Bottom 5 passengers to travel with: 2nd of December 2014

At the end of each month I´ll give you a small resume of my top 5 and bottom 5 passengers’ nationalities to work with

1)      Indians: yes, they still are in the top of the list. Why? To start with the reel of their ignorance brings a never ending list of bad habits, from spitting to smelling and a billion grays in between. Women have no idea what female hygiene is and this is the main problem. Some are afraid of wearing pads when menstruating and they try to hide that because it may be consider as something to be shame about. Men as they want to be the “macho alpha” treat others as if they were scum or something inferior, especially when it comes to service. You have no idea how many times in the same flight I was treated as their own personal slave. How? Words and sentences as “thank you” or “your welcome” doesn’t exist in their vocabulary, not because they don’t know how to speak the basic English but mainly because someone like me is not worthy of those words.

2)      Chinese: “ni hao” and a rumble stamped come during boarding. Smashing others passenger’s belongings in the overhead compartments, blocking aisles, jumping the bathroom queue is just one of the many succulent behaviors that may be seen. Is not that they are ignorant; it’s the fact that they want to take advantage of every situation as if it were to be life or death. Rules are bend into their favor (in their own little minds) and even so you might repeat politely that they must buckle their seatbelts during take-off or landing they look right at you as if they couldn’t understand what you are saying. Never I will forget, not very long time ago, in Auckland when in immigrations agents asked and showed through cards which items were not allowed to enter New Zealand without being declared to a relative old Chinese couple. They shook their head and said “no”. When all of their belonging (they were many card boxes) went through the scanning machine, a Woolworth / Jumbo of herbs and fruits showed up. They play stupid and may put your nerves to the bear top of your patience.

3)      Nigerians: I still can’t personally stand up the fact that men want to pretend that they are much more “men” than they truly are. In my flights to Lagos it’s a repeated story to watch how a husband treats his wife as if she were to be nothing more than a carry on item. Sad to believe and even hear (even so I don’t speak Nigerian) their values towards others. Also the fact of hygiene is something that really concerned me (especially due to the Ebola outbreak), they spit food and eat with their hands. Alcohol in gel – 4 small bottles in a row in each flight

4)      Brits: generally speaking they have spiked to the front of the row for a liver transplant. Bear and more bear, gin and whisky. The bar in all of my flights is packed with red swollen faces and glasses must be always filled to the top. One glass, two glasses, three, four and they simply won’t pass out. If they were to be the etiquette drunks I might say “okay, not a problem” but generally speaking this is not the case. Why? They start shouting and spitting saliva while they do. Some become “touchy” and even unbearable to attend.

5)      Grey-zone > Southafricans: not entirely polite not entirely rude. Deepening in the flight and the historical background (general speaking) of the overall manifesto it may be a very peaceful journey or an erratic mixture of a blend of the alcoholic Brit culture with the nasty behavior of Nigerians.  

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