Comments on: Trapped On A Plane With A Feral Toddler Adult

By: Ava@Teaching Toddlers

Ava@Teaching Toddlers — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:54:38 +0000

I had a good laugh when I read this. I used to be the same way until my son was born. Now he’s 3 and we’ve been lucky that he has been good on flights (it doesn’t stop the evil eyes though!) Fortunately my little toddler is oblivious to all that negative energy on airplanes.

By: Serf @ online spanish course

Serf @ online spanish course — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:13:19 +0000

I love plane travelling but bus trips are much cool! You could do things that you could not do in a bus.

And I love being in the road cause I love Jack keoauc.

By: OBloodyhell

OBloodyhell — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:35:58 +0000

> bad NSA people Don't you mean "bad TSA people", there?

By: Chalmers

Chalmers — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:54:34 +0000

My comment at the original LA Times story:

As a frequent business traveler and a relatively frequent family traveler with a 2 year old (she flew the first time at 3 months and has flown 20 times since), I can say that I have experienced rudeness on many levels from many people. Since becoming a parent, I have a new perspective, but am still aware of the world around me. My daughter has had 1 bad flight out of 20, so she is a pretty good traveler. We consistently get positive comments, but she is not perfect.

My question is this, which is more offensive, the crying baby, or the old man that tells another passenger to “f-ck off” when another passenger is not moving quickly enough? It is easy to take shots at crying kids, but adults are rude and selfish too.

As for the “social thuggery” mentioned here, shall we outlaw cell phones too? So let us go through the list: no more public cell phone use, no more babies on planes, no more rude drivers, no more loud iPods on public transport, etc. Where does the list end?

We have read that Ms Alkon was an amazing child that never misbehaved in public, but is she such a wondrous example of public wonderfulness today? With such an insanely ego maniacal world view, I would have to guess that she is not.

By: Dude in Seat 14B

Dude in Seat 14B — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:19:50 +0000

As one of the folks that travels alone pretty regularly for business, I can tell you that even I struggle when traveling for “pleasure” with the family.

My “favorite” traveler is the person that rudely tells you that you are in their seat and then realizes that seats D through F are on the right side of the plane. Or how about the guy that watches the old lady struggling with her carry on and just sighs as he waits behind her to pass?

Air travel is exhausting. I can say that the reason people do not dress up any more is because of the security process. Pre-9/11 I used to wear my dress boots and neatly pressed shirt. Now, I wear shoes that can get off and on quickly and a t-shirt.

Either way, I would say the old man that I watched on Monday tell another man to “f-ck off” while the latter was trying to pass him in the aisle is more a nuisance than the crying baby.

By: 11B40

11B40 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:44:03 +0000

Greetings:

As my father said to me more than several times, “Practice your patience; Enjoy your deprivations.”