@iluvmingos@Kyeh
Way, WAY back when smoking was still a thing on airplanes it was said that sitting next to a smoker was always more fun. Smoker’s are/where said to be much more interesting and social people. Jus sayen.
@iluvmingos, I had that happen once. His eyes were blood shot and I could smell the alcohol through my mask.
He was a Native American guy. I just kept thinking “way to be the stereotype, dude.”
The drunk guy on a crowded flight who gets hostile when you ignore his ham-fisted, gross “flirting”, but whom, instead of moving, the crew just keep serving more drinks.
Being within ten rows of the screaming toddler is the one that always exhausts me before the end of the flight, even if it’s just the hop from Houston to Dallas.
@kittykat9180 I once got on a return flight from overseas and found my seat was between two seriously oversized people - husband and wife. I’m a pretty average sized female. I figured it was going to be one VERY long flight. They did the best they could and I sort of wedged myself in the available space. But when people started going to sleep, I learned that whatever was spilling over toward me was like a big soft warm pillow. I sort of snuggled in and went to sleep. Actually, one of my better really long flights.
@romellex, I wonder why they didn’t sit next to each other. Couldn’t fit?
I don’t sleep on flights, no matter how long the trip is. I don’t sleep in cars either.
…probably hoping the middle seat would stay unassigned so they would have a bit more room. I have done that on overseas flights to allow my SO the luxury of being able to lay down across the middle seat if we got lucky and it didn’t get filled.
“Window gets an armrest and a wall. Middle gets two armrests. Aisle gets an armrest and a little bit of extra leg. We’re not animals! We live in a society!” -Jim Jefferies
Once, I was jammed against the window in the very last row next to a guy who was WWE size. He was really nice, but y’know, solid object and all that space. The company only buys tickets in steerage.
@Felton10 I had a coworker who was doing that at his desk!!!
I went over and scolded him. He was a nice guy but kind of socially clueless. We had an almost brother-sister kind of friendship so I was comfortable chiding him.
Although my real brother would never do such a thing.
The non stop screaming baby throughout the entire flight and the mother who does nothing to console/soothe her baby. I don’t know how many times i wanted to rip the baby out of her arms and try soothing him. I had the worst headache by the time the flight landed and couldn’t get off that plane fast enough.
@Star2236 That’s what I hated about going to the mall or movie theater back in the day. These parents also tended to have like 3-5 kids and would let them run wild, screaming and trashing every place they went.
Say what you will about Amazon et al but thank goodness I don’t need to go out shopping anymore. And streaming new movies and TVs at home with friends is better too.
3 hour flight, several years ago. I’m taller than average and usually get exit row but this time I didn’t mange that. The very short guy ahead of me reclined his seat as far as he could, and I was very uncomfortable until about halfway though the flight he went back to the bathroom. I reached up there and put his seat straight up, and when he got back I had my knees all braced to prevent a full recline again, but he never re-reclined. When we were approaching our destination the pilot announced that we need to put our trays up and have seats upright and locked. Shorty leaned forward and pushed the button to return his seat to upright but it didn’t move. He pushed the button again, still nothing. Pushed the button and pulled on the back of the seat, still nothing… Finally he gave up.
Not sure I’d have the nerve to try it again, but I still laugh about it.
@jitc I brought potato salad to the theater once when I was a teenager haha. Was fun to see heads turning trying to figure out where the scent was coming from.
Flying from the states to England. I’ve got an aisle seat. Non one in middle, this guy at the window. As soon as he sits down he takes off his shoes. Once we’re in the air, he leans against the window and PUTS HIS FEET IN MY LAP. Suffice it to say, I reacted somewhat violently.
Mid 20’s I went in my first int’l flight. Window seat next to an airman who was on leave, headed back to his post in the UK. He was DRUNK!!! SO DRUNK!!
Passed out at some point (finally) and his head fell towards me and landed on my boobs. I politely shoved his head back up, and it fell back to my boobs. Did this a few times and finally gave up. Tilted my head towards him and fell asleep. What else could I do, he was passed out and not waking up?
