Airplanes and Transportation: I am the passenger…

I am the passenger…

By northernlass - 01/10/2010 14:32 - United States

Today, I boarded a trans-Atlantic flight by myself, and struck up a nice conversation with the passenger across the aisle. Before we even took off, the man in front of me unbuckled, stood to face me, and asked me to please shut the hell up. "It's a 9 hour flight, and you're VERY loud!" FML

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By Ashleigh - 22/04/2011 18:43 - United States

Today, I was on a three hour flight to Los Angeles for a corporate meeting. The woman next to me instantly fell asleep and snored louder than a freight train, while the kid behind me made a hobby of thashing my seat from behind. When I peered over and asked him to stop, he spat in my face. FML

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Oh, the irony

By HassledAirfarer - 07/12/2009 02:08 - United States

Today, I was on a red-eye flight, and the woman beside me was chattering loudly to her friend. I opened my laptop and got to work. Suddenly, one of the women turned to me and told me that the clicking of my keyboard was too loud. She then called me an "inconsiderate, selfish bitch." FML

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Karen in seat 14A

By Dammit - 16/02/2025 20:00 - Australia

Today, I was on a long-haul flight, desperately trying to sleep. My husband next to me started snoring so loudly, I swear he was vibrating the seat. In a dazed, half-asleep state, I leaned over and hissed, “Shut up!” It wasn’t him. It was the guy next to him. He woke up and looked at me like I was the problem. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/03/2015 15:26 - United States

Today, I got in line for my flight to visit a friend in England. My mom was there to see me off, and decided to shout "No sex!" while waving, in front of at least a hundred people who will very likely be sharing the transatlantic flight with me. FML

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By Sigh - 19/02/2013 17:13 - United Kingdom - Waltham Abbey

Today, a woman strapped her 8-year-old son into the seat next to me on a transatlantic flight. Thinking they'd been unable to book seats together, I offered to swap seats with her. She said she'd booked it this way intentionally, because he's a "fucking brat" on flights. She was right. FML

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Unflattered

By lindsay - 28/10/2019 00:01

Today, I was at the airport walking around, killing time. There was a man about twenty years older than me who kept on eyeballing me, and it really wasn't flattering. I get on the plane and guess who I get to sit next to. FML

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Foursome

By MLeguillon - 01/09/2014 04:34 - United States - Imperial

Today, after years of wonderful flying experiences, I boarded a flight and took my seat only to find a baby sitting in front of me, behind me, and to the right of me, and across the aisle from me. All of whom decided to cry in unison. It was a 9-hour flight. FML

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By planes - 30/12/2009 06:27 - United States

Today, on the airplane, the kid behind me kicked my seat hundreds of times, while the big bald guy next to me farted deadly ones repeatedly. I was on a non-stop 14-hour flight. FML

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By huj - 25/09/2010 21:49 - United States

Today, I was on an airplane, riding in first class for the first time in my life. The man next to me turned to me just before takeoff, stared at my chest, and said that he hoped there would be severe turbulence. FML

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Flight from Hell

By Anonymous - 04/07/2023 17:00

Today, I was sat next to a screaming baby on a 9-hour flight. Now before anyone has a go at me, I am in no way blaming the baby, I’m blaming the mother with her makeup hair and nails done perfectly, with her AirPods on, staring at her phone, and ignoring her screaming child the full 9 hours. FML

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MAGNAVOX 0

Friday 1 October 2010 19:05

The idea of talking loudly on a long flight.

JGood09 0

Friday 1 October 2010 19:09

I've been on a long ass flight like this before, loud people do get annoying after awhile

Comments

terranada 3

Friday 1 October 2010 22:03

loud ppl r annoying. u shuld learn how to whisper

Trollz4daLULZ 1

Friday 1 October 2010 23:25

Your content is true, but... Illiterate *people *are annoying. *You *should learn how to type.

RKD 23

Friday 1 October 2010 22:39

What a jerk. Don't worry, he will find the wrong person to mess with one day. It aggravates me how insensitive people can be on here.

ragsy 7

Friday 1 October 2010 23:11

I hate self-important loud talkers on airplanes. More than once I've asked passengers to "use your indoor voice," usually to applause from other passengers.

iGrenade 0

Friday 1 October 2010 23:14

yeah just get over it, why bother commenting?

saragr94 2

Friday 1 October 2010 23:17

uhm. get over it?

sadistmonkey 19

Friday 1 October 2010 23:27

Have you ridden planes lately?

Shinygirlnz 1

Saturday 2 October 2010 0:01

I wish I had the balls to tell a loud person to be quiet... especially on flights. OMG migraine.

twilight_0118 0

Saturday 2 October 2010 0:05

well here's a thought... SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!

Burgessnk 0

Saturday 2 October 2010 0:28

Wow, a loud American, who'd of thought...

ImaginaryFoe 0

Saturday 2 October 2010 0:45

I'm a little torn because I know how annoying it can be to be sitting in front of a loud cross-aisle conversation but I deplore rudeness. It was unnecessary of him to tell you to shut up in that manner, especially before the flight even started. Most people are louder before takeoff because of all the activity around them. If you were still loud once you were in the air, he could've politely asked you to talk more quietly or switch seats. To all the people who called him rude and suggeated some sort of retaliation, huh? Why perpetuate the rude behaviour?

spartan_girl 0

Saturday 2 October 2010 21:07

I'm a little torn too- without being there, it's hard to know if OP was talking at a normal volume (maybe just compensating for the noise a bit), and the person in front of her was just really irritable or rude...or if OP was way too loud and was annoying everyone around anyway. I know some people who talk SO loudly (without realizing it) that I can hardly sit next to them and carry on a conversation because it gives me a headache, and I would be super annoyed if I had to sit next to someone like that on a plane (though I wouldn't be so rude about it)