Can someone please explain this to me...

yogy

People who queue for ages in advance to get on a flight from Dublin to London...

I normally arrive at the boarding gate with about 10 mins to take off and sit down and relax until there's less than 5 people in the queue..

I arrived early at the gate today (bout 30 mins) and so sat down and read the paper but at this stage there was well over 100 people queuing impatiently..

WTF is that about?

Why do people bother? The seats are not allocated so you can sit anywhere (excluding priority seating which is a separate issue).
I'm not talking about families with kids either. Just normal people standing there with seriously pissed off heads on them.

Apart from a young family who might want to sit together would a couple really give a **** if they didn't get to sit beside each other for an hour flight? Is it really worth standing up queuing for 30 mins before hand?

Or are these people just a small bit, you know, thick?

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

If this is your biggest worry/problem, then count yourself extremely lucky op

minidazzler

They probably don't fly often, therefore don't really realise that they can sit whereever the fcuk they want!

arybvtcw0eolkf

I wanna sit closest to the McVities.

Sea Sharp

It's the same on the train. People who don't use it regularly rush over to wait at the door for 5 minutes before the train stops.

mink_man

no

dvpower

Sometimes they queue to get onto the bus that brings them from the gate to the aircraft.

Or they start queuing to get off the plane just as it comes to a stop. I guess they want to get first in the queue to collect their baggage so they can get to the queue for a taxi more quickly.

yogy

Nala Echoing Candy wrote: »

If this is your biggest worry/problem, then count yourself extremely lucky op

More of an observation than a worry tbh, I would genuinely like to know their reasoning behind it just out of curiosity..

darsar

I'm over the 'I want to sit by the window'! Last on, pick aisle sit and then be first off! Now there is an advantage rushing off if you have no baggage to get from belt!

stupidusername

I queue as soon as a queue starts (which is always too early :mad:), and I do it because I want a window seat. Plain and simple.

jonathan11

its understandable on ryanair but it always puzzles me why people do it on flights with assigned seating....

yogy

dvpower wrote: »

Or they start queuing to get off the plane just as it comes to a stop. I guess they want to get first in the queue to collect their baggage so they can get to the queue for a taxi more quickly.

But 9 times out of 10 the bags are not gonna be there waiting. And you dont really queue do you? More everybody waits together and if someone is in front of you and you see your bag coming you tell them to sling their 'ook!

InTheTrees

Its an ireland and england thing I've noticed.

We love to queue. Even if they announce boarding by row numbers we'll still rush to get into a queue.

Kiwi_knock

To get a seat near the front so you can be one of the first off, can put your bags comfortably in the overhead storage and not end up putting them in a overhead storage 20 seats away meaning you have to wait till the whole plane clears to get your bags.
The queues start far to early, once it started an hour and a half before the flight began and then the plane was delayed for an hour, so people were standing for over two hours for nothing really.

stovelid

Because someone might get on before you.

Fart

I thought it was a dash to get the only parachute on-board.

Bonito

tl;dr.

She fancies you. Lob the gob in the club, take her home, ride her senseless, wake up in a hungover panic thinking you never wore a helmet before you went in, then when you get up you realise she was on the rag anyway.

In effect you both never speak to each other again,

Repeat steps the following weekends.

yogy

Bonito wrote: »

tl;dr.

She fancies you. Lob the gob in the club, take her home, ride her senseless, wake up in a hungover panic thinking you never wore a helmet before you went in, then when you get up you realise she was on the rag anyway.

In effect you both never speak to each other again,

Repeat steps the following weekends.

tl:dr

alwaysadub

I'm one of these people who have to be early all the time. Dunno why. So i'm always worried that the plane'll take off without me if i'm not one of the 1st lot on it.
I really am a bit wierd at times..

Bonito

yogy wrote: »

tl:dr

Just ride the bítch ffs.

m@cc@

GaNjaHaN wrote: »

It's the same on the train. People who don't use it regularly rush over to wait at the door for 5 minutes before the train stops.

I'd say that's bladder control problems.


People on long haul flights who rush to get to the baggage reclaim only to wait 10 mins before the belt even starts moving. Love that.

yogy

Bonito wrote: »

Just ride the bítch ffs.

I already did. Were you not wondering why she had no dinner ready for you tonight. The durty slut!:D

Bonito

yogy wrote: »

I already did. Were you not wondering why she had no dinner ready for you tonight. The durty slut!

Her being absent from the kitchen for 3 minutes didn't stop her making me dinner.

yogy

Bonito wrote: »

Her being absent from the kitchen for 3 minutes didn't stop her making me dinner.

