Annoying things that happen on a flight

wretcheddomain · 31-07-2014 9:16pm #1

Moronic cringe-worthy folks, usually American, who clap the pilot for doing his f*cking job!

Imagine being in the office at work and completing your daily work, as redundant as it may be 365 days a year, and having a chorus of claps every few hours to show you've done it properly. I'd leave that company for fear of going as mad as them...

...and crashing, I hate it when planes crash.

smash · 31-07-2014 9:17pm

Sinus infection. Feels like your heads gonna explode!

And morning wood when you wake up and you're sitting beside a stranger... That can be awkward!

Spunge · 31-07-2014 9:18pm

Artillery

Ihatecuddles · 31-07-2014 9:19pm

When someone near you takes their shoes off.

I don't care if it helps circulation or you've been wearing them for 20 hours. I don't want to smell your manky feet!!!

KeithM89 · 31-07-2014 9:19pm

I was once on a flight where Celine Dion bursted into song.
So ....that.

Hotfail.com · 31-07-2014 9:21pm

When you decide to buy a sandwich on board and regret it five minutes, and nine euro, later.

Misticles · 31-07-2014 9:22pm

When people try to talk to me when all I want to do is sleep. It's 6.30 in the morning for god sake!

wazky · 31-07-2014 9:22pm

When the champagne isn't served at its appropriate temperature, ruins the whole flight.

jjbrien · 31-07-2014 9:22pm

When the person on front of you has a very annoying kid and wont control them.

Zemuppet · 31-07-2014 9:23pm

smash wrote: »

Sinus infection. Feels like your heads gonna explode!

And morning wood when you wake up and you're sitting beside a stranger... That can be awkward!

Horrible thing to have why flying is a sinus infection. I had it happen to me twice in one day. Not nice at all

How Soon Is Now · 31-07-2014 9:23pm

When you remember "oh **** im flying with Ryanair" say goodbye to the feeling in your legs for the next few hours!

Aphex · 31-07-2014 9:24pm

KeithM89 wrote: »

I was once on a flight where Celine Dion bursted into song.
So ....that.

I bet you'll think twice about booking another flight with her!

saintsaltynuts · 31-07-2014 9:24pm

Fecking hen's parties.

Aidric · 31-07-2014 9:25pm

Newborn babies anywhere close to the vicinity of my seat.

jjbrien · 31-07-2014 9:26pm

KeithM89 wrote: »

I was once on a flight where Celine Dion bursted into song.
So ....that.

Was that Air Canada as they used to play this

mikemac1 · 31-07-2014 9:26pm

When the little brat sitting behind you is kicking your seat

Sprog 4 · 31-07-2014 9:26pm

Super high altitude farts

mikeym · 31-07-2014 9:27pm

When the passengers are told that the plane is about to land and the old men stand up and get their coat from the overhead compartment.

Clapping the pilot for landing the plane.

Babies crying on the plane the whole way through the flight do you think the parents would use a pacifier :mad:

KeithM89 · 31-07-2014 9:28pm

jjbrien wrote: »

Was that Air Canada as they used to play this

No, she was actually on the flight, up in First.
They lied when they said the head phones were noise cancelling

Hotfail.com · 31-07-2014 9:28pm

When you start sounding like an alien from a bad 1970s film when you talk.

First Up · 31-07-2014 9:29pm

Plebs from economy using the toilets in Business Class.

KilOit · 31-07-2014 9:29pm

Flying after scuba diving, 48h after isn't enough for me

jjbrien · 31-07-2014 9:30pm

KeithM89 wrote: »

No, she was actually on the flight, up in First.
They lied when they said the head phones were noise cancelling

My misses likes her i gave out to her the other day for playing one of her songs I told her to put on her headphones. Didnt go down too well lol

mosstin · 31-07-2014 9:34pm

First Up wrote: »

Plebs from economy using the toilets in Business Class.

Yes I make a point of this. Leave the seat up and never flush either. Capitalist swine, that'll teach 'em.

Strumms · 31-07-2014 9:39pm

The twat in front of you who insists on having their seat reclined from the second they sit down.

The seat mate who wants to also have all of the armrest and 20% of your personnel space as well as all of his own.

The parents who let their kids run riot up and down the aisles banging into you when you are trying to get some kip on long haul.

The tosser who decides to stop and chat at the door with the flight attendant while boarding blocking the whole process, we were already 90 minutes late !

The two posh auld ones who arrived on board late, carrying their designer shopping bags without a care in the world and the flight attendant who rewarded them with a smile, some sympathy and a glass of water, I arrived on time and got none of the above.

