After a year marked by airlines reducing seat space on planes, now comes a survey listing the most annoying things passengers do on flights. The most annoying behavior you can do as a passenger is kick the seat of the person in front of you, according to the聽 Expedia released today.聽
The survey, conducted by 聽(an independent global market research company), asked 1,000 Americans to rate the thing that bugs them the most about other passengers. Sixty-seven percent named the kickers, topping out the 2013 winner, 鈥渋nattentive parents,” which came in as a close second this year. Rounding out the top three? 鈥淎romatic passengers,鈥 a nebulous moniker that could refer to anything from body odor and flatulence to malodorous snacks and perfume.
Other behaviors on the list included seatback grabbers (31 percent) and 鈥淧layboy readers,鈥 or people looking at adult material on the plane (30 percent). Touchy-feely couples bothered 29 percent of passengers.
Despite the summer being notable for a burst of 鈥溾濃攆ights over how far and quickly passengers angle back their seats鈥攕eat recliners scored relatively low, irritating only 37 percent of passengers.
And even though air rage has received a lot of press lately, 48 percent of fliers say it鈥檚 better to ignore the problem than address it, with just 22 percent saying they鈥檇 confront the offending passenger directly and 6 percent saying they鈥檇 shame a passenger on social media.
Another interesting piece of data in the survey: Five percent of respondents claim they鈥檝e been 鈥渋ntimate鈥 with another passenger in flight. Three percent with someone they knew, and two percent with someone they鈥檇 met on the flight.