#199

best - winning the seatbelt game & not having to expand the seatbelt when you sit down
worst - losing the seatbelt game & having to expand the seatbelt when you sit down

current score - run of 3 wins

#200

One of the infamous DiS football trips to Amsterdam was via Southend. Trains from/to London were slow and infrequent, especially on Sunday evening on our way back. The poorly-stocked bar in the terminal struggled with the amount of customers. And they forced us to queue outside in an elongated bus shelter before letting us on the plane.

The following year we flew from City, obviously.

#201

Someone had done the one on my wife’s seat up really tight once and she was struggling to loosen it off so it would fit. Stewardess came over and asked if she needed an extension for the belt. Mrs Fox wasn’t impressed :smiley:

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#202

Best: That time I was flying back to Madrid late afternoon so decided to have Wagamama’s for dinner
Opportunity to read crap magazines while I wait (German airports usually have a good range of music magazines)
Going abroad is nice

Worst:
Far out of city centre
Anxiety about missing plane makes me get there about 6 hours early
Expensive shops
Crap/expensive food (other than above mentioned Wagamama’s)
When people are rude to cabin staff who are just trying to do their jobs (saw a man have ever such a tantrum at a woman who told him the flight was busy and would have to have his bag in the hold)

#203

If you go there in the winter, it’s really eerie because there’s hardly any flights.

Magaluf too looks like some Siberian town when it’s all shuttered up over Christmas.

#204

People who insist on getting to airports insanely early #names

#205

Better than people who turn up with seconds to spare though.

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#206

Before someone windmills in saying it’s perfectly fine to do this: YOU’RE DELAYING EVERYONE ELSE, YOU SELFISH PIECE OF SHIT

Alright, carry on.

#207

Yeah, or stand in security lines bleating about how slow it is and they’re worried they’ll miss their flight. Have you not been to an airport before? Do you know how this all works?

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#208

could rows 70-51 come up to the gate for baording?

90% of passengers get up to queue

ffffffffffffffffffff

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#209

75% of them will already have been queuing up for about the last hour anyway.

HURRY UP! IF WE’RE QUICK WE CAN SIT ON THE PLANE FOR AN EXTRA 15 MINUTES!

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#210

love the act of innocence when they get to the front of the queue as well ‘oh you mean when you called out those numbers you only wanted people from those rows??? ohhh my mistake! so sorry’

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#211

LOOK, THERE’S JUST TOO MUCH LEGROOM IN THESE DEPARTURE LOUNGE SEATS!

#212

Being nice to cabin staff pays off. I was flying back from Porto to the UK with TAP and this couple in front of me were being stuck-up twats about the food. I hadn’t been on a non-budget airline for years and forgot that you got free food and drinks on normal airlines and was genuinely excited and grateful. The cabin steward ended up quietly giving me a bottle of wine at the end of the flight (he probably pitied me for asking “how much does it cost?” whenever he came round with the drinks trolley).

I get that aeroplane food can be bad but you’re getting served edible hot food while ACTUALLY FLYING ffs

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#213

Perfectly fine to aim to arrive at the gate just as the last person in the queue goes through. Getting that timing right is what a pro does, obviously.

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#214

I refer you to my original comments on this matter and wish you good day.

#215

I think there’s a difference between arriving at the gate a few minutes before it’s scheduled to close (fine, saves pointless queueing and sitting on the plane for ever) and arriving at the front door of the airport at the last minute and getting in a massive stress with check-in staff / security / other passengers because they’re fucking up your precious schedule. I’m sure you’re in the former camp :slight_smile:

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#216

Remember that Airline programme on ITV? Was basically just a constant stream of people arriving late for their Easyjet flight and having a barney with the check-in staff.

#217

Ha yeah! With Jeremy? Ah, the early days of reality TV, with memorable “stars”

#218

No, that was Airport - all about Heathrow weren’t it? You had your man Jeremy, and there was another fella who dealt with all the animals that were coming through and a couple of weirdo paparazzi blokes amongst others. You’re getting your airport-based documentaries confused. Jeremy was great though.