Flying is a challenging and time-consuming mode of long-distance travel, requiring good organization, timing, and confined space. The excitement of a holiday can be affected if it lacks one of the above conditions.
Passengers are known for their obnoxious behavior and inconsiderateness towards others. Not only do travelers find the antics of their fellow flyers annoying, but they also experience other inconveniences.
A 33-year-old flight attendant shared three negative actions passengers should avoid on board flights on Reddit, addressing questions about their job experience.
Begin the video, she responded to a question that asked "If you could magically wave a wand and have passengers stop doing three things on planes; what would they be?"
The first thing she chose is "to stop taking their shoes off and walking around in socks or barefoot."
Her answer confused many people for the other question "Why this could be bothersome for cabin crew members"
She replied: "Because it's disgusting, smelly and you're in public. Manners go a long way."
Following the first one, the flight attendant supposed that too many passengers are eager to overshare their issues with a flight attendant, which she illustrated by using a quite graphic example.
She said: "Stop telling us too much information like 'Can I go to the bathroom, I'm having diarrhea'."
Finally, she finished her story by addressing an important thing that usually happens on flights: personal privacy.
"For the love of everything that's holy, use headphones. Nobody wants to hear your music or movie," the flight attendant said.
There were social media users asked whether it would be fine to use slippers provided by an airline on a flight, even though they may expose the smell of one's feet more easily, the crew member said that would be permitted.
Jacqueline R., who works at Air Canada and has been a flight attendant for nearly seven years, shared the same idea as the first person. In a clip on TikTok, she said what passengers should avoid doing if they don't want to annoy crew members as well as others.
"Your flight attendants love it when you're super respectful because we are dealing with a lot, as much as you are dealing with a lot,' she said.
"We want to be so kind to you and we try our best," Jacqueline R. added.
The Toronto native continued: "Your flight attendants hate it when you're mean because we want to be nice. So just be nice. Just smile, just say "Hey, how are you? We're gonna do our best to treat you well."'
"Do not come on board and demand things. Just ask us nicely. And we will honestly try our best," she explained.
"Just try to remember that, like yourself, we are people too. And we want to make sure that you have the best travel experience. So all we ask is that you be nice. Our number one ick is passengers who are mean for no reason," the flight attendant said.
