Plane Pet Peeves
Hi friends! Hope you’ve had a wonderful Monday so far <3
I’m sky blogging again- it’s been a long day of traveling, rude cab drivers, and on-the-go food so it will be nice to get home and back in the swing of life.
We had a great last morning in Philly, though 🙂
After sleeping in, blogging and munching hotel-made oats (with Vega protein and 1/2 a crumbled Macro Bar)
[I was eating it in the elevator and a man said, “well that looks very healthy.” Nothing like green oats to shock random people]
we went on a mission to find somewhere for the Pilot to get his hairs cut.
I went into the cute little stores while he tried to find a place, and it wasn’t until an hour or so after our adventure began that we remembered most salons are closed on Mondays. My mom is a stylist.. I should remember these things 😉
So instead, we went to the Reading Terminal Market one last time so the Pilot could grab some bfast and I could grab lunch for the plane.
We do this almost every time we’re on vacation- we find a place we like, and then we eat there every day. Remember in Vegas when we ate at Mon Ami Gabi for breakfast every.single.day? It’s funny because part of me thinks that we should explore foodie options whenever we can, and the other part has a “if it ain’t broke…” mentality.
He munched a stuffed savory crepe
and I attempted to drink the sickest veggie juice of my life.
[I tossed it after taking the photo. I couldn’t do it.]
I’m a pretty hardcore juice fanatic- you could juice a shoe and I might just ask you to add a bit of ginger to it- but this one tasted off, like something wasn’t right. As much as I wanted a veggie-ful enzyme blast, I couldn’t drink the stanky funky juice.
I also grabbed a salad + hummus to munch on the plane:
and its deliciousness made up for the juice 🙂
We had an.. eventful… cab ride to the airport, almost missed our flight [it wouldn’t be *us* if we weren’t sprinting through the terminal. In all fairness this time wasn’t our fault, but rather our cabbie’s] and had a long layover at the Atlanta airport hanging out and having dinner with my FIL. It was lovely 🙂
We were only in Atlanta for 3 hours, but being there made me realize how much I really miss Georgia people. They are so kind and polite… unlike anything I’ve experienced living or visiting anywhere else.
Time to shut this thing down. See ya in the desert! 🙂
xoxo
Gina
Something to talk about: What’s you biggest plane pet peeve? Mine *used* to be crying babies –now I just imagine that it will be me in a few months, so I’m trying to be more sympathetic- but I definitely think arm rest hogs are the worst. Also up on the list: snorers and people who glare at you when you ask to be let out to use the powder room.
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I think my biggest pet peeve only happened once to me but I was on a long flight to Hawaii and a child behind me was kicking the back of my chair continuously. I politely asked the parent to have them stop, but I was somewhere over the pacific ocean with 4 hours left of flight and was trying to sleep.
I love that long skirt you were wearing in the first pick! And I completely agree with finding a place you like! I always feel bad for not being more adventurous but I always find my self craving old favorites!
I never get why people are so upset about crying babies, it’s not like they can do anything about it 🙁 P.s I love the long shirt on you! Hippie Chic!
Sorry that your cabbie was rude today! And LOL about the green oats comment.
My plane pet peeves = nose / throat clearers (my Mom is one of them), people who are rude to the flight attendants, seat back recliners (I am tall and my knees get squashed when people use their recline option).
The worst plane experience ever was returning from Foodbuzz last year. I was on a red eye and stuck next to a MAN and he kept trying to take advantage of my personal space… the arm rest, my foot space, everything. I had to verbally yell at him several times and as a result spent the whole plane ride as *that girl* who kept her light on the whole time 🙁 I didn’t trust the jerk enough to turn my light off and try to sleep!
creeper!!
i haven’t been on a plane very much, only twice and it was a round trip, 6hours to mexico and back to canada. I didn’t get up, i didn’t move or anything, i felt so scared and so sick (first time flying) so from my experience i haven’t had any issues to have pet peeves about. I think screaming kids, would get on my nerves, especially the older ones that already should know better, babies can’t help it!
I never thought of adding protein powder to oats! Smart move. Also love your long skirt, ladies always look so elegant in long skirts!
thank you! 🙂
Biggest plane pet peeve for sure is dudes who spread their legs wider than there seat. Why is it OK for them to take up more space?! I always get stuck with them when traveling by myself…
ahhh i hate that too!
