Top 11 annoying things about travelling

[Artz]

According to Msn news/entertainment, the top 11 annoying things to do on a plane are:

(1=least annoying, 11 = most annoying)
1. Seat-kicking!
2. Uncontrolled Children
3. People who talk non-stop through-out the flight
4. Poor hygiene
5. People who are rude to the staff/cabin crew
6. Someone else eating smelly, or 'loud' food
7. People around you with their shoes off
8. Getting drunk on board
9. Arm-rest hogging!
10. People in front reclining their seat
11. And finally..Too much overhead luggage


1. Personally.. I hate seat kicking. I've not actually flown much.. but put some kid behind my seat, in a car, and they start kicking.. grr..
2. Don't you just hate when a kid is screaming its head off, or having a tantrum.. anywhere?
3. I know /plenty/ of people who will gladly tell you their life story just because they saw you somewhere where you're forced to sit down and listen. I feel sorry for taxi drivers..
4. Phew.. whats that smell.. oh.. the person in front of you while you're watching a movie, or anything with a set seating place.. hold your nose xD
5. It annoys me.. but it can be quite funny.. depends how much of an idiot the perspon complaining is
6. This wouldn't really annoy me on a plane.. at the cinema it would, or at a theatre.. but its food.. we can't help it if it smells.. it tastes good! It only gets unbarable when you're hungry yourself lol
7. Says they have smelly feet.. you'd just have to tell them to put them away.. right?
8. Isn't that illegal on planes now..?
9. Some fat guy/girl is sat next to you taking up the armrest.. on both sides!! Do you want your arm touching theirs..?
10. Recliner chairs annoy me.. just.. cause they feel too posh for my house xD
11. That wouldn't annoy me.. I needs my luggage!.. I pack a suitcase just for a weekend stay!

[Rook]

1. Seat kicking is obnoxious, but I'd put it higher on the list than it is.
2. Tantrum needs to be higher on the list too.
3. I can tune people out, so chatty people don't bother me too much.
4. I was once in a theater with a man who smelled like a mix of manure, garbage, BO and red vines.
5. Being a jerk to service people is sucky, but really none of my business and so it never effects me.
6. What food smells bad? Mmm...food.
7. Smelly feet is a horrible smell, that needs to be in the top three.
8. Drunk people are funny.
9. It deserves to be on the list, but not that high. I'm broad shoulders and sometimes I have trouble fitting into the space they provide.
10. I have long legs so this is number one for me. Number super one. I've actually pushed the seat back up while they were reclining, no matter how dirty a look they give me.
11. Uhm...so what?

[Mira O'Halloran]

1. Seat-kicking! Very annoying, espcially when you've been up since 5:30am, you only got 3 1/2 hours sleep, everything aches, you want an hours sleep before you have to catch several buses home and make your way through the city with a duffel bag and a too heavy for that-kind-of-tired back pack. It's bad when children do it - but teenagers are the WORST...
2. Uncontrolled Children - This one wouldn't be such a problem IF parents knew how to listen to their kids and fix whatever it is that's upsetting them. Last flight I was on, there was a 4 year old in the seat in front of me who just wanted to get up and off the plane, and all her mum was saying was "Shut up, sit still" I leaned forward and described to the little girl that we were coming in to the air port, that the houses were getting closer, that we were over the air strip and then "Ooooh, we're gonna land in a second" *bump* that we were heading in to the airport now where we could leave the plane, and she settled right down.
3. People who talk non-stop through-out the flight - Only if they're talking loudly. or in your ear.
4. Poor hygiene - This is the top of my peeves list. I have a delicate nose (have to, working with essential oils) and my gods, sitting across from a person who smells like they haven't showered in a month is just off.
5. People who are rude to the staff/cabin crew - Cabin crew who are rude or don't give a rats' to begin with are worse, I think.
6. Someone else eating smelly, or 'loud' food. That would come right after poor hygiene for me.
7. People around you with their shoes off. Only if their feet are stinky.
8. Getting drunk on board. But that can be fun. Last time I flew interstate I was sitting next to a married couple who'd had a few (it was her birthday) And they were offering me their snacks, and their magazines... Cheapest flight I'd ever been on.
9. Arm-rest hogging! Rude, but not too bad.
10. People in front reclining their seat - Especially when you have long legs and they force the seat back, crushing your knees... That would be third on the list.
11. And finally..Too much overhead luggage. I only see this as a problem if it falls out of the locker onto someones head.