A Delta Air Lines passenger flying economy from Paris to Boston placed their used meal tray on the ground in the aisle, so they could make tray table space to get work done. At least three people stepped in the partially-eaten trash on the way to the lavatory. According to another passenger in the cabin watching, he “could care less.”
Food tray left in aisle to continue work
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This passenger probably thinks they’re pretty important, and can’t waste time waiting for their tray to be removed before returning to work. I do have to wonder, though, if that were true why are they in coach? Besides, the real power move in economy is two laptops not just one.
This is a new one…
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Last year I wrote about a Delta Air Lines passenger working while standing in his coach seat, turning the seat into a standing desk. That’s a great hack, it’s great for the back, though it can annoy your neighbors and may not turn out well in turbulence. It’s the move of a dedicated, upwardly mobile junior executive or consultant.
In coach I’ll usually decline drinks, because a cup on the tray can easily be knocked over and takes up space. An open can is equally dangerous. I can keep my bottle of water in my bag for whenever I need it, and if I’m seated in back I can have snacks handy there too. The tray is for my laptop.
In first I can usually turn the meal tray so that it’s vertical and I can fit my laptop and the tray. If I’m not super hungry I’ll just skip the meal and keep working. The food isn’t going to be very good on domestic flights anyway.
Flying long haul I’ll generally be up front with a bigger tray and more spaces to spread out food and work, which is great – I have a lot to do, and I’d rather get it done during quiet alone time than need to get work done when I’m home with my family.
I care about two things more than anything else when I travel: the space to open my laptop, and a strong internet connection in the sky. I need at least extra legroom, so that nobody is reclining into my screen.
I am sure to have a laptop with enough juice to last through the majority of my flights, but I still need seat power too. That means Southwest is out for anything more than three hours. Even their newest interiors only feature USB power.
If it’s the start of a day, I crank out the day’s work before I land. And if it’s the end of the day, I’m more than caught up on everything I need to do that piled up during meetings. There’s nothing better for work than starting and ending the day in the air.
@Gary: If he “could care less” then he cared. You mean he couldn’t care less.
The tray in the aisle is basically Tim Dunn’s comments on every Delta article.
And YET another instance of The Premium Airline’s customer base. Give me a Frontier or Spirit passenger anytime.
Sometimes flight attendants have other things that they have to do so they are slow picking up meal trays. Most of the time it has been because of turbulence and the pilot wanting them seated. That doesn’t seem to be the situation here because people were walking in the aisles. I wonder how much time elapsed after handing out meals before they were picked up. As usual, only some of the story is told. The person close enough to photograph it should have slid the tray into the owner’s footwell instead of making a story about it.
I have been on many Asian airline flights and the cabin crews are very good at coming around in a timely manner to pick up meal trays. Since I fly coach in the USA, I no longer have meal trays.
There’s an entire generation of otherwise-intelligent adults who are so socially stilted, yet at the same time so indignant, that is the reason Reddit is able to run as a for profit business on inane posts such as this one.
I’m debating whether or not they deserve to die of cancer.
If he covers the tray contents carefully, he can place it in his foot space and not dirty his shoes.