Major said:
I have a problem with the lack of cute FAs working for US/domestic airlines. Has the quality taken a significant dip in the last 15-20 yrs? It seems now all you get is a bunch off middle aged offdee 2s with attitude problems. Big fan of many foreign airlines. Such a better experience, not only the service but the wimmemz working the flights.
Big time. I haven't seen a hot one in 50 segments.

 
Having been in a small plane in turbulence, I'll note that a) you haven't felt turbulence until you've felt it in a small plane, and b) I'll never be in a plane without a seat belt in turbulence.

I was flying a Diamond DA-20 (composite single-engine, very light) over the mountains trying to get up to PSU...Well,the weather that day was awful. I had a heck of a time keeping the plane level. Maneuvering speeds, being blown all over the place. I had my belts on, of course, but the belts in a DA-20 are double-shoulder harnesses. I had them loose. A big bump came, and I literally smacked my head on the cockpit roof hard enough to see stars. Scared the crap out of me. I've flown tightly buckled in ever since.

Anyone who's ever seen the effects of real turbulence (not bumps, but legitimate falling, dangerous turbulence) would never have to be told twice to wear their seat belt, nor would they ever consider flying without one.
I used to have to fly into a small airport regularly for business. Only things going in were puddle jumpers. I used to call them Buddy Holly Airlines. Oh my god was the ride horrific. I swear half the time it sounded like the engine was going to stall and we were going to fall right out of the sky. Terrifying on a bad weather day.
Yeah...I thought the same thing the first few times I went up when I was learning...It was such a chore to get them started, especially when it was cold out. It was never a reassuring feeling. I learned a few things though. 1) Once a prop plane's engine is running, it's actually hard to get it to stop as long as it has fuel, so it's getting it started that's tough, not keeping it started. Plus there are back-ups for pretty much every important system. It'd be like a car having 2 ignition systems and 2 brake systems. Also, 2) to your point...once I learned we wouldn't just drop out of the sky, I was better realizing that if the engine stopped, I basically had to survive a 60 mph car crash, not a 300 mph plunge to earth...Admittedly the "car crash" could be into the woods, or a lake or something, but still...it's relatively better.

 
Applauding the landing is stupid, dude. The pilot cant even hear you. He's sealed behind that thickass door they put in after 9/11. Unless you're clapping for the stewardesses for successfully serving you coke and peanuts. Then it's even more dumb. There are thousands of airplane landings every day. They happen all the time and are not applause worthy.

Same thing with people who clap at movies. Who are you clapping for? Do you think the actors are there somewhere behind the screen? Are you clapping for the 16 year old pimple-faced projectionist?
So you've never watched a sporting event on TV and clapped or shown excitement towards a good play your team made? If you have, did you think they could hear it? Or did you do it because it was a way to express joy over something you observed? And if you have cheered in sports, what for? What is applause worthy? Surely not a regular TD or first down since those happen all the time right?

I don't clap when landing but can't figure out why I would be annoyed at people who did if they are just being happy about it and showing it. Can't figure out why it would bother me even if I didn't cheer for sports teams who can't hear me.
Cheering at home out of your own excitement is way different than applauding for the captain of a plane making a routine landing. Unless that person is clapping out of excitement that they landed which is still kind of weird or its their first flight or something.

Also, I don't think it's annoying, I just think it's pointless and dumb.
And your tirade about it is...?

 
Applauding the landing is stupid, dude. The pilot cant even hear you. He's sealed behind that thickass door they put in after 9/11. Unless you're clapping for the stewardesses for successfully serving you coke and peanuts. Then it's even more dumb. There are thousands of airplane landings every day. They happen all the time and are not applause worthy.

