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2023-09-17 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Airline passenger with 'zero patience' films himself charging down the aisle to disembark plane before fellow fliers have even unbuckled... sparking huge debate about airplane etiquette

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-09-17 09:38|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Years ago when I was a frequent flier, I used to enjoy 'blocking' airplane aisle runners. Grab a bag from the overhead or assist another passenger with theirs. Plant your feet, ignore their selfish comments, and let the seats to the front empty in sequence.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-09-17 09:45|| 2023-09-17 09:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Beso, I was a frequent flyer for more than 15 years and did the same as you. It helps to be 6'3" and 225 but I certainly could clog the aisle.

Posted by AlanC 2023-09-17 11:32|| 2023-09-17 11:32|| Front Page Top

#3 B and AC, I do the same.

Posted by 49 Pan 2023-09-17 11:43|| 2023-09-17 11:43|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't see the point in being in a hurry to disembark (except maybe in case of a fire or some such onboard.)

Only to have to wait forever at the luggage carousel to retrieve my luggage.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2023-09-17 12:08|| 2023-09-17 12:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Ever the sheepdog, gentlemen? ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2023-09-17 12:13|| 2023-09-17 12:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Dunno about that TW, I'm not sure if their bite is worst than their bark...

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2023-09-17 12:23|| 2023-09-17 12:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Ref #2: About the same size here. A compression fracture on dark DZ tree landing years ago reduced my inseam to 33. If you exit the door and see the turn-in point fading in the distance, you know you're in for a rough one.

While not always available, later in my career 'low porosity' (LOPO) chutes became my friend.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-09-17 12:41|| 2023-09-17 12:41|| Front Page Top

#8 I'd have some sympathy if he had a connecting flight and was running late. But apparently that was not the case here.

He's just an entitled dickhead.

Posted by Regular joe 2023-09-17 13:28|| 2023-09-17 13:28|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah, I'm with the runner on this one. It takes way too long to get off the plane, and a lot of that has to do with people who don't even stand up and start retrieving their bags from the overhead until everyone in front of them has already left the plane. If you're not in a hurry that's fine, just don't pretend it's OK to make that decision for every other passenger.

Posted by Angstrom 2023-09-17 15:25|| 2023-09-17 15:25|| Front Page Top

#10 What is the problem, did he impeded someone?

Seems the the only dicks are the jealous commenters here that say they blocked the aisle on propose.

Posted by Spomonter Speaking for Boskone8031 2023-09-17 17:00|| 2023-09-17 17:00|| Front Page Top

#11 Claustrophobic much Spom?
Or just a weak bladder?

Posted by Skidmark 2023-09-17 23:45|| 2023-09-17 23:45|| Front Page Top

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