Talking nonstop on a flight rude?

[Anonymous]

Sat next to a woman on a flight who would not stop talking for the entire 3.5 hour flight. It looked like she was translating some document into a foreign language and was recording it into audio files. Just a nonstop assault for hours on end being forced to this woman go on without break or silence. There is a lot of annoying things other passengers can do on a plane, but this one is a new one to me. Is it not rude to do translating work outloud for an entire flight?

Might as well play a 3.5 hour long Playlist or movie with no headphones while we are at it.

[Anonymous]

Just start talking to yourself so your voice is captured along with the other person's. She'll quickly get the idea.

[Anonymous]

Yes, that’s rude. So many people have no consideration for their impacts on others.

[Anonymous]

That’s what noise canceling headphones are for

[Anonymous]

At least she wasn't talking to you.

[Anonymous]

I once sat on the front row of two people who talked without a stop for hours and hours on a cross-Atlantic red eye flight. They also had their lights on, and finally, after my little kid woke up repeatedly because of the light, I asked them to turn off the light. Perhaps because of that they started paying attention to where they were and what other people were trying to do (sleep). An hour before landing they asked me if I was bothered by their talking and after that they finally shut up.

[Anonymous]

I am with the poster that said noise canceling headphones. Certain things is a must when you are going on a flight; a water bottle (for those delays of exiting the plane or take off and the cabin can get extremely hot), tylenol, noise canceling headphones, a hoodie

[Anonymous]

Nope. Not rude. Rude if she’s talking to you, sure, but no different than had she been talking to a friend sitting next to her for the entire flight. There’s no “quiet car” on airplanes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s what noise canceling headphones are for

They cancel background noise not people's voices.

[Anonymous]

Rude perhaps, but she probably needed to work, so she didn’t have a choice. You get what you get on a commercial plane. Even in business class people will keep lights on, windows open, talk, stand up constantly, etc. you can only control yourself - plan for noise cancelling headphones, eye covers, layered clothing, downloaded shows in case your screen doesn’t work, etc.

[Anonymous]

People talk constantly on flights. If you sit near either galley you hear the attendants talk with each other and with the passengers, even on overnight flights. I don't enjoy you but you should expect it and wear ear plugs.

There should be quiet flights, like quiet cars. People would pay extra.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just start talking to yourself so your voice is captured along with the other person's. She'll quickly get the idea.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rude perhaps, but she probably needed to work, so she didn’t have a choice. You get what you get on a commercial plane. Even in business class people will keep lights on, windows open, talk, stand up constantly, etc. you can only control yourself - plan for noise cancelling headphones, eye covers, layered clothing, downloaded shows in case your screen doesn’t work, etc.

I disagree with this. There is a difference between people having a conversation and someone talking to herself. I'm not sure why, but there is. Under the PP's reasoning, a passenger could listen to a podcast on a flight, and she'd just shrug and stew to herself.

[Anonymous]

It's public transportation and it's not the quiet car. Get over yourself or fly private

[Anonymous]

That is so incredibly rude you should have talked to yourself, sang to yourself or something stop her form doing that. Clearly she has main character syndrome and you should have set her straight. People keep being rude like this because they get away with it and no one sets them straight.