The Best Thing / The Worst Thing. Thread 1: Aeroplanes / Airports ✈

[_Em]

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.

[roastthemonaspit]

People who insist on getting to airports insanely early #names

[hip_young_gunslinger]

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

[Epimer]

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.

[hip_young_gunslinger]

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?

[ericthefourth]

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

90% of passengers get up to queue

ffffffffffffffffffff

[urbanfox]

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!

[ericthefourth]

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’

[Raanraals]

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

[nemrac]

When people are rude to cabin staff who are just trying to do their jobs

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

[aboynamedgoo]

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

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

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.

[Epimer]

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

[colon_closed_bracket]

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

[urbanfox]

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.

[colon_closed_bracket]

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

[urbanfox]

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.

[colon_closed_bracket]

Ah yes, you’re right. Airline was more “AH HATE ICELAND” wasn’t it?

[hip_young_gunslinger]

Never knew he was Russian:

Jeremy Spake

[83746725]

Koh Samui airport is quite cute:

Shame about the rest of the island.

[foppyish]

Being rude to the cabin staff does my nut wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwhy be like that? Dunno if it’s true that they’re only there for your safety, otherwise there’d be a vending machine at the back of the plane.