rudest behavior ever?
Sep 20, 2003 | 11:17 am
#1
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rudest behavior ever?
Probably not - but it comes pretty darn close. Here you go:
I thought the most disgusting travel behavior I had ever seen was the man in a crowded gate area in LAX who flossed his teeth. His wife gave him a long look, obviously in preparation for telling him he was a pig - then she pullled out her floss and starting working on her own chompers. However, yesterday was worse.
Sitting in first. Middle-aged woman (50ish), clearly a regular flyer, gets herself settled in 1B. I had noticed her in the gate area, positioned to be first on plane (not aggressive, just wanted to be settled right away, I'm guessing), and working on one of her fingernails. The fingernails were manicured, but she seemed to have some problem with one of them. Once on the plane, she went on a mission. Apparently, her methodology for removing the enamel used to create the white strip across the top of the nail ("French tip???") was to bite it off. She proceeded to do this while reading a book, making loud chipping noises similar to a pickaxe striking granite. Ah, and that was only the annoying part - the disgusting part was her follow-through in which she picked the offending material off of her tongue (sometimes the size of a large snowflake) and flicking it onto either the ground or.......the seat.
Just imagine all the creative behaviors one could come up with to subject her to in order to make the point that not ALL activities done in the privacy of one's home should take place on an airplane.
Of course, she finished off the entire sequence by filing her nails with an emory board - something that has led to direct confrontations several times in my life, since that is one of the two sounds in the universe that makes my skin crawl.
So - am I just too sensitive or what?!?!?!!??!
I thought the most disgusting travel behavior I had ever seen was the man in a crowded gate area in LAX who flossed his teeth. His wife gave him a long look, obviously in preparation for telling him he was a pig - then she pullled out her floss and starting working on her own chompers. However, yesterday was worse.
Sitting in first. Middle-aged woman (50ish), clearly a regular flyer, gets herself settled in 1B. I had noticed her in the gate area, positioned to be first on plane (not aggressive, just wanted to be settled right away, I'm guessing), and working on one of her fingernails. The fingernails were manicured, but she seemed to have some problem with one of them. Once on the plane, she went on a mission. Apparently, her methodology for removing the enamel used to create the white strip across the top of the nail ("French tip???") was to bite it off. She proceeded to do this while reading a book, making loud chipping noises similar to a pickaxe striking granite. Ah, and that was only the annoying part - the disgusting part was her follow-through in which she picked the offending material off of her tongue (sometimes the size of a large snowflake) and flicking it onto either the ground or.......the seat.
Just imagine all the creative behaviors one could come up with to subject her to in order to make the point that not ALL activities done in the privacy of one's home should take place on an airplane.
Of course, she finished off the entire sequence by filing her nails with an emory board - something that has led to direct confrontations several times in my life, since that is one of the two sounds in the universe that makes my skin crawl.
So - am I just too sensitive or what?!?!?!!??!
Sep 20, 2003 | 10:08 pm
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Your nail-biter must have been related to the gent seated next to me on Thursday's ORD-SFO evening flight. Spent a good deal of the 4 hour trip gnawing away on his nubbins.
If I wasn't already irritated by his treatment of the FAs upon boarding ("What do you mean there's no room for both my enormous duffle bag and 24" rollerboard - I'm a Premiere Exec!"), this just about sent me over the edge.
I couldn't figure out (despite many years of post-graduate shrink school) a polite way of asking him to save his snack for later, so I just cranked up my BOSE headset and tried to ignore it. I did refrain from picking my nose in return, however...
If I wasn't already irritated by his treatment of the FAs upon boarding ("What do you mean there's no room for both my enormous duffle bag and 24" rollerboard - I'm a Premiere Exec!"), this just about sent me over the edge.
I couldn't figure out (despite many years of post-graduate shrink school) a polite way of asking him to save his snack for later, so I just cranked up my BOSE headset and tried to ignore it. I did refrain from picking my nose in return, however...
Sep 20, 2003 | 10:15 pm
#4
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Since this isn't UA specific, I'm going to move it to TravelBuzz where it can join some other classic "manners" threads like
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/006795.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/010948.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/009452.html
Please continue to follow it there.
Chuck
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Moderator, United
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/006795.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/010948.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/009452.html
Please continue to follow it there.
Chuck
aka cblaisd
Moderator, United
Sep 21, 2003 | 6:36 pm
#6
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