Bad behaviour in airports - would you say something

[scaredeycat]

The way the line is organised in Hobart means that the security staff probably wouldn't have seen them queue jump ( the line goes around a corner). The metal detector is always understaffed and although there are two checkpoints, I've never seen both in action together. Fortunately the wait is rarely more than a few minutes.
Mind you, Tasmanians live in a time warp, so what counts as a traffic jam in Hobart wouldn't even be noticed by most mainlanders.
Agree that the parents' behaviour was lamentable. Unfortunately good manners aren't very common nowadays.

 

[Rox]

I have been in a situation (walking our dogs in a park with a friend) where a man came up to us and behaved extremely inappropriately and wouldn't leave us alone. His wife and children were left languishing far behind as we tried to keep walking quickly to give him the hint. Both of us were mystified as to why we both felt obliged to remain polite and didn't actually say what we were both dying to.

 

[medhead]

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By the sounds of it they where simply inexperienced flyers. Not sure what is what and with a screaming kid around trust me, the concerns of others come second to getting the kid to shut up and start behaving.

I don't recall the OP saying the child was screaming.

Sorry I meant lack of respect, there no lack of disrespect!!

You do have 24 hours to edit your posts.

 

[Muzfly]

No excuses for going under a barrier.... Its not a matter of not being an experienced flyer at all. Its a clear case of "I am more important that the rest of these morons standing in a line.....". I'd have said something for sure. Not rudely or sarcastically, but certainly firmly to the effect that what they were doing was not on and that they'd best go the rear and wait like the rest of us are.... This is the sort of thing that happens when people say nothing. Unless we who realise that there is a system in place for a reason, ie a queue in order to process people in a timely manner, speak up and tell these people that their behaviour is unacceptable this sort of thing will only occur more and more often. You don't need to be a Platinum FF or a Rocket Scientist to realise that your simply do not lift a barrier and push into the middle of a line.

 

[Burrito]

Anyway, walking to security I saw a young family in front of me moving very slowly (the toddler daughter was for some reason dragging a full-size pillow along the ground that was bigger than she was). Mother was pushing a pram heaped high with cr*p and the father stopped to yell at the daughter to hurry up. The parents waited for the daughter to catch up (she was a good 20 metres behind them) as we walked past the daughter. Predicting the delay they would cause if I was behind them going through security I briskly walked past them as they waited for their daughter and was a good 10 metres in front of them before I got to security.

Can I be so brash as to ask have you ever travelled with little people with a pram/stroller & luggage in tow?

 

[JohnK]

Queue jumping has never been acceptable in Australia.

One of the hazards of frequent travel is trying to avoid getting stuck behind people who have no idea.

Security queues are a good start. No idea what to take out. No rush. No one else matters. If I know I am going to be a little slow then I stay towards the end of the table and wave people through.

Ever been stuck behind 3 people sitting in row 5-6 with carry on bags everywhere? Not pleasant.

 

[Pushka]

Our PA was slapped the other day when she asked a woman to move her car from our car park. I'm thinking there are too many emotionally uncontrolled people out there.

 

[Longrass]

Queue jumping has never been acceptable in Australia.

One of the hazards of frequent travel is trying to avoid getting stuck behind people who have no idea.

Security queues are a good start. No idea what to take out. No rush. No one else matters. If I know I am going to be a little slow then I stay towards the end of the table and wave people through.

Ever been stuck behind 3 people sitting in row 5-6 with carry on bags everywhere? Not pleasant.

I must agree with this... One of my pet hates is people that "block" queues due to their ignorance of their surroundings.

Similiar to people who stop walking after stepping off an escalator, push a trolley out in front of you, dont indicate on roundabouts, etc, etc...

 

[ChasingDaylight]

dont indicate on roundabouts, etc, etc...

That's standard DRW behaviour though!

Ontopic: I've had brain fart moments at the airport before. Last one was dumping my drink bottle and a few other things from my laptop bag prior to security but forgetting about my deoderant / liquid soap / shampoo etc in the carryon. Somewhat embarassing.

 

[simongr]

No excuses for going under a barrier.... Its not a matter of not being an experienced flyer at all. Its a clear case of "I am more important that the rest of these morons standing in a line.....". I'd have said something for sure. Not rudely or sarcastically, but certainly firmly to the effect that what they were doing was not on and that they'd best go the rear and wait like the rest of us are.... This is the sort of thing that happens when people say nothing. Unless we who realise that there is a system in place for a reason, ie a queue in order to process people in a timely manner, speak up and tell these people that their behaviour is unacceptable this sort of thing will only occur more and more often. You don't need to be a Platinum FF or a Rocket Scientist to realise that your simply do not lift a barrier and push into the middle of a line.

Can I be so brash as to ask have you ever travelled with little people with a pram/stroller & luggage in tow?

I have and I completely support the observation. I am acutely conscious that travelling with small people is likely to inconvenience others so I plan around that. It is one of the reasons that we took babygr into one of the meeting rooms in the F lounge so he wouldn't disturb others.