Woken up for snoring :)

[Shamrock55]

OK so I was fast asleep in J on QF12, I think about 8 hours into the flight. Cabin dark, mostly silent and obviously totally dark. I was in that weird kind of half sleep due to the plane constantly bumping around in some light turbulance, and also due to the fact I'm pretty tall and the seat was sloping downwards in the way they do.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, i'm jolted awake by a very loud "SHHHHH" out of the darkness. I had my eye mask on so couldnt see a thing for a minute until I fully woke up. It was loud enough that I heard it despite having my ear plugs in.

I'm fairly sure it was a fellow annoyed passenger grumpy with my snoring waking me up and trying to stop it!

But I hvae no idea whom, my seatmate was an older lady who it may have been, or it could have been another lady nearby. I say lady as to me it sounded like a female voice.

Did this really happen? Would another J passenger wake someone up for snoring?

I do admit to having quaffed several coughtails in the F LAX lounge before depature so this may have impacted my snoring level....

Did I dream this?

 

[Dr Ralph]

OK so I was fast asleep in J on QF12, I think about 8 hours into the flight. Cabin dark, mostly silent and obviously totally dark. I was in that weird kind of half sleep due to the plane constantly bumping around in some light turbulance, and also due to the fact I'm pretty tall and the seat was sloping downwards in the way they do.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, i'm jolted awake by a very loud "SHHHHH" out of the darkness. I had my eye mask on so couldnt see a thing for a minute until I fully woke up. It was loud enough that I heard it despite having my ear plugs in.

I'm fairly sure it was a fellow annoyed passenger grumpy with my snoring waking me up and trying to stop it!

But I hvae no idea whom, my seatmate was an older lady who it may have been, or it could have been another lady nearby. I say lady as to me it sounded like a female voice.

Did this really happen? Would another J passenger wake someone up for snoring?

I do admit to having quaffed several coughtails in the F LAX lounge before depature so this may have impacted my snoring level....

Did I dream this?

I cant comment on whether it was a dream or not. But if your snoring was ridiculously loud I'd have woken you up without hesitation.

 

[samh004]

This is one of the reasons I'd rather a bit of aircraft noise, to drown out the other passengers sounds

 

[Denali]

Last week I few PER>SYD and there was a crying baby in front of me but the snoring guy in 1K was louder.

I had head phones on and music and I could barely hear the baby, clearly hear the snoring.

I didnt nudge the guy because it didnt bother me (hello, headphones & louder music) but he had some snoring/snorting that had me worried about apnea. I can imagine someone listening to that for a long time getting angry enough to want to poke them to stop.

Could have been worse. When my husband use to snore, he stopped overnight when I got him a wedge pillow, he once woke up with a pillow on his face. OP should be happy he didnt wake up with a pillow on his face and someone applying light pressure.

 

[RooFlyer]

I would have approached a FA for advice and to do the waking up, as a SHHHH may not work and I wouldn't want to go touching (or shaking).

But to the nub of the issue - yes, loud or persistent snorers should be woken.

 

[YSSY]

If I was in situation where a nearby passenger was snoring loudly and with ear plugs or headphones I couldn't sleep and wanted to, I'd certainly see the FA or have a very loud coughing fit next to them.

 

[snabbu]

Agreed with all, loud snoring on a plane is unacceptable.

 

[Deleted member]

Sometimes a nudge will help stop the snoring. BUT not ( I suspect) if it's a sleep apnea issue

 

[trippin_the_rift]

i would wake the passenger no matter the cabin of travel. Give me a crying baby any day over snoring!!

 

[jb747]

Time for CPAP.

 

[Cessna 180]

Snoring in public is unacceptable! It is quite unfare on those around you. It is all well and good for a person to say they cannot help it, but generally it is related to health issues which an individual should take responsibility for.

Having said this I think it is a bit rough to ask a flight attendant to do the dirty work for us.
if something is bothering us as an individual then we should all be grown up enough to handle the situation ourselves.

If I was annoying people around me by snoring loudly I would be embarrassed and happy to be woken up.

 

[Melburnian1]

Is waking someone who snores effective, or do they (upon again falling asleep) revert to type and snore again, just as loudly?

If one can believe the Internet, 25 per cent of women and 45 per cent of men snore, but allegedly only 28 per cent of snorers have sleep apnea.

 

[cove]

Yes jb747 a cpap sleep machine will fix snoring and you wake up refreshed.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Apparently I snore like a bull elephant - so I am told - never heard myself though - top that up with copious amounts of Krug and sleeping tablets that require crew to shake me for landing - but don't think I have ever been woken for snoring too much on a plane - hard for me to get room mates on the ground though - go figure.

 

[Deleted member]

I tried a cpap, it stopped me snoring, also stopped me sleeping !!!

 

[Dr Ralph]

Is waking someone who snores effective, or do they (upon again falling asleep) revert to type and snore again, just as loudly?

I'd just keep waking them up until they stopped. Eventually ti will work.

 

[cove]

With the cpap thingy, I was Mr32% compliant in the first 6 months. I have Resmed units in 4 locations so I don't need to have a unit for domestic travel seeing I don't do red eyes. Now I am close to Mr100% compliant and so I get great refreshing sleeps without going low blood oxygen so my heart and brain appreciate this change.

 

[Happy Dude]

I tried a cpap, it stopped me snoring, also stopped me sleeping !!!

Indeed. I haven't tried one but I went to an ENT doc recently in an attempt to reduce my apparent snoring. He said CPAP is pretty much a last resort and a lot ppl experience poor sleep. He also said, right of the bat in fact, that there is no guarantee that my snoring can be cured.

I am embarrassed enough to do something about my snoring but I'll thank you coughers and shushers to understand that it is indeed a medical condition, sometimes attributable to weight or alcohol consumption - but not in my case - and that telling someone to stop is akin to telling someone to stop having cancer or depression.

 

[kpc]

So there is no confusion: Obstructive sleep apnoea is associated with snoring AND stopping breathing during sleep; snoring does not necessarily mean sleep apnoea....only sleep apnoea which is diagnosed with a Sleep study, is treated with CPAP. Weight loss, avoiding alcohol, sleeping on one's side etc MAY reduce snoring and surgery is a last resort....I find with the engine noise and NC earphones, I don't hear others snore but nothing blocks out a screaming baby. I personally wouldn't wake someone up even if they are snoring loudly...if I can still hear them through my NC earphones, I'll play some soft music...[disclosure: my +1 alleges I snore, loudly esp. if I'm very tired ]

 

[cove]

I had a sleep test at the Mount Hospital in Perth and following that I was diagnosed with sleep apnoea by the specialist. It has been controlled with the cpap machine. That was quite a few years ago and I am ok.