Originally Posted by
enviroian
Flying CO 1635 last night into phx. I walked up to the top of the elite access line 10 minutes before boarding, not b/c I had a bulkead seat (I was in 4A) but b/c I knew I would be sitting for the next 4.5 hours so I wanted to stand as much as possible. Man with tennis shoes, t shirt, and jean shorts (I think I had jean shorts back in '85 and then it was only b/c I used them to wash my civic) comes up behind me and says "I usually am the first one in line". I look at him sheeplishly and just smile. He then says "What seat are you in". I told him and then he says "oh great I'm in 4B and you'll probably take all the overhead storage space". I was waiting for some facial expression from him indicating he was joking. There was none.
I load my 20" rollerboard into the bin, so obviously he had no problem with his 22" and briefcase. He immediately took off his beat up new balance shoes and the area reaked.
Not once during the entire flight did he ever say "please" or "thank you" to the (very nice and professional) flight attendant. That really irks me. I was brought up knowing to say "pardon", "please", and "thank you" religiously. How can people be so rude these days? He huffed and puffed when 45 mins before touchdown I asked to please get up so I could go to the bathroom (only time during the flight).
I can't be the only one out there that gets so peeved over idiots with no manners am I?
I think the bad manners is your judgement of other peoples clothes, judging his comments or lack of to FA (will get back to this momentarily) and you knowing the exact size of his rollaboards, do you measure it?
while I agree the comments in the line were whacko, I probably would have had a zinger back.
What do you care whether his shoes were beat up or not, whether he was stylish enough for you etc? This is just not applicable to the post other than for you to make your elitest comments.
Regarding the comments on thank you etc. While its probably nice if someone does this, you have no idea what kind of day this guy had, maybe a personal tragedy who knows. If he wasn't rude to the FA by saying rude things (as opposed to just not saying anything at all.. so be it. What gets me is that you taking the effort or having nothing better to do than listen to what this guy says or doesn't say. So far other than the initial comment by the guy in line, you seem to be out of line more than him.
I once was on a transcon in J on a 763. At the end of the flight as we were waiting for the ding to get out of our seats at the gate, the lady next to me who other than the initial hello when she sat down at boarding, I said zero words too in flight. I think I slept some, worked on the computer and read my newspaper and magazines. I had no desire to talk to her nor did I think she cared If I spoke to her either. We had avg service, nothing to write home about but otoh, no complaints either. It was uneventful.
So as I grab my back pack she says to me something to the effect (it was a few years ago) "you could at least be civil" and I said pardon me.. she says, you didn't say thank you or anything to the FA's or to me. I said, well I had nothing to say to you and other than this last comment Im about to make, i will have nothing to say to you again either. I then told her its none of your business what I say or don't say to the FA as long as I don't cause a disturbance. So you need to get a life and stop worrying about what everyone else does. That was the end, I got up and left.
for the record, when the FA served me, I give my usual thanks either with a smile and a nod of approval, or I use a low voice with a simple "thanks". If I am in the middle of something and its just a refil, I may just say thanks without looking up. However, I find these pax with nothing better to do, pretty rude themselves. Not to mention being an idiot themself.
If the shoe fits