Hogs On Planes
I fly only two or three times a year so I don't log in enough hours to be an expert on air travel but I have noticed that some passengers do not know how to share when they get on an airplane. Although there are more than a hundred niggling annoyances one can encounter when flying, this post will concentrate on flyers who horde more elbow room, footrests, and other meager spaces than allotted to them by the airlines.
Consider the following different types of HOGS:
The armrest hog: if you sit in an aisle or window seat, you are guaranteed at least one armrest. But if you're in a middle seat and you fly often enough, you will run into armrest hogs on both sides who just have to occupy your armrests. But this is a design fault - I believe airplanes should install two separate armrests just for middle seats.
The bin hog: you've seen them, travelers who come on board with two carry-ons, a rolling suitcase, and an oversize backpack and then go on to bogart all the overhead bin space, forcing you to put your small carry-on in a bin 30 seats away. Flyers now try to carry on whatever they can get away with since many airlines charge extra for checked baggage.
The empty middle seat hog: You are sitting in the aisle seat and a fellow passenger is at the window seat and it appears that there's an available empty middle seat but she claimed it with her laptop or backpack or worst of all, with her feet, because she sat down first. Unless she paid for that seat, I usually suggest that we share it.
The toilet hog: How long can it take to empty a bowel? I almost never use airplane toilets - I usually de-poop myself at an airport rest-room before a flight.But if you have to go, the best time is just before they collect the meal trays. It will take a bit of maneuvering to leave your seat but there likely will not be a long line at the loo at that time.
Let me mention to my readers that this is just a minor rant, I certainly would not make such a fuss that might cause me to be removed from the plane, especially 30,000 feet up in the air.
Also let me mention that when I write "niggling annoyances," I do not mean troublesome black midgets running amok on the plane.
