12 things you do to annoy other passengers
Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 16:02Why can't people flush the toilets after using them?
(And I know this has been mentioned before - guys put the seat down too!)
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Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 16:02Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 16:22Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 16:45Not quite the same as too much baggage in the overhead, but those people who put their bags in an overhead at the front of the plane and then walk to their seat further back[V] As if that really saves much time in disembarking[:(!].
Regards
RedV
Regards
RedV
Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 17:10Or those who put their bags in your footspace because they want to stretch out!
RedV on my last UA internal flight a rather matronly CC quickly pulled the bag out and followed the chap down the plane and simply said 'Please don't do that again Sir. Its not very neighbourly'
RedV on my last UA internal flight a rather matronly CC quickly pulled the bag out and followed the chap down the plane and simply said 'Please don't do that again Sir. Its not very neighbourly'
Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 17:22Turning Left with a child in tow...
Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 17:46quote:Originally posted by northernhenry
Turning Left with a child in tow...
How awful. Wouldn't even dream of it...
Turning Left with a child in tow...
How awful. Wouldn't even dream of it...
Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 17:49So many of these, along with other things, are just 'social norms' which so many of us seem to be forgetting in general everyday life, never mind when getting on a plane.
It's a sad state of affairs if you ask me.
Mike, who probably belongs back in the 1950s...
It's a sad state of affairs if you ask me.
Mike, who probably belongs back in the 1950s...
Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 17:55Nothing wrong with belonging back in the 50's, and don't you just hate it when they don't pass the port properly!
Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 19:00quote:Originally posted by Jacki
Nothing wrong with belonging back in the 50's, and don't you just hate it when they don't pass the port properly!
Or the extras basket !
Nothing wrong with belonging back in the 50's, and don't you just hate it when they don't pass the port properly!
Or the extras basket !
Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 20:14People who have the volume turned up very loud on their headphones so everyone else in the cabin can hear it is also really annoying. [xx(]
Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 20:43quote:Originally posted by Tinkerbelle
People who have the volume turned up very loud on their headphones so everyone else in the cabin can hear it is also really annoying. [xx(]
Or watch/listen to things out loud on players which have a speaker...
Mike
People who have the volume turned up very loud on their headphones so everyone else in the cabin can hear it is also really annoying. [xx(]
Or watch/listen to things out loud on players which have a speaker...
Mike
Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 20:45quote:Originally posted by mike-smashing
quote:Originally posted by Tinkerbelle
People who have the volume turned up very loud on their headphones so everyone else in the cabin can hear it is also really annoying. [xx(]
Or watch/listen to things out loud on players which have a speaker...
Mike
I remember some teenagers once blasting out music in the middle of the cabin on a stereo - they couldn't understand why I told them to turn it off! [:p]
quote:Originally posted by Tinkerbelle
People who have the volume turned up very loud on their headphones so everyone else in the cabin can hear it is also really annoying. [xx(]
Or watch/listen to things out loud on players which have a speaker...
Mike
I remember some teenagers once blasting out music in the middle of the cabin on a stereo - they couldn't understand why I told them to turn it off! [:p]
Posted: 19 Aug 2009, 09:50quote:Originally posted by tontybear
RedV on my last UA internal flight a rather matronly CC quickly pulled the bag out and followed the chap down the plane and simply said 'Please don't do that again Sir. Its not very neighbourly'
Spot on...
As I mostly travel LCC and hence without pre-assigned seat, my additional bugbear is the aisle seat hog. This individual grabs said seat, strews important looking business papers on the next seat, drops the tray table and pretends to work. If you want / need to get past into the window or middle seat (and I sometimes do, just for the fun of it) they at first pretend not to hear your 'excuse me' and then when they can't pretend any more sigh loudly and make a great deal of fuss about making way. Once airborne they spend their time reading Metro or the in-flight magazine..
Paul
RedV on my last UA internal flight a rather matronly CC quickly pulled the bag out and followed the chap down the plane and simply said 'Please don't do that again Sir. Its not very neighbourly'
Spot on...