Smelly people who cough on you and give you the stink eye when you ask to get up to go to the bathroom are pretty much my idea of plane hell. To be fair, I guess someone else’s hell is the nervous person who has to pee, like, every twenty minutes. Haha this is why I try to get the aisle seat whenever possible.
My biggest plane pet peeve is people who put their seat back! I’m 5’10”, so when that happens to me, I’m NOT happy!
I don’t like it when people allow their children to misbehave. I understand it happens, not a big deal, but when they don’t do anything about it is when I get really peeved.
On a flight to Vegas last year I sat in front of a chatty little girl around 4. She said the most crazy, funny, random stuff. She was looking out a window and said “look daddy, grass, lot’s of it. I want to pee on it like a dog.” LOL….She was saying some other funny things too. Her dad kept telling her to use her indoor voice, but she wouldn’t listen. She was too cute!
OMG! hahah!
I really hate sitting next to people who bring stinky food like tuna fish or egg salad on the plane. Although, I’ve probably been guilty of it.
hahah my salad and hummus was super garlicky. sorry plane neighbors, haha
I hate wasting money on juices that taste funny I have had that happen a few times, pet peeve on planes is definitely people leaning their chairs back!
NO WAY!! I’m living in Philly right now and I jokingly thought to myself this morning, ‘keep your eye out for Gina today, she’s out exploring the city’ knowing full well how unlikely it would be to see you. And now I am looking at your pictures and the one of your pilot on the street corner is RIGHT where I work. Crazy!! Love your blog!!
that is so awesome! we were right there 🙂
I don’t like it when people from the back rows plow through and don’t let the people in the rows ahead out first. It just seems like everything could go so smoothly if people were polite! I understand there are reasons to get off the plane quickly (layover, restroom emergency, whatever) but a lot of people are just outright rude and want to be first!
Crying babies are annoying, but I understand they can’t help it. What REALLY irritates me is when the parents get all obnoxious and start yelling at their child who doesn’t understand what it’s doing on a plane to begin with.
oh my gosh I always need to have the aisle seat because I constantly am up and down to use the bathroom. Small bladder!
My plane pet peeves — not crying babies, but small children who kick! kick! kick! the back of your seat, or continually latch/unlatch their tray behind you. (I have a feeling I’ll be doing a lot more road trips post-babies)
Armrest hogs are the worst too– usually larger, middle-aged men. Just because I’m a girl doesn’t mean I don’t want somewhere to rest my arms! I paid for half of it!!
I hope you did report that cabbie– I haven’t had a bad experience in the states, thankfully, but more than a few sketchy ones in Europe.
Sending safe travels home– looks like an eventful day 🙂
People that recline their seats all the way back and then you can barely use your tray! Argh!
Biggest plane pet peeve is when you’ve landed and people right away stand and try to get off first before the people around them, instead of waiting their turn. I always wait till it is just about my turn before I stand. It creates a backup and hard for people to get their luggage when people behind them are barging through!!
yikes! what happened with the cab-driver? I hate rude people! Totally ruins a trip!
Lawd, I could go on and on about this forever! I fly often so there are quite a few things that bug me but the one that gets me the most are the people who clearly didn’t bother bathing before they got on a flight. The air is recycled! Please do not spread your body funk to innocent passengers. blech.
Also people that chew with their mouth open and ppl who lean into your personal space are pretty high on my list too.
Safe travels! Sorry you had a bad cabbie!
“you could juice a shoe and I might just ask you to add a bit of ginger to it- but this one tasted off, like something wasn’t right. “— guaranteed then it WASN’T right. Good for you for listening to your instincts and pitching it. I just posted about listening to instincts, hunches, and especially the mama instincts 🙂
Crying babies…yes, you become immune and actually feel horrible for the parents of the crying babies on the plane b/c you know they are going thru h*ll and just need some relief. You wish you could help them in some way. And when it’s your baby, you feel equally helpless and you will feel like other people hate you. But they don’t and if they’re parents, they’ve ALL been there.
Worst pet peeve = men hitting on me when i am traveling alone (or with Skylar!), snorers, arm rest hoggers, overly chatty types who want my life story, where im going, how long im going to be there..it’s like ummmm, I don’t know you and I’d really like to sky blog. mmm…kay? 🙂
I completely agree with you about Georgia! I have traveled all over the world, lived in 5 countries, and have never experienced more culture shock than my trip to Atlanta for my cousin’s wedding. Everyone is SO nice and SO friendly. I could not get over it. So different than California. And the second someone said ‘ya’ll’ and actually meant it, I nearly lost my mind!
