Originally Posted by
cynicAAl
my latest complaint is people who, when deplaning, wait in the aisle for every person in every row ahead of them to exit before they walk forward. This just slows down the process while we all have to wait for the geriatrics, invalids, people with kids, and those that stowed their bag 4 rows behind their seat to fuss and organize while we all wait for them. The rule is: if the aisle is clear, and you have your things in your hand, please start walking forward, even if people in the rows ahead of you are still collecting their things. This frees up the aisle further back and lets more people organize their things, speeding up deplaning.
If you're the one letting everyone exit before you, you're not being polite, you're slowing the rest of us down unnecessarily.
I'll add to that: pax who insisted on early boarding because they need extra time, yet they somehow also "need" to be first out of their bulkhead seats, creaking up the jetway and holding up those of us trying to make a connection. If you get pre-boarding, you should accept post-deboarding.
And one more, albeit from pre-9/11: mega families of arriving passengers that insisted on long hugs and squeals at the exit of the jetway, blocking the remaining passengers.