Same thing with people who clap at movies. Who are you clapping for? Do you think the actors are there somewhere behind the screen? Are you clapping for the 16 year old pimple-faced projectionist?
So you've never watched a sporting event on TV and clapped or shown excitement towards a good play your team made? If you have, did you think they could hear it? Or did you do it because it was a way to express joy over something you observed? And if you have cheered in sports, what for? What is applause worthy? Surely not a regular TD or first down since those happen all the time right?

I don't clap when landing but can't figure out why I would be annoyed at people who did if they are just being happy about it and showing it. Can't figure out why it would bother me even if I didn't cheer for sports teams who can't hear me.
Cheering at home out of your own excitement is way different than applauding for the captain of a plane making a routine landing. Unless that person is clapping out of excitement that they landed which is still kind of weird or its their first flight or something.

Also, I don't think it's annoying, I just think it's pointless and dumb.
And your tirade about it is...?
the correct opinion.

 
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
this post has had me laughing for about an hour. such a great visual.

:lmao:

 
Yeah...I thought the same thing the first few times I went up when I was learning...It was such a chore to get them started, especially when it was cold out. It was never a reassuring feeling. I learned a few things though. 1) Once a prop plane's engine is running, it's actually hard to get it to stop as long as it has fuel, so it's getting it started that's tough, not keeping it started. Plus there are back-ups for pretty much every important system. It'd be like a car having 2 ignition systems and 2 brake systems. Also, 2) to your point...once I learned we wouldn't just drop out of the sky, I was better realizing that if the engine stopped, I basically had to survive a 60 mph car crash, not a 300 mph plunge to earth...Admittedly the "car crash" could be into the woods, or a lake or something, but still...it's relatively better.
If the plane is small enough, like a Cessna 152, it basically becomes a glider. So so long as you have a flat spot to land (and this is the key, it is a big if), you are going to be ok. In the mountains or over water, yea, not so much. Still, fun flying!

 
Anyone who's ever seen the effects of real turbulence (not bumps, but legitimate falling, dangerous turbulence) would never have to be told twice to wear their seat belt, nor would they ever consider flying without one.
Ran into clear-air turbulence once over the Atlantic on a Tower Air (remember them) flight from Paris to NYC.

There's a loud "blam", everybody goes flying straight up that isn't buckled in (I was) screaming, and the plane goes into a nose-dive- more screaming. Felt like it lasted an hour as my ex and I (and oddly enough, the stranger who hadn't said a single word in 4 hours in the seat next to me as well) are squeezing the life out of eachothers hands... probably no more than a few seconds before we pull out of the dive, but are still going down. ANother hour (10-20) seconds, and the pilot FINALLY speaks into the intercom "is there a doctor on board". Plane continuous to drop in elevation and I'm thinking we're dead... on a ####### Tower Air charter.Another hour (10 seconds) and the captain explains that we hit clear air turbulence and that he's going to a lower elevation to try to avoid anything else. I didn't die.... I don't think. But to this day, the seat belt goes on the secnd I hit my seat and only comes off when I need to stand up.

I've been in a bunch of single-prop planes that bounce all over the place... scary, but there was something worse about it happening in a 747.

 
Just boarded a plane in Tampa with 5 minis of liquor...had em in my carry in, not even in a ziplock...TSA guy working x ray machine didn't even give them a second glance.

Ordered a bloody Mary mix once we got to cruising altitude, busted out a vodka and didn't worry about being sneaky. No problem.

:banned:

 
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Boarded a plane in Tampa with 5 minis of liquor...had em in my carry in, not even in a ziplock...TSA guy working x ray machine didn't even give them a second glance.

Ordered a bloody Mary mix once we got to cruising altitude, busted out a vodka and didn't worry about being sneaky. No problem.

:banned:
This is so genius. Can you buy the minis at the lquor store, or did you just buy mini containers and fill it from your liquor bottle?