Eeeew that juice sounds scary! I’m like you – I’ll drink the most hardcore juices (ginger please!) but if something is *off* I just can’t do it.
And I had no idea that salons are closed on Mondays. I’m sure here in the land of sand it doesn’t apply, but I’ll keep that in mind next time I’ve overseas.
Speaking of traveling, when I was in London is did exactly the same thing. I had a list as long as my arm of restaurants I *had* to try, but ended up eating at my favorite place, Bumpkin, 3 times! You are so right – if it ain’t broke!
plane pet peeves..hmmm…well my brother is a pilot for united before (now delta) and i used to get hooked up with first class seats! it was THE bomb. pet peeves would be when first class gets full and i get stuck in economy with rest arm hoggers!! that was not a problem in first class. lol one time i was traveling from london to nyc, and right when i walked in to first class at 8 am “champagne? mimosa?” so awesome. then i flew to buenos aires in economy last april, omg, no leg space whatsoever! i’m like all crampy and stuff!
Woah. It is my dream to fly even in business class. I go to Europe every year and I *think* I might have accumulated enough air points to upgrade myself next time.
you should def upgrade to first class if you can!! it’s sooo soo worth it! when you arrive to your destination, you feel all refreshed!! (or drunk if you care to drink all the wine they offer!) 🙂
I used to fly Southwest a lot, which has open seating. Unfortunately, because I’m so small, open seating means that, inevitably, the BIGGEST person on the plane will hunt me down to sit next to me. Not just sit next to me, but they also always believe that I obviously don’t need the entire seat, so they go ahead and spill over into my seat too.
I often spent entire flights leaning into the aisle just to get a little bit of breathing room.
BODY ODOR. The person that refuses to turn off their phone because I know that now the plane is going to crash and I will go to my grave blaming that person. People with smelly food, even if its a food I like.
What went into the juice that was so bad? I am sorry about your stank juice. Boo. My biggest plane pet peeve is defs the arm rest hoggers. And people who get drunk!
Arm Rest Hogs!!! My last flight I was sandwiched between two big guys who each claimed an arm rest… it was a long no frills flight and all I could do was either tuck my arms behind me or put my head down on the tray table. BRUTAL!
My last flight was 36 hours. For the second twelve hours I was sitting next to a teenager that was sniffling and coughing into a hankie the whole way and looked really sick. I know it’s not her fault to get on a plane in Hong Kong carrying some WEIRD FOREIGN GERMS, but I was totally gakked by it. I secretly asked to be moved but the plane was full. I spent most of the time wandering the aisles and talking to the stewardesses, even though the lights were off. Then, when we landed she apologised for the hacking and sniffling and told me that she had swapped seats with her dad because her mum didn’t want to sit by her when she was sick 🙁
Also, they asked me to turn off my kindle during flight. Has anyone else had that? Perhaps Air NZ is overly paranoid. Singapore Airlines didn’t seem to have a problem with it.
My BIGGEST airplane pet peeve is people who put down their seats. I think there should just be a rule that no one can adjust their seat. Because the truth is, people like me would rather sit uncomfortably typing with a seat on us than put down our seats and risk bothering the person behind us!
My best friend is having her rehearsal dinner at Reading Terminal Market!! I’m so excited!
While I LOVE those personal tvs they’re starting to put in headrests, the airlines need to get rid of the video game feature… I had a middle aged woman violently poking my headrest for the entirety of an overnight flight once and didn’t get a wink of sleep! I finally stood up and asked her if she would mind poking the screen with less force and she literally gave me the stink eye!
Plane pet peeve? How about getting stuck between the two largest men in the entire world on a flight from Denver to Charleston that connects in Charlotte?! (Because of many cancelled flights and the airlines messing up, I had no choice but to take a center seat.) The guy next to the window was super sweet and tried to stay in his space, although he was still spilling over. The guy on my right in the aisle seat was falling asleep, hogging the arm rest, and snoring as he tried to lean on my shoulder. *Shivers*. I spent 3.5 hours leaning over on my elbows to avoid the guy. It was awful!
Ugh, we had such similar traveling troubles coming back from CA last week. I almost missed coming to the HLS all together. Nothing drives me more crazy than stressful flying mishaps.
It was so great to meet you last weekend!! I can’t tell you how happy I am for you and you’ve been such an inspiration to me. (We’re trying right now and your story as been a great inspiration)
PS- I am the one who introduced myself during Katy’s session sitting behind you. 😉
I loathe people who sit behind me and either kick my chair the whole time or have a SCREAMING loud conversation. On the last flight I was on, the guy behind me was dropping F bombs every other word at a REALLY loud pitch. I don’t have virgin ears, but there are kids on that plane, dude!
