“he was first in line at baggage claim, but sadly his bag showed up last”
"“he was first in line at baggage claim, but sadly his bag showed up
lastnext week… in London… Ontario.”Although he was traveling with only a carry-on, it too was checked in due to airline policy
The real reason is your legs are uncomfortable
Was about to say this myself before I saw your comment. I’m 6ft 1 in (185 cm) and I stand up as soon as we land because after 2 hours of having my knees jammed up against the seat in front, I want relief. I can only imagine how much worse it is for taller people. For shorter people who do this I will also give the benefit of the doubt because most seats on planes are not the most comfortable.
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I’m 6’3 and plane seats have gotten so small that I look like a joke person on a kiddie plane most of the time. If there’s enough headroom, I stand up asap too.
If I get stuck in a window seat, I just have to hope the other people get up so I can angle my legs over into their spot before I die from deep vein thrombosis from having my legs cramped into one position for so long.
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I can’t wait that long and usually half squat just to feel a moment of blood flow in my legs
Or my bony ass hurts. Seriously, I look like a frog standing up. I don’t have a butt, it’s just more back.
Stop skipping butt day
I’m constantly shifting around in the seat because my ass hurts.
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+1 You’re 6’3 and blood stopped circulating in your leg somewhere over Dusseldorf.
Yes but now you get to stand there hunched under the overhead bins
At least the legs are getting stretched out, even if the back isn’t.
I never thought I’d experience this. But I was on a short flight that was an hour long. So I was in what I call the tuna can plane. The small city hopper type. When we were getting off the plane, I stood up and full force twatted my head off the overhead bins.
I’m 5 foot… I dunno what dazed me more, the shock or the smack on the head. Lmfao.Guarantee it happens again when I take that flight soon.
Not if you have an aisle seat
I guess at that low height you can still stand upright
Not quite, but still, at this point anyone above 5’8 have had their knees pressed up against the seat ahead for at least a couple of hours.
A second reasonable case is when entering US feom abroad. Passport check at Ohare is slooooooow, so I always make an effort to get there before most others. I usually don’t care about exiting plane early, but I do care about maximizing the time spent drinking beer in a lounge, compared to standing in line.
I often fly from Europe to Houston via Chicago, and how early I get out of the transatlantic flight can mean up to 90 minutes less queuing.
Guessing you’re not American. Having Global Entry makes O’Hare a breeze. Usually through passport control in 2-3 minutes.
Correct. I don’t qualify for global entry, but i do have a TWIC which allows me TSA Prescreened as a known traveler, at least.
Yeah I’ve seen them short change the number of officers in the non-American lines, it’s just stupid. And they haven’t moved to digital processing of foreigners like London does.
Yeah, when I have a tight connecting flight, I just stand up and push past everyone else. Airlines like United will often get on the intercom and encourage people to let folks with connections go forward. No need to be pushy in these scenarios. Delta never seemed to care though, despite requesting that the stewardess make an announcement to ask people to let us through, and so I take matters in to my own hands.
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As a 6’ person, standing up is the only way to immediately relieve the excruciating pain in my legs from being jammed into a tiny seat for 3 hours. I’ll let everyone in front of me go first, and help people get their bag out. Me standing doesn’t harm you at all. Deal with it.
Edit: quit telling me how it doesn’t hurt your legs or some shit. We are not the same
It amazes me that people don’t get this. As a guy who flew two to three times a week. There was nothing better than standing up as soon as I was able to. Because Jesus fucking Christ, my knees were screaming at me so loud I was about to cry.
Exactly. And what harm does it do?
“Oh no I can’t see the front of the plane”.
1/4 of the people are now ready to deboard, how dare they!
I enjoy the part where I get someone’s ass in my face for 5 minutes while everyone waits for the jet bridge and the front of the plane to disembark.
Having your carry on in order and knowing where your bag is located is the key to actually getting yourself off the plane quickly. I personally find putting my overhead bag in the bin on the opposite side of the aisle makes it dead simple to grab and go as then it takes no additional time vs me just getting up and going. Reach, pull, walk.
Used to fly like 100+ times a year for many years before covid. Had a lot of time to think about how to get off a plane quickly and efficiently.
I enjoy when the guy across the aisle puts his shit in my overhead bin and then sticks his dick in my face for 5 minutes to get it. But heaven forbid I stand up because I have been in constant pain for hours.
I mean, that sucks that sitting gives you incredible pain. It surprises me to see how many people have problems sitting for a long time. I get the seats aren’t the most comfortable. I like to try to straighten my legs out under where the smaller carry on goes because I do get discomfort on long flights if I do just sit there and don’t get up at some point, especially on long flights. I don’t get the comment about “your bin” like bins are assigned or something. Glad I’m not one of those pricks putting their dick in your face for 5 minutes though. Definitely a dick move.
Imagine being a bit taller so you can’t stretch your legs out. Imagine your knees jammed against the hard plastic seat frame for that entire flight. Imagine the seat being much lower than your knees so all your weight is on your back instead of spread on the seat. Imagine that effing headrest digging into your back the entire flight.
