This time, the turbulence was contained in the airport.
An irate passenger whose flight was delayed 60 minutes went off about how kids running around an airport made the hour insufferable.
Taking to Reddit, the flyer, a k a RisingWitchSpirit, published a micro-dissertation titled “What I might do for a child-free airport.”
“Stuck at an airport, with over an hour delay, knowing I’m going to be missing transport home and should get a taxi is bad,” they initially opined.
“But having to listen to the multiple kids which are extra drained, definitely makes it 100 times worse.”
While kids in crowded public areas was enough to irk this one traveler, what happened next is what truly sent them over the sting.
“Not only do I actually have to cope with the overall noise and slight tantrums, I’ve had a child throw a fit because he wanted my seat, and one other child yank my strap from behind my seat simply because he could,” the person added, also giving their mother “credit” for getting the youngsters’ — apparently siblings — acts together.
“If this plane doesn’t arrive soon I’ll jump out the window,” they lamented.
Sharing their pain, one person called Costco_FreeSample commented, “The airports know that and so they seal the windows so that you don’t jump out, I believed.”
Cementing that sense of unity with the aggrieved Redditor, one other user, mandarb916 passed along advice on easy methods to handle these issues moving forward.
“Pro tip: You’ll be able to often get info in regards to the inbound plane in some way. United enables you to see this via the app. You may also use something like flightradar24 for this info too,” they wrote.
“I often discover a gate that is totally empty to relax, then about 10-15min before the plane lands per the app or flight radar, I mosey myself over to the gate, straight to the boarding line.You’ll be able to avoid kids for many of your wait and also you get the bonus of really accessing power.”
