Flying with screaming kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

"Wow, you're angry AND a douche. I feel for your kids."


But you have SUCH a nice mouth. We are delighted that you are inbreeding AND we get to through your obnoxious self off our plane when you antagonize us. Look forward to it!

That's so... Deliverance. Weird that you take such joy in your misanthropy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was on a flight once and there was an empty seat between me and a mom. I put my purse there and she move her purse and put her child there. He was a lap baby because a flight attendant made that comment early on. During the meal, the kid would reach over and grab my food. Mom ingnored this - she actually was sitting there, eating and looking off into space ignoring her kid. I got annoyed and pushed the kids hand away from my food and had to battle her insistence at grabbing at my plate. Finally Itold the mom that her child might be hungry - keeps taking my food. She asked if she could have my bread because she ate hers! I gladly gave up my bread since the child had already touched it and it had fallen on the floor (kidding about the floor part!). So, although most parents do try to minimize the discomfort of all onboard, there are some that just don't care. A little later, she actually had the kid sit down on the floor and it kept crawling over my feet. There was barely enough room for my legs let alone the kid. I thought about switching seats, but only middle ones were available.

What an annoying thing for you to do. There's a mother with a lap baby next to a free seat and you put your bag there!!! Don't you realize the airlines deliberately put people travelling with kids next to spare seats to give them the extra space because it's the nice thing to do ... not so you can dump your purse there ... !!! I honestly can't believe you did that!!

Honey, I put my purse down for a few minutes to get situated and immediately the mom moved MY purse - she didn't say a word. Just felt the need to do it. Regardless - the mom, it sounds like maybe it was you, was a bigger douchbag than I was. And, technically, no one had the rights to that seat. neither one of us paid for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was on a flight once and there was an empty seat between me and a mom. I put my purse there and she move her purse and put her child there. He was a lap baby because a flight attendant made that comment early on. During the meal, the kid would reach over and grab my food. Mom ingnored this - she actually was sitting there, eating and looking off into space ignoring her kid. I got annoyed and pushed the kids hand away from my food and had to battle her insistence at grabbing at my plate. Finally Itold the mom that her child might be hungry - keeps taking my food. She asked if she could have my bread because she ate hers! I gladly gave up my bread since the child had already touched it and it had fallen on the floor (kidding about the floor part!). So, although most parents do try to minimize the discomfort of all onboard, there are some that just don't care. A little later, she actually had the kid sit down on the floor and it kept crawling over my feet. There was barely enough room for my legs let alone the kid. I thought about switching seats, but only middle ones were available.

What an annoying thing for you to do. There's a mother with a lap baby next to a free seat and you put your bag there!!! Don't you realize the airlines deliberately put people travelling with kids next to spare seats to give them the extra space because it's the nice thing to do ... not so you can dump your purse there ... !!! I honestly can't believe you did that!!

Honey, I put my purse down for a few minutes to get situated and immediately the mom moved MY purse - she didn't say a word. Just felt the need to do it. Regardless - the mom, it sounds like maybe it was you, was a bigger douchbag than I was. And, technically, no one had the rights to that seat. neither one of us paid for it.

How do you actually know that she hadn't paid for that seat? Did you ask her? I hope you didn't call her 'Honey' when you asked her, though. That would surely make you sound like a condescending b*tch!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all of you that keep suggesting you fly first class/business class if you don't want deal with kids: that won't help. My husband and I take our 2 kids overseas frequently, and we always buy business class tickets. Sometimes we get upgraded to first, as we're both very frequent flyers. The kids are well behaved and have probably logged more miles than most adults, but they're young kids. So...if you think economy class passengers are intolerant of crying children, try it up front sometime. THere usually aren't any sympathetic mothers/grandmothers smiling at you there....

I've flown internationally with my kids on numerous occasions and sat up in business class, and it's the BEST THING EVER. Miraculously, my kids behaved each and every time. Maybe it's because the seat in front of them is too far away to kick. Or maybe it's because they can actually lay down in the seat instead of trying to sleep sitting up. Or maybe it's because they have room to play on the floor. I say "Business class for all families!"

[Anonymous]

"That's so... Deliverance. Weird that you take such joy in your misanthropy."

Odd you are so familiar with Deliverance. I had not heard of it until I moved here. Coincidence? I think not. Buh Bye.

[Anonymous]

Wow, are there really women who use the DB word here? How....educated?????? HAHAHAHA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"That's so... Deliverance. Weird that you take such joy in your misanthropy."

Odd you are so familiar with Deliverance. I had not heard of it until I moved here. Coincidence? I think not. Buh Bye.

NP here. James Dickey, the author of Deliverance, was a former Poet Laureate of the U.S. The film was nominated for Best Picture in 1972 and is still considered a classic. Even the music from Deliverance ("Dueling Banjos") is famous.

Also, if you want to quote someone, it's a lot easier for the rest of us to read it if you block quote the way almost everyone else does.

[Anonymous]

The problem is not the kids, it is the badly behaving adults. And I am not now talking about the tired mother, just the crazy child haters, who think a kid does not sense hostility and will sit happily doing nothing, just like flowers in flower pots .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"That's so... Deliverance. Weird that you take such joy in your misanthropy."

Odd you are so familiar with Deliverance. I had not heard of it until I moved here. Coincidence? I think not. Buh Bye.

NP here. James Dickey, the author of Deliverance, was a former Poet Laureate of the U.S. The film was nominated for Best Picture in 1972 and is still considered a classic. Even the music from Deliverance ("Dueling Banjos") is famous.

Also, if you want to quote someone, it's a lot easier for the rest of us to read it if you block quote the way almost everyone else does.

Agreed. I've never even seen the movie but I'm familiar with some of its more well-known quotes.

[Anonymous]

Is 22:30 the same person as the grammar police? What's next, resorting to a Wikipedia quote? Perhaps an IMDb monitor? How much time, exactly, does this person have on her hands? Was she that upset about her false sock puppet report in the other post? Is she that desperate?

[Anonymous]

I don't use the quote function. So?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Is 22:30 the same person as the grammar police? What's next, resorting to a Wikipedia quote? Perhaps an IMDb monitor? How much time, exactly, does this person have on her hands? Was she that upset about her false sock puppet report in the other post? Is she that desperate?

What are you even talking about? You're mad she's familiar with movie quotes?

[Anonymous]

Yeesh. Now you're just inventing things to get worked up about. Go to bed, ladies, there'll plenty of time for crazy tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Exactly. I don't know that the antagonizer should be on here at all. She seems to need help.

It is, indeed, the bad behaving adults!

[Anonymous]

I have two kids, we fly very often. They don't run around screaming or annoying others. As a matter of fact they do not leave their seat unless it is to walk to the bathroom. I can not stand being in a plane with children not controlled. I don't like being any where around children like that.