 
I've got two gripes, not sure if mentioned:

1. people stopping in the middle of the concourse/hallway/whatever, for no apparent reason. Drives me up a fricken wall. If you want to stop and collect your thoughts, or figure our where you are going, or yell at your kid,or have to re-adjust your adult diaper or whatever, can you please have the courtesy to move to the side of the hallway, by the wall? It's especially worse when people are dragging luggage - more obstacles that you have to dodge if you are trying to get to your gate.

2. Why are there never clocks visible in the concourse? I can't think of a place more driven by schedules, yet it's never obvious exactly what time it is.

I guess for me it comes down to this: it's really important to be at a particular gate at a particular time, yet airports seem designed to impede your progress at every turn. It's maddening.

 
I've got two gripes, not sure if mentioned:

1. people stopping in the middle of the concourse/hallway/whatever, for no apparent reason. Drives me up a fricken wall. If you want to stop and collect your thoughts, or figure our where you are going, or yell at your kid,or have to re-adjust your adult diaper or whatever, can you please have the courtesy to move to the side of the hallway, by the wall? It's especially worse when people are dragging luggage - more obstacles that you have to dodge if you are trying to get to your gate.

2. Why are there never clocks visible in the concourse? I can't think of a place more driven by schedules, yet it's never obvious exactly what time it is.

I guess for me it comes down to this: it's really important to be at a particular gate at a particular time, yet airports seem designed to impede your progress at every turn. It's maddening.
#1 is one of my biggest pet peeves in life. Walking anywhere infuiates me because it turns in to an obstacle course of idiots

The worst is groups of 4 people strolling line abreast down the street at a snails pace

 
Nothing worse than arriving at your destination and being trapped on the plane because some gate agent yahoo is spending too much time on the can.

My wife is flying to Florida today to visit her parents. She's seated in the back of a plane that arrived late at the gate, and there is no one at the gate to move out the gangway thing so they can de-plane. According to her last text, she is approaching the point of having a urinary incident. I told her to be "Bladder Strong!", which she didn't appreciate.

 
Not a pet peeve but I had a good laugh today. So I am at the airport having a quick meal before the flight and I see this Asian woman eating and I see something around her neck. Once she finishes lunch, she proceeds to put on one of those germ maks and leaves the restaurant. She probably had bottled water with ice too.

 
Boarded a plane in Tampa with 5 minis of liquor...had em in my carry in, not even in a ziplock...TSA guy working x ray machine didn't even give them a second glance.

Ordered a bloody Mary mix once we got to cruising altitude, busted out a vodka and didn't worry about being sneaky. No problem.

:banned:
This is so genius. Can you buy the minis at the lquor store, or did you just buy mini containers and fill it from your liquor bottle?
It's amazing he got through with those. I've had TSA notice the tiny bit of saline solution inside a contact lens case.

 
I've got two gripes, not sure if mentioned:

1. people stopping in the middle of the concourse/hallway/whatever, for no apparent reason. Drives me up a fricken wall. If you want to stop and collect your thoughts, or figure our where you are going, or yell at your kid,or have to re-adjust your adult diaper or whatever, can you please have the courtesy to move to the side of the hallway, by the wall? It's especially worse when people are dragging luggage - more obstacles that you have to dodge if you are trying to get to your gate.

2. Why are there never clocks visible in the concourse? I can't think of a place more driven by schedules, yet it's never obvious exactly what time it is.

I guess for me it comes down to this: it's really important to be at a particular gate at a particular time, yet airports seem designed to impede your progress at every turn. It's maddening.
#1 is one of my biggest pet peeves in life. Walking anywhere infuiates me because it turns in to an obstacle course of idiots

The worst is groups of 4 people strolling line abreast down the street at a snails pace
Or the people who stop and spin around to change directions right into you. Walk like you're driving on a highway. And don't clap when the plane lands. :hot:

 
Not a pet peeve but I had a good laugh today. So I am at the airport having a quick meal before the flight and I see this Asian woman eating and I see something around her neck. Once she finishes lunch, she proceeds to put on one of those germ maks and leaves the restaurant. She probably had bottled water with ice too.
Reminds me of a lady I saw. About a 60yr old white woman. Had the mask on. Had sanitary gloves on. They were shooting a United commercial at the gate and even though she was nowhere near the camera she went up to the crew and told them sternly "you cannot film me or use my likeness in any way, put your camera down when I pass by". Then on the plane I noticed she was watching Rachel Maddow the whole flight , so she's got the political thing going on too I'm sure.

