Woken up for snoring :)

[JohnK]

I snore very loudly at times. Thankfully to date no one has been stupid enough to try and wake me up.

 

[burmans]

I snore very loudly at times. Thankfully to date no one has been stupid enough to try and wake me up.

Now there's a challenge!

 

[cove]

JohnK you should test to see if you have sleep apnoea seeing you have a young wife and child. I am glad I did.
Quite a few of our friends use a cpap and I think it stops you feeling like you have run a half marathon overnight.
I just know I don't wake up feeling tired so I think that might mean I have not strained my heart muscle unnecessarily.
A doctor might know more about this where someone stops breathing multiple times an hour.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I snore very loudly at times. Thankfully to date no one has been stupid enough to try and wake me up.

In economy that would be pretty easy though? nudge your elbow on the armrest, prod the back of the chair etc.

in premium cabins it can be an issue as there is no obvious physical contact. But with flat beds The snorer should consider sleeping on their stomach or side if that helps prevent the problem.

 

[Shamrock55]

Wow. Have to say I wasnt expecting so many people to say the snorer should be woken up or go see their doctor. I dont have sleep apnea, I wake up very refreshed in the morning and I am not overweight. Yeah, I sank a few coughtails before the flight so i'm guessing that was the reason.

My original point was more hat I was amazed someone would be rude enough to actually wake someone else up.

Ask an FA to wake someone up? Are you serious? If an FA woke me up and told me I was snoring i'd be like WTF do you want me to do abut it? go out and sleep on the wing? I'm sure the FA would hand you a set of plugs and say deal with it honey.

I wear noise cancelling headphones and earplugs because I realise i'm sleeping in a glorified hostel with several hundred other strangers and assume they will be noisy during the flight banging bins closed, coughing, snoring, farting, crying, talking etc etc...if I still hear noise through those two devices then I guess i'm just unlucky. But I wouldnt go SHHHH another passenger or shake them awake, no way!

 

[ozjuice]

I'd be pretty jealous that someone was actually enjoying a good sleep when i clearly wasn't. How dare they!!!

 

[Denali]

...My original point was more hat I was amazed someone would be rude enough to actually wake someone else up. ....

But some would say, what about the person being rude enough to keep multilple people awake with his snoring?

Not that you cant stop snoring by will and Im totally eyeing off the old lady for being the nudger in waking you. Dont think little old ladies cant be sneaky, theyre ninjas at being sweet and sneaky.

 

[GarrettM]

JohnK you should test to see if you have sleep apnoea seeing you have a young wife and child. I am glad I did.
Quite a few of our friends use a cpap and I think it stops you feeling like you have run a half marathon overnight.
I just know I don't wake up feeling tired so I think that might mean I have not strained my heart muscle unnecessarily.
A doctor might know more about this where someone stops breathing multiple times an hour.

I have a piece of paper on the fridge recommending me for a sleep test. My wife organised it some time ago, but it's another thing I can just never get too. Some days I do take a very long time to get my body and brain going, so it is something I should get sorted.

 

[Cool Cat Phil]

I'd rather listen to a snorer than a screaming baby, as the screaming baby can usually be heard right throughout the aircraft.
As for the OP and being woken up, gee some fellow passengers can be pretentious and rude.
I'd even admit, as someone who can never fall asleep onboard a plane in any cabin, I'm jealous you can fall asleep in the first place.

 

[JohnK]

JohnK you should test to see if you have sleep apnoea seeing you have a young wife and child.

More than likely I'd be suffering from sleep apnoea. CPAP machine would not be the solution for someone suffering from claustrophobia.

I don't even want to try.

 

[cove]

I read your comment JohnK and right below was our AFF member named scaredeycat. Wow, you will never never know if you never never go for the test.
In today's Australian there is an article on Resmed that explains what they think.

 

[Conrad_S]

For me touching a stranger while asleep is a bridge too far. Maybe on boarding they should provide sticks for poking the snorers in J?
On the evening dash 8 flights out of Sydney they often have a long taxi before take-off. The rhythm of the bumps or grooves from the taxiway often puts me straight to sleep. I don't know how many times I've woken with a start thinking was I just snoring. It wouldn't be pleasant for the FA I'm sure.

 

[cove]

I wouldn't touch a sleeper/snorer on a plane.
Maybe in a movie theatre but I would usually be able to switch seats.

 

[get me outta here]

I wouldn't touch anyone either. How about a loud Shhh! though? If I was being tortured by not being able to sleep due to noise that is very loud, I'd be tempted to shhh out of frustration.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Wow. Have to say I wasnt expecting so many people to say the snorer should be woken up or go see their doctor. I dont have sleep apnea, I wake up very refreshed in the morning and I am not overweight. Yeah, I sank a few coughtails before the flight so i'm guessing that was the reason.

My original point was more hat I was amazed someone would be rude enough to actually wake someone else up.

Ask an FA to wake someone up? Are you serious? If an FA woke me up and told me I was snoring i'd be like WTF do you want me to do abut it? go out and sleep on the wing? I'm sure the FA would hand you a set of plugs and say deal with it honey.

I wear noise cancelling headphones and earplugs because I realise i'm sleeping in a glorified hostel with several hundred other strangers and assume they will be noisy during the flight banging bins closed, coughing, snoring, farting, crying, talking etc etc...if I still hear noise through those two devices then I guess i'm just unlucky. But I wouldnt go SHHHH another passenger or shake them awake, no way!

what are you gonna do about it? sleep on your side or stomach. get a cpap machine. stay awake. One person doesn't have a right to negatively impact the peace and quiet of 10 others around them.

 

[TonyHancock]

Griselda always prepares a little gift and a note for me to distribute to the riff raff around me when I fly.

 

[JohnK]

I read your comment JohnK and right below was our AFF member named scaredeycat. Wow, you will never never know if you never never go for the test.

I said more than likely but let's go with I am almost certain I suffer from sleep apnoea if I did the test. I don't want to waste a night with cables hooked up all over the place.

Both mum and dad have been diagnosed with sleep apnoea. Mum didn't sleep much during the test. Dad used one of the generic CPAP machines they give to pensioners. He couldn't sleep. The machine hindered his sleep rather than enhancing. He stopped using it after a few weeks.

I really don't want to try using a CPAP machine.

 

[Milboo]

I'd be peeved if someone woke me. I snore but only initially. Wake me then I have to repeat that part of my sleep cycle again! Leave me be and it quickly stops.

 

[Deleted member]

Indeed. I haven't tried one but I went to an ENT doc recently in an attempt to reduce my apparent snoring. He said CPAP is pretty much a last resort and a lot ppl experience poor sleep. He also said, right of the bat in fact, that there is no guarantee that my snoring can be cured.

I am embarrassed enough to do something about my snoring but I'll thank you coughers and shushers to understand that it is indeed a medical condition, sometimes attributable to weight or alcohol consumption - but not in my case - and that telling someone to stop is akin to telling someone to stop having cancer or depression.

Losing weight helps. I lost 30 kg. Felt great. Put it back in again. Feel rubbish again.

 

[Matt_01]

Griselda always prepares a little gift and a note for me to distribute to the riff raff around me when I fly.

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Just loved it, what a great EA you have where did you find such an understanding person, so considerate thinking of the riff raff, I can not stop LOL.