“The seatbelt sign is still on” The plane lands. And before the wheels even finish their last shudder, half the cabin stands up - bags thumping, elbows flying, neck pillows dangling like badges of exhaustion. You can almost feel the tension lift from the seat belts, like springs released. People stretch, reach, rush. The seatbelt sign is still glowing, politely reminding us to wait. But who listens? There’s something tender and absurd about that moment, everyone trying to be first, chasing a few seconds of control after hours of surrender. Because all of us, eventually, will meet again at the same slow-moving baggage belt, waiting for the same carousel of patience. Maybe that’s what we do everywhere - at work, at home, in our heads - rush to stand when what we need most is to sit, breathe, and trust the process. So today, on World Mental Health Day, may we all remember: It’s okay to stay seated a little longer. The plane always reaches the gate.
In fact if people remain seated and exit according to their seat positions the exit will be fast and organized. But this is a mentality issue.
Absolutely, some people behave as if they will jump out of the window moving luggages & putting them on someone's feet absolutely forgetting there are others around!!
Not sure if this tendency is culture or country-dependent, but I believe it's a good example of herd mentality. A little more patience & common sense could let them realise that it almost takes the same time to reach the exit altogether.
This indiscipline and disregard for rules is built into some cultures. The only way to control it is to tag it to consequences. Couple of years back my brother and I had been to Gwalior to visit the Gwalior fort. We had wonderful 2 days and were ready to board the flight back to Hyderabad. The airport had 3 levels of security checks. The 3rd level was just before boarding the flight. One passenger got annoyed with 3 level checks and started shouting at the security team calling it "bullshit" and refused to cooperate. He even hurled few not-so-decent words at them. Surprisingly, the security team (one man and one woman) started pleading with him to cooperate explaining it is not in their control while taking all the brickbats. Few fellow passengers in the queue pacified the agitated passenger and asked him to cooperate so that we all could proceed. We wondered why such a behavior was tolerated. He should have been detained in the airport for not cooperating with the security protocols and for shouting at the security team for doing their duty.
Very true! I still remember my 1st flight — The moment Flight landed, everyone jumped as if flight had only 15 seconds at the airport terminal to halt. 🤭My friend was one of them, and funnily enough, we still reached the baggage belt at the same time.
picture perfect :)
They aren’t allowed to have a free will but you have every rights to post their faces for your post? This is the mindset that needs to be addressed first.
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3wHere’s a correlated observation- after numerous international and domestic flights. This behaviour is largely common where the majority of the passengers are Indian / India diasporas. When it’s largely of foreign nationals, we tend to be less sheepy. Is it social conformity or some kind of herding? I really don’t know. Would like other folks to prove or disprove 🤣🐏