And of course, imagine the tray able can’t be opened flat because your knees are there. Imagine seats narrower that your shoulders, hips, rib cage. Imagine the seat back screen that’s so far below eye level that sometimes it’s easier to just watch whatever the people in front of you are watching
I used the phrase “my bin” instead of “the bin directly above me” for brevity. My apologies. And you are one of those pricks, you just don’t know it.
Well no but ok. Whatever makes you feel happy. Almost every time I let the row across from me go first unless I need to get moving and in the event I don’t, I’m not a huge beast of a person where I have to invade everyone’s space. I’m also not part t-rex with baby arms.
Why didn’t you just stand up during the flight?
I do. I also stand at the end. I have bad knees. How does that baffle so many?
As another 6’ person, you’re clogging the aisle and making it take longer for people to gather their overhead luggage. Two more minutes isn’t going to kill either of us. And maybe spring for aisle seats next time so you can stretch out a bit if it’s that big a problem for you.
another benefit to being 5’6". Is this what Trump meant by being “tired of winning?”
(I’m kidding, sending love to my tall kings out there)
I’m 6’2" and I’ve never had a problem. Sure my knees almost touch the seat in front of me, but that’s it.
Must be nice to be you and not me, unfortunately I’m not so lucky. 6’ is a generalization. Did you consider the possibility that we’ve flown on different airlines with varying seat sizes?
I am 6"4". I keep sitting even though my legs are pressed in the seat before me. Because everything is better than standing with my back hunched over like a crooked banana. Hurts my back like crazy
Also 6’4”, but I have knee problems as opposed to back problems so I’m in the standing up group. My dad has chronic back pain though, so I can totally see your point of view. I would which back problems on my worst enemy after seeing him suffer with it for decades.
Ok, fine, but that doesn’t explain the 5’1’’ who also stand up and immediately begin to ask tall people (probably like you) to get carry-on luggage down so it can be uncomfortably held in some weird Twister-pose interlocked with all the other idiots who can’t understand that they’ll be facing four other queues before they are home.
YOU might have a solid reason to race to the starting line. But come on: Most don’t!
Why does anyone need a “good reason”?
He he. I live in the U.K. If you don’t have a good reason, the tutting from others might increase to even audible levels, causing you endless social shame.
Imagine living on top of other people. They can look into your garden. They can see into your house. They are right next to you; on the trains, on the roads, in the tube. In that environment, the game of “who’s judging who” is strong. Welcome to the U.K.
I’m aware in the US, you don’t need a good reason to exercise your God Given Right to stand up when you God Damn Please and if anybody has any God Damn Thing to say to you, they better grab for the concealed carry.
But int he U.K., we we have swapped loaded firearms for social derision and it hurts almost as much as lead bullets.
…ok? Not sure how other people being up their own ass about what harmless thing you’re doing qualifies as a “good reason”. And whether you succumb to peer pressure like a wet straw is really besides the point.
Ah man, chill, I’m just here for the shits and giggles. Feel free to stand up next to me anytime you like. But be aware I’m secretly wondering why.
If standing up for a few minutes at the end helps, why not stand up for a few minutes during?
Why not stand up during the flight?
Why does it matter?
You say you stand up right away because you’ve been jammed into your seat for hours, so I’m wondering why you didn’t stand up during the flight. Then you wouldn’t be jammed in for hours…
I don’t know about op but I generally don’t stand during a flight despite the pain because I don’t want to be on everyone’s way. If you can’t get an aisle seat, getting up means making people in those seats get up. Aisle are too narrow to pass so if the flight attendants are out, you may need to edit their full routine. If you’re just standing there maybe you’re blocking someone beefing to use the bathroom.
Most importantly I don’t get up because trying to unfold myself from that torture device is a process. I can’t do it quickly. I can’t do it without leaning in something I can’t do it without sticking my butt out from being bent over under the bins. By the time I get into the aisle and get the kinks out do I can walk, the entire situation may have changed so now I’m blocking someone again
That sounds awful, I’m sorry you have to go through that. They have those extra leg room exit row seats, but they seem to allocate them at random instead of to tall people.
Entitled is the wrong word. Ignorant is the right word
It’s the people that push to get their bags out asap. You also get the morons that can’t sit down when the seat belt sign is on at take off.
Are you not allowed to stand up during flights where you’re from? 15 minutes take off/landing & taxiying isn’t torture.
Sitting for three whole hours? Jesus some people really have it rough.
It’s more like sitting for 3 hours with your legs crammed into somebody else’s back
Some people are a bit taller. Think of it more like three hours perching on a toddlers stool with sharp plastic corners digging into your knees. Think of it as three hours hunched over from the “head rest” digging into your back. Think of it as three hours with your arms pulled tight into your lap so you’re not elbowing your neighbor. Think of it as three hours sitting twisted so everyone’s shoulders fit together like jigsaws since seats aren’t wide enough for shoulder to shoulder
Some* people have bad backs or joint problems, you acorn
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I’m just standing up because I want to stretch my legs.
Ok but on many (most?) flights you could have done that while at cruising altitude. Why wait until just after you land?
Edit: I was not aware this was a controversial question.
