VIDEO: THE AIRPLANE TRAVELLERS WE ALL KNOW
Stepping on an airplane is taking a big risk. You're about to sit next to a stranger and you have no idea of telling what kind of traveller they are. Until you're on a six-hour flight with them – and you find out.
If you're a bit of a jet-setter, you'll know the different types of strangers you inevitably have to deal with...
The Junior Million Miles Member: that born-rich, entitled kid that calls the hostesses by their first names, uses fancy words and wears some kind of stupid hat to make them appear better than you. It's an airplane kid, you can take that thing off.
The High School Soccer Team: We've all experienced those few rows filled with overly excited, uniformed sports teammates. They spend the entire flight talking about their sport – sadly, none of us GIVE A SHIT.
The Weekend Adventurer: That chick who has the special, pretty suitcases and blabs your ear off with her exciting adventure stories.
The Chatty Old Folks On Either Side of You: those old folks who refuse to sit next to each other, leaving you in the middle while they lean inches away from your face to discuss bingo or something. You can literally smell the old-folks home.
Mr Sleeping Pill: That guy who is so drugged out on sleeping pills that he spends the entire flight passed out. Usually, this would be a relief – no small talk, no awkward moments. That's until he unknowingly falls asleep right on your shoulder.
The Grandma: she really does mean well, but when you get stuck with a Grandma that has no kids to coddle on the plane – you become the new grandchild. She spends the entire ride telling you about healthy foods, lecturing you about what things were like "in her day" and even offering to plait your hair!
The Flight Tracker: That anal-retentive guy who spends the whole flight checking the ETA against his own personal view of when they're going to land.
The Film Buff: We all get the one person who sits next to watching a movie, and has absolutely no problem expressing their intense emotional reactions right next to you. Maybe they forget that they are not, in fact, alone – but their Nicholas Sparks-inspired tears end up all over your neck pillow.
Have you been cursed with sitting next to one of these travellers?