Real peach right there.

 
I've got two gripes, not sure if mentioned:

1. people stopping in the middle of the concourse/hallway/whatever, for no apparent reason. Drives me up a fricken wall. If you want to stop and collect your thoughts, or figure our where you are going, or yell at your kid,or have to re-adjust your adult diaper or whatever, can you please have the courtesy to move to the side of the hallway, by the wall? It's especially worse when people are dragging luggage - more obstacles that you have to dodge if you are trying to get to your gate.

2. Why are there never clocks visible in the concourse? I can't think of a place more driven by schedules, yet it's never obvious exactly what time it is.

I guess for me it comes down to this: it's really important to be at a particular gate at a particular time, yet airports seem designed to impede your progress at every turn. It's maddening.
#1 is one of my biggest pet peeves in life. Walking anywhere infuiates me because it turns in to an obstacle course of idiotsThe worst is groups of 4 people strolling line abreast down the street at a snails pace
Or the people who stop and spin around to change directions right into you. Walk like you're driving on a highway. And don't clap when the plane lands. :hot:
I agree. People walking on the left infuriates me

 
Not a pet peeve but I had a good laugh today. So I am at the airport having a quick meal before the flight and I see this Asian woman eating and I see something around her neck. Once she finishes lunch, she proceeds to put on one of those germ maks and leaves the restaurant. She probably had bottled water with ice too.
Reminds me of a lady I saw. About a 60yr old white woman. Had the mask on. Had sanitary gloves on. They were shooting a United commercial at the gate and even though she was nowhere near the camera she went up to the crew and told them sternly "you cannot film me or use my likeness in any way, put your camera down when I pass by". Then on the plane I noticed she was watching Rachel Maddow the whole flight , so she's got the political thing going on too I'm sure.

Real peach right there.
You should have started shooting her with your phone and watch her have a meltdown

Would probably go viral

 
Nothing worse than arriving at your destination and being trapped on the plane because some gate agent yahoo is spending too much time on the can.
Yeah, that can cause some problems....

I was flying to Europe through Chicago. My San Diego->Chicago flight was ON TIME, yet we waited for the gate agent for 45mins. After that I had to go from United to Swiss Air in 25 minutes which requires going to the international terminal and through security again.

I ran full speed to Term 7 with my carryon (I strategically packed so I did not have to check luggage). The security line was very long and the doors were closing in 10 mins for my flight to Zurich. I begged a security lady to let me go to the front of the line, she played dumb and wouldn't help. Then I saw what looked like a manager and I asked him and he hooked me up.

I get to the flight just as the doors are closing and this really, really French ##### flight attendant makes me check my bag saying there wasn't room. When I got to my seat, there was room above me but they were already checking my bag. They reassigned my seat to a bulkhead middle seat with almost no legroom (knees almost touching) and I was between 2 huge dudes for 9 hours.

From Zurich I had another plane to Budapest. I get to Budapest and my luggage was lost. This was February and it was about 25 degrees and snowing. I had no jacket or other clothes (remember, I hadn't plan on checking my bag) and had work meetings the next day. So now it's 3pm and I'm jetlagged and freezing, and I have to find a shopping mall to buy some clothes. All I could find was dept store type places so I had to drop $250 just for a couple of causal outfits. My bag showed up the next day.

