Mum's frustration with rude passenger: 'Take your cues from a seven-year-old and use your manners'
I usually travel with my two kids in tow, so I'm a very 'aware' passenger, often apologising for my children kicking the seats in front of them or my toddler having a tantrum when I pass her a snack she no longer feels like (I know, the audacity of me).
So, as you can probably imagine, it's not often I even notice the behaviour of those around me, let alone be bothered by it because, after all, it's never worse than what's going on in my row. But on a recent flight from Sydney to Melbourne, I was what you might call a little peeved.
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I was travelling with just one of my children and, to call a spade a spade, it was the better-behaved one, so I was feeling slightly smug. I was also very much looking forward to a flight with just one child and perhaps even opening a book, but the gentleman next to me was going to have none of that.
As soon as my daughter and I sat down we couldn't help but notice, or shall I say hear, that he was playing a TV show very loudly from his phone. With no earphones. No earpods. Nothing. Surely he was just watching something until his seat-mates sat down, right??
Nope.?
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He continued to watch the series, at a very loud volume, for pretty much the entire duration of the flight. This was despite several looks from me, and by several I mean, approximately every 30 seconds or so, and in spite of my seven-year-old daughter saying at the top of her voice with absolutely zero tact จC all while wearing her headphones as all good passengers do จC "I am so sorry you have to sit next to that man, Mummy." Yes he heard, no he didn't care.
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Yes, I'm aware this is a first-world problem, but am I also aware of my manners? Yes I am. Since when is it acceptable to watch your phone/iPad/laptop on a flight with no headphones? Surely this is not OK?
I mean, if you're a child you get a pass จC I won't let my kids do this, but I get that some kids kick up a fuss and as a parent you need to do what you need to do. I get that, so you go ahead and let them watch Peppa Pig or Bluey without any judgement.
But a grown adult man? Come on. Take your cues from a seven-year-old and use your manners.?