The staff generally frown at the idea of pacing up, and down the plane.
But you can’t pace up and down the plane straight after landing either. But I doubt anyone would care if you stood up to stretch your legs 30 mins before landing?
. But I doubt anyone would care if you stood up to stretch your legs 30 mins before landing
You’d think, but apparently people are picky enough about what others do to care that they stand up shortly after landing, so who knows
Just go too the loo, dont pee(wash your face or something) and return to your. Can’t frown on you for that
Every opinion is controversial, this is the internet
No it isn’t!
Your face is controversial!
Why do you care? Just let them stand when they want.
I’m about to pee my pants, let me off asap…
You laugh, but shaving off 1.7 seconds is enough for a dedicated speedrunner to set up a new world record of
Getting the fuck off the fucking airplanein the categoryfull capacity, window seatYou hide in the first-class bathroom before they tell everyone to buckle for landing. If the crew pushes that you get out, play diarrhea sounds and say you are in pain.
As all the people saying they stand up to stretch their legs imply- we shouldn’t be mad at the jerks who get up to get off the plane first, we should be mad at the airlines for packing planes so full that there’s not a reasonable amount of leg room unless you pay a premium for it.
I have noticed that people in first class are often still sitting there when I leave in coach. And I don’t jump up to be the first off the plane.
I find it comical to watch all the people in a hurry to stand in a line for 5 mins before the door even opens. Even for long west-east coast flights I can manage to sit for a few more minutes.
It’s the same with boarding. I just wait till most of the line is done so I don’t have to fight to get to my seat.
The main reason against waiting to board is that they’ll gate-check your carry-on bag on full flights.
And it’s waiting for you when you get off the flight.
This depends. Some flights will check it all the way to your final destination.
To be fair to some, I’d wanna stand just out of the fact that sitting on airplanes can be uncomfortable especially for long flights.
My knees get really sore and stiff sitting bent for a long time, I need to stand up when I can. I’m not in a rush to get off the plane 95% of the time (unless late for a tight connection obviously) but I can see how it’d look like that.
1.7 seconds seems generous imo. In my experience you gain nothing as despite standing up you still end up waiting for the rows ahead of you to leave first. Maybe that’s a UK thing as we love to queue.
Nope, it’s a US thing too.
They say “Please remain seated until the aircraft has come to a complete stop” for a reason.
Fun fact, it is technically illegal for a plane to taxi unless all passengers are seated and strapped in.
Mandatory Carlin https://youtu.be/vdPy5Ikn7dw?si=wHp4lMpU8mg4Av7b
I just get off last… So much less stressful.
If you wait long enough, they will even come carry you out…it’s a bit stressful though.
Just say hello to your friend Jack and they’ll get you off right away.
I feel personally attacked
Good
That’s just your neck pain from having to awkwardly hunch over until it’s actually time to deplane.
Not when he has to wait for baggage claim
Or immigration
I one-bag, and shave my minutes off by skipping baggage claims.
I’m usually out of the airport before the pack-mules leave, hauling their baggage.
This is the way, fuck the carousel*
(If you’re able, sometimes a trip legit needs more gear but I truly feel less often than people usually pack whole-ass suitcases)
As usual in posts about this, I’ll ask - what’s the huge fuss with people caring about this? Who is it hurting? Regardless of any impatience they may or may not have, it’s just nice to stand up after sitting for several hours. And if they’re ready to go, that’s less time for the people behind them to wait.
Personally I don’t really care about the act of standing up but if I’m in the aisle seat its not that fun at the end of a long flight to have somebody’s arse about two inches from your face whilst waiting for disembarking to start.
It’s just one of those instances where people’s self-importance over others is on full display, so it’s aggravating.
In what was is it a sign of “self-importance”? It’s just standing up. Unless they’re pushing their way past people or getting otherwise aggressive about it, it means nothing other than they would rather stand. Hell, they could be doing it so as to not hold people up deboarding after them.
could be self importance. could be that you have another flight or bus to catch, so it won’t do to just hang out until everyone leaves.
Some people just went to stretch their legs and stand up. It’s simple.
But they’re doing it differently than me ಠ︵ಠ
This is brilliant timing. I read this sitting at the gate for a short hall flight. There was still a lot of time before the flight and they announced “can Anna something please come to the desk”, and about 40 people (I counted as had so much time still) stood up and rushed to queue up and then had to stand up for another 30 minutes until it actually started boarding…
It was a cheap airline so overhead space can be difficult but I really don’t get the people who rush to sit down in the tight horrible seats (designated seating btw) waiting for everyone else to sit.
We arrived and then the picture happened of course…
It was a cheap airline so overhead space can be difficult
You answered your own question. I can’t remember the last flight I had that didn’t announce that they were going to need to check some people’s carry-ons. As someone that purposefully avoids letting the TSA manhandle my luggage, I’m going to do what I can to avoid that.
For a while now here in Europe, they charge more for bags that don’t fit under the seat and let you check in one bag for free you used to be able to take on the flight so unless most people are paying extra for that, which I wouldn’t believe would be the case if they’re flying these cheap airlines, I don’t think that is the issue