 
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I've got two gripes, not sure if mentioned:

1. people stopping in the middle of the concourse/hallway/whatever, for no apparent reason. Drives me up a fricken wall. If you want to stop and collect your thoughts, or figure our where you are going, or yell at your kid,or have to re-adjust your adult diaper or whatever, can you please have the courtesy to move to the side of the hallway, by the wall? It's especially worse when people are dragging luggage - more obstacles that you have to dodge if you are trying to get to your gate.

2. Why are there never clocks visible in the concourse? I can't think of a place more driven by schedules, yet it's never obvious exactly what time it is.

I guess for me it comes down to this: it's really important to be at a particular gate at a particular time, yet airports seem designed to impede your progress at every turn. It's maddening.
Re: #1, ever notice that people generally stop right after a bottleneck point? What's up with that? People are idiots. They walk through a doorway, and stop. And the crush of people behind them are now blocked. Go ahead and enter all the way into the room so people can get by, please. Walk through a narrow corridor into a wide space, and stop. Idiots. The absolute worst people in the world are the people who stop at the end of an escalator or moving walkway. They take one step off, and then pause to look around and see where to go. Well, the pile of people behind them are not going to stop anytime soon, morons.

I've just started knocking people over without an apology. A quick "keep moving" or "stupid place to stand" is all I'll say.

 
Oh, and codeshare flights SUCK. If you ever have an issue (see above), nobody will help you. United says you are a Swiss Air customer and they can't help you, Swiss Air says you are a United customer and they can't help you.

 
Should be a great flight. The woman in front of me just used her air sick bag to clean her seat. That paper bag will really mop up the dirt :thumbup:

 
I've got two gripes, not sure if mentioned:

1. people stopping in the middle of the concourse/hallway/whatever, for no apparent reason. Drives me up a fricken wall. If you want to stop and collect your thoughts, or figure our where you are going, or yell at your kid,or have to re-adjust your adult diaper or whatever, can you please have the courtesy to move to the side of the hallway, by the wall? It's especially worse when people are dragging luggage - more obstacles that you have to dodge if you are trying to get to your gate.

2. Why are there never clocks visible in the concourse? I can't think of a place more driven by schedules, yet it's never obvious exactly what time it is.

I guess for me it comes down to this: it's really important to be at a particular gate at a particular time, yet airports seem designed to impede your progress at every turn. It's maddening.
Re: #1, ever notice that people generally stop right after a bottleneck point? What's up with that? People are idiots. They walk through a doorway, and stop. And the crush of people behind them are now blocked. Go ahead and enter all the way into the room so people can get by, please. Walk through a narrow corridor into a wide space, and stop. Idiots. The absolute worst people in the world are the people who stop at the end of an escalator or moving walkway. They take one step off, and then pause to look around and see where to go. Well, the pile of people behind them are not going to stop anytime soon, morons.

I've just started knocking people over without an apology. A quick "keep moving" or "stupid place to stand" is all I'll say.
totally. Stopping just inside a doorway - that's probably what set me off last week, made me think of checking into this thread.

 
Lawyer guy sitting next to me the other day was holding a conference call in the aisle blocking most of the people on the plane from getting off. Pretty loud too (shocker). Gems like "I'm not your attorney, but..." or "it's a BS injunction....just junk". We get it...you're real important. Thanks for sharing.

 
I dont fly but I take the subway a lot. Nearly every day there is someone playing a video gane with the volume on and its always a shooter

How can people be this inconsiderite?

Them and the people who smack their lips while eating should all die

 
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Nothing worse than arriving at your destination and being trapped on the plane because some gate agent yahoo is spending too much time on the can.

My wife is flying to Florida today to visit her parents. She's seated in the back of a plane that arrived late at the gate, and there is no one at the gate to move out the gangway thing so they can de-plane. According to her last text, she is approaching the point of having a urinary incident. I told her to be "Bladder Strong!", which she didn't appreciate.
why doesn't she just use the bathroom on the plane? :confused:
 
1. During zone boarding, selfish SOB repositioning him/herself right in front of you to be closer than you to the gate. X5 when Zone 5 people do this and create confusion over whether they are in line.

