Originally Posted by
Lounge Expert
I am one of these people who is prone to putting my laptop bag in a forward compartment if in see the space. Its funny as I have felt a little cheeky lately doing it, but flying the route I do a lot (DUB-CDG on Bae 146) I just know from experience that there will be little or no room by the time I get on (I like to board last if in Y!)
Its the long-haul flights when I see people boarding with roll-on, carry on & duty free bags that do my head in. They must be carrying 30+k of hand-luggage and nothing is ever said. Very frustrating when disembarking after 10+ hr flight and its takes someone 3min to to take all bags from the overhead bin
A regular customer with a computer bag up front.. I can understand.. Wouldn't you want your laptop close by you for security reasons, or if you ever need to use it?
Originally Posted by
WChou
On a flight where someone put their bag toward the front only to have it backfire in a major way. The flight was a heavily delayed and everyone was rushing to leave, flight attendants frazzled, and tempers very short. Toward the end of boarding, the overhead bin about 10 rows up would not shut due to an oversized bag. FA made several announcements asking the owner to either help shift the bag or gate check it or else the flight goes nowhere. No one stepped forward and you began to hear all sorts of less than kind comments.
Finally a Type-A personality about 5 rows behind stood up and announced that if the owners did not do something he would. After a minute he shouted, "Alright, that ***fornicator*** is coming with me." He runs up, yanks the bag out of the bin, holds it up like the Stanley Cup and brings it forward. Suddenly, the girl seated beside me turns white as a sheet and starts muttering, "Oh ***poop***" over and over. Seems her boyfriend got sick of toting around the bag and stuck it into the first open bin he saw while boarding.
As the guy returns to his seat, people are cheering, clapping and giving him high fives. The girl and boyfriend then bury themselves in the UA Hemispheres magazine to hide their shame. To their chagrin, the next announcement was for the owner to claim the gate check ticket. After a minute, I turn to the guy and tell him, "Man up and claim it." He reluctantly gets up and goes to the front to take the claim ticket. The entire cabin fell dead silent as the boyfriend walked like he was on the "the green mile" to the electric chair.
LOL.. inspiractional.. should be made into a movie clip or something.
