What is meant by avoiding airline personnel? You can’t avoid them. Do they mean ignoring the stewards when they ask what you want to drink?
I am guilty of using my headphones to avoid talking to a chatty seat mate. Most of the times I want nothing to do with the person next to me.
Man, I know what you mean.
Why is it certain types of people think seating next to them is an invitation to tell you their life story? or ask you 50 billion questions?
It only happens on airplanes or buses where there is little chance to escape.
I once sat behind some overly polite guy on a bus who had his ear talked off for 4 hours. The guy didn’t say much just nodded his head and listened. 4 hours and she never stopped talking!
LOL...You’d probably ask the airline hostess to move me...:o))
I really like talking to people...I don’t know why, but I just enjoy conversing when standing in a line or something similar....
I have to wonder if the person that wrote the story ever took a trip on an airplane.
Interaction with airline personnel generally consists of getting your boarding pass scanned; checking in in person for an international flight, getting a personal briefing if you are in an exit row, and telling them what you want to drink.
One may get a bit more interaction if they try to carry on several oversized suitcases, although the gate personnel is as likely to ignore that as they are to say something.
But I don't see how you can avoid any of that by pretending to play games on your phone.
Sticking your nose in a book at age 60, because you are on your first every flight and hate heights! Hubby had to explain each noise the plane made, didn’t help we had an ER divert, and turbulence.