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Most annoying habits of passengers?

Wanderer2010

As the title says, I have experienced a lot of this over the last few months as I have been travelling more with work and you get to dread certain passengers being near you. Top irritants for me:

1. People who allow their kids to bang heavily on the touch screen of the in flight entertainment screen despite this clearly annoying the person sitting in front. Ive witnessed this and had it happen to me a few times where a parent could be telling the kid to press all the different buttons and completely oblivious to the fact that they are hammering it way too hard and p!ssing off the person in front.

2. People who barge past you as you are boarding when you stop just for a second to put something in overhead bin. And I don't mean holding up the queue, I mean briefly stopping for a moment only to have someone rudely push you. You aren't going anywhere soon, so what's the bloody hurry?

3. People who recline on my lap for 8 hours, Pure and utter ignorance and very inconsiderate to push into my personal space for that long. I would never do that.

4. Passengers who ask for a menu on long haul flights....its Aer Lingus not Gordon Ramsay!

5. People who have the headphones on at full volume and oblivious to those around them.

Obese people sitting next to you- its a complete hot potato and most airliners are just too scared to upset the obese person for fear of lawsuits and bad publicity etc. Ive seen one guy who had to be about 30 stone and he needed an extension seat belt but he was literally sitting on the poor woman next to him not a bother, Really, they should have to pay for two seats.

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JustAThought

Gwen Cooper wrote: »

Some people respect their boarding pass waaaay too much. My housemate would be like that.

Some.people dont like to be wedged up into the wall!

JustAThought

Ok. Not to make myself out to be too much of a monster;but UNFORTUNATELY sometimes I snore. And sometimes I fly. And sometimes the two converge. I know it must be REALLY annonying for everyone around me on a long haul flight but my pet passenger peeve is when the person digs me with a box in the ribs that would put out Mike Tyson when all they have to do is spill water on me or give me a polite poke. Its Mortifying to arrive in your destination & go sunbathing with punch marks on your body :0

Also when the whole plane laughs at you when someone wakes you up from snoring ! And you dont know if they recognise you as the snorer when you walk down the isle . Morto!

First world problems.

Also people who pi#$ on the plane toilet floor. Its not a rollercoaster. Just aim.

geecee

1. People reclining their chair with a jerk and literally cracking your plastic wine glass in 2 sending red wine splashing onto every orifice (and of course your lap) 30 minutes into an 11 hour flight
2. See through flasks of Chinese tea - that look like something out of Dr. Frankensteins lab

Strumms

geecee wrote: »

1. People reclining their chair with a jerk and literally cracking your plastic wine glass in 2 sending red wine splashing onto every orifice (and of course your lap) 30 minutes into an 11 hour flight
2. See through flasks of Chinese tea - that look like something out of Dr. Frankensteins lab

The hard recliners are a bugbear it must be said,

Stovepipe

@patdunne, don't worry, I can walk it just fine. It's the oul wans...

punisher5112

jjmcclure wrote: »

One I never understand.....

Plane fully boarded 3 seats in the row. I'm in the aisle, someone in the middle seat, nobody at the window. Doors close and the guy/gal stays in the middle seat for the entire trip. Happened me 3 times recently. WTF :mad:

Go into window seat.....

Stovepipe

I got onto one of our A320s lately and it looked like the entire passenger complement had decided to thrash the cabin; the amount of food/drink thrown down/walked into the carpet/smeared on the seats was unreal and the bins overhead were littered with empty plastic bottles and the cabin crew's friend, the rolled up nappy. We had planned to tow it to the hangar for a maintenance job but that had to wait until the cleaners did a deep clean. They're a tough bunch but even they were groaning about the scale of the mess. What is it with people??!!

trellheim

What was the origin of the flight ?

iamwhoiam

JustAThought wrote: »

Some.people dont like to be wedged up into the wall!

And some dont like the window or looking out

iamwhoiam

_Dara_ wrote: »

I flew from Schoenefeld last week. I was shocked at how bad that airport is. I have never had to struggle to find somewhere to sit in an airport before. Never again.

Fly to Tegel next time its much nicer .Schoenefeld is only open because of massive delays in the new airport

http://www.berlin-airport.de/en/travellers-txl/index.php

partyguinness

One of the most infuriating experiences I had was about 2 years ago on a Thomson flight back from Majorca to England.

Myself, wife and 4 year old. Wife was just over 32 weeks pregnant and strictly speaking over the limit to fly while pregnant but they left us on. But anyway.

