Originally Posted by EIPremier

I flew last year from BOS-SAN and we were delayed on the tarmac due to T-storms about 60 minutes. Whenever a passenger tried to get up to use the lav, the "A" flight attendant would get on the PA and announce in a chiding tone, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to take off. Everyone must remain seated their seatbelts fastened. It is unsafe to move about the cabin at this time." Of course, we clearly were not about to takeoff, and anytime we did move, it was just to inch forward in the takeoff queue. Cockpit was silent most of the time, in this case.