Travel hacks and advice

**summit** · 10-30-2018, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by ICantLogIn

I like to grab a overhead bin as close to the front of the plane as possible. Even if I sit in the back, it beats struggling to get my stuff out of the overhead at the same time as everyone else around me and I don't have to walk as far with with my stuff.

I watched some guy get his ass chewed by a flight attendant for trying to pull that douchebag move on Friday. Chastened, he had to meekly pull his bag back out and take it back to his seat. All the other passengers gave the flight attendant a Thumbs Up. Seriously don't be a dick

**Soups** · 10-30-2018, 08:50 AM

I'd like to jump in the caravan of dick move. Nothing like being in the front of the plane to find out some asshole in the back put his bag in your spot. When you could have been the first off you now have to wait until everyone is off to get your bag.

Don't ever do that again.

**plugboots** · 10-30-2018, 09:24 AM

Dick move.

**ACH** · 10-30-2018, 09:26 AM

Originally Posted by plugboots

Dick move.

X2

If I saw you do that in person I would call you out to your face.

**PNWbrit** · 10-30-2018, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by ICantLogIn

I like to grab a overhead bin as close to the front of the plane as possible. Even if I sit in the back, it beats struggling to get my stuff out of the overhead at the same time as everyone else around me and I don't have to walk as far with with my stuff.

Wanker.

People who do this should be thrown off the plane. After the jetway has been retracted.

**2FUNKY** · 10-30-2018, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by ICantLogIn

I like to grab a overhead bin as close to the front of the plane as possible. Even if I sit in the back, it beats struggling to get my stuff out of the overhead at the same time as everyone else around me and I don't have to walk as far with with my stuff.

Packing cubes and nips FKNA.

The last time I flew I watched some asshole like you pull that move. It happened to be right above my seat. I pulled his bag and set it down in the seat behind me and plopped my bag in the overhead. Flight attendant called out for who’s bag was the loose one in the seat. Guy claimed it and had to walk it back and put it over his seat as it should be. What a douche. A couple people sitting around me laughed and thanked me once we were all seated.

**PNWbrit** · 10-30-2018, 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by 2FUNKY

The last time I flew I watched some asshole like you pull that move. It happened to be right above my seat. I pulled his bag and set it down in the seat behind me and plopped my bag in the overhead. Flight attendant called out for who’s bag was the loose one in the seat. Guy claimed it and had to walk it back and put it over his seat as it should be. What a douche. A couple people sitting around me laughed and thanked me once we were all seated.

Have done this several times too.

**exsparky** · 10-30-2018, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by ACH

X2

If I saw you do that in person I would call you out to your face.

My brother knocked a hat off a guy's head when he did that. He told him "it was the wind, it might blow away your bag next so you better hold onto that with both hands in your seat."

I have also seen that he is rather blunt to people kicking his seat at the movies.

**plugboots** · 10-30-2018, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

Have done this several times too.

It’s a good place to do this (on the plane) because you’ve already been through the metal detectors.

**The AD** · 10-30-2018, 10:08 AM

I agree it's a dick move, but at some time there comes a point where the overheads are so full that you've got to take the first spot you see, so it's also a bit of a judgment call. If there are spots near your seat, take one, otherwise it certainly makes more sense to put your back in front of your seat if you can.

**Supermoon** · 10-30-2018, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by The AD

I agree it's a dick move, but at some time there comes a point where the overheads are so full that you've got to take the first spot you see, so it's also a bit of a judgment call.

For sure. I will never voluntarily put my bag behind me, so I choose the closest spot to my seat that is still forward of my row.

**DJSapp** · 10-30-2018, 10:17 AM

Pro move: remove said offenders bag and ask the flight attendants to gate check it because the overhead is getting full.

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**4matic** · 10-30-2018, 10:29 AM

If you are in final boarding in the back of the plane and the front is full if there is a spot in the overhead I snag it.

How about folks in the rear that race to beat people off the plane and jam the isle. That's a bigger dick move.

**booner** · 10-30-2018, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by DJSapp

Pro move: remove said offenders bag and ask the flight attendants to gate check it because the overhead is getting full.

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Ha. I love it

My favorite new move on pull on impatient assholes is to act clueless and lost and just get in their way so they can't get where they're trying to go.

Especially effective on the highway. When I'm in passing lane and can't go anywhere because of line of traffic, and the douchebag comes flying up on my ass, I slow down as much as possible making sure they can't pass on the right either. It's really fun

**4matic** · 10-30-2018, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by booner

I slow down as much as possible making sure they can't pass on the right either. It's really fun

Good way to get shot in California

**DJSapp** · 10-30-2018, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by 4matic

If you are in final boarding in the back of the plane and the front is full if there is a spot in the overhead I snag it.

Final boarding is a different animal. Just get in and sit down ASAP. Stuffing your bag up front when there is miles of space throughout the plane early in the boarding process is the issue.

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**ACH** · 10-30-2018, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by exsparky

My brother knocked a hat off a guy's head when he did that. He told him "it was the wind, it might blow away your bag next so you better hold onto that with both hands in your seat."

I have also seen that he is rather blunt to people kicking his seat at the movies.

To be clear, I would be civil about it, but I still wouldn't let it pass.

If a plane is full the gate attendants state that before boarding and that means overhead space is going to be a premium for every row. Anyone seated at the back of the plane knows this going in. Utilizing overhead space that does not correspond with your row for anything less than a last resort once everyone is seated (read final boarding) is nothing short of self entitled douchebaggery.

**EZB** · 10-30-2018, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by 4matic

How about folks in the rear that race to beat people off the plane and jam the isle. That's a bigger dick move.

Yeah, I don't quite understand that -- it's almost like the pilot should make an announcement explaining that if the aisle has three chairs to the left and three chairs to the right, it's impossible for all six people to stand in the aisle before he can arrange for the door to be opened.

I just stay seated. Sometimes you'll have some idiot in one of the rows behind you who thinks once the door opens and the line begins to creep forward, their act of standing up before any of that, entitles them to block you as if you should be in search of a second imaginary aisle or something.

**Bobby Stainless** · 10-30-2018, 01:00 PM

Sit in the very back of the plane and always get your cocktail first.

Putting stuff in the middle seat and acting busy has never fooled anyone.

**Foggy_Goggles** · 10-30-2018, 01:07 PM

Re: bin space

What did we decide about who owns the space into which the seat reclines?

While I think it is a dick move to toss your roller in the first space you see I don't think anyone owns any particular space. How are you gonna allocate all the space on the plane? If there is not enough space for everyone, who's shit gets gate checked?

**The AD** · 10-30-2018, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by 4matic

How about folks in the rear that race to beat people off the plane and jam the isle. That's a bigger dick move.

It's especially annoying if the flight is late and some people have connecting flights to catch. If you're at your final destination how about stay seated and let those people try to catch their damn flights?

**PNWbrit** · 10-30-2018, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles

What did we decide about who owns the space into which the seat reclines?

The recliner...

**TahoeJ** · 10-30-2018, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by The AD

It's especially annoying if the flight is late and some people have connecting flights to catch. If you're at your final destination how about stay seated and let those people try to catch their damn flights?

A good flight crew will address this based on their passengers since they can see who is continuing on or not.

**riser4** · 10-30-2018, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by DJSapp

Ha. I'm glad I wasn't the only one. Toilet roulette. Will it be music? Warmth? A nice breeze? A courtesy flush? Or a fire hose of water aimed point blank at your anus? Let's find out!

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And sometimes the fire hose to the anus is exactly what's called for. Just you try and find that button when you need it. Just you try.