Fasten the damn seatbelt

[AirHostess]

God I hate people.

We were having a really bumpy flight. I was checking seatbelts and some woman with a lap child was asleep laid down across the seat. As he was a lap child (under 2 years) he needed to be secured with the extension seatbelt on mum's lap.

Mother: But he's sleeeeeeeeeping!
Me: I can see that, however, due to the turbulance he needs to be secured.
Mother: But he's sleeeeeeeeeeeping, don't wanna wake him.
Me: I can understand that but for safety he needa to be strapped in.
Mother: But I don't wanna wake him, he looks so comfortable
Me: Your child could hit the ceiling causing severe injury to himself or another passenger. That is why I am TELLING you he needs to be strapped in.
Mother: But he'll cry!
Me: Better than having a skull fracture.

I stood there and waited whilst she ever so slowly did what I said. The bumps got pretty bad so I was holding onto the seatback and overhead locker. If I was being thrown about a bit you might think the mum would twig that her precious little one could be seriously hurt?

[Chanlin]

Nope, because the laws of physics do not apply to SC's We can bend time and space, read minds, and produce whatever they desire from thin air.

[Peppergirl]

Amazing how working in any branch of the travel industry can turn one into the ultimate people-hater.

I can so relate.

[tropicsgoddess]

What an idiot. If you're on a turbulent car ride or flight you still need to buckle your freaking seatbelt so you're not hurled across the place.

[Amina516]

What a fuckin twit.

[XCashier]

I don't even start my car unless my son's seatbelt is fastened! And this dummy is willing to risk her child's life or health because she doesn't want to disturb him?!

What, the seatbelt will make him cry? Imagine how he'll cry when he's confined in a body cast. On the other hand, he'll be very quiet in a coffin...

[Pagan]

I don't get why people piss and moan like this when I'm pretty sure that they know damn well that you can prevent them from flying or being escorted off the plane when it lands.

Haven't we all watched just this happen on "Airline" (UK & US versions)?

[Threesidedorchid]

Wow, that sounds almost exactly like a conversation I overheard on my last flight. I almost posted it here as a sighting, but was too far away to hear all the details of what the passenger said.

I did hear, however, when the flight attendant said " I can call the captain out here and you can discuss it with him if you like." which seems to have resolved the issue.

I just don't understand how people can be so stupid about these things when you're standing there telling them exactly why it's safer for the kids to do it your way.

[smileyeagle1021]

Amazing how working in any branch of the travel industry can turn one into the ultimate people-hater.

Try working in 3.5 branches
Hotel, reservations, rental car, and the .5 was a fast food place, which not really travel industry, most of our customers were tourists.

Oh yeah... it does make you start to hate people.

[Andara Bledin]

Another person who doesn't allow the car to move without all passengers belted up.

I keep my belt on when flying, too, no matter how short and calm the flight is. For one thing, if something were to happen, then I wouldn't have to scrample for the belt; it'd already be on.

^-.-^

[Pagan]

Another person who doesn't allow the car to move without all passengers belted up.

That reminds me....I got my grandmother mad at me one time.

I went to pick her up, we both got in the car and I fastened my seat belt. She just sat there. So did I, looking at her. Here's the conversation as best as I can remember it:

GM (Grandmother): Well, are we going to go?
Me: I have a rule that the car doesn't start until everybody's buckled-up. I don't want to get pulled over and get a ticket. I haven't gotten one yet and I don't want to start.
GM: Well, if you do, I'll pay it.
Me: Yeah, but the points still go on my license.
GM: Well, go ahead and start off and I'll fasten it on the way.
Me: Nope, fasten it or I don't start the car.
GM: Fine!

She was not a happy camper, but hey, my car, my rules. You don't like it, you can walk.

BTW - I've been driving for over 20 years and I still haven't had a ticket.

[PepperElf]

already had the habit of wearing a seat belt

it helped out a lot when i was in a car that flipped over


and i remember one of the girls in my mil school... one day she had a giant welt across her shoulder. as she said... she'd rather have the welt from the seat belt than be dead

[Andara Bledin]

There's actually a really disturbing PSA video out there about wearing seatbelts.

The short version is that a car with 4 teens in it gets into a head-on. The people in front are toast (it's a very bad crash. The ones in back would have been fine, except one didn't have a belt on and the pinball action of him in the car basically kills him and leaves the other a vegetable.

I don't care what seat you're in; if you're in my car, you're wearing your belt.

^-.-^

[South Texan]

If I was being thrown about a bit you might think the mum would twig that her precious little one could be seriously hurt?

What? An SC that REASONS and THINKS on vacation (or any other time)????