Are you a talker on planes?

[RooFlyer]

I've been meaning to post this for a while, but this post

I was once sitting next to a passenger who couldn't stop talking no matter how many hints I gave that I wasn't in the mood. I noticed some empty seats so I moved. He then complained to the FA about me!

and another recent experience recently prompted me.

Do you like chatting to your neighbour - known or unknown - on flights, particularly longer ones? On a recent overseas flight with me in 1C on B737, the guy in 1D didn't stop talking to his seat mate for an entire 4 hour trip. Just on and on and on, even during the meal. Now, nothing wrong with that - he wasn't particularly loud - but I have had long haul marathon talkers near me whose volume could have gone down by half.

I can't imaging filling up 4+hours with continuous talk and I certainly wouldn't put up with unsolicited chat from a neighbour if I wasn't interested.

 

[trippin_the_rift]

Don't want to talk? Put on headphones.

Personally, I enjoy a chinwag because you never know who is next to you.
Start with a fun, lighthearted mutual comment before takeoff.

"I hear they serve the premium bubbles once we're in the air".
or
"F- me, these seats are worse than air asia... or maybe im getting fat"

Planes + Airports + Hotels are the ultimate networking venues.
I've made a small fortune with this exact formula.