Resonance alert: In-flight troubles every traveler has faced

Text by: Little Traveler Kid

The biggest challenge of every trip isn’t the itinerary or the quality of accommodation, but flying. For some reason, you always encounter all kinds of things that make your flight unbearably uncomfortable—like crying babies or constantly needing to use the restroom but being too afraid to bother your seatmate.Ranking of the most unbearable airplane passengers—how many types have you encountered?And just like the famous New York Times illustrator Christoph Niemann, when he flew from New York to Berlin, he experienced something that anyone who’s taken a long-haul flight will absolutely relate to. He even chose to meticulously document this painful process through his drawings.

6:35 Finally took off—the elbow battle for the armrest begins

9:30 The banana is at least 20 degrees, the Leaning Tower of Pisa is at 5 degrees, why is my seat not even 2 degrees?

5:10 Staring at the baby in front—I don’t really care if he’s crying, I just want to lie flat

Then the previous “routine” repeats again. Trying to look at the scenery, but only managing to see a little. Can’t sleep, can’t read, forget about thinking about anything. The rest is just staring out the window, pale yellow... and so on, the cycle continues

Have you ever felt this way too?Ranking of the most unbearable airplane passengers—how many types have you encountered?

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