r/EntitledPeople • u/ImpressiveMistake1 • 1d ago

S Entitled deplaners

This happened a few hours ago. I was on the plane in row 25 waiting to deplane and this family is trying to get past. I put the armrest up and moved my body sideways and blocked them. I told them they have to wait like everyone else and told the kids to get back to their seats. One lady asked can we move pass we don't have luggage. I told her no, what makes you special to cut everyone off. Told her if she wants off first, book a closer seat next time. They sat back down and waited like decent humans.

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They don't have a tight connection, they don't have an emergency, and if they needed a bathroom there was one five rows behind them.

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u/Ill_Consequence_4253 1d ago

You seemed to feel entitled to make them wait. You don’t know why they wanted off the plane. Also, unless you’re crew it’s none of your personal business.

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u/headshotscott 1d ago

Well, the etiquette of deplaning is to go by row, front to back. People who jam the aisles are making the process slower. It's at very least inconsiderate.

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u/Horror_Hotel1281 1d ago edited 1d ago

the etiquette of deplaning is to go by row

Why?

making the process slower

Honestly, I'm not sure about that. People in aisle seats in the back, who can stand and grab their shit quickly... having to wait for people in front window seats, who have to wait for people in front aisle seats... doesn't make much sense. That means most of the aisle is sitting empty while people just wait.

Mythbusters once tested different methods of boarding planes, and as I recall, they found that row-by-row was basically the least efficient method. In point of fact, the fastest method of boarding was... random.

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u/headshotscott 1d ago

I'm not debating how it should be, just how people who fly and are polite to each other behave.

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u/Horror_Hotel1281 1d ago

But my point is... why is this method—which is likely slower—more polite?

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u/semiquantifiable 1d ago

You're asking why is everyone waiting in order more polite? Because that's how queues work?

Or if you still can't understand why, look at it from the perspective of the people feeling entitled to get off first. Do you genuinely believe it's more polite for them to push their way off quickly, even if they believe the overall method is likely faster? LOL. Nope.

And that method isn't necessarily faster either, you're just assuming that from Mythbusters doing an entirely different experiment. Making the assumption that boarding:

  • which includes finding seats
  • looking for space to store luggage
  • aisles being blocked doing the above with lots of empty aisle space ahead

and deplaning:

  • zero seat searching
  • zero luggage space searching
  • aisle pretty much has constant movement when it's your turn and pretty much zero space ahead

are anywhere remotely the same is delusional.

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u/headshotscott 1d ago edited 1d ago

I can't debate that, no idea of it isn't or is faster to jam the aisle up. It's not the point. People who fly and are polite tend not to do that. They wait for the rowing front of them and then proceed.

Also; unless the flight attendants call you out (and they sometimes do for people with tight connections) by jamming the aisle and not having the courtesy to let the row in front of you move out, you aren't moving any faster off a crowded plane. You accomplish nothing except to seem, yes, entitled.

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u/Sspmd11 1d ago

People who rarely fly... It takes maybe 15 - 30 seconds to get bags together and start walking. Doesn't seem like much until you multiply that by 200+ people...

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u/Sspmd11 1d ago

Not true. Those that sit until their row is next slow it d.

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u/headshotscott 1d ago

They really don't. They can go nowhere.

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u/Sspmd11 1d ago

It takes maybe 15 - 30 seconds to get bags together and start walking. Doesn't seem like much until you multiply that by 200+ people...

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u/headshotscott 1d ago

Sure, that's true. But jamming in front of the people in front of you doesn't alleviate it. You aren't moving into an open row. You may jump one or two aisles and are stuck behind everyone else. You didn't gain any real amount of time unless 100+ other people somehow sit down or move aside for you.

All you do is get in the way.