My pet peeve is definitely no wi-fi in the airport!
I’m shocked that a flight out of Philly was actually on time. The running joke with my old co-workers that it didn’t matter how late you were to the Philly airport, the plane would always be later. (I spent MANY months in Philly.)
When I would travel for business I would always pay the cab with the company CC. Well, I stopped taking the cabs from the airport to center city because everytime I would get a lecture from the Airport to the Marriott telling me how much they hate people who pay with CC, knowning that I was paying with one. That’s why I live on the better part of the state!
I hear you on Georgia people. Nothing like southern hospitality! I have one month left in Augusta and I’m going to miss it. Las Vegas is well.. different.
I’m always terrified that the extremely overweight people will sit next to me. I was in Boise waiting for a flight last year, and 3 exceptionally large and related women were waiting for the same flight. They ended up sitting right behind me, and complained about how small the seats were the entire flight. Uh… You think? The seat kickers are also annoying, but I’d rather have that than someone who reeks of cigarette smoke or some other stank smell. I am extremely prone to motion sickness, so any “off” smell just doesn’t bode well with me. I really hate flying, but it’s kind of a necessary evil.
I’m glad you had a great time in Philly! I hate flying, and I would have to say the worst part about the whole experience is what I call, “The Walmart Effect”. Whenever you go to Walmart, inevitably, there is a person, or couple, or family, who have decided that this is the time where they will do their grocery shopping for the next month in a half, and they storm from aisle to aisle, pushing you out of the way to get what they want. You become this invisible obstacle in their way, and they have no concept of “excuse me” or “I’m sorry I hit you with my cart!” I find this to be comparable at an airport. People rushing from terminal to terminal, barely aware that you are there–pushing you out of the way to get where they need to be. It stresses me out. Did I mention I hate flying?
i always get scared someone who’s sick is going to sit next to me. either that or someone who smells weird or has funky breath! i feel bad saying that, but i make sure i’m as clean and smell-free as i can be. who wants to be trapped for 2+ hours next to someone who stinks? no thank you!
Just wanted to say that you look so pretty in that picture! You are “wearing” pregnancy beautifully!
thank you !:)
I’m a nervous flyer and like to read my book while listening to insanely loud music to distract me from my life-ending thoughts. However, I never want to be rude so when the random chatty person starts talking to me I make polite conversation and kindly interject saying that I’m nervous and need to do my own thing (not in those words). So, my pet peeve would be someone who continues to chat with me even though I’ve just told them that… Even worse, people who say “Ah, we’re crashing” when they hear I’m nervous… not funny old man.
Other pet peeves: kickers, ill-behaved toddlers / children (crying doesn’t bother me), stinky people and people who think it’s okay to ask you if you want your cookie because, yes I definitely want my cookie.
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I know it can’t be helped but I hate being near a sick person on the plane who is coughing and and blowing his/her nose the whole time. It just freaks me out.
My biggest plane pet peeve is getting stuck beside smelly people. I don’t know if I just have a crazy sense of smell, but almost every time I have to sit beside a stranger for a long period of time, they have B.O.. I seriously want to start carrying around sample sizes of deodorant with me and discreetly hand them out….
I’ve got a plane pet peeves… the person who sits on the outside of the row – and then huffs and puffs like you have ended their world when you need to use the bathroom. Yes – aisle seat may provide some extra leg room. But – you chose to sit there (most likely) and you can’t expect the other two people in your row to be able to hold their bladders for a cross country flight.
I travel a lot for work and always watch movies on my laptop during the flight. My pet peeve is when people sitting next to me comment on what movie i’m watching, watch it over my shoulder, and sometimes even laugh at funny parts! (i’m wearing earphones btw)
love the grey maxi skirt!
I totally agree about the arm rest hogs. I was sitting next to a guy on a redeye flight last month who not only hogged the arm rest but about half my seat space playing some computer game so his elbow kept hitting me as I was trying to sleep.
I also hate when people put their luggage in an overhead bin either in front of or behind their seat and then attempt to push their way back through everyone standing in the aisles waiting to get off the plane.
Not a plane pet peeve but an airport one, people who hog the entire width of the moving walkway just STANDING there. It’s not an amusement ride people, it’s for getting where you need to go faster!