Hmmm most people

robertpatterson · 31-07-2014 9:39pm

KilOit wrote: »

Flying after scuba diving, 48h after isn't enough for me

Always thought it was 24 hours?

hairyprincess · 31-07-2014 9:39pm

I love the clapping for the pilot thing!

Hate rowdy boozed up holiday makers. People that take over my arm rest. People who close the blind. And the toilets, I hate the toilets!! I do what I need to and flush at the very last second before diving for the door, that flush freaks me out.

Hold the Cheez Whiz · 31-07-2014 9:39pm

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Moronic cringe-worthy folks, usually American, who clap the pilot for doing his f*cking job!

Imagine being in the office at work and completing your daily work, as redundant as it may be 365 days a year, and having a chorus of claps every few hours to show you've done it properly. I'd leave that company for fear of going as mad as them...

I live in the US, and I never noticed people clapping until I started flying Southwest airlines (US low-cost carrier), which is super family-friendly - on any given flight, the whole back of the plane is full of parents traveling with small kids, and they like to clap. On that note annoying things:

- parents who let their kids kick the seats or bounce up and down over the seat
- parents who don't give their infant a bottle or pacifier for takeoff and landings
- parents who ignore their little monsters screaming and running up and down the aisle

I HATE LAZY PARENTS.

pavb2 · 31-07-2014 9:47pm

As I take my seat I always give a cheery salutation to my fellow travelling companions based on the principle that they may be the last person(s) I ever speak to. Quite often this is met with no acknowledgement or a curt grunt and then silence for the rest of our journey. I then find it quite strange that as your about to disembark fumbling with straps and general baggage accoutrements they then try to strike up a conversation with you.

I put it down to nerves . . . Or maybe it's me

Hold the Cheez Whiz · 31-07-2014 9:50pm

pavb2 wrote: »

As I take my seat I always give a cheery salutation to my fellow travelling companions based on the principle that they may be the last person(s) I ever speak to. Quite often this is met with no acknowledgement or a curt grunt and then silence for the rest of our journey. I then find it quite strange that as your about to disembark fumbling with straps and general baggage accoutrements they then try to strike up a conversation with you.

I put it down to nerves . . . Or maybe it's me

Have you ever struck up a conversation with someone at the beginning of a flight only to have them talk you to death for the rest of it? If you talk to someone for the last 15 minutes, and they are crazy or annoying, then at least you know that you'll be able to escape soon.

gg2 · 31-07-2014 9:53pm

When you are separated from your travelling companions and the twerp beside you wants to know how your holiday went

That weird airplane in flight smell

The little bing when the seat belt light comes on

Landing half way through the flight home to refuel

When Gerard Depardieu pees in front of you

SpaceTime · 31-07-2014 9:54pm

When the milk explodes all over your new suit and you're on your way to do a presentation.

gg2 · 31-07-2014 9:55pm

Oh and when your ears pop!! THE PAIN!

Hotfail.com · 31-07-2014 9:55pm

SpaceTime wrote: »

When the milk explodes all over your new suit and you're on your way to do a presentation.

"Milk"

bottlebrush · 31-07-2014 10:01pm

Was on a flight over the weekend and the geezer beside me had his suitcase under both seats in front i.e. I had no room to stretch my legs. AS the flight was only going to be an hour I decided not to cause a fuss. What bothered me more however were the two girls behind me on their way to a henparty and they had the most annoying voices I have ever heard. The one behind me talked non stop and every time she made a point she banged the back of my seat.

efb · 31-07-2014 10:05pm

Aidric wrote: »

Newborn babies anywhere close to the vicinity of my seat.

those umbilical chords get everywhere!

fussyonion · 31-07-2014 10:07pm

Strumms wrote: »

The twat in front of you who insists on having their seat reclined from the second they sit down.

The seat mate who wants to also have all of the armrest and 20% of your personnel space as well as all of his own.

The parents who let their kids run riot up and down the aisles banging into you when you are trying to get some kip on long haul.

The tosser who decides to stop and chat at the door with the flight attendant while boarding blocking the whole process, we were already 90 minutes late !

The two posh auld ones who arrived on board late, carrying their designer shopping bags without a care in the world and the flight attendant who rewarded them with a smile, some sympathy and a glass of water, I arrived on time and got none of the above.

Hmmm most people

What's wrong with that?
They've been made to recline for a reason!

