Were you a well-behaved child during airplane flights? Or, if you have kids now, are those kiddos polite and quiet, or do they get upset and throw tantrums?
My parents had the foresight to never take me and my siblings on an airplane. We didn’t really have the money for things like that, but as a kid, I was relieved, because the thought of flying on a plane high above the ground was utterly terrifying. I think if I had flown before the age of like, 10, I would’ve been a screaming, sobbing mess, making the flight miserable for everyone around me. I’m often surprised to see little kids on flights who are well-behaved… at least some of the time. A lot of parents let their kids run around before boarding, and maybe feed them a filling meal, in the hopes that the child then naps throughout the flight. It’s kind of 50/50, though: that youngster on the plane might be a perfect angel, or they might sob loudly for the entire duration of the flight.
Kids can be entertained pretty easily, especially when that flight has a TV on the back of every seat. I know parents are sometimes screen-averse, but this is an excellent time to let your little one binge-watch a TV show or a few movies. I know a lot of those babies already have iPads, too, so that’s also a great opportunity to let them have their screen time. Then, there’s the added bonus that when you get to your destination (hopefully somewhere fun!) the children won’t be begging for their screens, and instead, they’ll be energized and ready to play.
This flyer has a bone to pick with a parent who let his kids look out the window for way too long. And for some reason, he didn’t let them look out of the windows on their own seat? I just don’t understand that… unless it was one of those massive jets that has a middle row with no windows. But even so, you can’t just hog someone else’s window for an entire flight! It just goes to show how different people’s views on acceptable behavior are.
After you check out the airplane shenanigans below, read about what happened when a locked-out driver refused to pay the locksmith who opened up his car: “I’m not paying you 80 bucks.”