Qwkynuf

The corollary to that are the people who pause and look at the number above row one, and then at their boarding pass, and then at the number again. Then they continue down the aisle and do the same thing at row 2....

How much do they think the numbering schema changed in 3 feet?!?!?!

trooper

Bill Engvall did a comedy turn based on that... "They number them NUMERICALLY!"

The comment I remember most vividly was boarding an NZ 747 (yes it was a while ago) at AKL bound for LAX... I was in the Portside "mini cabin" of Premium Economy (only 8 seats next to the stairs...very cosy) and a family came through...Dad coping with all the carry ons...Mum coping with the kids....the dad looked at the Y+ seats and said to his wife "See...it doesn't look bad at all"....as they carried on through to the Y cabin...

I felt awful....they seemed like very nice folks...

tmorse6570

I said to some friends once "Why are you speaking to me, get back in steerage."

Once I heard a woman remark "Why are there only men sitting up here?" Granted, only guys were up front on that flight, but usually there's a mix.

Darth Chocolate

About 10 years ago, I had to travel to MSP with 2 co-workers. Since I had status (they did not), I was upgraded. One of my co-workers was visibly upset that I was upgraded and deliberately hit me with his carry-on as he passed me.

He was fired a few months later for verbally abusing (and physically threatening) a department assistant.

stc

Hum, have you seen house / building numbers in Tokyo?

(Apparently buildings are numbered in Tokyo in the order in which they are built.)

mglvrug

I got upgraded on a recent flight. Standing at the gate, waiting to board with two colleagues who did not get an upgrade, I told them about FT and this thread. When they boarded, one said as he passed me, "Wait until the revolution comes!"

SpinzCity

Boarding Detroit-London a robust, huffing, swaggering, middle-aged Brit with a working class accent - - a newly minted FO - - comes on board and starts heading into Business class.

The FA stops him and asks to see the boarding pass, and redirects him toward the back of the plane.

He does a double take, and before heading down the aisle, says with indignation, "So THIS is SILVER class."

jrl767

Alaska Airlines LAX-BWI redeye; the jet was a 12F 737-800 ... toward the end of boarding a couple who looked to be late 20s/early 30s are passing row 2 and the guy says (with a big grin) "You know, I think that's the couple who stole our tickets!"

almost all the F pax, as well as the FAs, broke out laughing and complimented him on his creativity

cestmoi123

Yup. Needless to say, GPS was a huge hit. Prior to that, people would often fax you directions if you were coming to their offices.

Works similarly in Korea. A Korean friend said that the Koreans had invented the system, and got the Japanese to adopt it, as a form of revenge for centuries of mistreatment.

yohanson

I don't know if this counts but a Y pax was told by the lead FA to put his rollaboard in the F bin. She then asked if there was anything he needed out of it so he grabbed his ear buds and something else. People were still boarding at this time and she was telling anyone with a larger carry on to put it in the empty spaces in the F bins (F was boarded in full). He walks back to his seat and about 1-2 minutes later he asks the FA if he can grab one more thing. She didn't immediately answer so he said he'd be quick. He grabs one more thing and heads back. People are still boarding. I hear his voice again behind me pleading with the FA to let him grab one more thing and then he said something I couldn't understand. He ended up grabbing his rollaboard and heading back to his seat. His vacated bin space was quickly claimed.

Not the intent of the OP but this was definitely a very strange experience for me sitting in F.

Osmo

Flying SYD>LAX and we had premium Y seats (which were actually very nice/they since changed) and while sitting there, pressing all the buttons and figuring out what does what while enjoying our beverages, a pax walking past us yells, "Keep walking. Plebs up the back!".

Ive also once heard, "Really, SHE gets to sit in First?" but I cant argue with the person because Im a middle aged, fat wife from the suburbs who no doubt was badly dressed (I try to dress better these days but I prefer comfort).

These days we sit in J or F and I rarely notice anything if its said, Im too busy settling into my seat to notice anyone walking past me.