Next morning he woke up first and was appalled. He actually started a scuffle with ME. Let’s just say that discussion did not go well for him!
Cougher
One with strong B.O., or wearing too much perfume - or both at the same time.
@Kyeh Or the one that has been drinking for days and has alcohol coming out of his pores.
@iluvmingos Oh, yeah - especially if they’re currently drunk as well. With an overlay of heavy cigarette smoke.
@iluvmingos @Kyeh
Way, WAY back when smoking was still a thing on airplanes it was said that sitting next to a smoker was always more fun. Smoker’s are/where said to be much more interesting and social people. Jus sayen.
@iluvmingos @Lynnerizer
I hadn’t noticed that, myself…
@iluvmingos, I had that happen once. His eyes were blood shot and I could smell the alcohol through my mask.
He was a Native American guy. I just kept thinking “way to be the stereotype, dude.”
@iluvmingos @Kyeh @Lynnerizer I think the only people saying that are smokers…
@Kyeh yes! Any super strong smells on a long flight are no bueno.
The baby who is teething. The screams. The drool. It was horrible. I felt terrible for the little guy.
My grandparents generation used to tell me that “in their day” they would rub whiskey along the gums of a baby teething.
@haydesigner Whiskey does work pretty good for teething but I wasn’t allowed to do that with my grandchildren
The man on the wing.
@pcolachiller That would be a nightmare. I mean just imagine it, you’re at 20,000 feet and then you see a man on the wing.
@pcolachiller Mr Shatner, is that you?
@yakkoTDI One of my favorite ‘Twilight Zone’ episodes.
@pcolachiller
@cengland0 @pcolachiller
@pcolachiller @yakkoTDI Poor guy was just looking for the colonial woman that was churning butter!
Nasty kid or toddler or adult with nasty kid or toddler. Exceeded only by sick kid or toddlerwho spews one or more times on the trip.
The drunk pilot.
(barely beating out the entitled anti-masker.)
@haydesigner
The one who needs two seats but buys only one.
The one that leaves the window shade open inflight.
The drunk guy on a crowded flight who gets hostile when you ignore his ham-fisted, gross “flirting”, but whom, instead of moving, the crew just keep serving more drinks.
And that’s why I avoid Southwest.
Being within ten rows of the screaming toddler is the one that always exhausts me before the end of the flight, even if it’s just the hop from Houston to Dallas.
The other guy in the wheel well.
One flight, the napper next to my husband literally rested his head on my husband’s shoulder.
Probably me.
@tweezak lol me too. I fall asleep and snore!
The child or grown child who unknowingly (or maybe not
) keeps tapping the back of your seat.
@Lynnerizer that is definitely the worst person to sit right behind you.
The morbidly obese passenger who spills over into your seat.
Also, cranky baby/toddler.
@kittykat9180 I once got on a return flight from overseas and found my seat was between two seriously oversized people - husband and wife. I’m a pretty average sized female. I figured it was going to be one VERY long flight. They did the best they could and I sort of wedged myself in the available space. But when people started going to sleep, I learned that whatever was spilling over toward me was like a big soft warm pillow. I sort of snuggled in and went to sleep. Actually, one of my better really long flights.
@romellex, I wonder why they didn’t sit next to each other. Couldn’t fit?
I don’t sleep on flights, no matter how long the trip is. I don’t sleep in cars either.
I don’t usually sleep either. That was why the situation was so remarkable.
@kittykat9180 @romellex
…probably hoping the middle seat would stay unassigned so they would have a bit more room. I have done that on overseas flights to allow my SO the luxury of being able to lay down across the middle seat if we got lucky and it didn’t get filled.
The one that sharted himself and didn’t realize it
“Window gets an armrest and a wall. Middle gets two armrests. Aisle gets an armrest and a little bit of extra leg. We’re not animals! We live in a society!” -Jim Jefferies
Once, I was jammed against the window in the very last row next to a guy who was WWE size. He was really nice, but y’know, solid object and all that space. The company only buys tickets in steerage.
