The galley isn’t for yoga. Picture: PassengerShaming.com Source: Facebook
SURE, it’s uncomfortable being jammed into an airline seat the width of a pizza box (if you’re lucky) for hours on end, listening to the shriek of babies and engaging in elbow wars with your seat-mate while you try to shove down food that tastes like feet.
But that’s the reality of flying these days, you didn’t score that $199 flight without making some sacrifices.
So just remember that for you it’s a temporary descent into hell. But for the flight attendants helping you out, it’s their everyday reality.
Perhaps you wonder how to make their job a bit less painful? Here’s a list of the things that flight attendants really wish passengers would stop doing.
• Leaving rubbish in the pocket on the back of the seat
“We walk up and down the aisle throughout the flight with a trash bag to collect trash.” — Abbie Unger, flight attendant, author and founder of the Flight Attendant Career Connection.
Nappies, socks and rubbish. Picture: PassengerShaming.com Source: Facebook
• Taking ages to decide what you want to drink. And having bad timing
“You’ve seen me walking down the aisle with the drink cart for 20 minutes already.” — Facebook user Corinne Spring from the Flight Attendant Career Connection.
• “There is nothing more irritating than when a passenger comes straight onto the plane and asks for a soft drink. I’m like, ‘Seriously?’” — Nick Stracener, a flight attendant with American.
• Being a space hog
“My head literally just exploded. #TheSenseofEntitlement.” — Shawn Kathleen, who runs the blog PassengerShaming said of the below photo showing items such as heels and a hat taking up precious overhead space.
Got enough room? Picture: PassengerShaming.com Source: Facebook
• Poking or grabbing me
“Please don’t touch, poke, or tug on a flight attendant. You could say ‘ma’am’ or ‘sir’. You can say ‘miss,’ ‘excuse me,’ ‘pardon me’ — or just wait until I make eye contact with you. But please don’t touch my rear end again!” — Abbie Unger.
• Blocking the aisle
“Attention all passengers: Stop. Doing. This.” — Shawn Kathleen said of the photo below showing passengers sharing earphones across the aisle.
Please be considerate. Picture: PassengerShaming.com Source: Facebook
• Making yourself at home, including clipping your nails and walking to the bathroom barefoot
“It’s just so gross. And people in first class are even worse — they think it’s their house.” — Nick Stracener.
“We are always reminding people to put their shoes on because the wetness on the floor is not water.” — Sydney Pearl, author and creator of the website Diary of a Pissed Off Flight Attendant.
Eww. Picture: PassengerShaming.com Source: Facebook
• Using the toilet when the plane is about to land — or meals are being served
“My main pet peeve is when people get on the plane and immediately go to the bathroom all the way in the back.” — an anonymous flight attendant told theNYPost.
• Hanging out in or near the galley
“I came out of the galley and she scared the crap out of me!!” — Shawn Kathleen said on spotting the woman in the photo below in such a strange place, and position.
What’s she doing there? Picture: PassengerShaming.com Source: Facebook
Source….www.news.com.au
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