What cheeses me off

[Cruiser Elite]

Here is your chance to get it off your chest - flight / travel related or whatever - those who remember Hey Hey It's Saturday will get the drift pronto - others will soon catch on.

***In memory of Mrs McGillicuddy

First What Cheeses Me Off are those brain dead clowns who cannot stand back a meter from any luggage belt so that everyone can see exactly which bags are approaching - how hard is it?

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Next What Cheeses Me Off are those blonks who wear backpacks in airports or any other crowded location - they clearly have zero comprehension of the laws of physics and all seem to turn like a ballerina pirouetting and take out the closest 4 or 5 other people in close proximity - grow a brain please backpack wearers.

 

[Franky]

Here is your chance to get it off your chest - flight / travel related or whatever - those who remember Hey Hey It's Saturday will get the drift pronto - others will soon catch on.

***In memory of Mrs McGillicuddy

First What Cheeses Me Off are those brain dead clowns who cannot stand back a meter from any luggage belt so that everyone can see exactly which bags are approaching - how hard is it?

Don’t like to use Caps, but TOTALLY agree…. And they always turn up just as the bags start circulating and immediately walk in front of you.

 

[dajop]

First What Cheeses Me Off are those brain dead clowns who cannot stand back a meter from any luggage belt so that everyone can see exactly which bags are approaching - how hard is it?

In my travels I can almost live with the people not standing back. I just barge in and shove them out of the way. To bad so sad, they want to block the way they can deal with the consequences. But yes it does cheese me off.

But the approach in some countries where everyone puts their luggage trolley right against the carousel, that really takes the cake.

 

[JohnK]

What cheeses me off is waiting for the slow lift at BKK airport or train station with a trolley full of luggage including golf clubs and people pushing in from behind and the sides leaving me no room to get in.

They must think they are really clever pushing in. It must have taken the whole of their brain capacity to think of that manoeuvre.

There have been times where I've waited for the lift 10-15 minutes or more. Enough is enough so then I block anyone from getting in and they look at me as if I'm strange.

Weirdos.

 

[SeatBackForward]

First What Cheeses Me Off are those brain dead clowns who cannot stand back a meter from any luggage belt so that everyone can see exactly which bags are approaching - how hard is it?

Nothing that a poorly handled heavy suitcase dragged off the belt and sliding into them wont resolve.

 

[SeatBackForward]

First What Cheeses Me Off - When you're in a queue and the person in front of you hasn't used that time to figure out what they want, and start deciding when they get to the counter, whereas you *know* exactly what and would be done in a much quicker time than them. They need a "People who know what they're doing" line.

Second What Cheeses Me Off onboard, people blocking the aisle during boarding/unboarding completely oblivious to the plane full of people waiting to get past them

Third What Cheeses Me Off my lack of patience.

 

[RooFlyer]

Next What Cheeses Me Off are those blonks who wear backpacks in airports or any other crowded location - they clearly have zero comprehension of the laws of physics and all seem to turn like a ballerina pirouetting and take out the closest 4 or 5 other people in close proximity - grow a brain please backpack wearers.

As for 'other crowded locations' - the aisle of an aircraft! Score the person sitting down right in the face with the cough end of a backpack as the wearer pivots.

What cheeses me off are airports (or anywhere, really) where multiple individual queues are mandated (for instance for check-in, security or passport control) rather than one queue feeding all the 'service' points. In the former, you get stuck behind the 'problem pax'; in the latter everyone gets to advance at the same rate. Why important? Lounge time is at stake!!

 

[SeatBackForward]

As for 'other crowded locations' - the aisle of an aircraft! Score the person sitting down right in the face with the cough end of a backpack as the wearer pivots.

What cheeses me off are airports (or anywhere, really) where multiple individual queues are mandated (for instance for check-in, security or passport control) rather than one queue feeding all the 'service' points. In the former, you get stuck behind the 'problem pax'; in the latter everyone gets to advance at the same rate. Why important? Lounge time is at stake!!

I suspect not enough of this occurs:

Queueing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines, or queues.[1] A queueing model is constructed so that queue lengths and waiting time can be predicted.[1] Queueing theory is generally considered a branch of operations research because the results are often used when making business decisions about the resources needed to provide a service.

