When the brat runs by raising cane, he'll see you and won't be back. And, everyone in first class will be your new best friend, buying you drinks, slapping you on the back... Everyone will have a great time.
Posted on 10/10/2018 1:08:08 PM PDT by Simon Green
Yeppers. What does it matter how many hundreds of dollars you pay extra for “first class”?
The TSA, the airports, the checkin process, the waiting to board, the layovers, the too tight seats, the screaming kids, the drunk adults, and a dozen other normal inconveniences make flying only a little better than riding in a loaded cattle car.
Flying sucks. But I do try and make the best of it. If I have to.
Yes. Toddlers are future taxable assets. We had better treat them well. After all, we are living off of their money.
“Should Toddlers Be Allowed to Fly?”
I love kids, I have eight, but, when I fly first class, it is because I am exhausted and need rest or need to get some very important work done, I love kids, but they do not belong in first class.
No
My father whipped my ass to be sure I had something
to cry bout. When he did, the wax flew out of my ears,
and he cured my attention deficit disorder.
I’ll be flying first class to Tokyo on Japan Airlines in January, my first time in international first. The odds are very much against a screaming brat being in the sane cabin, though (knock on wood).
I was under the impression that first class was more expensive because it made for a more enjoyable, comfortable flight. A screaming toddler does not make for an enjoyable flight for anyone, therefore, regardless of how much money the parents may have, the screaming child needs to be removed from first class.
Benadryl solves most of these crying baby issues. Generally speaking they don’t handle pressure changes well due to the small size of their sinus and ear channels.
A benedryl based decongestant will greatly help their discomfort and make them very, sleepy.
This should be common knowledge.
The captain should be able to order that the screaming child be tranquilized for the entire flight, parents’ wishes be damned.
Why not? My kids did when little, have whenever we’ve gotten upgrades. I’m Delta Diamond and fly frequently. I have no problems with kids, never have. Problem is with ignorant parents. But with all the travel I do, any disruption is really the exception.
We flew, when my progeny was a baby, for the Christening.
We had to fly, again, when my mother died, 2 years later.
Neither time did my kiddo scream, howl, run in the aisle, make any kind of commotion!
WHY/HOW DID WE PULL THIS OFF?
By making sure that on take-off, the then baby had something to suck on, so that there was no pain in the ears, and by being an alert parent. And on the next glum flight, also making certain that the toddler was kept QUIETLY busy/entertained.
Bingo. Same reason a screaming kid is allowed at McDonalds, but not an upscale restaurant.
SPOT ON !
Hahahahahahaha...I was wondering how to approach this, because you are a monster if you say NO, and an inconsiderate jerk if you say YES...
Your post was the perfect antidote to that conundrum.
That said, I have had sound cancelling headphones for years, and I won’t fly without them. Doesn’t help with the kicking on the back of the seat, but it sure would have helped with that kid in the seat in front of us who screamed at the top of his lungs for a six hour flight to Europe we took a red-eye on a few years back...if only I had them then.
If they can afford it, why not?
“beautiful combination of Irish height and weight”
What? The average height of an Irishman is 5’9”. The average Body Mass Index of Irish males is 25.9, putting them in the overweight category.
When the brat runs by raising cane, he'll see you and won't be back. And, everyone in first class will be your new best friend, buying you drinks, slapping you on the back... Everyone will have a great time.
The little ones can’t tolerate the air compression on the ear drum. Painful..
But, yes, behavior and day care decibel howling is not a qualifier for FIRST CLASS. FIRST CLASS to me means amenities and a little more personal space, and generally implies a little less disturbance, racket and forced interaction.
As a parent, it’s inconsiderate to not appreciate the reasons other people are on your flight.
You don’t know who has lost a son, or a father, or whose business is collapsing, who needs prep time to focus on a presentation or a business plan, tense before an important meeting, whose nerves are frayed from one of a myriad of grave stresses.
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