freezingflyboy

I'm going to nominate the a-hole pax on my commute last night. To start, this jack wagon acts like a petulant child to the gate agent about not getting his upgrade. To the point she had to ask him firmly to step aside. This is for a 40 minute flight. I boarded right behind this piece of work. His reply to the flight attendant's pleasant smile and "welcome aboard"? A gruff "Diet coke. Row 17. And I want it before we take off." For his next trick, when we park and the seatbelt sign comes off this moron shoves his way three rows up the aisle, rams his bag into my butt and gets wheel dirt all over the back of my pant leg. I know the flight was late but are you EFFING NEW HERE!? Early, late, on time or on FIRE, no one goes anywhere when the door isn't open and there are 40 people in front of you! You sir, are what make flying an obnoxious experience for everyone else involved. I hope you got to the parking lot and found your car was stolen.

GogglesPisano

I love I when the seatbelt sign comes off and people immediately get up and spend the next 10 minutes hunched over as I continue reading my newspaper. It gives me inner peace-chakras.

prex8390

sounds like the kind of guy who's gonna go out of his way to tell people he's gonna fly southwest from now on.

freezingflyboy

Oh man, I'm with you there except when I'm sitting on the aisle. You never know what the guy on the window is thinking and I'd say 90% of the time they wriggle out or half kneel hunched under the overhead like the rest of the sheeple.

sweetholyjesus

I have no idea why people do this. It looks so uncomfortable!

labbats

The same reason they don't save for retirement or eat so much they get fat.

They live in the moment and have no capacity for the big picture.

freezingflyboy

...or crowd around the gate 20 minutes before the inbound aircraft even arrives and then stand there like a bunch of gawkers while impeding the speedy exit of the folks getting off the very plane that they would like to board. Same applies for the trains at airports.

...or line up STRAIGHT OUT from the gate/McDonalds/Starbucks/etc. right into the flow of traffic through the terminal. Sometimes even blocking the exit from the moving walkways! Really? THAT'S the best plan we can come up with?! (seems to be the worst in DTW).

...or stop and stare blankly at their boarding pass and/or cell phone DIRECTLY at the top/bottom of an escalator or beginning/end of a moving walkway.

The lack of self-awareness and fore-thought possessed by most of the travelling public is STAGGERING especially with regard to how their actions impact those around them in the crowded confines of aircraft and airports.

tomgoodman

Anyone who has lived on a farm and observed the behavior of a herd of cows will not be surprised at all.

Al Czervik

All it takes is 5 minutes driving in traffic to realize how many morons are out there.

teddyballgame

Hey!

I resemble that remark!