Parents hand out "sorry" packs on a flight

[markis10]

What a brillant idea, its been picked up by mainstream press but here is the original post:

Brilliant and thoughtful parents handed these out to everyone on my flight. - Imgur

 

[TonyHancock]

Very clever way of breaking the ice and getting people on side. Even I would find it difficult to be annoyed with them if the twins were a little noisy!!!

 

[AaronBradford]

Cool thought, though I wonder if the FAs had (or should have had) issues with the parents handing out the candies to all the other PAX? Also, I do wonder how many people were on their flight, 'cause if it were anything more than a 737 or A320 it would weigh a coughload!

 

[mella2007]

Fantastic...it would certainly put a smile on my face if I was given one

 

[burrco]

Two or three years ago I was on a late night flight on AA between DFW - SEA (in F) where some parents handed out something similar. The only difference was it also had a little pack of earplugs in it. Nice gesture.

 

[Pvcmenace]

I wish I thought of that back in the day! Oh well there's always next time

 

[MarkD]

That is really nice


I'm too poor to own a signature

 

[Happy Trails]

Probably a voice in the wilderness but I'm afraid this just brings out the curmudgeon in me.
I'd be more impressed by how they might actually deal with their babies.

 

[ashleyn]

What a brillant idea, its been picked up by mainstream press but here is the original post:

Brilliant and thoughtful parents handed these out to everyone on my flight. - Imgur

That is wonderful. There are so many other levels of apology that spring to mind.

 

[Katie]

Now I really can't have any more kids. Talk about setting the bar high for travelling with kids!!

 

[Simo]

I would have liked that on Friday night coming back from SYD

 

[lovestotravel]

Someone that has gone to the time/effort of making up these little packs is aware of their kids and the noise they may/may not make!

Sensational move by the parents!

 

[Simo]

Mind you as a parent I am a bit more tolerant now that what I was before kids.

 

[yo yo ma]

Update to the story... the kids didn't even cry.

Revealed: The baby twins whose parents handed out candy on plane to 'apologize in advance' to fellow passengers (but after all that they DIDN'T even cry) | Mail Online

 

[SeatBackForward]

I'm going to against the flow with this one. There's something not quite right about this. In principle I agree that its a nice gesture, however, I don't think its an entirely good trend to be setting..

"Sorry my carry on is too big, here have a kit-kat" ?
"I'm afraid my shoulders are very wide, please munch on this jelly snake?"
"I plan on getting sloshed, here are some noise cancelling headphones to appease you"?

 

[Febs]

I'm going to against the flow with this one. There's something not quite right about this. In principle I agree that its a nice gesture, however, I don't think its an entirely good trend to be setting..

"Sorry my carry on is too big, here have a kit-kat" ?
"I'm afraid my shoulders are very wide, please munch on this jelly snake?"
"I plan on getting sloshed, here are some noise cancelling headphones to appease you"?

Um, lighten up?

 

[JohnK]

At least they had put some thought into what effect the twins would have on the rest of the travellers. Good on them....

 

[markis10]

I'm going to against the flow with this one. There's something not quite right about this. In principle I agree that its a nice gesture, however, I don't think its an entirely good trend to be setting..

"Sorry my carry on is too big, here have a kit-kat" ?
"I'm afraid my shoulders are very wide, please munch on this jelly snake?"
"I plan on getting sloshed, here are some noise cancelling headphones to appease you"?

Since when has going the extra distance become the norm, sadly never, so your fears of it becoming a widespread practice for many different scenarios is grossly unfounded.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Whats its saying is that parents need to be apologetic for their kids, being..kids. And in this particular example, very young kids whos life consists of sleeping, feeding and crying. Is that the society we've become?

 

[markis10]

Whats its saying is that parents need to be apologetic for their kids, being..kids. And in this particular example, very young kids whos life consists of sleeping, feeding and crying. Is that the society we've become?

I think it's just a case of someone showing consideration for the effects of their actions (via their offspring) on others, however involuntary that may be in terms of the action. There is no need shown or expected, it's purely a nice and somewhat unexpected gesture.

Its not that different to the practice by some on AFF to provide a box of chocolates to the crew on boarding, I notice that has not become a "need" for everyone to follow nor has it extended to the ground crew, baggage handlers, what's left of the check in staff, taxi driver etc etc (pity as it might have saved Darrell Lea ).