People you meet on airplanes - Experiences?

[Miss 2 A]

Ewwwwwwwwwwww thats terrible.

The last time I flew a guy behind me fell asleep and I remember his hand coming through between the seats because he had fallen asleep on the back of my seat, however he kept moving his hand around and I was just freaked out.. he wouldn't stop and I had fallen asleep for a bit and then when I woke again his hand was still there yet he kept moving it.. it was terrible!

I had just been moved to this seat because my original seat I gave up to a family and then I moved into a nice window seat without anyone beside me until there was a cockroach on the seat next to me who started crawling around into the lady's purse behind me, she was asleep and I told the guy sitting next to her, I made a big deal and refused to sit down until the flight attendant finally found the cockroach (thank God! or people would begin to think I was crazy or schitzophrenic!! )
THEN after all that I asked for anothe seat because even after catching the insect I couldn't get myself to sit down so I was moved to the back where I was stuck with that guy's hand. Was a terrible long flight AND on top of that there were no more vegatarian meals even after I specifically told the stewardess after I had been moved for the third time that I want my meal to come to my new seat and she assured me.

The bonus was that I got to eat a first class cheese platter that the crew put together and after that everyone tried to do as much as possible to make me comfortable after that mixup.

 

[redney]

Ohh I remember one... was flying back from Spain with one of my friends.. we were two out of three people in the "5 seats across" row. Well I laid down to try to sleep (never easy in coach). A short time later I feel something brushing against my head... I jerk my head up and the guy on the end of our row pulls his hand back. I thought I must be imagining things so go back to sleep.. a short time later.. same thing.. I jerk my head up again and saw his hand leaving my hair... HE WAS PETTING MY HEAD!!! I did not even know this Jacka$$!!! Reported him to the FA.. he obviously moved rows.

Eww. To this day... eww..

EEAAAUUUWWWWW, that's so creepy!!!!

 

[Roo]

When I flew back from Paris in November, I made my connection to Seattle in Dallas. On the plane from Dallas to Seattle I was seated next to a couple in their 50s. They chatted with me and told me they were coming back home to Seattle after a trip to New Orleans where they had "partied". I thought that was rather odd just due to their ages and appearance, but I decided not to judge just because NOLA is known for it's fun atmosphere and people letting their hair down...

As the trip progressed, the woman kept getting too friendly with me in terms physical contact...touching my arm and leg while she was talking to me... then she proceeded to tell me that her and her boyfriend were "swingers"... I could see where that was going....

I might also add that they both looked like TROLLS so the thought of them, uhhhhh.... "swinging" totally grossed me out.... in any event I found the opportunity to move to the back of the plane where there were three seats empty. I told the woman that I was exhausted from the 10 hour flight from Paris and needed more room so I could sleep. (Which was true...) I was so relieved to get away from them. The man was reading some pornographic book with a really offensive title and he looked like a combination of Paul Williams and Kenny Rogers...

I was soooo tired from the Paris flight and I just could not believe I ended up next to these two people.

 

[Sina]

I just flew back from vegas yesterday and this weird dude sat next too us and i was reading magazines and hes like "oh i wish i had thought of buying magazines" really loudly. I ignored him because I had been up so late the night before, and then I get out a salad too eat and he says loudly to me "areant you prepared for flying". I did not say a word. His wife was sitting right next to us too and I smiled at her but boy he was obnoxious and i was way to tired to do anything but ignore him.

awww that's mean. He was just trying to be friendly.

 

[Sina]

oooo one more

I was on a flight from UK back to the US. A British couple in front of me were settled down, chatting, relaxing... A 300lb guy came and sat next to the couple. Several minutes after the guy had settled down, the couple and the guy had the following conversation:

Couple: Are you from the US?
Guy: Yes... why?
Couple: Oh you just look like one. It must be hard for you to squeeze in to one of these seats.

that's SO MEAN.

 

[Sina]

When I flew back from Paris in November, I made my connection to Seattle in Dallas. On the plane from Dallas to Seattle I was seated next to a couple in their 50s. They chatted with me and told me they were coming back home to Seattle after a trip to New Orleans where they had "partied". I thought that was rather odd just due to their ages and appearance, but I decided not to judge just because NOLA is known for it's fun atmosphere and people letting their hair down...

As the trip progressed, the woman kept getting too friendly with me in terms physical contact...touching my arm and leg while she was talking to me... then she proceeded to tell me that her and her boyfriend were "swingers"... I could see where that was going....

I might also add that they both looked like TROLLS so the thought of them, uhhhhh.... "swinging" totally grossed me out.... in any event I found the opportunity to move to the back of the plane where there were three seats empty. I told the woman that I was exhausted from the 10 hour flight from Paris and needed more room so I could sleep. (Which was true...) I was so relieved to get away from them. The man was reading some pornographic book with a really offensive title and he looked like a combination of Paul Williams and Kenny Rogers...

