Flying Travel Annoyances
Although this is posted under the category “top luxury,” it belongs in the bottom luxury. It’s hard to limit the top flying and travel annoyances to only five, but it can be done. By flying luxuriously in first class or business class, many of these flying annoyances can be avoided. However, for the not so fortunate, here are the top five Travel Annoyances while flying.
Flying Travel Annoyances
1. Where did you get that perfume? The toilet store?
It is never fun sitting next to someone who finds it necessary to take a shower in perfume or cologne before their flight. This first annoyance applies to all travelers: men, women, and kids (Axe and Tag will not get you chicks on an 8 hour flight). A shower, deodorant, and, if needed, a light sprinkle of cologne or perfume is all that is necessary before flying. Please, consider your fellow travelers.
2. Share the Armrest
Unfortunately, many planes only have one inside armrest for two people. Often, the more intimidating traveler can claim it for themselves and not let the weaker traveler use it. However, this is not a good practice. Please, share the armrest. One person can have the front, and one the back. Just make sure the guy in the middle does not get screwed.
3. Please, recline the entire flight.
There are many unwritten rules regarding flying courteous, especially when it comes to reclining your seat. Here are a couple schools of thought:
- I can recline my airplane seat the whole time, because it’s mine and I paid for the ticket.
- I don’t want to crowd the person’s legs behind me because I’m not going to sleep anyways.
Obviously, I prefer the second school of thought. I think it’s very annoying and inconsiderate when travelers recline their chairs just because they can. Whether they are leaning forward or in the bathroom, they always have their chairs leaned back. They also love to glare at you if your knee ever “jabs” their back while they’re sitting down.
4. Just Check your luggage!
I think a lot of easily annoyed travelers are sick of the petite (usually women) airplane passengers who can’t lift their luggage into the overhead compartments! For one, it’s too large for airline carry on standards. Secondly, it’s too heavy. And most importantly, you can’t even lift it! So just check it already.
Do not look at me with whimpering eyes or expect stronger women or men to lift your suitcase (note I didn’t say carry on) above into the overhead compartment.
5. Who brings a baby on a Red eye flight?
Do not bring a baby on a red eye flight. Plan ahead and book a regular flight. Seventy percent of the travelers on red eye flights try to sleep, which makes someone’s crying baby the greatest travel annoyance known to modern day travelers. So save the embarrassment, plan ahead, and fly on a regular flight. I repeat, do not bring babies on red eye flights.
Posted on May 8, 2007
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People really hate babies on the plane. what are the poor moms suppose to do. Its just the noise thoise that irritates especially on laung haul flights. Kids seems to be at their worso behaviour when flying
The long flight with a baby is a bit of a lottery. A red eye might mean the baby sleeps the whole way as that tends to be their longest sleeping time and the background noise of the plane can help them stay asleep. I wouldn't try a red eye with a baby unless they were already sleeping 6+ hours at night and I could get a bulk head with a fold down bed.
Excellent! So far I've escaped 1 and 5, but the other three are pet peeves of mine when flying.
I make a point of never reclining my seat because I know from much experience how inconvenient it is to those behind. Unfortunately consideration is a bit like common sense - very uncommon.
Surely anyone who is capable of getting to sleep in a "reclined" seat should also be able to sleep in an upright seat? The difference in seat angle is very small - the cost to the people behind far outweighs the benefit to the person reclining.
I'm 6' 6" and I have pretty strong legs so I've mastered the art of not allowing the passenger in front of me to recline their seat at all. Usually they give up after 15 minutes. I once did have to fight off a little Argentinian gentleman on a 2 hour flight to Patagonia. He never gave up the entire time. When we landed and I stood up, his eyes nearly popped out of his head.
Graham, I agree with you that the tiny angle of the airplane seat is too little of a gain compared to the sacrifice given up by the other traveler. I wish you could specify on your flight ticket whether you'll recline or not in exchange for the person in front of you to do the same.
Harry, I can't imagine flying coach being 6'6".. Sometimes I cannot tolerate long flights being 6'3".. I sympathize with you on flights. It's good that you can keep your leg space though.. I usually give up after 15 minutes.
Great 5! A little humor mixed in is also refreshing. Albeit annoyed humor.
I try to sleep the entire flight, so the only point that really bothers me is #5. And it bothers me. Ohhh, yes. I have even less mercy than you: I think babies should be banned, period :-).
A variation on number 1 is the person who has not washed for a few weeks and smells like a wino.
* - Also what about the people who are incapable of walking down the aisles without roughly grabbing every headrest on their way through? Just as you are about to nod off...
* - One guy and his grandson once enjoyed a violent game of 'SNAP' on the tray table attached to the back of my seat.
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