2. People who upon landing ignore standard exit process and try to jockey closer to the front of the plane.

3. People who put small items in the luggage cubbies instead of under the seat, forcing unnecessary checking once all space is taken.

4. Zone seating by airlines. There's no rhyme or reason to it. Often when I'm an inside seat, I'm zoned later. When I'm an outside seat, I'm zoned earlier. This isn't rocket science. Inside seats should be seated first, then outside seats.

5. Reclinable seats. Worst idea ever. I never recline because it is clearly an imposition to the person behind me, the person in front of me doesn't care.

6. Fake empathy from a pilot when announcing delay. No, you aren't as frustrated as anyone by this because you are not missing your connection.

 
Nothing worse than arriving at your destination and being trapped on the plane because some gate agent yahoo is spending too much time on the can.

My wife is flying to Florida today to visit her parents. She's seated in the back of a plane that arrived late at the gate, and there is no one at the gate to move out the gangway thing so they can de-plane. According to her last text, she is approaching the point of having a urinary incident. I told her to be "Bladder Strong!", which she didn't appreciate.
why doesn't she just use the bathroom on the plane? :confused:
Probably because as soon as that seat belt light goes out, everyone jumps into the aisles to stand there like morons. You're not getting off the plane any faster, idiots, we're all gonna leave row-by-row in order. You're not jumping ahead of anyone.

 
Boarded a plane in Tampa with 5 minis of liquor...had em in my carry in, not even in a ziplock...TSA guy working x ray machine didn't even give them a second glance.

Ordered a bloody Mary mix once we got to cruising altitude, busted out a vodka and didn't worry about being sneaky. No problem.

:banned:
This is so genius. Can you buy the minis at the lquor store, or did you just buy mini containers and fill it from your liquor bottle?
It's amazing he got through with those. I've had TSA notice the tiny bit of saline solution inside a contact lens case.
Bought em at liquor store on way to airport. $6 for 5 minis of vodka (Smirnoff)...they're $7 apiece on the plane. The guy sitting next to me asked me to sell him one when I did a shot just before takeoff...no dice, fool!! Be prepared next time. LollI've never had an issue taking minis on a flight...there's like a 2 or 3 oz liquid maximum so it doesn't violate any TSA rules.

Just landed in Charlotte...all 5 minis down plus a beer for good measure....total alcohol cost: $12. Its the only way to fly!

 
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4. Zone seating by airlines. There's no rhyme or reason to it. Often when I'm an inside seat, I'm zoned later. When I'm an outside seat, I'm zoned earlier. This isn't rocket science. Inside seats should be seated first, then outside seats.
God yes.

Ideally, there would be 18 zones:

Rear 1/3 of the plane, odd-number rows, left side, and even number rows, right side -- window seats

Rear 1/3 of the plane, even number rows, left side, and odd number rows, right side -- window seats.

Rear 1/3 of the plane,Odd left side and even right side -- middle seats

Rear 1/3 of the plane, even left, odd right -- middle

Rear 1/3 of the plane, odd left, even right, aisle seat.

Rear 1/3 of the plane, even left, odd right, aisle.

..repeat for middle and then front 1/3rd.

Would never happen, but the whole plane could board in six or seven minutes.

 
4. Zone seating by airlines. There's no rhyme or reason to it. Often when I'm an inside seat, I'm zoned later. When I'm an outside seat, I'm zoned earlier. This isn't rocket science. Inside seats should be seated first, then outside seats.
God yes.

Ideally, there would be 18 zones:

Rear 1/3 of the plane, odd-number rows, left side, and even number rows, right side -- window seats

Rear 1/3 of the plane, even number rows, left side, and odd number rows, right side -- window seats.

Rear 1/3 of the plane,Odd left side and even right side -- middle seats

Rear 1/3 of the plane, even left, odd right -- middle

Rear 1/3 of the plane, odd left, even right, aisle seat.

