I was flying from Pitt to Charotte on an old USAir MD80 last week. I was sitting in the exit row with a gentleman that was Gold level in their program (I'm only Silver).

So we take off and the guy kicks off his shoes. No big deal, except his feet smell like he keeps them in wet dog hair. Then he somehow manages to cram them into the seat pocket in front of him...like all the way!

So we're flying along...flying...flying...flying. When the refreshment cart comes around and dishes out his peanuts, they have to ask him three times what he would like to drink b/c he isn't paying attention to them.

He rips open the peanuts using his mouth, spits the part of the bag out of his mouth to send it flying through the air, then pours all of the peanuts into his mouth, and when he's done he drops the bag on the floor. All the while of course, his wet dog hair smelling feet are crammed into the seat pocket in front of him.

When the FA comes to take his empty cup, he doesn't even look up but says "How about more of them peanuts." No please, no eye contact, no polite phrasing of the request.

He then proceeds to tear into and scarf down the next two bags of peanuts in the same manner as the first.

By the time we land, there are three empty peanut bags on the floor, three corners from the empty peanut bags on the floor, and a torn seat pocket in front of him from the smelly wet dog haired feet being stuffed in it.

I was honestly chuckling to myself at the attitude of this guy. He seemed so far out of touch with common courtesy/proper behavior that I just had to see if he was wearing a wedding ring...he was!

So whoever is married to this man, you have my deepest condolences. I only hope he treats his own possessions better than those of others...and that he wraps his feet in something before going to bed!

Wheeeeew. I thought dingo was talking about me until he got to the part about being married.

I got nauseous just reading your story. People like that disgust me.

Whew! I could smell his feet as I read the story. That guy has no class. Probably some CEO who thinks that people should not make eye contact with him or be doomed to a dusty old room with no windows.... maybe that's where he was before the flight!

If this guy is a C.E.O: he's probably a desendant of Jed Clampett or one of Adam Sandler's idiot characters.

I feel sorry for the clean person who lost his/her upgrade to Stinky.

Folks, Don't believe Geo1004. He's a real clean and classy guy.

And he even doesn't mind if some of my cat hair gets on his clothes.

so now we need in our travelling bags

noise cancelling headphones
eyeshades
noseplugs

When I was riding the subway(MARTA) in Atlanta, a MARTA officer came through the railcar and told a man to get his feat off the seat. He did! MARTA has started getting very strict on people who don't observe basic manners and rules. I still think we need AIR COPS on the planes to at least keep people civilized!

Take Marta...it's smarta!

(Old promotional line used while I was in school at Georgia Tech). I agree that Marta is clean and nice compared with some other rail lines I've been on.

The MARTA trains are excellent. I take them often into downtown Atlanta from Hartsfield airport. The rail station at Hartsfield is located right in the terminal, thus avoiding any bus ride to link up with the trains. The MARTA has only two lines (East/West and North/South) so it is very easy to find where you are going.

I believe that the MARTA police have the same power as any other Atlanta law enforcement officer, and they are required to have at least one MARTA officer on each train. The latter comment is possibly only true during off-peak operations.

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