We were put right at the back against the toilet wall which means you cannot put your seat back. Wife was a tad uncomfortable but the lighting bitch in front of her put her seat back all the way so she was right on top of the wife who of course could not put her seat back.

Asked stewardess if we could move but it was fully booked no empty seats while showing how cramped the heavily pregnant the wife was. Steward asked the lady who mumbled something about a sore back and had to keep seat back and continued playing solitaire of her iPad..so nothing we could do.

I was beyond livid. After 10 mins or the lady in front tried to settle down to go to sleep. Like fck I said.

So I spent the next 2 hours hammering the back of her seat every 10 ten minutes without fail...I would then wait for her to start nodding off and the WHAM...I did his repeatedly for the entire trip and even 'accidentally' spilled cold coffee down her back. I was great to watch the look on her face as she was startled from her doze.

There was couple across from us laughing their asses off. I also made loud comments about the lady and that she wasn't so fat her back might not be so bad.

The woman and her husband just sat there taking it and at the end they looked like bears with sore heads..but they never said a word.

Yes yes you can say it was childish and immature and borderline air rage but it was very therapeutic and better than sitting there doing nothing.

bertsmom

partyguinness wrote:

So I spent the next 2 hours hammering the back of her seat every 10 ten minutes without fail...I would then wait for her to start nodding off and the WHAM...I did his repeatedly for the entire trip and even 'accidentally' spilled cold coffee down her back. I was great to watch the look on her face as she was startled from her doze.

partyguinness wrote:

One of the most infuriating experiences I had was about 2 years ago on a Thomson flight back from Majorca to England.

partyguinness wrote:

Myself, wife and 4 year old. Wife was just over 32 weeks pregnant and strictly speaking over the limit to fly while pregnant but they left us on. But anyway.

partyguinness wrote:

We were put right at the back against the toilet wall which means you cannot put your seat back. Wife was a tad uncomfortable but the lighting bitch in front of her put her seat back all the way so she was right on top of the wife who of course could not put her seat back.

partyguinness wrote:

Asked stewardess if we could move but it was fully booked no empty seats while showing how cramped the heavily pregnant the wife was. Steward asked the lady who mumbled something about a sore back and had to keep seat back and continued playing solitaire of her iPad..so nothing we could do.

partyguinness wrote:

I was beyond livid. After 10 mins or the lady in front tried to settle down to go to sleep. Like fck I said.

partyguinness wrote:

So I spent the next 2 hours hammering the back of her seat every 10 ten minutes without fail...I would then wait for her to start nodding off and the WHAM...I did his repeatedly for the entire trip and even 'accidentally' spilled cold coffee down her back. I was great to watch the look on her face as she was startled from her doze.

partyguinness wrote:

There was couple across from us laughing their asses off. I also made loud comments about the lady and that she wasn't so fat her back might not be so bad.

partyguinness wrote:

The woman and her husband just sat there taking it and at the end they looked like bears with sore heads..but they never said a word.

partyguinness wrote:

Yes yes you can say it was childish and immature and borderline air rage but it was very therapeutic and better than sitting there doing nothing.

To me all this just make ye sound like absolute idiots.

Andrew Beef

Your wife shouldn’t even have been on the plane and your behaviour was outrageous.

PlaneSpeeking

partyguinness wrote: »

One of the most infuriating experiences I had was about 2 years ago on a Thomson flight back from Majorca to England.

Myself, wife and 4 year old. Wife was just over 32 weeks pregnant and strictly speaking over the limit to fly while pregnant but they left us on. But anyway.

We were put right at the back against the toilet wall which means you cannot put your seat back. Wife was a tad uncomfortable but the lighting bitch in front of her put her seat back all the way so she was right on top of the wife who of course could not put her seat back.

Asked stewardess if we could move but it was fully booked no empty seats while showing how cramped the heavily pregnant the wife was. Steward asked the lady who mumbled something about a sore back and had to keep seat back and continued playing solitaire of her iPad..so nothing we could do.

I was beyond livid. After 10 mins or the lady in front tried to settle down to go to sleep. Like fck I said.

So I spent the next 2 hours hammering the back of her seat every 10 ten minutes without fail...I would then wait for her to start nodding off and the WHAM...I did his repeatedly for the entire trip and even 'accidentally' spilled cold coffee down her back. I was great to watch the look on her face as she was startled from her doze.

There was couple across from us laughing their asses off. I also made loud comments about the lady and that she wasn't so fat her back might not be so bad.

The woman and her husband just sat there taking it and at the end they looked like bears with sore heads..but they never said a word.

Yes yes you can say it was childish and immature and borderline air rage but it was very therapeutic and better than sitting there doing nothing.

