The airport rudeness that drives me crazy

Don’t tell me it’s nothing

To move forward or not?

Is this a new level of airport hell?

More than anywhere else, airports are all about social contracts with strangers. This is most in evidence at the baggage carousel where if one miscreant hogs space right beside the conveyor, everybody else on that side is forced to do to the same to see whether their bag has emerged from the ramp.  We’ve catalogued baggage carousel evils here and here and here, so we won’t harp on it, suffice to say there is another type of toe-curling airport behaviour that needs calling out.

If you’re one of the many who still check their bags, there is an established social contract where everyone gets in line and then shuffles forward in a serpentine manner until they get to the end point. At which point, airline check in staff call them forward. Now we’re not talking about the person who can’t grasp the concept of suitcase weight limits and removes items without moving to the side to let the next person in line dump their bag. Nor the feckless wannabe who tries to charm their way into an upgrade with questionable flirting skills.

Think this person is annoying at the airport? There's a new contender in line.

We’re talking about the person who remains stationary even when the line moves. So there’s a big ol’ gap in front of them. Such was the (too big to be carryon) case during a recent American Airlines flight at what is believed to be Ministro Pistarini Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

This was posted on Reddit’s r/ImTheMainCharacter thread and in case you’re wondering, the title refers to - and we quote - “people who act like they’re the center of the world.”

The post clocked 5000 replies. A minority agreed with the behaviour, because really, she’s not holding up the line. She’s not just playing the game. Take a look.

Girl be breaking the internet.

Mostly, though, peeps got the shits. Here are some of the most strident responses.

"Do the ultimate powermove and duckwalk through her shit while making aggressive eye contact." - noteverrelevant

The real reason for moving while in a queue is that if you just stand there, the queue will get longer and longer as there is no steady forward movement. Eventually it will obstruct other pathways and annoy passersby." - CloudYdaY_

"I'm sure she would move up if she saw people starting to cut ahead. But it looks like she has a shit ton of baggage (pun fully intended)." - iBeenie

"Push her shit out of the way. I don’t give a **** what reaction I get. She’s being the asshole." - jormungandrsjig

"Go under the barricade, walk around and go under to get in front of her ass. Do it slowly, and have someone behind her recording for when she finally looks up from her phone and sees a completely different person in front of her." - infowosecfurry

"She loves how this bothers people. This is a psychopath having her meal. Energy vampire at work." - funrunfunn22.

"This post is making so many British people so angry." — delysid2507

Go under the barricade, walk around and go under to get in front of her a**. Do it slowly, and have someone behind her recording for when she finally looks up from her phone and sees a completely different person in front of her. That’s a f***ing Tik Tok I’d watch on a loop haha. — infowosecfurry

"In Germany, people would simply move past her." — (deleted)

"The most infuriating thing is that I entirely disagree with her actions, I’d be pissed as well, but I can’t exactly explain why."— FlyingLotHus

Originally published as The airport rudeness that drives me crazy