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There's nothing like the holiday season for spreading joy and promoting goodwill. And there's nothing like holiday travel for putting a bullet in the head of that ill-conceived universal goodwill. And now it's worse than ever. Higher ticket prices, extra charges for bags, more expensive in-flight cocktails (have you no decency, Delta?), all just add more insult to injury. In fact, the only travelers seeing their luck improve are overweight Canadians, who now have the legal right to purchase two seats for the price of one.
But the misery that is airline travel isn't solely the fault of the airlines themselves. Our fellow passengers do their part, too (remember "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles"?).
To wit, we've compiled a list of the worst offenders in the aggravating airline passenger yearbook. Check it out, and see who you recognize. And, of course, let us know who we forgot.
Most Annoying Airline Passengers
14. The idiot who stands in the aisle rearranging their bag before stowing it in the overhead compartment.
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13. The jerk who keeps using their phone even after the flight attendant has asked them to turn it off so the plane can leave.
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12. The one person on every single flight who seems to think their feet don't stink when they take off their shoes.
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11. The late passenger who ruins your dream of having an empty seat next to you for once.
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10. Everyone in First Class. They won't even deign to look at you when you board.
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9. The person in the aisle seat who fastens their belt as soon as they sit down, only to sigh loudly when having to unbuckle and stand up to let in the other passengers.
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8. The one who refuses to admit that their bag is too large for the overhead compartment.
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7. The people with the neck pillows. Often honeymooners or Scientologists...or in a worst case scenario, both.
6. The guy who snores the entire flight. Often the same culprit as #5.
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5. The guy who still thinks it's ok to recline in coach.
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Friday 19 December
By Big Johnson
I was flying Delta last week from Newark to Dallas, and after one 27 dollar cocktail asked the flight attendant for some water....she rolled her eyes and said, "There's the bathroom numb nuts"....when I went into the bathroom, there was a guy out cold on the floor....he'd been drinking water and someone had slammed the lid on his head....next time I'm driving....
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Friday 16 January
By Bill
a 27 dollar drink on a plane? Never heard of such a thing. FA told you to drink water from the bathromm? BS! I have been flying for 40 years, and have never heard anything close to these 'tall tales'
Friday 19 December
By robert
Extra baggage, or just the second bag for check in, $50.00 bucks !
They say its just economics of an extra charge to compensate for the extra weight and rising fuel costs for the burning of extra fuel to move that bag from Point A to point B.
With that theory, why are fat people allowed two seats for the price of one ? They spent their money feeding their face, so they can pay their way to cart their butt. With that thinking, my ticket should be less because Im thin.
They dont "have a right" to two seats without paying for it.
A stewardess told me the most stolen item in an aircraft is the extendable seat belt. Now thats pretty sad.
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Friday 19 December
By gregg
All air line passengers are selfish, except me of course. You bring on carry-ons that are way too large and should have been checked and more than one at that. In doing so you take forever to stuff them into the over head (that is to say stuff 4 pounds of shi8 in a 3 pound bag) so the plane departs late and when we arrive late at the destination it takes just as long to disembark therefore making it to a connecting flight is almost impossible. But, you know, when it comes right down to it, it's the airlines fault for not saying no to your self indulgence. They can take luggage at the hatchway and put in cargo.
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Friday 19 December
By Shaun
The guy who needs to get in your aisle (you need to stand up to let him in), and when you sit back down his arm is completely taking up the arm rest! Then spend the rest of the flight fighting for those extra inches of arm space on the arm rest! Crazy.
How about the same guy who asks you to SWITCH seats with a lady in the back of the plane because his friends are back there and the lady would only switch with someone sitting in an aisle seat. (AKA me)
Douchbag. I didn't get on the plane to decline "seat business proposals."
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Friday 19 December
By Flyguy
In a reply to Joe who wrote to sedate crying kids like he does his dog. How about leaving your mutt at home. There happen to be people that fly who are allergic to animals such as dogs, cats, and such. Sorry folks the people are more important health wise versus any pets that you bring with you. Give us all a break and board them in your hometown!!
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Friday 19 December
By Angie
I was once sitting in the middle seat between two men- and all around me filled the seats of his business partners. ONE UGLY OLD,OLD guy across the aisle pulled out a several playboy magazines and passing them to his buddies. How disgusting and rude---SICKO PERV!!
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Friday 19 December
By FRSD
I agree with KC below... the worst is when someone puts their bag in an overhead space at the front of the airline and then walks all the way to the back. I've gotten stuck walking to the back just to store my bag and then having to wait for everyone to exit the plane before I have an opportunity to snag my bag. It is extremely rude and inconsiderate. With airlines charging for bags, more and more people are carrying on bags.
