Jun 13th, 2009 at 10:00AM: We've made it through Gadling's top 10 passengers that drive us crazy over the past couple of weeks, and it has been a contentious, wild ride. Some bloggers can't stand the upgrade panderers, others, the agressive seat recliners. Truth of the matter is, everyone has cranky days when it seems like the entire travel world is conspiring against you, from the guy with standing on the wrong side of the ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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10 passengers that we all love to hate
Jun 13th, 2009 at 10:00AM: We've made it through Gadling's top 10 passengers that drive us crazy over the past couple of weeks, and it has been a contentious, wild ride. Some bloggers can't stand the upgrade panderers, others, the agressive seat recliners. Truth of the matter is, everyone has cranky days when it seems like the entire travel world is conspiring against you, from the guy with standing on the wrong side of the ...10 passengers we love to hate: Day 10 - Aggressive seat recliners
Jun 12th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Dear passenger in front of me - I appreciate that you've taken the captain's suggestion to "sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight." I'm trying to do the same thing myself. Heck, we're stuck in this metal tube together with nothing to do but sleep and watch movies for the next several hours. But I gotta be honest - you're getting just a bit too aggressive with your seat recline. Sure, I can ...10 passengers we love to hate: Day 9 -- passengers who try to convert you
Jun 11th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Here we are on the ninth day of the "passengers we love to hate" series. Today's pick is the enthusiastic proselytizer who desperately wants to convert you to his or her religion. Far more than merely wasting the flight attendant's time or hogging the baggage claim area, this brand of annoying passenger will question your morality, insist you are going to Hell (pictured here) and proudly proclaim ...10 passengers we love to hate: Day 8 -- passengers who misuse the FA call button
Jun 10th, 2009 at 11:00AM: We've already reached the 8th day of our "10 passengers we love to hate" lineup. You've been able to read about passengers who misbehave around the baggage carousel, people who don't know how an escalator works, and folks who annoy others with their Bluetooth headset. This entry in our lineup is about passengers who think the attendant call button is a butler call bell. For some reason, almost ...10 passengers we love to hate: Day 7 -- mobile phones and Bluetooth headsets
Jun 9th, 2009 at 11:00AM: It is already day 7 of our 10 days of passengers we love to hate lineup. Today's annoying passenger is a relatively new phenomenon, and has been slowly going from bad to worse in recent years. I'm of course talking about people who never learned basic phone etiquette. As a geek, I should be more immune to these annoyances, but there is something about the loud Bluetooth headset wearing ...10 passengers we love to hate: Day 6 - Crybabies and restless kids
Jun 8th, 2009 at 11:00AM: We don't mean to hate 'em but we do. The moment of truth is when you find your seat and hope pray that a child will not be sitting next to, in front or back of, or even close to you. Children just don't make good neighbors on an airplane. On a playground, maybe, but not when you've purchased a seat and five hours of flying time for $200. Take my nephew, for instance. When his mouth is closed, he ...10 Passengers we love to hate: Day 5 -- American Idiots
Jun 5th, 2009 at 10:00AM: I love America, and Americans. As someone who's spent a lot of time abroad, I can say with conviction that we are some of the warmest, friendliest, most determined and able people out there. Sometimes, we're even smart, savvy, funny, fashionable, interesting, all kinds of positive things -- but some of us? Are idiots. What I detest more than anything when traveling in a foreign country is the ...10 Passengers we love to, umm....not like as much as the others: Day 4 - The passenger who tries to score a free first class seat
Jun 4th, 2009 at 9:30AM: In Grant Martin's post, The top 5 myth's about getting an upgrade, he wrote...
Flight attendants have no control over who gets upgraded when there always might be one last business class passenger coming down the jet bridge right before departure, so they can't give away a seat. After the boarding door is closed? Maybe if you're discreet, but with everyone watching, the flight attendant will most ...Ten passengers we love to hate: Day 3 - Baggage claim vultures
Jun 3rd, 2009 at 8:30AM: We already covered passengers who won't move to the right on the escalator, and those who bring hot, smelly foods on to the plane. But my personal (non)favorite is those folks who press their shins right up the baggage claim conveyor belt, in the hopes that it might help them spot/claim/get to their bags faster.
People! At the Anchorage airport, there is a bright yellow line painted all the way ...10 passengers we love to hate: Day 2 -- bringing a warm meal on the plane
Jun 2nd, 2009 at 11:00AM: Today's annoying passenger is a tough one - I'd love to hate them more, but their annoying behavior is not entirely their fault. Still, passengers who think it is cool to bring a huge bag of warm food on the plane are high on my list of airplane pet peeves. Sure, they are probably hungry, and they need to bring their own food, as the airline won't be feeding anyone. But many of these passengers ...10 Passengers we love to hate: Day 1 -- The Escalator Obstacle
Jun 1st, 2009 at 2:00PM: You know the signs all over the airport, posted on the wall, painted on the floor and hung on the ceiling saying "Stand Right Walk Left?" That's called escalator etiquette. People not in a hurry stand on the right side of the escalator so that those who need to get past can walk up or down the left side. It's a pretty simple concept. The Japanese do it fastidiously, silently merging to the right ...
