Budget Travel did an article, “Seven ways to annoy a Flight Attendant”.
While there are some good points on the list, it takes a lot to ruffle my feathers. The thing that really annoys me? Passengers who pick their nose…..at their seat…..right in front of me. If you are a frequent reader, you know that I enjoy working in the First Class Cabin. It’s easier to be with the frequent fliers, they don’t give me a hard time when there is a delay because I have the free booze…kidding…kind of: ) But, one thing that happens more than you would believe, is men passengers pick their nose right in front of me. (sorry to pick on men specifically but I have yet to see a female passenger pick hers) I could probably get past it if I didn’t have to serve the nose pickers, but inevitably they are the passengers who “forget” to put their “used” cloth napkin on their food tray and then like to hand it to me as I am passing by still serving others. I would guess that the passenger I am still serving doesn’t want me taking the nose pickers napkin, at least not yet.

I would love if anyone could shed some light on this? What’s the deal? Do they think I don’t see them? I haven’t noticed to many nose pickers off the airplane but that could be because I don’t pay enough attention elsewhere. Does anyone else see this? I know other Flight Attendants do because we talk about passengers and this comes up a lot!

(post pic courtesy of photographer kaptain kobold at flickr.com)