Long Haul Sleeping on Plane Etiquette: Snoring

[Anonymous]

Ear plugs and headphones. You are in a public space and accept what comes along with that, and snoring from someone on an overnight flight (and this flight was relatively short) comes along with it.

I'm extremely sensitive to noise and have my headphones on immediately after the safety briefing. You consent to this kind of thing by leaving your house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh she can’t help it. I’d just put my headphones on.

+1 I fly for work long haul pretty frequently, and this happens all the time (although usually it's a man doing it rather than a woman). You can't prevent people from sleeping on a long haul flight, I've never seen a flight attendant wake up any passenger who was snoring. If you're in business class, you get nice Bose headsets, and I sleep wearing those. If not, invest in good earplugs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:6 hours is NOT long haul.

Deal with it.

+1 6 hours? please. suck it up buttercup.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I bought a relatively cheap headband thing on amazon that is an eye mask with bluetooth headphones in it (because I hate ear plugs and am a side sleeper). I connected it to my phone on Spotify with a 10 hour playlist of white noise machine sounds (there are several on there, just search, both on amazon for the headband and on spotify for white noise playlists).

I wore it on my red eye to England last summer and literally slept 6 hours straight which is insane for me. Slept through both meal services (dinner and breakfast) and had to be woken up to raise my set and be ready for landing. I imagine something like this would help if snoring is loud.

Too bad the headband thing can't also teach you how to read. OP said she has young kids, so she can't block sounds while sleeping.

Too bad you suck as a person. Sucks to suck.

[Anonymous]

You tell the flight attendant to handle it and shut them up they are trained on these situations

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes 6 hours is not long haul i should have clarified that it was an overnight flight meaning people were counting on being able to sleep so that they could adjust to the time zone.

as i said i had little kids with me so was limited in terms of the noise cancelling options for them. snorer was directly behind them so hard to muffle.

next time i’ll ask the FA to address.

You're not entitled to perfect sleeping conditions just because it is an overnight flight. If it were someone playing a video or a drunk person being rowdy it would be a different story, but the snorer isn't obligated to stay awake because you want to sleep.

You can't prevent people from farting either OP. The human body is the human body. The most you could ask for was to change seats if there were any openings.

Farting is basically assault

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes 6 hours is not long haul i should have clarified that it was an overnight flight meaning people were counting on being able to sleep so that they could adjust to the time zone.

as i said i had little kids with me so was limited in terms of the noise cancelling options for them. snorer was directly behind them so hard to muffle.

next time i’ll ask the FA to address.

You're not entitled to perfect sleeping conditions just because it is an overnight flight. If it were someone playing a video or a drunk person being rowdy it would be a different story, but the snorer isn't obligated to stay awake because you want to sleep.

You can't prevent people from farting either OP. The human body is the human body. The most you could ask for was to change seats if there were any openings.

Farting is basically assault

You must not get out much. Farting happens often on planes...and movie theaters...and school auditoriums. Stay home if you can't handle the discomfort that comes from being around other people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes 6 hours is not long haul i should have clarified that it was an overnight flight meaning people were counting on being able to sleep so that they could adjust to the time zone.

as i said i had little kids with me so was limited in terms of the noise cancelling options for them. snorer was directly behind them so hard to muffle.

next time i’ll ask the FA to address.

You're not entitled to perfect sleeping conditions just because it is an overnight flight. If it were someone playing a video or a drunk person being rowdy it would be a different story, but the snorer isn't obligated to stay awake because you want to sleep.

You can't prevent people from farting either OP. The human body is the human body. The most you could ask for was to change seats if there were any openings.

+1. Screaming children have kept me awake on flights more times than snorers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh she can’t help it. I’d just put my headphones on.

+1 I fly for work long haul pretty frequently, and this happens all the time (although usually it's a man doing it rather than a woman). You can't prevent people from sleeping on a long haul flight, I've never seen a flight attendant wake up any passenger who was snoring. If you're in business class, you get nice Bose headsets, and I sleep wearing those. If not, invest in good earplugs.

+2 A sleeping person can't help snoring anymore than a baby can help crying. The flight attendant can't do much to stop either, and yes, passengers will grumble as they exit the plane.

FYI a long haul flight is 6-12 hours. OP's flight is long haul, but just barely (and with take-off, landing, and meal service included, I doubt most people are taking the flight with the expectation of sound sleep.)

[Anonymous]

Do ppl who snore realize how much they inconvenience others?
Get a cpap, or don’t sleep on a plane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do ppl who snore realize how much they inconvenience others?
Get a cpap, or don’t sleep on a plane.

What are you on about?

CPAP machines are a medical treatment given by prescription to treat sleep apnea -- not snoring. Some with sleep apnea snore, some do not. Some who snore have sleep apnea, some do not.

[Anonymous]

You wake them up

[Anonymous]

Just go to sleep. Get over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I bought a relatively cheap headband thing on amazon that is an eye mask with bluetooth headphones in it (because I hate ear plugs and am a side sleeper). I connected it to my phone on Spotify with a 10 hour playlist of white noise machine sounds (there are several on there, just search, both on amazon for the headband and on spotify for white noise playlists).

I wore it on my red eye to England last summer and literally slept 6 hours straight which is insane for me. Slept through both meal services (dinner and breakfast) and had to be woken up to raise my set and be ready for landing. I imagine something like this would help if snoring is loud.

Too bad the headband thing can't also teach you how to read. OP said she has young kids, so she can't block sounds while sleeping.

Not sure why you singled out and were super rude with this one suggestion re headband with built in head phones but not all the other multiple suggestions for noise canceling headphones. Get help for your random anger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d get very annoyed because my mom snores like this and I find it very selfish to sleep soundly while other people have to deal with it. It’s a gross habit and I’m not convinced people are helpless.

You’re deluded.

You think people who are sound asleep are purposely making noise to annoy you.