So I'm doing a little bit of traveling this week and I feel it's important to go over some overlooked, yet important rules of etiquet when flying.
1. Please wear close-toed shoes. Although your sandals or flip-flops maybe the most comfortable thing you own, no one else wants to looks at your gross feet! Most people are not foot models which means your feet are probably going to be ugly, your pedicure (if you have one) is probably chipped, or you forgot to shave the hair on your toes (way gross!). Basically, it's better for all involved it you can wait to get home or to your hotel room to make your feet comfortable.
2. Try to dine before getting on the plane. I understand some people can't help it, and the aroma of a Philly Cheese Steak sandwich can be a nice addition to an otherwise stuffy smell of the plane. However, if you are eating something that is going to leave your fingers greasy or your breath smelly please try to wait to eat your delicious treat. Case in point... a women I was sitting beside today brought her Popeye's friend chicken on the plane! She was slurping down drumetts while I was dodging elbows (she wasn't good at keeping to her side of the seat). Then her fingers were greasy and I was over all disgusted. Please, please, please, if you can help it, spare the people you are sitting next to an avoid dinning on the aircraft!
3. Lastly, please remember personal space. The person sitting beside you paid just as much for their ticket as you did for yours. Just think of the armrest between the seats, not so much as an armrest, but more of a divider. Both parties should keep to their side of the seat. Once again, chicken lady was a good two inches over the armrest. Granted she was a bit bigger, but if she wanted that extra spaces she should have paid for it. Just because she has chubby arms and elbows that can't fit into her seat is no reason for her to invade my space!
If you have any questions or concerns on the suggestions, please refer to an Emily Post etiquette book... I'm sure she'll back me up.