Tail Docker · 31-07-2014 10:08pm

Zemuppet wrote: »

Horrible thing to have why flying is a sinus infection. I had it happen to me twice in one day. Not nice at all

It was probably just the one and the same sinus infection, unless you had really strong antibiotics.

Pumpkinseeds · 31-07-2014 10:10pm

Trying to get a seat next to the person you're flying with, so having to virtually trample the other passengers.

Kids who are over-excited and very vocal and loud.

Babies crying, understandable and not much the parents can do about it, still annoying though. This is one reason I always wear earplugs when I fly.

Check-in queues.

The humid stuffiness of airports and planes, feels like all the energy is sucked out of you.

Hold the Cheez Whiz · 31-07-2014 10:23pm

bottlebrush wrote: »

Was on a flight over the weekend and the geezer beside me had his suitcase under both seats in front i.e. I had no room to stretch my legs. AS the flight was only going to be an hour I decided not to cause a fuss.

What? Yeah, I would have said something.

To add to my list of hates: BIN HOGS. I definitely appreciate RyanAir's approach in this regard, because people bring a ridiculous amount of carry-on luggage with them.

Hold the Cheez Whiz · 31-07-2014 10:25pm

fussyonion wrote: »

What's wrong with that?
They've been made to recline for a reason!

I understand for overnight flights, but for the two hours we're all stuffed on here, can you please sit up straight? Tilting the seats back on a plane only really works when everyone has them tilted back - otherwise your knees get crushed if you are over 5'6", and it is difficult to work on a laptop or eat or otherwise use the pull-down tray.

Awful_Bliss · 31-07-2014 10:28pm

The people who get up out of their seats the second the plane comes to a halt to get their stuff and make a call.

Plus one on the clapping when the plane lands.

Overcharging of food and drink on Ryanair.

Folk taking up two armrests.

Adamantium · 31-07-2014 10:29pm

Explosive decompressions and that's just me!

wretcheddomain · 31-07-2014 10:42pm

People who spend a chronic amount of time putting bags away in the plane or collecting them thereafter - clogging up the queue for everyone else who wants to sit the f*** down and get on with the flight.

And I'll never understand the idea of waiting at the airport terminal for what could be 30 minutes prior to departure; every opportunity to purchase somewhat cheaper food; yet to throw this all away and wait 10 mins into the sky when suddenly they become hungry and have a strange desire to spend €6 on the driest cheese sandwiches known to modern existence.

Teyla Emmagan · 31-07-2014 10:46pm

I don't mind the babies, it's not their fault. My mother says she brought me to London by herself when I was about a year and I cried the whole way. She was mortified. She didn't realise that giving me a bottle would help the pain in my ears, is still aggrieved at the air hostesses for not telling her

Babies can't help their crying though, and most of the time their parents can't either.

I hate yapping. SHUT UP with your yapping, it's 6am and we're all exhausted. You can talk your rubbish when you get there.

DrumSteve · 31-07-2014 10:49pm

When I was flying to Canada the chap sitting beside me covered himself in a towel and masturbated for the majority of the flight...

Omackeral · 31-07-2014 10:50pm

I hate when it crashes.

Hold the Cheez Whiz · 31-07-2014 10:50pm

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I don't mind the babies, it's not their fault. My mother says she brought me to London by herself when I was about a year and I cried the whole way. She was mortified. She didn't realise that giving me a bottle would help the pain in my ears, is still aggrieved at the air hostesses for not telling her Babies can't help their crying though, and most of the time their parents can't either.

I hate yapping. SHUT UP with your yapping, it's 6am and we're all exhausted. You can talk your rubbish when you get there.

I feel bad for parents who are really trying to soothe their kids (unsuccessfully), but I have no sympathy for parents who just let their kids run amok. Just because you've learned how to tune out your own brats doesn't mean the rest of us can. Hmph.

dudara · 31-07-2014 10:51pm

Children - all ages are equally annoying

People who dress sloppily. A wife beater is not appropriate attire in an enclosed space.

People who start praying to God and crying when we encounter turbulence

People who put all their small stuff in the overhead bins

Misticles · 31-07-2014 10:54pm

Men who sit with their legs wide open and invade my personal leg room.

This happens on planes, buses and trains. Why do you need to sit like this?

keeponhurling · 31-07-2014 10:56pm

When you get a seat in the first few rows, only have light hand luggage, and think you'll be able to get off quickly....

Then find there's a shuttle bus to the actual airport so you need to wait for the entire plane to disembark

Annoying things that happen on a flight

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