Absolute no go's on the plane
On Sunday I'm flying again. With a whole bunch of face masks, liters of hand gel, and self-made sandwiches. It's been a while, so you almost forget the usual behavioral rules. For when you're going soon or flying again later: let's never forget this.
1. Let one fly
It was a heated discussion between Mattie and Marieke last week on the radio, because do you do it or not? The wind in the airplane is a delicate matter. Marieke stated the condition that it shouldn't happen during eating, but that a soft one should be able to go around the snacks. Mattie strongly disagreed with her. I don't want to interfere with your flatulence and where you let them fly, but I suggest that on a short flight you just hold it in. Team Mattie in this case, sorry Marieke.
2. Go to the bathroom with turbulence
Anyway, I always get a bit annoyed by people who suddenly stand up when the seatbelt sign is on. Why couldn't you just do that a moment ago? What is so important that you take the risk of being catapulted down the aisle? At me or a roaming staff member? But going to the bathroom with turbulence beats everything, that actually means you make it a war zone for all the following visitors. Not sympathetic.
3. Pushing against seats or slamming a seat back without consultation
Imagine you have one in front of you and one behind you, at the same time, that must be a flight from a horror movie. I find knees in my back extremely annoying, because honestly: you're not that tall. But slamming that seat back in economy class without consultation might be even worse.
4. With your dirty socks on your neighbor's armrest
Yuck yuck. On my last flight from the United Arab Emirates, I saw someone who almost stuffed his dirty socks under the armpit of the man in front of him. Don't do that, especially never do that.
5. Taking a bathroom break when your neighbor is just sleeping
You're such an uncollegial flyer then. You see someone struggling to fall asleep. Sweater in one armpit, shifting the sweater to the other armpit, hand under chin, butt sliding a bit forward in the seat, and at the moment the passenger is really starting to drift off, you suddenly need to pee. Yeah, right.
6. Cheating with your face mask
This is of course very much of this time. Let's just keep that thing on our snout for the sake of others.
7. Number two
Does anyone even do this on a plane?
