Pet peeve: deboarding an airplane by row

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My beef is with those who stand up and start slowly packing, all the while blocking the aisle. If you need to pack after the seatbelt sign is off, do it in your seat and let those who are more organized deplane!

+1. I think I also have a beef with some rando who decides to stand in aisle and wait for Slow Packer. It's possible to agree with both sides here. People who push from behind are rude. So are people who, for no good reason, stand in the middle of the aisles blocking everyone behind them.

The problem is the blocker can’t really push past the slow packer!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I really hate the people who can’t wait their turn. The people in front of you need to get off the plane too. I standup right away to prevent people in the back from rushing the aisles. So rude. Why do you think you’re time is more important than someone else’s?

I stand up in hope to exit as soon as I can, but if you stand up and don’t walk when there’s space ahead of you - something’s wrong with you

People from the back of the plane try to rush to the front before the door is even open. I stand up and put my carry-on on the floor in front of me. That way the people in the front can actually leave the plane without some from the back blocking them in the aisle.

I do the same (stand up with my carryon) but if there is space in front of me I move, I don’t block those behind me.
Once I see someone in front of me getting out of their seat, of course I stop to let them do it. But I don’t want to just stand there with empty space ahead of me.

Do you move forward before the door is open? I give the people in front of me a chance to leave instead the being rundown and blocked from getting out by the people from the back.

[Anonymous]

OP, it’s like traffic: sometimes, from farther back, you can’t see and appreciate all that is going on.

The person closest to the exiting row might have a better view to see that yes, this lady is actively moving and trying to get out, but her sweater snagged on something, or her bag is kind of stuck.

Don’t be That Guy who starts blaring his horn just because he can’t see literally a child crossing in the crosswalk, or a freaking goose walking across the road. I’ve had both scenarios happen to me.

Come on, you know this, right? Do better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It drives me bananas when people on airplanes insist on deboarding airplanes by row. All 6 people in row 3 have to depart before some Uber Polite Person in row 4 will move. I'm not against being polite and don't advocate for a mad dash pushing row 3 folks of the way. I mean waiting for a slowpoke in row 3 who hasn't even stood up yet to make his way finally to the aisle, meantime, the Uber Polite Person has held up 5 people behind him who were ready to hoof it off the plane and make a connection.

I never say anything because it seems so pushy. But seriously, Uber Polite Person, you are not actually being polite to the people behind you!

It seems pushy because it is. You don’t get to just “hoof it off the plane”Logistically not everyone can fit standing in the aisle waiting to deboard from a full plane so many people are inevitably going to be waiting in their seat and not standing up until it’s time for their row to exit and some people inevitably take a bit longer than others to do so. Letting those sitting in the rows in front of you have the chance to stand and exit first is just basic accepted airplane etiquette and is not being Uber polite. It’s why seats towards the front of the plane are more desirable and tend to be more expensive.

You are completely in the wrong here. If you want to deboard quickly either pay for seating near the front or if truly pressed to make a connection and not just impatient you can try to request that the flight attendants make an announcement requesting passengers allow you to exit first although this seems to be increasingly rare)

[Anonymous]

I have the opposite vent. I hate it when people who were in the back of the plane charge up the aisle as soon as the seat belt sign goes off so they can deplane way before everyone else in their row. People in the front rows often pay extra for those seats.

People should deplane by row. The person sitting in the window seat doesn't need to stand up and crouch over while they wait for their row's turn, that's crazy. They can stand up when it comes time for their row to deplane, and people in rows farther back can just deal.

[Anonymous]

People are ready-enough to deboard
Op is inventing problems

[Anonymous]

Pick better seats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My beef is with those who stand up and start slowly packing, all the while blocking the aisle. If you need to pack after the seatbelt sign is off, do it in your seat and let those who are more organized deplane!

But yes the polite blockers annoy me too. Honestly I think it is a sign of an easy life if someone can afford the luxury of being overly polite

Please apply that thinking to people who choose not to be polite to you by your standards. After all, each person sets their own bar for politeness.

[Anonymous]

+1 OP. If you are not in a hurry, don't make everyone else wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My beef is with those who stand up and start slowly packing, all the while blocking the aisle. If you need to pack after the seatbelt sign is off, do it in your seat and let those who are more organized deplane!

But yes the polite blockers annoy me too. Honestly I think it is a sign of an easy life if someone can afford the luxury of being overly polite

Please apply that thinking to people who choose not to be polite to you by your standards. After all, each person sets their own bar for politeness.

Apparently waiting your turn is annoying and overly polite. Can’t imagine how these posters’ kids turned out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I really hate the people who can’t wait their turn. The people in front of you need to get off the plane too. I standup right away to prevent people in the back from rushing the aisles. So rude. Why do you think you’re time is more important than someone else’s?

I stand up in hope to exit as soon as I can, but if you stand up and don’t walk when there’s space ahead of you - something’s wrong with you

People from the back of the plane try to rush to the front before the door is even open. I stand up and put my carry-on on the floor in front of me. That way the people in the front can actually leave the plane without some from the back blocking them in the aisle.

I do the same (stand up with my carryon) but if there is space in front of me I move, I don’t block those behind me.
Once I see someone in front of me getting out of their seat, of course I stop to let them do it. But I don’t want to just stand there with empty space ahead of me.

Do you move forward before the door is open? I give the people in front of me a chance to leave instead the being rundown and blocked from getting out by the people from the back.

I don’t know when the door is open. As soon as the plane stops and the sign is off I stand up near my seat.
And I think all aisle seat people should do the same and leave as soon as the person in front of them moves.

[Anonymous]

I'm shocked by this post. Imagine if no-one on the plane had no etiquette. Departure would be an unruly mess...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:+1 OP. If you are not in a hurry, don't make everyone else wait.

Deboarding an entire airplane takes about 10 minutes. What is so important that you can’t spend less than 10 minutes allowing people in front of you to get off the plane?

[Anonymous]

Please exercise patience. We all live in community with one another. On the other hand, please pack your stuff up, so even if you are older and slowing down with age, you can concentrate on exiting and not both packing and exiting. Everyone needs to be kind and thoughtful here.

[Anonymous]

When it is my turn, I take my turn as quickly and efficiently as possible. I have a hidden disability, but it is still my turn and I am using it appropriately. You can be a jerk all you want, but I’m going to take my turn, and it’s going to take as long as it takes.

You’re not all that important. If you were, you would have had a first class ticket.