Attention for first-time travelers abroad: CNN compiles 20 most offensive behaviors in airplane cabins

▲Airplane space is limited—mind your manners (Photo by reporter Lin Shiwen)

By Rita

Spending over ten hours on a plane with strangers can be a nightmare if you encounter passengers with poor hygiene or selfish behavior. And there’s absolutely no chance of changing seats. Wondering what behaviors are particularly off-putting? Chances are, you might have done some of them too without realizing. Here are20 annoying cabin behaviors compiled by CNN.

▲Don’t treat overhead bins as your personal storage (Photo by reporter Lin Shiwen)

1. Treating the overhead bin as your personal locker

2. Taking forever to choose a movie

3. Constantly shaking your legs

4. Trying to board before your group is called

5. A crying child

6. An aisle passenger getting annoyed when the window seat passenger gets up to use the restroom

7. Talking on the phone extremely loudly

8. Bringing strongly scented food on board

9. Speaking extremely loudly

10. Hogging the armrest and not letting go

11. Hogging an unoccupied middle seat

12. Coughing, snoring, or having a cold without wearing a mask

13. Playing video games without headphones

14. Trying to bring an oversized suitcase as carry-on

15. Passengers in the back trying to disembark first

▲Kicking the seat back can make the passenger in front uncomfortable (Photo by reporter Lin Shiwen)

16. Neglecting personal hygiene

17. Going barefoot

18. Hogging the lavatory

19. Reclining your seat without considering the person behind you

20. Kicking or hitting the seat back