Originally Posted by
DCP2016
My only pet peeve is when grandma, who really should've checked her bag, takes about 15 minutes to get up, collect her things, try and take the bag down from the overhead, and wobble out. This usually only happens when I have a tight connection.
I'm a grandma. When I hear that ding that means it is OK to get up, I'm up. Things have already been collected. I pop the overhead open, grab my backpack and am ready to advance as soon as the person in front of me moves.
Oh yeah, oldest grandkid is 26, but who is counting?
I do share your pet peeve though. Mine more directed toward large tall strong relatively-young self-important business people that go through a routine similar to the one you ascribed to grandmas. And they really don't have any reason for being so slow. When I'm back a ways and I watch a 10 foot gap in the line develop as a bozo leisurely does this, I admit it makes me a little crazy. It isn't just the couple minutes of that person, it is the multiplying those minutes by maybe 20 or more in a big plane.
My goal is to not cause any gap in that line, making people behind wait longer.