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Friday 19 December
By Gugsi
Women who decide to apply nail polish during the flight and stink up the whole plane with it. I don't know if this is still allowed or not, but whenever this used to happen, I'd be praying for some major turbulence so the bottle would spill all over the stupid idiot.
I don't hate to fly because I'm afraid of flying. I hate to fly because of the thoughtless and stupid passengers.
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Friday 19 December
By wilson761
It's called "internalization" and "transference"; flying is a miserable experience so we take it upon ourselves to blame whatever is handy for our plight. Fact is the airlines could less about the passengers. The passenger airlines are classified as part of the transportation industry like trucking, shipping, etc. And that's how we're treated: like a shrink wrapped pallet of canned meat. It's also like college: we're all just money fodder to feed their ill-conceived concepts of providing a service to the public. All flight attendants should be trained in the marital arts and have advanced degrees in clinical psychology and behavioral disorders. Flying is like voting except convicted felons can still buy plane tickets as can the ones who haven't been prosecuted, yet. But other than that defying gravity in an uninspired (er, "self-policed") contraption is a WONDERFUL ADVENTURE IN TRAVELING! :-)
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Friday 19 December
By redconvoy
How about people who sniffle? I don't want to have to hear that the entire flight. If you have a cold, you shouldn't be on the flight to begin with and if you have allergies use a tissue like the rest of us! Your mom taught you to do that for a reason. Remember, that stuff goes into your stomach!
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Friday 19 December
By jeff
Don't fly! do not buy into such a mess. Drive or take a boat or train. If you have the money to fly then you should have enough to buy a good computer to video conference. Yea, sure it's nice but think of all the waste! Wahhh, wahhh wahhh.
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Friday 19 December
By terri
as a flight attendant I would appreciate it if you would pop some tic tacs or gum especially on the early morning flight or late night flight, especially when I have to bend down to hear your drink request, my god, some of you have the worst breath in history. Also stop clipping your toe nails, stop taking your shoes off so everyone can smell your nasty feet, and why bring the parmesian cheese on the plane to sprinkle all over your pizza and smell up everyone's space, stop farting, stop following me down the aisle expecting me to move a 200 lb beverage cart so you can get to the restroom....annoying, pahlezze I've seen it all!
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Friday 19 December
By Janaya
I really hope I'm not one of those new mothers who cannot control her children. I hate them running around and screaming. Those parents could have just brought the childs Leapster and that would entertain them for a very long time.
I had to sit nex to an ex-con on my way from Boston to Las Vegas. The whole flight she was curled up in her seat flipping out that we were all going to die.
How often do they clean those bathrooms anyway? I refuse to use them, everytime I go into one it's completely disgusting!
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Monday 05 January
By kerry wenrich
that's a good question janaya i have no clue
Friday 19 December
By gary
Say it aint so Joe! Having the 300 pounder farting is one thing. Having their fat roll over the arm rest into my $800 seat is another. At least you can defend against the farts a little with the air vents. But when the fat is taking up 20% of my seat, there's a problem.
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Friday 19 December
By camberwelll
The slobs that leave their seating area like a herd of buffalo have just exited the plane! Talk about inconsideration and snobbery "they have peons to clean up after me" attitude - I leave my seat just as I found it, all bits & pieces put into the headphone bag. And the idiots that expect the Stewards to let them pass when they are coming down the aisle with their carts loaded with drinks, hot, cold.....honest, people are such duds
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Friday 19 December
By rickertrory
The broad shouldered traveler seated next to me who can not keep to the seat they bought and insists on spilling over into my personal space is always annoying. It is monumentally worst is they stink and insist on touching me for the duration of the flight.
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Friday 19 December
By LM
Why are people always whining about obnoxious airlines passengers and never talk about obnoxious airline flight attendants? They exist and they can be abusive and very rude!! I've had unfortunate experience of entouring them on the now defunct Eastern Airlines and more than once on USAIR!!
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Friday 19 December
By gracie
The last time I took a flight, I had just torn up my knee skiing and was on crutches. I was able to secure a seat in the front of coach so I would have more leg room and not have to hurt my knee further by bending it as much (I'm a 6' tall woman). However, the idiot that sat next to me kept crossing his legs and twitching his foot so it kept hitting my bad knee, which was encased in a brace making my injury obvious! I kept on having to ask him to please be careful and even tried to twist a little in my seat to move my leg away. He would just heavy sigh like I was bothering him and cross his legs the other way only to repeat the process again 5 minutes later!! It shocks me that some people are so involved in themselves and their own comfort that they don't take a minute to look around and make sure that what they do doesn't adversely effect the people around them. Common courtesy people!
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