Really not worth a ban to say exactly what I think of this bullying behaviour - even if it's 95% bravado and 5% raising an eyebrow once.

partyguinness

Oh I am not here to defend it and I can take all the tut tutting on the chin.

Wanderer2010

partyguinness wrote: »

One of the most infuriating experiences I had was about 2 years ago on a Thomson flight back from Majorca to England.

Myself, wife and 4 year old. Wife was just over 32 weeks pregnant and strictly speaking over the limit to fly while pregnant but they left us on. But anyway.

We were put right at the back against the toilet wall which means you cannot put your seat back. Wife was a tad uncomfortable but the lighting bitch in front of her put her seat back all the way so she was right on top of the wife who of course could not put her seat back.

Asked stewardess if we could move but it was fully booked no empty seats while showing how cramped the heavily pregnant the wife was. Steward asked the lady who mumbled something about a sore back and had to keep seat back and continued playing solitaire of her iPad..so nothing we could do.

I was beyond livid. After 10 mins or the lady in front tried to settle down to go to sleep. Like fck I said.

So I spent the next 2 hours hammering the back of her seat every 10 ten minutes without fail...I would then wait for her to start nodding off and the WHAM...I did his repeatedly for the entire trip and even 'accidentally' spilled cold coffee down her back. I was great to watch the look on her face as she was startled from her doze.

There was couple across from us laughing their asses off. I also made loud comments about the lady and that she wasn't so fat her back might not be so bad.

The woman and her husband just sat there taking it and at the end they looked like bears with sore heads..but they never said a word.

Yes yes you can say it was childish and immature and borderline air rage but it was very therapeutic and better than sitting there doing nothing.

You know what- fair play to you. The woman who reclined on a pregnant woman was nothing but an ill mannered dcikhead and you were 100% right to make them uncomfortable for the flight.

PlaneSpeeking

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

You know what- fair play to you. The woman who reclined on a pregnant woman was nothing but an ill mannered dcikhead and you were 100% right to make them uncomfortable for the flight.

No, he was not.

That person has paid to fly and recline their seat. How is it their fault some wagon decides the rules about flying when pregnant don't apply to her ?

Having fat jokes bandied about and being made the butt of "jokes" is plain wrong.

partyguinness

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

You know what- fair play to you. The woman who reclined on a pregnant woman was nothing but an ill mannered dcikhead and you were 100% right to make them uncomfortable for the flight.

I'm not sure if you are serious or not...:o

But yeah the sight of her with her chair back nice and snug and having a nap while knowingly cramping a pregnant women behind was like red rag to a bull. She knew it and did not give a ****.

I fully accept that she was perfectly entitled to put her seat back and it was not her problem who was behind her but Jesus who would do it.

Would anyone else her keep their seat back in the circumstances?

And I don't regret it for one second even if it makes me look like a right wanker. Other option was to stew on it and let it wind me up inside.

Gwen Cooper

partyguinness wrote: »

I'm not sure if you are serious or not...:o

But yeah the sight of her with her chair back nice and snug and having a nap while knowingly cramping a pregnant women behind was like red rag to a bull. She knew it and did not give a ****.

I fully accept that she was perfectly entitled to put her seat back and it was not her problem who was behind her but Jesus who would do it.

Would anyone else her keep their seat back in the circumstances?

And I don't regret it for one second even if it makes me look like a right wanker. Other option was to stew on it and let it wind me up inside.

Wouldn't it be easier to switch seats with your wife, so the seat is reclined in front of you? While your wife is uncomfortable, the woman in the front stated that she has bad back. I've had issues with my back before and sitting up straight for longer than 10 minutes was met with increasing pain, resulting in me not being able to walk properly for the next few days.

Granted, it probably wouldn't be as satisfying

partyguinness

PlaneSpeeking wrote: »

No, he was not.

That person has paid to fly and recline their seat. How is it their fault some wagon decides the rules about flying when pregnant don't apply to her ?

Having fat jokes bandied about and being made the butt of "jokes" is plain wrong.

What we dictate to the airline when we could fly? Nice one.

It was their mistake. You had to be less than 32 weeks pregnant to fly which was the case on the way out (had a doctor's note) but as we were there for 2 weeks it had gone over 32 weeks for the flight back.

Thomson did have a quick conversation at the desk among themselves and said that strictly speaking they didn't have to let her fly but as they had let us fly in the first place 2 weeks earlier they couldn't turn around now and refuse as it was a return flight. It was only a quick conversation and no big deal made of it.

