I was on a flight recently when I overheard a conversation that made me wince.
The aircraft door had closed, and the crew was preparing for pushback. A flight attendant stopped near my seat to close an overhead bin and noticed that one of the bags was turned on its side. She asked those seated nearby whose bag it was. No one responded. She then spoke—loudly, and with a noticeable edge—to no one in particular, stating that all bags must be laid flat in the overhead bins.
A second attendant walked up and added, “I’ve made four announcements since boarding began.”
If you fly often, you probably know this rule. And if English is your first language, you were on the plane and paying attention when the announcements were made, then sure, you wouldn’t have much of an excuse.
But if one or more of those conditions weren’t met, then perhaps you did…
