Yes, I’d like to pay nearly $200 for shipping of a $30 thing. Or free shipping that will arrive on the same day.

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    2 days ago

    Yep, or I have seen staff heckling an old guy because the tip of his case wheels stuck outside of the sizing device, while some moron with a hockey bag sized duffel walks on and nobody days anything.

    One flight was packed and so the host was asking everyone to turn their bag sideways in the overhead as we boarded, and while saying this over and over people still were laying them flat. I said “This must get old, it is like dealing with children.” He said, “no it is worse, children listen, these adults don’t.”

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      I was on a flight earlier this year where the attendant had to explain repeatedly to the same group of passengers that they may not put their winter coats into the overhead bin and will have to keep it with them. This same flight they had to restart the safety demonstration because someone got up and went to the bathroom during the first playthrough of it

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        It is weird to me that adults can’t follow expectations or even clear instructions

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      I’ve been on flights where people have placed their bags in flat and sidewise then just closed the bin. Attendants then get upset when you open bins to check for space (even in cases where you saw there was space before someone closed it) because of course they are the only ones that close bins and they always check for space.

      I’ve also been on flights where people have stood up to use the bathroom or adjust their bags while taxiing and then everyone has to wait on them wine the attendants just repeat on loop that they need to sit the fuck down.

      The rules of planes just seem not to matter at all to some people and the rest of us have to suffer for it.

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        I do not understand the people that close the bins. There must be a hell for them against the people that stick their carry on in the first slot they see on a half-loaded plane and then waltz to the back.

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        I don’t understand the people who close the bins after putting their bag up. It’s frustrating as heck for the rest of us, but I don’t see how they think it benefits them in any way. Is it just annoying other passengers for the LoLs, or do they think there’s some logic?

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          I mean, sometimes the bin is just full after you put your bag in and it’s obvious that it’s full (assuming no one put their bag flat when there’s room to put it on its side). Wouldn’t you want the bins closed after that as a visual cue to how much space is left when you board and get close to your seat?

          I’m talking like these types of full. Do you really need a flight attendant’s professional determination about it?

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            19 hours ago

            I actually want them open as a visual clue that there’s no room. Far easier a truth to assess than seeing one closed and not knowing if someone was just being a dick.

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            Yes. Passengers are clearly untrustworthy. I almost never see the bins packed like that and usually people close when there is still room

            The thing is that many “carryon” bags will not fit like that but it shouldnt matter. Even laying down there is usually room for three bags to match the number of seats.

            Ive frequently see passengers close the bin when there are bags laying down the long way, wasting excess space whne there is clearly more room

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            It depends, sometimes better efficiency can be achieved if bags are shifted around and letting the attendants see them in a glance can help that process faster