Travel

[TheWanderingOne]

Heard the funniest inflight announcement in my 60+ years of flying yesterday.

I was on a flight from SRQ-DTW, and the flight attendant announced in a very exasperated voice "ladies and gentlemen, please control your children".  I turned around to look and there were about 4-5 kiddos in coach running in the aisle, using seats as a jungle gym and playing with the lav doors. Seems the parents were oblivious. Thank goodness I wasn't sitting back there!

On a totally unrelated note, the white wine that Delta is currently serving in domestic first class tastes like it was aged in an old shoe. Yuck. 

[Kachina624]

@TheWanderingOne.  I wonder how a parent can not notice what his kid is doing on an airplane? It's not like they're not in plain sight.

[TheWanderingOne]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@TheWanderingOne.  I wonder how a parent can not notice that his kid is doing on an airplane? It's not like their not in plain sight.

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I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess the kids were getting the same amount of supervision on the aircraft as they get at home. It's just a guess. 

Or they popped the noise cancelling earbuds in and went to sleep. 

Neither options are what I would describe as optimal parenting strategies, but what do I know? 

[Group 5 minus 1]

I was once in a retail store and I heard the manager tell that same thing to parents. I later told her she was my hero. 

[Meowingkitty]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@TheWanderingOne.  I wonder how a parent can not notice what his kid is doing on an airplane? It's not like they're not in plain sight.

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We were on a long flight from LA to Sydney Australia and this couple behind us had an uncontrollable brat. He kicked the seats in between the times he wasn't screaming and shreeking and annoying everyone else. He was about 6 years old. The flight attendants asked them if they wanted to sit in the back and they refused. They just sat there watching movies and eating the entire time. Didn't care. It was a long flight with no sleep.

[kaydee50]

I wouldn't call that announcement "funny."  I would call it appalling.  So grateful we can afford to sit in first class.

I have a reverse story.  On a flight from Chicago to Maui (9 hours in coach) there were 4 children near us, the oldest was about 12.  I was ready for the worst.  Those kids were the best behaved--doing their homework, reading, whatever.  When we got off the plane, I complimented the mother on her children.  It can be done.  Up to the parents.

[LindaSal]

Being the frequent fliers that we are, there is nothing worse than dealing with crying, loud bratty children........uugh!

That being said the funniest announcement I ever heard on a flight was:  And if you don't like our service there are two exits in the front, two exits in the middle and two exits in the back.  (LOL)

[TheWanderingOne]

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@LindaSal wrote:

Being the frequent fliers that we are, there is nothing worse than dealing with crying, loud bratty children........uugh!

That being said the funniest announcement I ever heard on a flight was:  And if you don't like our service there are two exits in the front, two exits in the middle and two exits in the back.  (LOL)

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Yeah, there is. Loud, bratty adults. At least the kids (may) have the excuse of being kids. 

[TheWanderingOne]

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@kaydee50 wrote:

I wouldn't call that announcement "funny."  I would call it appalling.  So grateful we can afford to sit in first class.

I have a reverse story.  On a flight from Chicago to Maui (9 hours in coach) there were 4 children near us, the oldest was about 12.  I was ready for the worst.  Those kids were the best behaved--doing their homework, reading, whatever.  When we got off the plane, I complimented the mother on her children.  It can be done.  Up to the parents.

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Hate to break it to you, but there are quite often kids in first class, too. There's no prohibition against it. I flew roughly 78,000 butt-in-seat miles last year, all in first class,  and there were kids up front about 30% of the time. 

[foxywoods]

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@LindaSal wrote:

Being the frequent fliers that we are, there is nothing worse than dealing with crying, loud bratty children........uugh!

That being said the funniest announcement I ever heard on a flight was:  And if you don't like our service there are two exits in the front, two exits in the middle and two exits in the back.  (LOL)

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@LindaSal  was that Southwest?  their flight attendants can be so entertaining!