Impatient people on a plane
02-September-2010
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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.
*Infrequent Flyer  30-Sep-2009 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.
*Magenta  30-Sep-2009 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.
*soulboy  25-Jun-2009 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...
*Humphrey  06-Nov-2008 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
*Northern and Proud  04-Sep-2008 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.
*Green_Eyez  03-Jan-2008 16:06

 
Unfortunatley the problem lies with the CLAMOURING SOUTHERN MORONS with their ME ME ME attitude. Beaky-nosed barge a*ses!
*Northern Monkey  25-Oct-2007 14:53

 
If you had to endure hanging around at the railway station for another hour because you'd missed the previous train, you'd want to get off in a hurry too.

And what the hell is so great about sitting on a plane, anyway? There is no glamour in it.

It's unhealthy because they recycle stale air so it takes only one individual with a disease to distribute it to everyone else, the food is terrible, the seats are too tightly packed for a normal person to sit in for longer than about half an hour, and the sheer waste of time the whole palaver involves -- from arriving ten hours before the flight time so some droid can frisk you naked both before you fly and after you arrive -- makes the whole experience one to dispense with as quickly as possible.

I'm amazed everyone else doesn't hate it I believe some even enjoy it....
*liteswap  27-Feb-2007 17:34

 
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?
*kilfinan  18-Nov-2006 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.
*Eddie  17-Oct-2006 12:06

 
By the way, have you never heard that:
England starts south of the Watford gap;
CIVILISATION starts north of it!
*pat  07-Oct-2006 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.............?
*pat  07-Oct-2006 13:54


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