Flying puts us in close contact with people. Often far too close. For the most part, that can be managed with a little spatial respect and a few polite nods and smiles.
But there are people that nobody wants to fly with.
Whether they are strangers or travel companions that make you think twice about going solo next time, here are the eight people you really hate to fly with.
The Needy One
This is the person that needs help with everything. EVERYTHING. It starts long before arrival at the airport and continues all the way through to baggage claim. I'm not talking about sweet little old ladies or toddlers, I'm talking about seemingly intelligent adults that can't figure out the automatic water faucets in the airport bathroom.
Help them once and you are roped in for the duration of the trip.
The Smarter One
We all know a lot about something. Most of us generally keep the bulk of that knowledge bottled up until it becomes useful. The person you really don't want to fly with is the one with no cork in their knowledge bottle.
It pours from them freely on every imaginable subject throughout the flight, making you wish you had bought that set of noise-cancelling headphones after all.
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The Over Dresser
Everyone has a wardrobe misstep occasionally. The over dresser is the person that arrives at the airport with four layers of unnecessary jackets, scarves and other fluff while wearing lace-up boots.
Have they never been in an airport security line?
Once on the plane, the poor people seated next to them must suffer through the removal and replacement of all those layers with every temperature change, meal service and bathroom break.
The Announcer
Right up there with those who can't stop spilling their knowledge is the person who loudly announces things that everyone else either already knows because we heard the flight attendant or that we have no need of knowing in the first place.
As in, "I'm going to stand and stretch my legs. Feeling a little gassy from that soft drink."
The Important One
There's one on every flight.
They have more frequent flier miles, more YoYouTubeans, more money, more something (everything?)that makes them special.
Rules do not apply to them. They expect front-of-the-line and front-of-the-plane treatment even when they sit next to you in the center seat of row forty-two.
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The Freaker
This is the person that frets over every potential disaster that could befall them in the airport or on the plane, causing themselves and everyone else anxiety in the process. From possible missed connections to storms on the other side of the continent, this person is on the edge of their seats and on everyone's nerves.
The Late Arriver
We all get stuck in traffic on occasion, and airlines have been known to book insanely short connection times that make us run wildly through the terminal.
But it is the mad-dasher that demands line cuts and holds up flights while they stow their over-sized carry-ons long after everyone else has buckled in that really grates.
The Boozer
No, there's nothing wrong with having a drink on a plane. It's that stranger sitting next to you that overindulged until he can't keep his arm from slipping off the armrest into your lap or her head from rolling onto your shoulder, or the person drinking and sharing their sorrows with you for hours that can make you look longingly around the plane.
That's when you know that you probably would have been better off next to any of those other needy, overdressed, loud, freaked-out, self-important fliers.
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