I was soooo tired from the Paris flight and I just could not believe I ended up next to these two people.

haha! You win!

 

[merika]

When I flew back from Paris in November, I made my connection to Seattle in Dallas. On the plane from Dallas to Seattle I was seated next to a couple in their 50s. They chatted with me and told me they were coming back home to Seattle after a trip to New Orleans where they had "partied". I thought that was rather odd just due to their ages and appearance, but I decided not to judge just because NOLA is known for it's fun atmosphere and people letting their hair down...

As the trip progressed, the woman kept getting too friendly with me in terms physical contact...touching my arm and leg while she was talking to me... then she proceeded to tell me that her and her boyfriend were "swingers"... I could see where that was going....

I might also add that they both looked like TROLLS so the thought of them, uhhhhh.... "swinging" totally grossed me out.... in any event I found the opportunity to move to the back of the plane where there were three seats empty. I told the woman that I was exhausted from the 10 hour flight from Paris and needed more room so I could sleep. (Which was true...) I was so relieved to get away from them. The man was reading some pornographic book with a really offensive title and he looked like a combination of Paul Williams and Kenny Rogers...

I was soooo tired from the Paris flight and I just could not believe I ended up next to these two people.

OMG!!

 

[twiggers]

I met my hubby on the internet and was flying down to Cali to meet him in SF. I was seated next to this girl and we started talking...I told her my whole internet dating story. She was so worried about me that she gave me her phone number & address and said if it didn't work out I could crash at her place for a few days. Fortunately it did work out!

 

[Miss 2 A]

I met my hubby on the internet and was flying down to Cali to meet him in SF. I was seated next to this girl and we started talking...I told her my whole internet dating story. She was so worried about me that she gave me her phone number & address and said if it didn't work out I could crash at her place for a few days. Fortunately it did work out!

That's really nice and caring.. : )

 

[Christine]

I met my hubby on the internet and was flying down to Cali to meet him in SF. I was seated next to this girl and we started talking...I told her my whole internet dating story. She was so worried about me that she gave me her phone number & address and said if it didn't work out I could crash at her place for a few days. Fortunately it did work out!

LOL!! I love that. Glad everything worked out for you!!!

 

[Sternchen]

I've never had a bad airplane neighbor. Usually, it's my mom that's sitting next to me, lol.

But the times where we get unlucky and have to sit with a 3rd person - it's been a pretty good experience. Once we sat next to the daughter of a Swiss diplomat, another time next to a French girl who was flying to the US (from Frankfurt, Germany) to meet a man that she had met online, and then once we sat next to a mother with a brand new baby (2 weeks old!) who was on the way to see her husband who was stationed overseas

No horror stories for me!

 

[Sternchen]

oooo one more

I was on a flight from UK back to the US. A British couple in front of me were settled down, chatting, relaxing... A 300lb guy came and sat next to the couple. Several minutes after the guy had settled down, the couple and the guy had the following conversation:

Couple: Are you from the US?
Guy: Yes... why?
Couple: Oh you just look like one. It must be hard for you to squeeze in to one of these seats.

Someone said something like that to me in a restaurant once...I ran to the bathroom and cried

 

[Pursegrrl]

years and years ago I was on a flight from Philadelphia to LAX -- seated in Coach with all of the Los Angeles Kings (professional hockey team), including Wayne Gretzky!!!!

He was seated across the aisle from me (and slept most of the flight). My bag was in the overhead over HIS head...when I pulled it out as we were deplaning, my shampoo bottle fell out and hit him on the shoulder. ush:

...in the Kings' very next game, I noticed he didn't score any goals. To this day, I'm convinced maybe it was due to a teeny injury from my shampoo bottle

Wow, what a great story!!!

 

[Pursegrrl]

I had to go to Atlanta on business a few times (long trip from Seattle), and one time I decided to come home via Chicago to see some relatives I hadn't visited in years.

It was a packed flight. I was still in my suit, pantyhose and pumps from meetings and was completely uncomfortable on the plane...an older couple was squished next to me (I had the window seat at least).

As we were approaching Chicago there were huge thunderstorms so we had to circle and circle for what seemed like eternity. AND...during that whole time the poor lady next to me was doing the nastiest silent-but-deadly farts...it was unbearable. I thought I was going to die.

 

[[vogue]]

I have fought with possibly everyone when flying...from the desk girls to the stewards/stewardesses. Once, I was feeling bloody sick on the way back to Singapore from Perth and was travelling alone. My head was spinning, I was puking and I was about to faint. I heard the stewardess tell the other "ew. puking again. yucks. so gross.". I rested for a little while more, got up and scolded the stewardess till she started crying. Mind you, I was very polite and did not curse at all. The other flight attendants were very apologetic and offered a free upgrade (but not much use, since there was only an hour left to arrival).

Other times include an aussie lady who celebrated her birthday on the plane, a rude londoner who kept on kicking my chair from behind and a woman who kept on talking and laughing so loudly, everyone could hear her.