The Bobcat Nation

Ok, there are plenty things I hate about flying. But the #1 thing is when we arrive at the gate, BOOM, everybody in the aisle jumps up and grabs their carry-on baggage. WTF, sit your azz down and wait FOR THE DOORS TO ACTUALLY OPEN and the people in the 17 rows in front of you to leave.

#2-People with those huge a$$ carry-ons that you could put a body in.

Billings_Griz wrote:Ok, there are plenty things I hate about flying. But the #1 thing is when we arrive at the gate, BOOM, everybody in the aisle jumps up and grabs their carry-on baggage. WTF, sit your azz down and wait FOR THE DOORS TO ACTUALLY OPEN and the people in the 17 rows in front of you to leave.

Amen, brother. I particularly love the ones that jump up and get in the aisle to cut you off so they can deplane before your row even though they were behind you.

Those extra two seconds are pretty valuable things, ya know.

Great Post. I'll add my all time worst one...

Sitting in my tiny little seat on the 50 seater... wondering who my neighbor will be... watch 3 or 4 cute little petite women walk on past me... then like clockwork I get "The Big Guy" that probably should have purchased 2 seats. Happens all the time.

(Note to self... call NWA and tell them to implement a process for strategically seating passengers based on gender, height, and weight. No reason on earth why a larger guy like myself is sitting next to a larger guy than myself and two tiny girls are sitting in the isle across from us!)

The #1 thing I hate is wrecking. I can handle most everything else.

Being asked to show up two hours early and then the baggage check people aren't even ready for you.

Being woke up from a deep sleep by the stewardess from hell (my bad.... flight attendant from hell) asking if I want a 50-cent can of soda. Don't wake me up unless you're gorgeous and offering me to join the mile-high club.

Screaming children. They should have to ride with the luggage.

Also, I can't stand the approach into Missoula. It's never smooth.

I usually have pretty good luck when I fly, unless I'm flying into Butte (which I usually am when I fly to Montana). I don't know if I just have bad luck or if it's like this for everybody, but if I fly into Butte in the winter time, I usually figure that I have about a 65% chance of my flight into Butte being diverted somewhere else (usually back to SLC).

The best "flight from hell" story I've ever heard, though, belongs to my friend's wife. Before they got married, she took an early Saturday morning flight from NYC to Miami to meet some friends for a bachelorette party. Her flight was at 7:00 am, and half the people on the flight were completely loaded and being really obnoxious (including the 22-year-old guy sitting next to her (she's in her 30s, btw), who spent the entire flight trying to hit on her while drinking about five bloody marys in addition to whatever he'd had before the flight). Then, when she thought things couldn't get any weirder, she got up to use the restroom, and when she stood up, she discovered that the guy in the seat in front of her was watching a very raunchy, X-rated porn on his laptop, in plain view for anyone who happened to be passing by.

People who bring pets on the airplane, and then they continually bark from wheels up to landing. I about flushed the little drop kick $hit down the toilet!

People who recline their seats back as far as they can in economy class. There's nothing like trying to get something done on your laptop (or even eating, for that matter) when you have some dude leaned back into your lap. They seem to be oblivious to the fact that when they lean back, they are taking space away from the person behind them.

For the record, I am really self-conscious about reclining my seat. I won't do it at all unless I know the person behind me is asleep on an international or other long flight, and I just don't do it at all on relatively short flights.

Sometimes its hard to control the small kids. I know everyone gets really pissed off. But i got a 2 1/2 year old and she doesnt like to sit still for very long.

BigBruceBaker wrote:Sometimes its hard to control the small kids. I know everyone gets really pissed off. But i got a 2 1/2 year old and she doesnt like to sit still for very long.

For the most part the only people who bitch about kids anywhere are those who have never had any.

That I average 40,000 miles every year.

I have flying/airport stories from hell that will curl your nose hairs.

UMclassof2002 wrote:Screaming children. They should have to ride with the luggage.

Also, I can't stand the approach into Missoula. It's never smooth.

It's also pretty sweet when kids behind you kick your seat the whole time.

GrizinWashington wrote:That I average 40,000 miles every year.

I have flying/airport stories from hell that will curl your nose hairs.

do tell

People that get pissed at kids for anything are the kind of people that should end up in a chipper shredder.

Yep, you're right. Get pissed at the parents that didn't spend any time disciplining them. It amazes me how some kids act in public in today's society and the parents don't do a damn thing.

When I was a kid, we were always told to stay quiet or we would 'never fly again.' Worked for me.

The best sign I have seen regarding children reads "children that misbehave will be given a latte and a free puppy" !

TIrwin24 wrote:Yep, you're right. Get pissed at the parents that didn't spend any time disciplining them. It amazes me how some kids act in public in today's society and the parents don't do a damn thing.

When I was a kid, we were always told to stay quiet or we would 'never fly again.' Worked for me.

might not work for kids pushing 2 though. i consider my kids very well behaved, but you've got to be joking if you honestly believe that you, or any kids for that matter were always perfect angels on trips. i will take your advice though on our next trip as my youngest will be 2 by then, and i'm sure he'll understand and obey when i tell him to stay quiet or he's never flying again.