Speaking of feet, people who walk around the cabin barefoot creep me out a bit. I see it more often than you'd think - especially on overnight flights. I'm more creeped out for them than me, but still, I shudder to think about someone's bare pups touching an airplane lav floor.

As a corollary, landing on time but waiting forever in the penalty box for a gate to open up, thus jeopardizing your connections. Then, finally deplaning at one end of a long concourse where your connection is departing from the complete other end and that particular airport does not believe in moving walkways.

I sure hope you're talking about ORD because if this same stuff happens at other airports I might as well give up now.

...and the ariline you're flying at said airport does not believe in holding a plane for cross-concourse "runners" even though the gate personnel can plainly see from their computer screen that the other plane is on the ground and there are "runners" on the way... (Can you hear me, NWA at MEM?????)

People taking forever at the automated check-in kiosks.

People standing in front of an automated check-in kiosk waiting for an agent to tell them how to use it (when it says what to do pretty clearly on the screen)...

also people who put their 20 bags in front of an open check-in kiosk, blocking anyone from using it.

Dovetailing on this, my #2 pet-peeve is with those who get snitty with me for a direct, "I'd really rather be alone with my thoughts right now." It's as if I don't have a right to be left alone. Weird.

#1 pet-peeve: Getting the Selfish Lecture by Control Freak Seatmate for not closing my window shade. Funny, they never have a Xanax to spare when *I* need one. :rolleyes:

TSA

I have just started flying again and in my opinion use of overhead storage seems to be much reasonable these days. I used to hate it when the family in row 43 boarded before me with their heirlooms and stuck it in the bin for row 23 which was where I was sitting, as well as row 43. That does not seem to be happening any more.

The carry on question is interesting. It would probably not bother people as much if they had faith that their checked in bags would show up at the other end. I don't care much if my luggage is lost upon my return; but I do care if it is lost anywhere on my way to a destination with multiple connections and different airlines and airports: eg: London.

I agree with the people mover complaint. If I see that it is full, I walk flat footed because I will be faster.

Beyond that nothing bothers me except for myself when I have a cold that I just can't shake but my fellow passengers which I could.

The people who upon arrival stop at the end of the jetway and block the doorway, oblivious to the fact that a hundred or two of their fellow passengers also need to get off the plane. :mad:
Not nearly as pervasive a problem now as when non-travelers were allowed access to the gates to welcome arriving passengers, but it still happens often enough to constitute a peeve.

Mine is people traveling with their pets (dogs and cats) in cages in the passenger cabin.

I was on a flight a few weeks ago where a lady got up and went to the lavatory - and she let her dog run loose up and down the aisle of the plane.

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Luggage carousel huggers, indeed!

I have checked luggage twice in the last six months for the first (and second) time in a long time, and I cannot believe how obtuse you need to be to stand with your toes touching the luggage belt even though zero bags are currently on the carousel.

And as long as you are there, feel free to line all thirty-seven of your travel companions/offspring/neighbors/animals in bags and cages right alongside you to maximize the uselessness of the area around you.

Thank you, I feel better now.

Wow, I agree with pretty much all of these!^ How true!:eek:

It really annoys me how many folks stow smaller or midsized items in the overhead bins with no attempt to conserve space. If you've got a laptop in a normal-sized case and you're not on an RJ, you can stand the laptop up instead of laying it flat, and only occupy a few inches of space. If you've got a wheelaboard, stowing it wheels-to-wall or handle-to-wall uses a lot less width than stowing it sideways. You can easily spot a seasoned traveller when bags are being stowed. Not making efficient use of the limited space only means someone else will end up rearranging the bins after you, which slows down the boarding process for everyone.

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