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Top 10 Travel Pet Peeves & Annoyances That You Should Be Aware Of
Miles to Memories ^ | 09/15/18 | Mark Osterman

Posted on 09/15/2018 11:51:02 AM PDT by Simon Green

10. Bringing Stinky Food on the Plane – 17 Votes

9. Economy Passengers Using First Class or Economy Comfort Overhead Space – 22 Votes

8. Someone Putting Their Feet on the Seat In Front of Them – 24 Votes

7. Pulling on the Seat In Front of Them To Get Up – 25 Votes

6. Window Shade Raised the Entire Red Eye Flight – 32 Votes

5. Light on for No Reason – 37 Votes

4. Excessive Body Odor – 56 Votes

3. Talking Loudly, Especially on Red Eye Flight – 58 Votes

2. Taking Both Armrests – 61 Votes

1. Not Even Attempting to Control your Children – 110 Votes


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: airtravel
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To: who_would_fardels_bear
I had a bulkhead seat and was boarding late. There was one spot in the overhead, big enough for my bag (I was lucky I thought). Then the A-hole in front of me took it with his bag.

Why was he an A-hole? I watched him as he walked to the back of the plane to take his seat.

Fortunately the flight attendant witnessed the whole thing and removed his bag.

Had she not done so, I would have.

21 posted on 09/15/2018 12:18:54 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (California: knowingly give someone aids: misdemeanor. Give them a straw, go to jail.)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear
I did #9 and the loser in business class called the stewardess to have me move my stuff, but she said it could stay. Why was he a loser? He was one of those idiots who thinks he can lay his suit out all nice and unbothered taking up a huge amount of space in the overhead.

He paid for the use of that overhead. You didn’t.

22 posted on 09/15/2018 12:21:04 PM PDT by Simon Green ("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")
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To: Michael.SF.
Close behind that is people who bring on carryon and cannot lift it into the over head.

I almost never put my carryon in the overhead bin. I'm always afraid I will leave it there. Besides, I put all of my entertainment in my carryon.

23 posted on 09/15/2018 12:24:32 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: Simon Green

Best way to avoid airline hassles? Don’t fly.


24 posted on 09/15/2018 12:30:08 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Simon Green

Sick people who fly and cough virus on everyone. I don’t think I will ever fly again without a medical mask.


25 posted on 09/15/2018 12:32:51 PM PDT by Valpal1
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To: King Moonracer

26 posted on 09/15/2018 12:34:23 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: PIF

Kinda hard to get to my next few destinations (Vietnam, Thailand, China, Peru, Australia) without flying.


27 posted on 09/15/2018 12:35:40 PM PDT by Simon Green ("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")
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To: Valpal1

I’m this same way, only it’s EVERYWHERE.

I had 4 sandwiches on the line at Subway and the woman coughed into her sleeve. Then she said “Oh man, I feel terrible. I’ve been sick all week”

I walked away without a word.

People have GOT to stop coming out when they are sick. And I can’t wear a mask for that long. Sheesh, did you wear the mask the entire time ?!


28 posted on 09/15/2018 12:36:21 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: upchuck

How about weird passengers? We flew from Boston to Los Angeles on Thursday and the guy sitting next to me wanted me to know that he had narcolepsy and might fall asleep on top of me. He said I should just push him back toward the window. He failed to tell me that he appeared to have Tourettes’s . Throughout the flight he kept making weird noises. He drove the flight attendants nuts with his demands and as we were landing told the female flight attendant he was on the wrong flight and was supposed to be on one to Las Vegas. I knew he was putting her on as I saw him purchase his upgraded seat to LAX.


29 posted on 09/15/2018 12:40:05 PM PDT by surrey
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To: Simon Green

Boats worked for millennia ... just takes a bit longer.


30 posted on 09/15/2018 12:40:11 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Moonman62

The other week I saw this lad at the grocery store in a petulant frenzy.
He was with who I presume was his grandmother who appeared to be in a state of PTSD denial. LOL

Everyone tried to ignore the little bugger.

I just watched him, (not the stink eye) and he freaks the Eff out LOL “Make him stop looking at me!!” lol And he ran away!

Comical little ahole!


31 posted on 09/15/2018 12:42:38 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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On the way out I passed the kid and said “see you around” LOL


32 posted on 09/15/2018 12:43:58 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: PIF

Just a wee bit.


33 posted on 09/15/2018 12:45:48 PM PDT by Simon Green ("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")
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To: Simon Green

1) Terrorist
2) Libtards


34 posted on 09/15/2018 12:47:00 PM PDT by Leep
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To: Moonman62
I like seeing children...I like to listen to them, to watch them, they're so interesting....I like the fact that their parents are parents enough to bring them along, like family should be....

bad behaved children are not nice to be around anywhere....

one of my pet peeves anywhere are very slow, very unprepared, old people....you know the type that get in front of you and can't fathom why they should get their credit card out or their ID's and then fumble around with their stuff....

especially on airplanes, where you have so little time to get to your next plane......they get in front of you can't seem to get going..

just wanted to be fair to the children....oldsters can be just as bad if not worse...(I'm almost 65)

35 posted on 09/15/2018 12:49:33 PM PDT by cherry (official troll)
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To: Simon Green
The way the stewardess explained it is that the overhead is not yours. It is open to all passengers.

He paid for his seat. No one pays for a specific overhead bin. You might not like it, but that's the way it is.

36 posted on 09/15/2018 12:53:10 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: Moonman62
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
VERY funny movie.
Only learned a year or two ago, that the highway "near death " and fire scenes were filmed about 20-25 miles from where I live (western NY).
37 posted on 09/15/2018 1:02:01 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: luvbach1; Simon Green
"How about waiting in line at an airport and a smoker next to you drops flaming cigarette ashes on your suit lapel, burning holes in it? Happened to me, of course."
In 1962? ;-)
38 posted on 09/15/2018 1:02:25 PM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: King Moonracer

Had a guy next to me who was so fat the tray table only tilted down about 1/3 of the way. First guy I’ve,ever seen use the seat belt extender. The guy was as wise as he was fat. It was impossible to get away from him...he spilled about halfway into the adjoining seats.

One of my worst flights. First place goes to either TWA first class lavatory overflowing on climb out from Lambert Field (followed by an emergency stop in KC) or to the Alitalia pilot who missed the runway by 100 yards in Pisa, Italy. We were probably 100 feet off the ground when we descended through the bottom of the fog bank, saw the runway off to our right, and he decided to execute a go-round. I tell you, that next landing approach was the most nerve wracking ever. Can’t believe he didn’t divert.


39 posted on 09/15/2018 1:04:02 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Simon Green

Does this list also apply to Greyhound?


40 posted on 09/15/2018 1:05:18 PM PDT by 4yearlurker ("There stands mother under the oleanders,open the windows." A dying cowboys last words,1879.)
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