Talking nonstop on a flight rude?

[Anonymous]

I would have started singing songs outloud to mess up her work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would have started singing songs outloud to mess up her work.

Everytime she appears to start recording... 'john jacob jingleheimer schmidt his name is my name too...!"

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

They cancel background noise not people's voices.

Play music through them! I was on a 14 hour flight to Dubai once with a bunch of unruly kids (not preschoolers - these were tweens) who didn't shut up, ran up and down the aisles, etc. the entire flight while their parents were up in business class. My Beats playing the entire Led Zeppelin songbook were a lifesaver!

I fly a lot and never go anywhere without my Beats!

[Anonymous]

Honestly, no, it's not rude. I'm a little confused as to why you would think you could control someone else's choices on a flight.

I mean, that's not to say it's not annoying. For sure it's annoying. But rude? No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be annoyed if I didn’t have headphones but I never travel without headphones. It’s 2025, why are people not preparing for inevitable plane noise with headphones?

Same but some people, like kids, don't have the choice to cancel these noises out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

AI will replace the job in 2 weeks. Shocking she hasn't been laid off yet.

Take comfort in that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, no, it's not rude. I'm a little confused as to why you would think you could control someone else's choices on a flight.

I mean, that's not to say it's not annoying. For sure it's annoying. But rude? No.

Found the psychopath.

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Anonymous wrote:I am always stunned that the DCUM response to people being rude is "they can do whatever they want, you have to plan for that." Classic example is the people who shine spotlights into other people's homes at night in the name of "security." DCUM says "Get blackout curtains" rather than the obvious answer: "shot the lights out."

OP, talking on a plane is not illegal, but it's asinine. I once turned around and told a woman to please be quiet, because she had been asking her kid "do you want this or that" questions for almost an hour, and the kid never responded to any of them. I said, "Your kid is fine. She doesn't want apples or goldfish, she doesn't want to read Care Bear or Paw Patrol, she doesn't want to put on her sweater or take off her shoes. She's fine. Please, let her -- and all of us -- be. Shut. Up."

The spotlight example is crazy but you're wrong about this one. You actually told a woman on a plane to shut up because she was talking to her kid? Yes she sounds mildly annoying but YOU were the rude one there. You can't police other people's behavior like that. Unless she was pestering *you* with questions, you need to learn to ignore something like that. Or, yes, bring noise canceling headphones.

I've heard people talking in much more annoying ways than that on planes many times and I've never once told any of them to shut up. Just wow.

Funny how your preferred person can say whatever she wants all flight, but no one else has that freedom of speech.

[Anonymous]

There are things on a plane that are not permitted, things that are permitted but impolite, and things that are neither impolite nor forbidden.

Forbidden: listening to music/movies without headphones, painting your nails, having your seat reclined during a meal. All of these are things that the flight attendant will enforce if you ask them to.

Permitted but impolite: loudly talking throughout an entire flight. It's fine to talk, but modulate your voice. If everyone around you can follow your conversation, you're speaking too loudly. Bringing incredibly smelly food onboard, like fries or pizza.

Neither impolite nor forbidden: adjusting the shade to your preference if you are sitting in the window seat, reclining your seat, using the overhead light, watching whatever you like on the IFE. The airline offers all of these for your convenience and comfort, and no one on a flight should have any expectation of controlling someone else's choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

They cancel background noise not people's voices.

Play music through them! I was on a 14 hour flight to Dubai once with a bunch of unruly kids (not preschoolers - these were tweens) who didn't shut up, ran up and down the aisles, etc. the entire flight while their parents were up in business class. My Beats playing the entire Led Zeppelin songbook were a lifesaver!

I fly a lot and never go anywhere without my Beats!

Didn’t anyone tell them off?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

I am sorry OP. How frustrating.

I do feel it is rude. If it were me I'd passive-aggressive my way through it by continuing to clear my throat loudly over and over and maybe throw in some coughing. But that is how I go about things. I know it is wrong but there it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be annoyed if I didn’t have headphones but I never travel without headphones. It’s 2025, why are people not preparing for inevitable plane noise with headphones?

What is it with people who act like headphones are a panacea? I’ve purchased expensive highly rated noise cancelling headphones, and they don’t drown out a person sitting next to me talking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

I’m sorry, I’m not turning my light off or not talking because of your kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

I’m sorry, I’m not turning my light off or not talking because of your kid.

During a red eye? Talking nonstop through the sleeping portion of a redeye is super rude.

[Anonymous]

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

It’s not public transport. It’s a private company and OP has purchased her seat and all rights to use it. She should have asked a steward for assistance