Man who cuts his toenails in the seat next to you.
https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/health-safety/man-shamed-for-spreading-germs-by-clipping-toenails-on-plane-video/news-story/f3dcad4abfaf2e11859fc4cb68f67fef
@Felton10 That is disgusting!!
@Felton10 I had a coworker who was doing that at his desk!!!
I went over and scolded him. He was a nice guy but kind of socially clueless. We had an almost brother-sister kind of friendship so I was comfortable chiding him.
Although my real brother would never do such a thing.
The person who bitches about the crying baby on the flight.
The non stop screaming baby throughout the entire flight and the mother who does nothing to console/soothe her baby. I don’t know how many times i wanted to rip the baby out of her arms and try soothing him. I had the worst headache by the time the flight landed and couldn’t get off that plane fast enough.
@Star2236 That’s what I hated about going to the mall or movie theater back in the day. These parents also tended to have like 3-5 kids and would let them run wild, screaming and trashing every place they went.
Say what you will about Amazon et al but thank goodness I don’t need to go out shopping anymore. And streaming new movies and TVs at home with friends is better too.
3 hour flight, several years ago. I’m taller than average and usually get exit row but this time I didn’t mange that. The very short guy ahead of me reclined his seat as far as he could, and I was very uncomfortable until about halfway though the flight he went back to the bathroom. I reached up there and put his seat straight up, and when he got back I had my knees all braced to prevent a full recline again, but he never re-reclined. When we were approaching our destination the pilot announced that we need to put our trays up and have seats upright and locked. Shorty leaned forward and pushed the button to return his seat to upright but it didn’t move. He pushed the button again, still nothing. Pushed the button and pulled on the back of the seat, still nothing… Finally he gave up.
Not sure I’d have the nerve to try it again, but I still laugh about it.
All persons
The one who brings a tuna fish sandwich for an in-flight meal.
@jitc
That’s better than the one with the tin of sardines.
@jitc @werehatrack
That’s better than the one that sneaks it into the microwave.
@jitc @werehatrack
That’s vetter than the guy with fresh Durian for dessert.
@jitc I brought potato salad to the theater once when I was a teenager haha. Was fun to see heads turning trying to figure out where the scent was coming from.
The guy we sat next to at the gate (only seats available) for an hour, and then one row in front on the plane. We called him “Captain Pee Pee Pants”
The guy who just comes back from the bathroom and brags about just joining “The Mile High Club”.
Flying from the states to England. I’ve got an aisle seat. Non one in middle, this guy at the window. As soon as he sits down he takes off his shoes. Once we’re in the air, he leans against the window and PUTS HIS FEET IN MY LAP. Suffice it to say, I reacted somewhat violently.
@dptalia
WTF!
@dptalia
even if he was your SO that’s just wrong on so many levels…
@chienfou Never met him in my life.
@dptalia
obviously not a very good first impression either!
I would have been hard pressed not to “accidently” drop the tray table on him!
@chienfou I shoved his feet off so hard they bounced off the seat in front of me.
@dptalia
Mid 20’s I went in my first int’l flight. Window seat next to an airman who was on leave, headed back to his post in the UK. He was DRUNK!!! SO DRUNK!!
Passed out at some point (finally) and his head fell towards me and landed on my boobs. I politely shoved his head back up, and it fell back to my boobs. Did this a few times and finally gave up. Tilted my head towards him and fell asleep. What else could I do, he was passed out and not waking up?
Next morning he woke up first and was appalled. He actually started a scuffle with ME. Let’s just say that discussion did not go well for him!
@tinamarie1974
Well, at least he didn’t toss his lunch into that valley!
@chienfou there would have been serious repricussions if THAT would have happened!
@tinamarie1974
Yeah… “thank you for your service” will only get you so far!
@chienfou @tinamarie1974
How the heck could he blame you?!
He should have been grateful for the nice pillow!
@chienfou @Kyeh well, that was my thought. I reminded him that he should be happy I didnt have the flight attendant deal with him. He really was an ass
@chienfou @tinamarie1974
And a weirdo!