"he was first in line at baggage claim, but sadly his bag showed up last"
"“he was first in line at baggage claim, but sadly his bag showed up ~~last~~ next week.. in London.. Ontario.”
The real reason is your legs are uncomfortable
Was about to say this myself before I saw your comment. I'm 6ft 1 in (185 cm) and I stand up as soon as we land because after 2 hours of having my knees jammed up against the seat in front, I want relief. I can only imagine how much worse it is for taller people. For shorter people who do this I will also give the benefit of the doubt because most seats on planes are not the most comfortable.
Or my bony ass hurts. Seriously, I look like a frog standing up. I don't have a butt, it's just more back.
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As a 6’ person, standing up is the only way to immediately relieve the excruciating pain in my legs from being jammed into a tiny seat for 3 hours. I’ll let everyone in front of me go first, and help people get their bag out. Me standing doesn’t harm you at all. Deal with it.
Edit: quit telling me how it doesn’t hurt your legs or some shit. We are not the same
It amazes me that people don't get this. As a guy who flew two to three times a week. There was nothing better than standing up as soon as I was able to. Because Jesus fucking Christ, my knees were screaming at me so loud I was about to cry.
Exactly. And what harm does it do?
“Oh no I can’t see the front of the plane”.
As another 6' person, you're clogging the aisle and making it take longer for people to gather their overhead luggage. Two more minutes isn't going to kill either of us. And maybe spring for aisle seats next time so you can stretch out a bit if it's that big a problem for you.
another benefit to being 5'6". Is this what Trump meant by being "tired of winning?"
(I'm kidding, sending love to my tall kings out there)
I'm just standing up because I want to stretch my legs.
Ok but on many (most?) flights you could have done that while at cruising altitude. Why wait until just after you land?
Edit: I was not aware this was a controversial question.
The staff generally frown at the idea of pacing up, and down the plane.
You laugh, but shaving off 1.7 seconds is enough for a dedicated speedrunner to set up a new world record of Getting the fuck off the fucking airplane in the category full capacity, window seat
As all the people saying they stand up to stretch their legs imply- we shouldn't be mad at the jerks who get up to get off the plane first, we should be mad at the airlines for packing planes so full that there's not a reasonable amount of leg room unless you pay a premium for it.
I have noticed that people in first class are often still sitting there when I leave in coach. And I don't jump up to be the first off the plane.
To be fair to some, I'd wanna stand just out of the fact that sitting on airplanes can be uncomfortable especially for long flights.
My knees get really sore and stiff sitting bent for a long time, I need to stand up when I can. I'm not in a rush to get off the plane 95% of the time (unless late for a tight connection obviously) but I can see how it'd look like that.
1.7 seconds seems generous imo. In my experience you gain nothing as despite standing up you still end up waiting for the rows ahead of you to leave first. Maybe that's a UK thing as we love to queue.
They say "Please remain seated until the aircraft has come to a complete stop" for a reason.
Fun fact, it is technically illegal for a plane to taxi unless all passengers are seated and strapped in.
As usual in posts about this, I'll ask - what's the huge fuss with people caring about this? Who is it hurting? Regardless of any impatience they may or may not have, it's just nice to stand up after sitting for several hours. And if they're ready to go, that's less time for the people behind them to wait.
Personally I don't really care about the act of standing up but if I'm in the aisle seat its not that fun at the end of a long flight to have somebody's arse about two inches from your face whilst waiting for disembarking to start.
It's just one of those instances where people's self-importance over others is on full display, so it's aggravating.
This is brilliant timing. I read this sitting at the gate for a short hall flight. There was still a lot of time before the flight and they announced "can Anna something please come to the desk", and about 40 people (I counted as had so much time still) stood up and rushed to queue up and then had to stand up for another 30 minutes until it actually started boarding...
It was a cheap airline so overhead space can be difficult but I really don't get the people who rush to sit down in the tight horrible seats (designated seating btw) waiting for everyone else to sit.
We arrived and then the picture happened of course...
I stand up because staying seated for 2 hours is uncomfortable (and probably unhealthy), fight me.
you can stand up and walk during flight though
People standing up is fine for me. What I hate is when these people move into the aisle before the plane has stopped moving and then crowd the aisle in such a way that deplaning in a controlled and orderly fashion is no longer possible.
Never understood those folks. Like why? Just wait until everyone is out and you can have an easy path out
Because the seats on aircraft are fucking torture devices, and the sooner I can stand up the less pain and discomfort I'm in.
I stand up when we land sometimes to stretch my legs, not to hurry out. Generally I sit back down after a minute or two, because they feel better.
I've always assumed that they eventually realize they've misjudged the time to stand up, but most decide to commit like they meant to do it instead of sitting back down.
I'm a large man at 6' 2" with large shoulders. I am crammed into the small economy seats trying not to spill over into the seat next to me (most often occupied by my wife) or the aisle. God forbid the person in front of me lean back their seat. I've tried wear knee pads to save my knees. At the end of any flight over two hours, I just need to stretch my legs. I get up, but I'm not trying to get off the plane. I'm just trying to de-acordian myself.
I stay seated until i can get up and leave without queueing. Usually I walk past the whole plane while going to the exit because they are lost, on the phone, waiting for friend, being retarded.
I do this for a couple reasons.
I'm convinced the only people that complain about this shit are tiny little 4'2" assholes who cant fathom that normal sized humans being crammed into a tuna can of a seat isnt just uncomfortable, its downright painful... So painful in fact that I will literally jump out of my seat the microsecond I am able to, just to end the constant incurring pain.
I'm above average height, and after I get off a plane I have to go take a big dose of tylenol and spend half the day laying in bed for the pain and misery to go away.
and thats with paying extra for aisle seat so I can stretch oneleg out every 30 minutes when no ones walking by.
I've done this once or twice. Sometimes nature calls at very inconvenient times.
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