One Reddit user sparked a fierce discussion online after they posted a scathing rant about how slow people were during the deplaning process on a plane.
The traveler who uses the username Romantic_thinkerfrom New Mexico, recently got into a tirade against people taking so long to get their bag from the overhead bin and off the plane after he took a Delta flight from San Francisco to his home state — and set off a huge argument among other social media users.
“Why does it take so long for people to get off the plane?” he asked in the post, which was posted earlier this week.
Stand up, take your bag from the overhead bin, and walk. Why does this simple maneuver seem to take so much time to perform?
A Reddit user sparked a fierce discussion online after they posted a scathing rant about how slow people were during the deplaning process on a plane (Stock Photo)
The traveler, who goes by the username Romantic_Thinker, went on a tirade against people taking too long to get their bag from the overhead bin and off the plane.
His question led to hundreds of comments from other publications — some sharing his frustration and others insisting it wasn’t the passengers’ fault, but instead that the plane’s design was to blame.
“If you introduce someone with a touch of bug and a lack of awareness, the whole system goes down,” one person wrote.
‘It’s the cliches, the kids, the old people, the very reckless stuff that takes so long,’ said another person.
Another user added: “It’s always amazing how a very high percentage of people aren’t in a rush and take their sweet time getting their stuff out of the overhead storage.”
Another person recalled: “I will never forget the time when a man put on his jacket and began to slowly zip it up in the aisle to prevent the whole plane from leaving.”
The anger was enormous. I was trying to figure out what to say but I was silently cooked.
“It’s the Starbucks line effect. Everyone desperately wants the people in front of them to move faster, and then as soon as it’s their turn, it’s like they have no idea where their bag is or where the checkout is.”
Because people are stupid and don’t pay attention to their surroundings. I’m also convinced that the average traveler’s IQ drops by 50 percent once they hit airport property, wrote another indignant person.
His post led to hundreds of comments from flyers – some sharing his frustration and others insisting it wasn’t the passengers’ fault, but instead that the airline was to blame.
If you need help, if you’re older, if you have kids or any other reason holding you back, you get a pass for it but if you’re just a jacka**, take your sweet time because you don’t give a damn about 100+ people behind you, or you don’t You even realize you’re the one carrying the whole plane — you suck,” read a different caption.
Another person shared: “I’ve missed 2 (connecting) flights so far because of utter ignorant idiots who bide their time getting doo-doo together and getting their butts off the plane.
‘It’s very annoying.’ However, if more people were courteous and offered to help elderly/handicapped people get their luggage off the top of them, the drop off time would be halved.
Too often I see people in their 20s and 30s staring at their phones while the 75 year old woman groans and tries to lift 20 pounds off the top of her head. Even more infuriating.
But others said that if the airline was more organized or if the plane had wider aisles, the delays would never have happened.
Everyone gets up at once to pick up the bags. The mess happens because bags are not always directly next to/above people, and because there is less space in the aisle than is necessary for everyone to get up at once,” read another comment.
Another person replied: “Because the overhead space is very limited, a group of people have to put their bags away from them.”
Another person claimed that the holdup was because you usually have to wait “15 minutes for the doors to open”.
Another user on Reddit said they’ve come up with a way around this process. They wrote: “I also found this infuriating, and then I got an idea.
Now I usually sit and wait for the plane to empty, then I walk around and get passed by those same rednecks walking through the terminal.
If you check a bag, there is no need to rush, just to wait at the baggage carousel. If I don’t have a bag, I’m usually just past the sluggish by the time I hit the exit door to the station.
“Most time hosts are inexperienced travelers, which is why flying to Orlando is like traveling to hell.”
Another person explained that the long waiting time is unavoidable since there are so many people on the plane.
Some commentators have pointed out that if the airline was more organized or if the plane had wider runways, the delays would never have happened.
A Delta 737 holds 180 people in the three cabins when full. Let’s just give everyone 10 seconds to get up and start walking down the aisle.
That’s 1800 seconds or 30 minutes to unload the plane. So chill out. I fly over 100,000 miles a year and never take 30 minutes to get off.
“If you think 10 seconds per person is too long, you need to pay cash to ride in the first row for your flights.”
Back in 2014, A.J Stady Northwestern found that plane departure times would drop 35 percent if airlines had people check out by seat type instead of rows.
This means that all people in the aisle seats will go first, followed by the middle seats, and then the window seats.
“The only effective use of the aisle and overhead bins comes directly when the aircraft first stops, and all seat passengers in the aisle can drop off their bags at once without obstructing others,” Fox reported while discussing the results.
This method of removing panels will repeat this phase for the entire process. Likewise, all middle and window seat passengers will have one minute in the aisle to pull their bags down without blocking people behind them.
“At any given moment, the use of aisle space and overhead bins will be maximized, and the line will be blocked for a much shorter period of time.”
However, the problem with this method means that families who sit together will be separated.
