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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When it is my turn, [b]I take my turn[/b] as quickly and efficiently as possible. I have a hidden disability, but it is still[b] my turn [/b]and I am using it appropriately. You can be a jerk all you want, but I’m going [b]to take my turn,[/b] 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.[/quote]

What does this even mean? If you're standing in the aisle gathering your things, yes, people should wait and they do. No one will shove you aside. If you're still sitting in your seat or you're standing in the row gathering your things, then people who are standing and ready to move forward will move forward. Are you saying you're going to sit in your seat for as long as you want shouting "It's my turn! I'm taking my turn!"? Because that would be as insane as someone mowing you down while you're standing in the aisle. [/quote]

I have to scoot to the end of the row and swivel my legs out before standing, check my balance for one moment, reach back to retrieve my personal item from the seat where I’ve scooted it behind me. It doesn’t take long, and I would venture to say I’m still moving faster than the vast majority of people, as I never have overhead baggage. But what may look to you like laziness is actually just me moving at maximum speed and efficiency. I see your glare, though. Good thing I’m in so much overwhelming pain that you are the least of my worries.[/quote]

Sorry about your hidden disability but why don’t you wait for everyone in the aisle to move forward before standing up? I used to do that when I traveled with a young child who sat by the window. [/quote]

Um, I do—in the aisle of *my row and the row across from me,* not every aisle passenger on the plane. I usually do have an aisle seat. But because other people perceive that the few extra seconds it takes me to stand and get my balance is “off” or “wrong” or “different,” they get completely huffy, even though as soon as I’m standing, I’m exiting. LIKE I SAID, I take less time than most people, overall, because I am never reaching up to get a bag from the overhead bins. But any nanosecond is a chance for rude, impatient people like OP to huff. [/quote]

Thank you for your reply. But what’s the problem of letting other people who are already in the aisle (even if they sat in rows behind you) pass, if you know you take longer? Or why not sit by the window or just towards the back of the plane?
When my kid was young I would sit there with him until I saw that all the “fast” people left. Never was a huge problem.
I am not saying you should do it, but to avoid the glares AND to speed up the process a bit,  it may be something to consider? [/quote]

No thanks, if you’re happy to sit and gaze out of the window while everyone else departs that’s great for you but after traveling on a long flight with 2 small kids i’m just as anxious to get off the plane and to our destination as everyone else (probably more so!) so I purposely book seats as close to the front as possible and typically don’t check luggage. I’m not going to sit and wait an extra 10 minutes to allow everyone else on the plane to go first just because it may take us an extra 20-30 seconds max for us to get out of our row (which we typically make up while moving up the aisle). Not to mention that if it’s an international flight you’re then also sacrificing your position in the passport check line which could result in an additional much more significant wait.

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