Yes commenting on her weight was well out of order but I was that angry I didn't care and I just wanted her to feel as ****/angry as I did.

partyguinness

Gwen Cooper wrote: »

Wouldn't it be easier to switch seats with your wife, so the seat is reclined in front of you? While your wife is uncomfortable, the woman in the front stated that she has bad back. I've had issues with my back before and sitting up straight for longer than 10 minutes was met with increasing pain, resulting in me not being able to walk properly for the next few days.

Granted, it probably wouldn't be as satisfying

I did offer but her seat was by the window so it was better to rest against.

Gwen Cooper

partyguinness wrote: »

I did offer but her seat was by the window so it was better to rest against.

Right, that's understandable. Funny I didn't think of that, I am a window seat person myself and wouldn't move away to another seat if you paid me

Stoner

partyguinness wrote:

And I don't regret it for one second even if it makes me look like a right wanker. Other option was to stew on it and let it wind me up inside.

I understand your position, you do look like a wan*er, yet I do understand

I wouldn't fly if my wife was over the limit. It's similar to a fat person spilling over into your seat, pay for the seat in front if you want it's space.

I would not insult the woman, or spill coffee on her.

Regardless it would wind me up too. Like I said I understand your position.

Corkblowin

never mind! - missed the update

PlaneSpeeking

Stoner wrote: »

I understand your position, you do look like a wan*er, yet I do understand

I wouldn't fly if my wife was over the limit. It's similar to a fat person spilling over into your seat, pay for the seat in front if you want it's space.

I would not insult the woman, or spill coffee on her.

Regardless it would wind me up too. Like I said I understand your position.

FFS when will this pointless hyperbolae end ????

I'm about 4 stone more than a height/weight chart says I should be. I do not SPILL FAT all over you.

_Dara_

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Fly to Tegel next time its much nicer .Schoenefeld is only open because of massive delays in the new airport

http://www.berlin-airport.de/en/travellers-txl/index.php

The times suited us better for Schoenefeld. Though apparently Tegel is hated too. They both seem to appear in top ten worst airports lists.

_Dara_

partyguinness wrote: »

One of the most infuriating experiences I had was about 2 years ago on a Thomson flight back from Majorca to England.

Myself, wife and 4 year old. Wife was just over 32 weeks pregnant and strictly speaking over the limit to fly while pregnant but they left us on. But anyway.

We were put right at the back against the toilet wall which means you cannot put your seat back. Wife was a tad uncomfortable but the lighting bitch in front of her put her seat back all the way so she was right on top of the wife who of course could not put her seat back.

Asked stewardess if we could move but it was fully booked no empty seats while showing how cramped the heavily pregnant the wife was. Steward asked the lady who mumbled something about a sore back and had to keep seat back and continued playing solitaire of her iPad..so nothing we could do.

I was beyond livid. After 10 mins or the lady in front tried to settle down to go to sleep. Like fck I said.

So I spent the next 2 hours hammering the back of her seat every 10 ten minutes without fail...I would then wait for her to start nodding off and the WHAM...I did his repeatedly for the entire trip and even 'accidentally' spilled cold coffee down her back. I was great to watch the look on her face as she was startled from her doze.

There was couple across from us laughing their asses off. I also made loud comments about the lady and that she wasn't so fat her back might not be so bad.

The woman and her husband just sat there taking it and at the end they looked like bears with sore heads..but they never said a word.

Yes yes you can say it was childish and immature and borderline air rage but it was very therapeutic and better than sitting there doing nothing.

But she could have had a sore back? Sitting bolt upright can be excruciating if your back is bad. I’ve had excruciating back pain due to having cancer metastases in my spine and the idea of someone adding to my woes the way you describe doing here is making me break out in a cold sweat.

You acted like a jackass. And a spoiled brat. It wasn’t her fault the flight was packed.

iamwhoiam

_Dara_ wrote: »

The times suited us better for Schoenefeld. Though apparently Tegel is hated too. They both seem to appear in top ten worst airports lists.

Its been a while since I flew to Tegel so it must have detiorated . The new airport is one disaster after another and 10 years behind schedule now !

partyguinness

PlaneSpeeking wrote: »

No, he was not.

That person has paid to fly and recline their seat. How is it their fault some wagon decides the rules about flying when pregnant don't apply to her ?

Having fat jokes bandied about and being made the butt of "jokes" is plain wrong.

No need to call my missus a 'wagon' even if she was the size of one at the time. She was a model of dignified silence and did not say a word or even complain for one second.

I was the one being the dickhead.

_Dara_

partyguinness wrote: »

I was the one being the dickhead.

You said it.