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The Ringer asks: "What do you think is the worst thing you have to sit next to on a plane?"
- Thread starter RastaMentality
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Sounds like your real complaint is chatters, then? lol. It is indeed weird to hold a whole conversation with a person you don't know and they can't leave.
Overweight person. I mean like really overweight, to the point where they are spilling over their arm rest and moving into your space
Don't worry about it, babies and toddlers can't help themselves. Adults who should know better but still can't behave are much worse.
Lol. You seem offended I'm annoyed specifically at baby complainers.
These options lol. The worst is a person with smelly armpits which you have to endure the whole flight. Alternatively someone so obese he reaches into my chair
Drunk, Sick, or Smelly. If someone is loud I can just put headphones in and it's gone. I can't turn off smell.
How is Sneezer/cougher not on there?
Oh, it's on The Ringer's list/image.. just not in the poll for some reason. I don't consider the person sitting in front of me as next to me, so a sick person is the only thing I'd answer in real life.. but I have a burning hatred of recliners and sick people aren't in the poll so recliner it is.
Oh, it's on The Ringer's list/image.. just not in the poll for some reason. I don't consider the person sitting in front of me as next to me, so a sick person is the only thing I'd answer in real life.. but I have a burning hatred of recliners and sick people aren't in the poll so recliner it is.
Sure, if you want. "No one gives a fuck about your discomfort" sounds like the kind of thing parents say after having multiple people talk about how they hate sitting next to kids. It's both pointless and rude to do that TO the parent, as they can't really do anything about having had a child. If someone wants to strike out at that, cool.
Babies and it isn't even close
Even a baby several rows away is worse than sitting right next to any of the other options
Even a baby several rows away is worse than sitting right next to any of the other options
Smelly people by a wide margin. And you guys can eat my butt with a knife and fork, I always pop my shoes off on the plane. My feet don't stink and it's a million times more comfortable.
I voted babies but I see in the OP there's also toddler's listed and honestly it's toddlers that are the worst. At worst, a baby can only cry but toddlers possess the traits of several of the examples listed above. They will cry like babies, they're often a hotbed for germs and very contagious, they're as uninhibited and disruptive as drunks, they're very chatty, they're unhygienic and so would likely fit into shoes off and groomer. Toddlers are annoying little assholes who often are accompanied by apathetic or exhausted parents who don't really care to try and stop their little monsters from going on rampages.
Toddlers are the embodiment of everything to hate about passengers on a plane. They should be banned from travel.
Toddlers are the embodiment of everything to hate about passengers on a plane. They should be banned from travel.
If I ever start talking to you in a plane even if I don't know you, it's only because I'm afraid of dying. Thank you.
Yes, it bothers me seeing almost everyone leaving their in flight screens on max brightness on red eyes once the lights have dimmed. Like, do they not realize it's bright as all hell?
Babies would actually be my preferred option, because they aren't gonna take up an armrest, the carriers are typically not taking an entire seat and if they start crying I have my headphones in anyway. Toddlers would be annoying tho cause they don't have much concept of personal space, usually (not their fault).
I feel bad for really obese folks since I know it's already uncomfortable for them for a variety of reasons, and they know they may be impinging on others. I've been that obese person before, it's not fun. That being said, I don't wanna sit next to them on a flight if they're like hanging over into my already limited space.
My LEAST desired neighbor on a flight, tho? Smelly people. Like wtf go wash your nasty pits and ass.
I feel bad for really obese folks since I know it's already uncomfortable for them for a variety of reasons, and they know they may be impinging on others. I've been that obese person before, it's not fun. That being said, I don't wanna sit next to them on a flight if they're like hanging over into my already limited space.
My LEAST desired neighbor on a flight, tho? Smelly people. Like wtf go wash your nasty pits and ass.
A toddler probably worse than a baby, especially if the parent happy to not discipline it and it a little shit.
Wasn't that as a support for a diseased person?What about the emotional support mini horse?
This one's too easy to solve to be annoying - bring a sleep mask on a red eye. Some people just can't sleep on planes, you can't really expect them to just sit idly in the dark.
