Do travel disruptions cause incivility?

The rush of winter travel can really work your nerves right? Delays, cancellations and all kinds of uncertainty has been known to cause even the most civilized travelers go completely “neanderthal”. We’ve all heard reports of crowds of passengers having to be controlled by police at airport gates as agents deliver devastating flight status updates.

There are also all kinds of examples of over-and-above Jetiquette such as travelers helping others with who are also delayed for days unexpectedly. Tales of people treating each other to a cup of coffee and or use of their internet connection prove that inconveniences can also bring out the best in people.

The Jetiquette conversation is one that never stops (thank goodness, because this is a Jetiquette blog) and the volume gets turned up during the peak travel times of the year. Of course, what people tend to talk about most are the outlandish cases of traveler Jetiquette gone awry. Have you seen anything that has stopped you dead in your tracks as you’ve traveled lately; whether it’s blatant rudeness or crudeness?

In-flight faux pas may have “toehold” on clueless fliers

I received word from one of our frequent flier readers that she discovered toe-nail clippers for sale in the airport new-stand. She was amazed that there were no finger-nail clippers, just toe-nail clippers.   It turns out that she was wondering if anyone ever clips their toenails or any nails for that matter on the airplane. Take a wild guess! The answer unfortunately (one moment, while I control my gag reflex) is yes. I’ve seen it a number of times and we receive emails of “flying toenail” sightings every once in a while. One man had to be informed that clipping one’s toenails on the airplane (he was even sitting in first class) was strictly prohibited (I made this rule up–making it seem as though it were a Federal Air Regulation).

Is it just me or is this more than a bit outrageous?

Overall, I seem to think that fliers are becoming more considerate; do you?

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