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What is it with air travel and why are people so impatient when it is time to disembark? Its 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!
Ive seen this on practically every single flight I have ever been on and it doesnt matter where you are going, whether youre 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 arent all smokers?
Another thing that bugs me are those individuals who just cant 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 dont 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 moneys 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 didnt 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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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.
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.
England starts south of the Watford gap;
CIVILISATION starts north of it!
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.............?
I will never fly from a city airport again to escape these sub human species.
Nick