Edit - Now the one guy that leaves his reading light on at night, that's unacceptable!
Something that should be on the list is manspreaders. Like the seat in economy are small enough and I'm already locked in by the recliner in front of me. Now I got your leg all up in my space because you think you have the most massive balls in existence that need optimal air to breathe.
That's the magic of babies and toddlers though. They can be contagious and smelly. Toddlers have no concept of personal space and will climb into your seat area and touch you.
Every loud, disruptive toddler I've seen on a flight has had a parent or parents that just don't seem to care about even attempting to control their little demon. They'll either very passively try to tell them to stop, do nothing or they try to placate them by letting the run up and down the aisle. On one flight, the parents decided to stop their kid from making a bunch of noise by distracting them with some sort of edutainment toy that makes extremely loud obnoxiously repetitive sounds.
What about the emotional support mini horse?
Yes, miniature horses can be service (not support) animals under federal guidelines*. It is of course possible to abuse this since staff generally can only ask what service the animal provides and nothing more, but there are actual service horses used generally by people who cannot use a dog for whatever reason.
The Completely Reasonable Reason People Are Flying With Mini Horses (Published 2019)
The Department of Transportation’s declaration that miniature horses should be prioritized as service animals has raised many questions.
*Animal law was one of the weirdest topics I studied in law school.
There have been a few different cases of miniature horses flying on commercial aircraft that I'm aware of. The DOT recently came out and said the mini horses were acceptable as service animals, along with cats and dogs.
Crying babies first, random chatters second. I never took the plane bus I took the bus all my life and the context is similar.
I'll make sure to bring headphones for my first trip in late March.
I'll make sure to bring headphones for my first trip in late March.
This is fair too. There are lots of people who make situations more uncomfortable for everyone around them by making a scene. At some point you have to shut it and power through.
My thoughts exactly.
I've never had that experience? I mean surely the cabin crew would interfere if there's a drunk and disorderly person on the flight that's causing a nuisance, and surely that's not as common as disgusting smelly people or annoying toddlers?
I am taking my shoes off on a flight. Socks stay on, but we are subjected to enough discomfort as is on flights.
The chatter, specifically the man who wont stop trying to talk to you even if you're giving off the most powerful "leave me alone" vibes you can.
Why is there no option for seriously overweight? Worst flight I ever had was being squeezed in between two rather corpulent gentlemen....
Chatter would be mine. I sat next to a guy on a flight last week that wouldn't stop talking. I just wanted to relax and listen to music. It sucked.
The kind of person who asks this question, because they're probably the biggest pain in the ass complainers.
The type of people that annoy me most are not listed: the ones that encroach on your personal space. You know, elbowing you in the ribs, moving around on their seat and leaning onto your space. I once had a girl do that thing with the hair that sometimes women do (like throw it to one side) and literally threw her hair into my face. Multiple times in a half hour flight. I usually go for the last row on the plane hoping that I won't get anybody sitting next to me, and it sometimes work.
So, I had to choose babies. Not that I hate them (though I don't care for them either), but the problem is when they start screaming because of the pain in the ears, it takes a REALLY good pair of headphones to block that noise out.
So, I had to choose babies. Not that I hate them (though I don't care for them either), but the problem is when they start screaming because of the pain in the ears, it takes a REALLY good pair of headphones to block that noise out.
This. The planes are cramped enough as it is. Getting to sit next to someone who's spilling over into your chair is the worst.
i can put headphones on for most other things.
I never understood the hate for having babies or children on board. Even now as a parent, there's nothing worse than trying to console a child on an airplane. Have some empathy and put your headphones on.
Was going to say groomers but contagious is worse, you know you'll catch it and are stuck next to them
Especially with this new virus it'll make everyone shook on the plane
Especially with this new virus it'll make everyone shook on the plane
What about the emotional support mini horse?
I ain't even mad.
if it is a necessary and trained real service animal I would trade seats to be in horse town. However these days generously 90% of animals on planes are selfish jerks abusing the privilege and defrauding people with real or serious needs.
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