As I mostly travel LCC and hence without pre-assigned seat, my additional bugbear is the aisle seat hog. This individual grabs said seat, strews important looking business papers on the next seat, drops the tray table and pretends to work. If you want / need to get past into the window or middle seat (and I sometimes do, just for the fun of it) they at first pretend not to hear your 'excuse me' and then when they can't pretend any more sigh loudly and make a great deal of fuss about making way. Once airborne they spend their time reading Metro or the in-flight magazine..
Paul
Posted: 19 Aug 2009, 10:00What's this 'Economy' they talk of?
It also misses off some great V-Flyer habits. Talking about certain sexual activities in the CH amongst others.... [:w]
It also misses off some great V-Flyer habits. Talking about certain sexual activities in the CH amongst others.... [:w]
Posted: 19 Aug 2009, 11:45People ignoring the safety demo whilst continuing to read the newspaper is annoying.
Posted: 19 Aug 2009, 12:07On a Cyprus Turkish Airlines plane to North Cyprus a few moons ago. It was a 6 hour plus journey with a required stop on the Turkish mainland.
Took off from Heathrow, got to cruising height, seatbelts light off, usual rush of passengers to the loo.
One chap, clearly a tad over full of alcoholic delights and pie and chips and, not surprisingly, carrots, upchucked as he walked by my seat. A pile of vomit now lay in the aisle, fortunately I avoided any splash back!!
Cabin crew next to useless, only attempted a clean up with tissues at the third time of asking. No disinfectant, no medical wipes, no air freshener. Full plane, no spare seats. What fun.
Do you know I can still remember the stink even now and I am starting to gag again as I write this.
Anyway that is high up there in the 'annoying' ranking.
PS At least when someone threw up over me at school - my blazer was covered in semolina (yes, I am THAT old) and, I kid you not, you could still make out the blob of strawberry jam as it slid downwards - the chap was gracious enough to apologise.
Gawd, I think I might be mentally scarred.
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Took off from Heathrow, got to cruising height, seatbelts light off, usual rush of passengers to the loo.
One chap, clearly a tad over full of alcoholic delights and pie and chips and, not surprisingly, carrots, upchucked as he walked by my seat. A pile of vomit now lay in the aisle, fortunately I avoided any splash back!!
Cabin crew next to useless, only attempted a clean up with tissues at the third time of asking. No disinfectant, no medical wipes, no air freshener. Full plane, no spare seats. What fun.
Do you know I can still remember the stink even now and I am starting to gag again as I write this.
Anyway that is high up there in the 'annoying' ranking.
PS At least when someone threw up over me at school - my blazer was covered in semolina (yes, I am THAT old) and, I kid you not, you could still make out the blob of strawberry jam as it slid downwards - the chap was gracious enough to apologise.
Gawd, I think I might be mentally scarred.
[:$]
Posted: 19 Aug 2009, 12:16Compensation claim beckons[}:)]
Posted: 19 Aug 2009, 12:26quote:Originally posted by HWVlover
One chap, clearly a tad over full of alcoholic delights and pie and chips and, not surprisingly, carrots, upchucked as he walked by my seat.
Reminds me of the Billy Connolly sketch 'Why is there always carrots in sick'
quote:
PS At least when someone threw up over me at school - my blazer was covered in semolina (yes, I am THAT old) and, I kid you not, you could still make out the blob of strawberry jam as it slid downwards - the chap was gracious enough to apologise.
We always used to stir the jam into the semolina. Made it a pretty pink and helped get rid of the taste [:$]
One chap, clearly a tad over full of alcoholic delights and pie and chips and, not surprisingly, carrots, upchucked as he walked by my seat.
Reminds me of the Billy Connolly sketch 'Why is there always carrots in sick'
quote:
PS At least when someone threw up over me at school - my blazer was covered in semolina (yes, I am THAT old) and, I kid you not, you could still make out the blob of strawberry jam as it slid downwards - the chap was gracious enough to apologise.
We always used to stir the jam into the semolina. Made it a pretty pink and helped get rid of the taste [:$]
Posted: 19 Aug 2009, 15:26I hate those passengers that use your seatback as a hand hold to get up the aisle like they are climbing Everest.
