So there you are — settled on your however-hours-long flight getting ready to take off and see if anyone will be sitting next to you.
Do you travel a lot?
Maybe you’ve already dealt with flight delays, or if it’s the future, you may be sitting in one of Delta’s upgraded planes. But no matter what issues you may have faced getting to the airport and your gate, there’s always that nagging fear in the back of your mind if you’ll deal with someone obnoxious on your flight. But who are the most obnoxious people on flights? Well, now we know.
According to a study conducted by Expedia, a popular travel booking site, their customers have voted on who the most obnoxious travelers are on flights.
©Statista
Out of 18,229 respondents from 23 countries, over 50% of them said the seat kicker/bumper/grabber are the most annoying people on airplanes. Following at 43% are the aromatic passengers (aka the people who smell way too strongly of SOMETHING), and 39% are inattentive parents.
Trying to enjoy the view and someone keeps kicking your seat
Other groups of people who make the list are personal space violators, audio insensitive people (PLEASE BRING HEADPHONES), line jumpers, people who eat the most aromatic food imaginable, baggage mishandlers, armrest hogs, and the least annoying of the bunch: the airplane mode violators.
©Southwest
So if you’re traveling soon, make sure to keep other people’s personal space in mind, bring activities to keep yourself and your party as quiet and busy as possible, and overall just remember there are hundreds of other people with you on the plane and that everyone wants to have a nice ride.
Flying over New York City
Looking for some travel tips before your next flight? Look no further!
Air Travel Tips
- There’s a Reason Why Flight Attendants Love This $30 Item
- DON’T Use This Viral Airport Hack … Unless You Want Eye Daggers From Everyone on Your Flight
- How to Get Kids to Stop Kicking Your Airline Seat Without Making It Weird
- How Early Should You REALLY Get To Orlando Airport (MCO)?
- Our Team’s Best Air Travel Tips
As always, stay tuned to DFB for all the latest Disney and travel news!
Here’s how this new airplane seat could make flying easier for wheelchair users!
Travel Updates, Tips, and Tricks
Complete Guide to Booking the CHEAPEST Flight to Disney World
Our Best Tips For Flying Through the Orlando International Airport
Step-by-Step Guide: How to Get to Disney World From the Orlando Airport
Join the DFB Newsletter to Get All the Latest Disney News Delivered Right to Your Inbox! Click Here to Subscribe
Who do you find the most annoying on flights? Tell us in the comments!
Our handy (and portable!) ebook guides make sure you get the best deals and can plan a vacation of a lifetime.
What about the person in front of you that reclines the seat? There isn’t much room to begin with and this person robs you of another few inches. This person is probably the one that complains of the seat bumper. Don’t recline your seat and I won’t bump your seatback.
On my last trip to Disney, I was stuck on an overseas flight next to a couple where the woman was rude, condescending, and just really annoying. She stood up and leaned over the people in front of her to get her earphones before them, she complained very loudly about the smell of the food that a family had ordered for their special diets, holding a wad of napkins in front of her nose (it really wasn’t bad at all…it was like a curry) and then using them to waft the smell away while loudly exclaiming “It’s absolutely disgusting!!” , and complaining about their baby who cried a few times because he had an ear infection. When the couple first sat down, they looked at me and at their seats and made a comment about not fitting. I’m overweight, but didn’t even need a seatbelt extender and did not spill over into the space next to me. Then they treated me like I was stupid and didn’t understand English, annunciating their words in an exaggerated way, very slowly. When they were bringing the food, she asked me very slowly “Do you want chicken or pasta?” and I said I wasn’t sure, probably the pasta, and when the FA got to our row, before she could even ask me what I wanted, the woman said “She’ll have the pasta!” and I didn’t even get a chance to hear the options and I couldn’t get the FA’s attention to tell her I wasn’t sure, and she had already opened the pasta and was passing it to me…Then the lady decides she wants to rest, so she mimes and says that she’s going to rest and do I want to go to the bathroom before that? And the way she says it, very slowly, annunciating each syllable like I don’t understand English, “I’m. go-ing. to. rest. Do you need the bathroom? Bathroom? I’m going to rest. You won’t be able to get out. Bathroom??” And she insists that I have to turn my light off even though I’m reading, because SHE can’t rest if my light is on!! Then they came around with snacks and again they were still several rows ahead of us and she’s asking me “Do you want more food? Moooore. Foooood.” I must have looked at her like she had three heads because she turns to her husband and says “Will you ask her? Will you tell her?” My husband came over at some point and was speaking to me, in English (I’m American, he’s Dutch), so she must of figured out she hadn’t needed her miming and slow annunciation, so she decided to make conversation and proceeded to tell me how they had just taken a cruise and how much she hates traveling and being away from home. I really wanted to ask if that was why she was making everyone around her miserable, too. She asked me if I had ever been to Orlando before and when I said yes, we had been there multiple times, she started giving me all sorts of advice like I was an idiot, like to wear sunscreen and drink water. When she found out I live in the Netherlands and so did the people in back of us, she says “OH! They live in the Netherlands too! Do you know them?” It was a 10-hour-long flight of her complaining, treating me like a moron, and condescendingly telling me how to vacation in Florida, which I’ve done around 10 times and asking really stupid questions. Yes, I know every one of the 17 million people who live in the Netherlands. I was so glad to see the back of them!!
On a flight from Cleveland to Orlando a women spoke so loudly the whole plane must have heard about her job,husbands job , where she lived, her house remodel and how her son needed a diaper change…. This went on the whole flight which was diverted because of bad weather that kept us in the air extra hours. We couldn’t wait to get off that plane. I wonder if it’s appropriate to ask a flight attendant to request that she keeps her voice down?