Queueing theory - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Duffa]

Next What Cheeses Me Off are those blonks who wear backpacks in airports or any other crowded location - they clearly have zero comprehension of the laws of physics and all seem to turn like a ballerina pirouetting and take out the closest 4 or 5 other people in close proximity - grow a brain please backpack wearers.

Hahaha. I have a small canvas Samsonite holdall that can be converted to a back pack. I always carry it by the handles. Last month on Ryanair, Mrs D had filled it with s--t as a carry-on. It was heavy so I utilised the back pack option. You guessed it. Sorry CE, that day I was one of those dicks.

 

[Ade]

What Cheeses Me Off - when customers turn up at the registers to pay & forgot to bring their wallet.

What Cheeses Me Off - when customers are somehow annoyed at me when the etfpos machine won't take their card payments or delays in accepting their payment

What Cheeses Me Off - when customers forget to have their membership card ready to scan, when they very well know that they need to scan their membership to access discounts. Worst is, when they struggle their way around their wallets trying to find their cards, when there is a large queue forming behind them

What Cheeses Me Off - when pax think it's ok to take my aisle seat or row 4 seat so that they can sit next to their group. Ask me first, please I rarely say no when someone requests

What Cheeses Me Off - when customers won't update their contact numbers on their membership and get annoyed at me when I say that the system tells me that the number you provided is incorrect.

What Cheeses Me Off - when I approach customers and ask if they need any assistance in finding anything and they just walk away, ignoring what I had just asked

What Cheeses Me Off - when I greet customers and ask how they are, they just stare, say nothing and wave their credit/debit card on my face signalling that they just pay and leave

What Cheeses Me Off - when customers abuse staff when we refuse service because the customer is intoxicated or displaying signs of intoxication

What Cheeses Me Off - when customers think it's ok to throw money on the table and leave with the merchandise, before even I have had the chance to count the money to see if it's correct

 

[RooFlyer]

decisions about the resources needed to provide a service.

Thats where that theory falls to the ground. Many of the airport organisations don't care if they provide an (efficient) service or not. The wiki page only contemplates 'customers' - where the queue-ers have a choice of entering the system or not, such as retail. With airports, its a monopoly business and monopoly or no-choice services such as passport control. The service provider has little incentive to use theory (or anything) to optimise the service.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Thats where that theory falls to the ground. Many of the airport organisations don't care if they provide an (efficient) service or not. The wiki page only contemplates 'customers' - where the queue-ers have a choice of entering the system or not, such as retail. With airports, its a monopoly business and monopoly or no-choice services such as passport control. The service provider has little incentive to use theory (or anything) to optimise the service.

When I was much younger, travelling on the suburban railways, I always used to wonder why we were referred to as "Customers" and not "Passengers". Now that I'm much older, I understand the significance - someone wants to profit from it rather than deliver a decent service.

 

[Xrayspice]

At Adelaide Airport last week, an entitled man decided he didn’t need to join the end of the queue and joined at the bend. Totally ignored the staff telling him where the queue was. Karma hit him later on the plane, when he was in the row in front of a coughing, noisy toddler.

 

[andye]

Not plane related, but people using their bag as a shadow to put off people sitting next to them on train/bus/ferry.

 

[andye]

Oh and people when caught out doing the wrong thing, launching an irrelevant tirade against the service

The example I remember is on a London bus when a fare-dodger harangued the inspector for the poor state of the buses.
I did point out he should lay off the inspector and the service might be better if people actually paid for it

 

[offshore171]

What Cheeses Me Off: Gate Lice

Also agree about the luggage belt people.

 

[Hvr]

Not plane related, but people using their bag as a shadow to put off people sitting next to them on train/bus/ferry.

Pre-covid I would prepare to sit on those bags. If they weren't quick I did sit on them.
I'm not a small man.

 

[dajop]

What (Really) Cheeses Me Off: Geoblocking

Ok I live outside Australia but I am sure it must be inconvenient for those who travel regularly too. Thankfully VPN helps a lot of the time.

 

[JohnK]

What cheeses me off is people who think no one ever steps out of an elevator?

I mean seriously they can't wait for people to get out of elevator before forcing their way in?