This is a fantastic list published by Thrillist Travel, I tend to agree with the vast majority of these! What are your thoughts? Their team compiled a list of the top transgressions, some obvious and some “morally ambiguous”. Thanks to reader Len P from Portland for sharing. We were not able to publish the full 21, but check out their full list here and the first three below.
1. Never ask if you can skip someone in the security line. It’s amazing how much better the airport experience is if you’re not in a going-into-labor-in-the-back-of-the-cab-sized hurry. Sure, you can cut it close and run up to the security check sweating, near tears, begging to cut the line. But then you unwittingly force someone into a spiraling moral dilemma: Should they say yes and avoid looking like a total dick, or should they take a stand against you, the inconsiderate screwup? And do they have the authority to make the call either way, thereby speaking for all the other people in line you’ll also be skipping? If you’re at the point of panic, get an agent involved. Better yet, be on time.
2. Don’t get upset if the TSA agents are rude to you. Think about what they deal with! Despite repeating themselves on a near constant loop, there are still dipsticks who don’t put their laptop in a separate bin. Who half-assedly push their bag through the line with their foot watching Hulu on their phone and then act surprised they have to take their shoes off. The only thing more amateur? Taking umbrage against a “rude” agent who’s just doing his or her job. It should also go without saying: Don’t argue with the flight attendant.
3. Don’t leave, like, 20 bins of your personal belongings sitting on the edge of the conveyer belt for the poor schmuck behind you to push through while you la-di-da off to the body scanner.
Full list here.
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4 comments
Ridiculous. No. 1 & 5 contradict each other. Don’t skip the line but also don’t be mad if someone else does?
Fart only in F cabin? Clearly these rules made by poor people jealous of rich people, or an idiot who don’t understand you can get F by using points and miles.
Don’t recline in economy? I paid my seat. It comes with reclining facility. Why shouldn’t I use it? Maybe the rules maker never experienced long haul redeye in economy.
Adam, as member of boardingarea bloggers, have you read and understand the article or simply copy and paste?
Oh number 2 is so wrong… I understand they have to put up with a lot of people from good to bad.
But i get really angry when my bag gets pulled out for additional checks and there are 3 tsa guys standing around joking and talking to each other and one additonal one is checking the x-ray machine. the rest is just standing around doing nothing. They even see my bag get pulled out and still dont dare to move and if they move its like the slow motion moves in matrix. Unbelievable how slow a person can really move 😉
Don’t recline in economy? Really? Try and stop me. And everyone else on the plane. Until they stop making economy seats that recline, I’m reclining. WTH, you want to take that away too?
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