Why do they lose the ability to manage the simple task of walking just because they are in a plane? [V]
Why do they lose the ability to manage the simple task of walking just because they are in a plane? [V]
Posted: 19 Aug 2009, 18:07quote:Originally posted by Jeffers555
I hate those passengers that use your seatback as a hand hold to get up the aisle like they are climbing Everest.
Why do they lose the ability to manage the simple task of walking just because they are in a plane? [V]
To many mojitos in the CH? [:)][:)][:)]
I hate those passengers that use your seatback as a hand hold to get up the aisle like they are climbing Everest.
Why do they lose the ability to manage the simple task of walking just because they are in a plane? [V]
To many mojitos in the CH? [:)][:)][:)]
Posted: 19 Aug 2009, 19:20And speaking of Cyprus Turkish Airlines, as I was. In the not long ago, in the dreaded Terminal 3, they would announce check-in opening at desks so and so in Zone whatever at say 8am. Every year at ten minutes after opening time they would change the desks to the other side and once, gloriously changed the zone. The back of the queue became the front, people with enough handluggage to furnish a small house (tvs, music centres etc) fought to regain their position, others were keen to hang on to what the good Lord or the handling agent had surprisingly donated to them, chaos reigned and tempers frayed.
But the best bit was that they didn't do seat allocations. Because we were flying to an unrecognised apparent war zone the planes were invariably parked up on an apron somewhere in Staines(!)and we were bussed to front and rear loading stairs. There were always some wanting to get to the back from the front and always others wanting to get from the back to the front.
More chaos reigned as quite often rather corpulent (dare I say FAT) individuals, males and females and sprogs, actually hurdled seats to get to their own personal aviation utopia. Chaos often turned to complete hilarity when a group hurdling flat out one way met a group hurdling flat out the other.
To this day I remain astonished that Turkey doesn't have a better record in the Olympic hurdles events.
I am quite clearly scarred.
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But the best bit was that they didn't do seat allocations. Because we were flying to an unrecognised apparent war zone the planes were invariably parked up on an apron somewhere in Staines(!)and we were bussed to front and rear loading stairs. There were always some wanting to get to the back from the front and always others wanting to get from the back to the front.
More chaos reigned as quite often rather corpulent (dare I say FAT) individuals, males and females and sprogs, actually hurdled seats to get to their own personal aviation utopia. Chaos often turned to complete hilarity when a group hurdling flat out one way met a group hurdling flat out the other.
To this day I remain astonished that Turkey doesn't have a better record in the Olympic hurdles events.
I am quite clearly scarred.
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Posted: 19 Aug 2009, 19:55quote:Originally posted by honey lamb
We always used to stir the jam into the semolina. Made it a pretty pink and helped get rid of the taste [:$]
Jam?? Was it not Rose Hip Syrup? Jam was still rationed!
Those were the days!
We always used to stir the jam into the semolina. Made it a pretty pink and helped get rid of the taste [:$]
Jam?? Was it not Rose Hip Syrup? Jam was still rationed!
Those were the days!
Posted: 19 Aug 2009, 20:02I remember the school dinner lady would make a jam face in the rice pudding if we asked nicely. It was only the girls who would mix it all up into a pink mess, the boys used to spoon the jam out and flick it over at the boy across the table - provided the teacher wasn't looking! Talk about feeding time at the zoo!
Posted: 19 Aug 2009, 20:11quote:Originally posted by Tinkerbelle
(And I know this has been mentioned before - guys put the seat down too!)
People that do not leave the seat up! [:o)][:o)][:I]
(And I know this has been mentioned before - guys put the seat down too!)
People that do not leave the seat up! [:o)][:o)][:I]
Posted: 19 Aug 2009, 20:36I know it's not anyones fault, but snoring really gets to me. My husband snores big time so I look forward to the luxury of being able to watch a film or doze off without being disturbed by loud snorts! It's heartsink for me if I am just settling in for the flight and suddenly I realise the passenger next door snores worse than my husband!