Rear 1/3 of the plane, even left, odd right, aisle.

..repeat for middle and then front 1/3rd.

Would never happen, but the whole plane could board in six or seven minutes.
X10 when the airline creates this chaos and then has the audacity to say overhead "Please be seated as quickly as possible to help a timely take off."
 
4. Zone seating by airlines. There's no rhyme or reason to it. Often when I'm an inside seat, I'm zoned later. When I'm an outside seat, I'm zoned earlier. This isn't rocket science. Inside seats should be seated first, then outside seats.
God yes.

Ideally, there would be 18 zones:

Rear 1/3 of the plane, odd-number rows, left side, and even number rows, right side -- window seats

Rear 1/3 of the plane, even number rows, left side, and odd number rows, right side -- window seats.

Rear 1/3 of the plane,Odd left side and even right side -- middle seats

Rear 1/3 of the plane, even left, odd right -- middle

Rear 1/3 of the plane, odd left, even right, aisle seat.

Rear 1/3 of the plane, even left, odd right, aisle.

..repeat for middle and then front 1/3rd.

Would never happen, but the whole plane could board in six or seven minutes.
but then none of the special people would get to board first even though they already have assigned seats....i was zone 2 or 3 and after all the first class, dividend, master card holders etc etc, the plane was 3/4 already

 
Full flight, got on standby. Only seat was front row next to an autistic boy, I'd guess 12-14 years old.

1 hour 7 minutes of this kid picking his nose and wiping boogers on his jeans. It was like he was digging for gold... he was determined. His jeans on his thighs were crusty with dry boogers and snot.

I'm still cringing. :X

 
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4. Zone seating by airlines. There's no rhyme or reason to it. Often when I'm an inside seat, I'm zoned later. When I'm an outside seat, I'm zoned earlier. This isn't rocket science. Inside seats should be seated first, then outside seats.
God yes.

Ideally, there would be 18 zones:

Rear 1/3 of the plane, odd-number rows, left side, and even number rows, right side -- window seats

Rear 1/3 of the plane, even number rows, left side, and odd number rows, right side -- window seats.

Rear 1/3 of the plane,Odd left side and even right side -- middle seats

Rear 1/3 of the plane, even left, odd right -- middle

Rear 1/3 of the plane, odd left, even right, aisle seat.

Rear 1/3 of the plane, even left, odd right, aisle.

..repeat for middle and then front 1/3rd.

Would never happen, but the whole plane could board in six or seven minutes.
but then none of the special people would get to board first even though they already have assigned seats....i was zone 2 or 3 and after all the first class, dividend, master card holders etc etc, the plane was 3/4 already

 
I think technically the flight attendants are supposed to serve you any alcohol you bring on. some weird faa rule. however unless you are acting like a buffoon I doubt anyone is gonna say anything to u

 
2. People who upon landing ignore standard exit process and try to jockey closer to the front of the plane.
I was on a flight where a Clueless Asian ManTM got up and started walking toward the front door about 3 seconds after the wheels touched. I don't think the nose was even down. "SIR, PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR SEAT!". No response.

Oh, another pet peeve with Asians... While leaving the plane, have you ever seen them right on somebody's ### taking tiny, tiny shuffle steps (like 2 inches) right behind them. Amazingly I've seen this several times. I get that your culture has no regard for personal space but damn.

 
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Neck pillows, exercising, and other creature comforts. Stop being a baby, it's a three hour flight.

 
Full flight, got on standby. Only seat was front row next to an autistic boy, I'd guess 12-14 years old.

1 hour 7 minutes of this kid picking his nose and wiping boogers on his jeans. It was like he was digging for gold... he was determined. His jeans on his thighs were crusty with dry boogers and snot.

I'm still cringing. :X
Oh finally, the thread where we get to rag on handicapped children. I've been waiting all these years!

 

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