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Impatient people on a plane

What is it with air travel and why are people so impatient when it is time to disembark?  It’s almost as if their life depends on how quickly they can get into the terminal at the other end and patience just goes out the window!

Impatient people on a plane

I’ve seen this on practically every single flight I have ever been on and it doesn’t matter where you are going, whether you’re off on holiday to Spain or just heading to somewhere in the UK visiting family.  The overhead lockers are opened as soon as the seat belt sign is switched off and they all begin shoving their way into the isle so they can stand there craning their neck to see if the door has been opened yet.  What is the reason for this absolute madness?  Ever heard of being patient?

I can almost this kind of behaviour from the smokers who have endured eight hours in a confined space and are gasping for a cigarette.  Their impatience is fuelled by a physical addiction and their need for a regular fix to be part of the human race.  But what about the rest of you, surely you aren’t all smokers?

Another thing that bugs me are those individuals who just can’t wait to get into the terminal before they get their mobile telephones out and start making calls  You are quite clearly advised not to use your mobile phone until you get into the terminal.  These impatient people seem to think that the rules don’t apply to them though.

Flying is a relative luxury, most of us don't do it very frequently and unless you bought a cheap no frills ticket, you might as well get your money’s worth.  So why not chill out and enjoy sitting in your seat just a few minutes longer?  In fact I believe the crew often advice you to "Please be patient and remain seated..."

I sometimes wonder what the cabin crew would do if all the passengers stayed in their seats and didn’t make a rush for the door as soon as they had landed and taxied to the terminal.  They would probably be very shocked I would imagine.

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On my last holiday I simply could not wait to get away from the annoying bunch of idiots who sat behind me who shouted, swore, discussed the effects of the plane crashing, and kicked my seat repeatedly throughout the 4.5 hour journey. It's a wonder I didn't run screaming from the airplane, climbing over the seats and other passengers in order to get away from these morons the very second the plane stopped on the tarmac.

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Infrequent Flyer - 30-Sep-09 16:05 

A lot of the time I think it's because they need to stretch their legs. As for switching the mobile on straight away sometimes it takes until you get to baggage before you can even get a signal.

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Magenta - 30-Sep-09 15:36 

I have also noticed peoples stupid actions with regards as soon as a plane lands they cannot wait to disembark .The passengers who annoy me most are the ones who ignore the instructions to remain seated and keep seatbelts on until seatbelt sign goes off but they must as soon as plane touches down unfasten seatbelt and go in overhead locker.complete idiots.

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soulboy - 25-Jun-09 22:58 

I was on a plane recently. I was going to a place called 'Maples' which is somewhere in the region. To my absolute disgust the driver spoke with his mouth and spilt scalding hot Dr.Pepper all over his crotch. When I laughed at him he naturally got annoyed. He then called me a 'nelly-nelson socks' which is a phrase I had not previosly heard before bording. It all ended with a loverly, simply loverly bowl of cabbage and hash brown soup. Same time next year I thought, same time next year...

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Humphrey - 6-Nov-08 12:42 

Just another retard Southerner in a world of his own. Ignorant beyond the M25, in fact go and stand on the m25 you ball bag

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Northern and Proud - 4-Sep-08 23:37 

Eddie - you really do have an extraordinarily large chip on your shoulder don't you!!

I am a Northerner and I can assure you that the whole 'Brit Abroad' culture embarrasses and annoys me too. However, I have seen drunken, obnoxious behaviour displayed abroad by those from the North AND the South. Being a total moron does not distinguish between counties!!

Your refusal to accept that brainless idiots can be bred ANYWHERE leads me to believe that you, in fact, are one yourself.

Prat.

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Green_Eyez - 3-Jan-08 16:06 

Unfortunatley the problem lies with the CLAMOURING SOUTHERN MORONS with their ME ME ME attitude. Beaky-nosed barge a*ses!

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Northern Monkey - 25-Oct-07 14:53 

I HATE people that switch their phones on before leaving the plane. What do they think has happened while they have been in the air? Are they so important that they can't wait 5 minutes until they leave the plane?

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kilfinan - 18-Nov-06 19:52 

Just accept that Northeners are skanks.

All the Brits we cringe about on holiday are fat northern pie eating apes that sit in "English" pubs commenting on how the pie and chips "aint as good as back ome".

This breed of human sub species thinks that by talking louder and slower the locals will understand better.

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Eddie - 17-Oct-06 12:06 

By the way, have you never heard that:
England starts south of the Watford gap;
CIVILISATION starts north of it!

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pat - 7-Oct-06 14:19 

I see that flying is bringing out the best in humanity again, North versus South, Good versus Evil etc.
I have flown more miles than I care to think about, near East, Far East, Northern hemesphere, Southern hemesphere you name it and I've probably been there over the last fifty years or so, and, nothing changes. I have yet to meet an airoplane that has left without all those sitting in the departure lounge and I've never met anyone who'se got off before the doors are opened.
But we live in hope, maybe one day.............?

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pat - 7-Oct-06 13:54 

Us southerners are normally in a hurry to get off the plane to escape the fat nothern chavs who think a plane is similar to a zoo and proceed to let their kids act like monkeys whilst they tuck into the coke and peanuts.

I will never fly from a city airport again to escape these sub human species.

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Woo - 27-Sep-06 12:33 

I find the toffee nosed SOUTHERNERS are the worsed offenders.

Talk about being arrogant,, even the air crew had to tell them MORE THAN ONCE to wait their turn, and sit down, and that's BEFORE they had called boarding.

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Joe - 15-Sep-06 16:50 

I couldn't agree more, it's as if they think the lugguage is put on the carousel in the same order as people get off the plane...that's another thing, people blocking the carousels, so you can't get near them when your lugguage appears. I recently landed at an airport coming back from hols, and there was the usual race to passport control, so rather than stand in a queue me and the kids stood back and watched the planes...guess what we were told we had to join the queue because otherwise we were a security risk!

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Chris - 15-Sep-06 12:14 

Yeah Woo...I was thinking of the popular 60's/70's cartoon series 'Catch the Pidgeon' In this programme there were lots of ideas which would do nicely for these vermin...I would love to see people who jump up on planes at touchdown be instantly ejected out the top of the plane....or dropped out of the bottom of the plane at 30'000 feet! By the way..they never did catch that bloody bird, they should of got mayor Ken on the team he would of sorted out the rat with wings!

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Mark - 14-Sep-06 22:24 

I find it's normally fat notherners or Chavs that have the whole rush to the plane syndrome.

I flew out of Manchester once and I swear it was like a third world country. Most people acted like they hadn't even seen a plane before.

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woo - 14-Sep-06 15:54 

Yeah...quite agree, I fly out to Madrid often as Mrs Mark is Spanish, usually we go by Easyjet. When they call the first group of passengers (group A) It amazes every time why people run to be first onto the plane, even if they're listed as boarding as group D. Everytime the staff tell people who have rushed to the front to sit down, there is always some selfish individual who refuses to accept the rules and wants to argue! I have actually had arguments with people who try to get in first and when you try to explain that they are not going to get to their destination any quicker by being first on board, they look at you as if you are mad! The other thing that winds me up is as soon as the plane touches down, they announce that you should stay seated and wait till the plane comes to a halt....Oh no!!! there has to be someone who jumps up and opens the overhead locker and wants to be first off the plane. Basically these people are assholes, and if I had it my way anyone who trys to board before they should or get off before the plane has even come to a halt should be held back until everyone else has offloaded.

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Mark - 13-Sep-06 23:08 

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