True your ma was only gone for 3 mins, thankfully your sister took over from her;)

Larianne

darsar wrote: »

I'm over the 'I want to sit by the window'! Last on, pick aisle sit and then be first off! Now there is an advantage rushing off if you have no baggage to get from belt!

Last on, see where the screaming children are and sit far away from them.

Bonito

yogy wrote: »

True your ma was only gone for 3 mins, thankfully your sister took over from her;)

My sister is 3.....

alwaysadub

Larianne wrote: »

Last on, see where the screaming children are and sit far away from them.

Not if all the seats are taken! You'd be left lumbered beside the kid who doesn't shut up bawlin the whole flight.

yogy

Bonito wrote: »

My sister is 3.....

Must've been your aunty so!!:pac:

Bonito

yogy wrote: »

Must've been your aunty so!!:pac:

Who's next, my cousin? :rolleyes:

Finally, a suitable time to use that smiley.

yogy

Bonito wrote: »

Who's next, my cousin? :rolleyes:

Finally, a suitable time to use that smiley.

Jaysus no, wouldn't touch her with yours!!:eek:

The_B_Man

what if Ryanair over-book, then if u dont check in early, they'll give away your seat!!

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derra_121

Ah you inexperienced people... everyone knows the first 10 on get a **** off the air-hostess'...:P

Local-womanizer

If you aint first,your last!

m@cc@

derra_121 wrote: »

Ah you inexperienced people... everyone knows the first 10 on get a **** off my ma'...:P

FYP.

scudzilla

I'm betting these thicks are the same one's who clap when a plane lands

When does a landing not deserve the clap? When the pilots belly flopped the plane, smashed the undercarriage and flames are pouring outta the engines......."Ooooh, you're not gonna be gettin a clap for that Mr Captain"

Anna Molly

GaNjaHaN wrote: »

It's the same on the train. People who don't use it regularly rush over to wait at the door for 5 minutes before the train stops.

Gosh, that drives me insane! Then by the time the train is actually at the platform, there is a complete cloggage of idiots in the aisle! And walking from the platform in Heuston...they walk so god damn slow!!! Speed up, fatties! You're taking all damn day!

I always go in early then sit in one of the cafes and read for a while...
always fly aer lingus so I know I have a seat either way but it's nice to know you're not going to have to rush or miss anything

crazyderk

I usualy only pack hand luggage on Ryanainr flights
I queue to get closest to the front so I
A, have extra leg room in row 1 (i'm 6'4)
B, first off the plane thus skipping queues for immigration

also when ryanair flights are full sometimes there is not enough room in overhead compartments so therefore they store your luggage in the main storage so you have to wait on it before you can proceed to immigration

for other Airlines I dont bother queueing

Korvanica

Fart wrote: »

I thought it was a dash to get the only parachute on-board.

no, there ll be a little essay competition for that,

"It's me, in the nip, with a dog!" - Father Flynn :pac:

...

galah

Must have been a bunch of Germans. They ALWAYS start queueing way too early, for some crazy unknown reason. Flight not for another 2 hours, and you can bet there's already some German at the top of the queue at the gate...

If I were an airline, I'd announce gate changes just for the craic, to see the stampede of panicked Germans who lost their pole position :P

getz

the last seat left ,has spew all over it.

yogy

The_B_Man wrote: »

what if Ryanair over-book, then if u dont check in early, they'll give away your seat!!

Does this happen that much anymore?

Sitec wrote: »

If I ever fly I admit I do this.

Better to be safe than sorry, usually between the duty free and places to eat etc it's a long walk too the gate and considering I don't know the exact time it takes to get from one to the other I don't take any chances.
.

But there's a difference between getting to the gate early which is fine, and standing up queuing at the gate when the plane hasn't even got to the airport yet!

crazyderk wrote: »

I usualy only pack hand luggage on Ryanainr flights
I queue to get closest to the front so I
A, have extra leg room in row 1 (i'm 6'4)

Surely extra leg room is only for the first 6 people thou (which is probably taken up by priority tickets). If you are number 7 then you may as well sit down and relax..

inforfun

When travelling alone i dont queue.

With the gf i do queue cause she doesnt like flying and insists to sit next to me. To be sure of that, you have to queue.
Tried to explain a few times that if something happens mid air, it doesnt really matter if i sit next to her or very far away. I dont think i can prevent a plane from going down.
But i also learned not to debate female logic. So i just queue. Less tiring.

The Davestator

On a related note, whats with the 'jostling' for bags etc the second the plane has stopped.

Sit down people, wait for the doors to open and people to start moving, stand up, take your bag and start to disembark the aircraft all in ONE movement.

If I'm sitting beside a jostler, i'll stay seated and shout 'Hold, Hold' in my best Braveheart voice...