Ditto to 99% of the other annoyances listed.

What really gets my goat? Applying nail polish in flight. You'd be surprised how often this happens. The odor is overwhelming, and this is no escaping from it. Can't it wait til you land?? FAs usually nip this in the bud if they spot it, however.

YES!!! YES!!

OK, this isn't in-cabin, but also, people who crowd the arrivals hall waiting to pick up their friend/spouse/family member etc. Can't they move to the side so that everybody else can pass through? Also, said people who, after picking up their friend/spouse/family member etc., start hugging them right in the middle of where people are trying to pass, thereby blocking arriving pax traffic. Can't it wait until you get home? Or at least can you step to the side, please, so that the rest of us can get to our own respective destinations?! :mad:

Next time, ask the FA to re-seat you somewhere far away from the cat. It's really unacceptable to have to put up with a situation that is injurious to your health.

Aren't there mini pet-holds in (some) planes? I know I've checked animals and had them put in a hold somewhere. (In a cage, obviously!)

(Tangent: I wonder if that is also why seeing-eye dogs tend to be shorthaired?)

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Yeah, those drooling retards are the worst!

Mine would be bad breath / bad body odor. Not just a slight odor from a long day but those that smell like a sub (grinder, italian style sandwich) shop, for their body odor or for those with bad breath, when it smells like they have been chewing on week old cooked cabbage and then they want to talk to you.

My other would be ppl who want to talk to me and do so even though I have headphones on, so I will pull them out to hear the inane comment they have to make about the airline or politics.

My biggest pet peeve right now is the bigoted, self-righteous people who have been posting offensive comments about overweight people to this thread.

Do you really think that I made a decision to be obese? Despite your stereotypes, I do not over eat. My weight problem is due to a lack of exercise because of a medical condition and an excessively low metabolism.

Even though I think it wrong that I should have to pay double the ticket price of all you “normal” people, I usually buy two seats. That doesn't, however, seem to help the dirty looks I get during boarding. It also doesn't help when the flight is over booked and my extra is the first one bumped.

The problem isn't due to my size. The problem is that the airlines have chosen to ignore the the comfort and dignity of passengers in favor of cramming as many bodies in a cabin as they possibly can.

Maybe there should be a special section in the back of the plane for all the big people. Maybe they shouldn't even be allowed on the plane at all. Hey, lets just make a law that fat people aren't allowed on public transportation. Even better lets round them all up, put them in camps and starve them down to your perception of normality.

Because of the pain and embarrassment, I fly only when absolutely necessary for business. My vacations are limited to destinations within driving distance. Why would I subject myself to that kind of abuse unless I am forced.
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Agreed! I dont get why so many people think that it's wrong to recline one's seat. It's part of what you paid for! And for those that are bothered by it, you can always try to get the bulkhead seat.

It seems to me that these days you don't get a choice. During non-night flights airlines seem to make a little announcement like "for the comfort an enjoyment of your fellow passengers during the movie, we ask that all pax sitting next to the window to kindly pull down their window shades" And after that, the FAs come around and see to it that they are pulled down.

I just say that I'm horribly claustrophobic and that if the shade is closed they'll have to page for a doctor. Works like a charm every time.

other people's money
 

My pettest peeve is pax flying on employer's money who think they are special

Pax in exit row seats drinking alcohol

Pax who fly frequently (on employer's money) and suddenly think they can chat with FAs in galley area as if they are part of the aviation industry themselves

Pax who spread out bits and pieces of personal stuff on floor (work papers, bottles, empty crap,...) making it difficult for window-seat pax to enter the aisle

Pax who think their rollaboard in "entitled" to fit in overhead bin "if only" lowly scum would rearrange their stuff already in bin

Pax who think that anyone not a middle-aged white guy is someone unused to flying or a moron

Pax who think that anyone dark-skinned is a terrorist, anyone asian doesnt speak english, and anyone with kids as lepers

To sum it up, I guess it just dont like people who travel for business. Crowds the planes, and leaves less room and luxury for us vacationeers who travel by choice.

Well, it's nice to know that business travelers don't have a monopoly on arrogance.

I'm a middle-aged white guy who travels on business. I do none of the things you complain about (though I occasionally politely ask permission to rearrange the bin for more efficient use of space), yet you just don't like me anyway. Me, I'd love to see you pay the fares you'd be paying if we high-fare short-notice business travelers weren't on the plane with you. I bet you'd travel by choice a lot less.