Lifehacker Adam Dachis 'evil' mile-high survival guide for passengers

내 인터넷 홈페이지 (첫화면)는 news.com.au인데 종종 재미난 기사가 많아서 올려본다. (http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advisor/passengers-evil-mile-high-survival-guide/story-e6frfqfr-1226058733592)

 

비행기 안에서 일어나는 짜증나는 일에 어떻게 대처했는지 보면 볼수록 정말 재밌다.. Dachis라는 남자는 자기 앞좌석에 앉은 사람과 말싸움을 벌인 후 일부러 자기 근처에 앉은 시끄러운 아이들과 자리를 바꾸어 앉았단다..결과는?  목적지에 도착할때까지 자기 대신(?) 아이들이 소리지르고 앞좌석을 발로 차고....ㅎㅎㅎ

 

DON'T get mad, get even.

That’s the message from a traveller so frustrated with fellow airline passengers that he has written a mile-high survival guide with an evil twist.

Adam Dachis' blog on website Lifehacker titled How to Lie, Cheat, and Steal Your Way to a Perfect Flight includes controversial tips on dealing with some of the most common air travel gripes including the reclining of seats and annoying passengers – if you’re willing to use “flexible ethics”.

The main idea of the article? Getting angry at a rude passenger won’t get you far, but there are creative ways that you can get even or avoid mid-air troubles altogether

 

A prime example is the mile-high seat reclining battle, which most frequent fliers are familiar with.

Dachis says you can avoid this aggravating dilemma with a pre-emptive attack that involves placing a drink bottle on your lowered tray so that it pushes up against the spot below the tray table latch, meaning that the seat in front cannot be reclined. If that doesn’t work he suggests bribing the passenger with drinks or food. When it comes to dealing with rude or aggressive passengers it’s best to turn the other cheek, he says. Ask a flight attendant to help, and if that doesn’t work then look for an even more annoying passenger nearby and ask to switch seats with them.

This is exactly what Mr Dachis did after an argument with the passenger in front of him. Instead of getting outraged he asked a group of irritating children nearby to swap, and they continue to yell and kicking the man’s seat the rest of the journey.

“The boy behind the bad passenger kicked the seat throughout the flight," Mr Dachis said. "It was wonderful.” 

 

Other tips are even more outrageous and may land you in trouble, including photoshopping the seat number on your boarding pass in order to get on the plane quicker and score a spot in the overhead compartment for your carry-on. “Make sure you know which group boards first, change your boarding pass so it has that number or letter on it, and you're good to go,” Mr Dachis said. “On the other hand, altering your boarding pass is something the law may frown upon.”

If you’re not willing to potentially break the law – surprise surprise – another option is to wait until the group before you is called and get in line with them. There is also another questionable tip on how to break into the plane’s toilet, but even Mr Dachis doubts whether anyone with morals would need to know this particular trick. “The moral of the story is this (if you can call this a story with a moral): if someone is mean to you for no good reason, don't be mean back. Instead, figure out how to make someone else enact your revenge.”