Bad Behavior: Jetting with "Me-Firsters"
It always amazes when I watch travelers who want to break the rules on planes. Are they stupid or just stubborn?
Last Sunday I traveled to the Dominican Republic and back in one day for work. It never fails, there's always a mad dash to get on and off the plane, always one asshole who is eager to be the first in the aisle when the plane lands or the slowpoke who holds up the line to find a spot for his over-sized luggage that will never fit!
So what happened on my first flight? As the Delta plane zoomed towards Santo Domingo Airport, a man was opening his overhead compartment. A flight attendant yelled, "SIR, SIT DOWN WHILE THE PLANE IS IN MOTION!!!"
And then BOOM!--the man nosedived and hit the ground. Everyone craned their necks to look at the fool lying face down in the aisle. After the plane touched the landing strip and slowed down, the flight attendant ran up to him and asked, "What the hell were you thinking? The luggage could have fallen out and hit someone!" The man just shrugged indifferently and returned to his seat.
Returning to NYC, a tiny woman wanted to cut the line to get on to the plane, but her section hadn't been called yet. So what does she do? She yelled, "I'm PREGNANT!" and ran past the attendant down the ramp...
Some people just can't stand following orders. Or maybe it's our competitive nature that makes "me first" a constant priority. When was the last time you caught someone breaking the rules?
7 strangers commented:
i wish that we could just slap the shit out of these people with them filing for assault charges.
it would be a great defense thou. "Your Honor. That man (or woman)is a fool and an asshole. They deserved it."
Considering that I'm upset with the airport for lieing to me ... I was told that I could walk my little girl on to her plane [ I had my little girl and my nefew flying alone to NY ] we were told both parents could go over. One adult per child..
When I got there only my wife was allowed to take the kids over...
I hate the airport as much as I hate heights. I could easily go balistic and hit those fools that make flying even worst... like the parents who let their kids cry, scream and play thru the whole flight.
Can you tell I'm still upset....
GeologyJoe - your are so right! the court system shouldn't even goes those people the time a day, it's a waste!
dad - that's awful that you couldn't see your daughter off the way you intended at the airport. I left you a note on your blog btw =)
I flew from Helsinki to Paris about a month ago and a guy in his fifties, probably but-drunk, would not fasten his seatbelt. The whole plane waited until the monsieur finally wanted to do so. At landing he was personally told to repeat the procedure, under the flight attendant's understandably annoyed eye, then he took it off. And almost hit his head against the next chair when touching soil. Yihaa!
susu - oh my gawd, how awful. they need to start screening people better before letting them go on planes!
I don't know which is worse;... the way the airlines treat us all like cattle, or the behavior of the passengers.
Nice post!
awesome post! though i have to admit, i have cut the line a few times myself -- one summer i found myself alone for the day at disney world. i think i was 13 or so, so it was easy to pretend that i was just trying to join my family further up in the line. ;) i'm pretty cooperative though on planes-- haven't your fellow travelers seen "meet the parents"?!
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