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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 152660" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>When husband and I came back from Mexico in April, we were lucky enough to have had enough miles in our program to upgrade to first class. I <em>love</em> it. You have a nice comfy seat, a bathroom you're only sharing with 7 other people, they bring you real food and drinks, it's quiet enough to have an actual conversation with husband and he's trapped so he can't ignore me. And you have your own stewardess that does anything you need. </p><p></p><p>Now, bearing in mind that I haven't used this descriptive for a person for about 15 years, a couple of 30-something yuppies got on with their two small children on the last 4 hour leg of our trip. We were in the second row, so we figured they had kept right on going. As we sat on the tarmac, I realized that the husband was sitting directly behind me and the three year old boy was with him. The mom was sitting behind us in the other aisle, with the squiggly just learned to walk 14 month old girl in her seat. They were sharing! I heard someone say "Well, we aren't <em>required</em> to by a separate seat for a child under 18 months old." UGH! Then as they are finishing up the safety demonstration, the dad says to his son "So, do you <em>like</em> flying now?" "No, daddy. I like <em>roadtrips</em>."</p><p></p><p>And thus began the crying and whining from the boy, and the little girl with the ear piercing "But <em>I</em> want to sit with Daddy!" The boy kept messing with the back of my seat. Dad kept demanding that the stewardess find a snackables lunch kit for his son right now. Wouldn't order him a pop or a juice or anything, just kept waving around $5 so that she would know that she wanted it <em>right now</em>. HELLO! You just came from Los Angeles International Airport! Why didn't <em>you</em> go buy him something there? There was not one toy, not one juicable, not a crayola or book. </p><p></p><p>About 10 minutes after we reached altitude, husband got out the portable DVD player and popped in "Monsters, Inc." It happened to be in the pouch of DVD's we took. He asked the guy if his kid could watch the movie, and dad said "No thanks, he just needs something to eat." husband insisted. They turned it on, but wouldn't put in headphones because the little boy didn't want to watch a movie. But the little girl did, so she started screaming even more. The guy gave husband the DVD player back in about 15 minutes, saying they weren't all that interested in watching movies. And from time to time the little girl ended up on Daddy's lap as well. Screeching.</p><p></p><p>About an hour into the flight, the entire first class cabin is drunk. Not a great idea to have what is essentially a flying enclosed cocktail lounge full of drunks with two ignorant yuppie parents and their two screaming kids squished into three seats. This is a really bad mix. I felt <em>so sorry</em> for the guy seated next to the mom and little girl. I went up to the stewardess and said "Since when do they let little kids share seats with their parents on 1st class? Don't they know how ugly this could get if someone isn't a very nice drunk?" Complaint cards were passed around, and we all got 5,000 bonus miles. But those kids didn't shut up once. And those parents didn't do darn thing about it. For <em>four</em> hours!</p><p></p><p>During our trips we have had good and bad times with little kids around us, but these parents were so clueless they took the cake! I know that more than once we have commented to people how well behaved their kids were and they told us "We gave him/her benadryl before we took off." YAY! It takes care of the stuffy ears, and calms them down enough that they usually sleep through the whole thing because of all the white noise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 152660, member: 99"] When husband and I came back from Mexico in April, we were lucky enough to have had enough miles in our program to upgrade to first class. I [i]love[/i] it. You have a nice comfy seat, a bathroom you're only sharing with 7 other people, they bring you real food and drinks, it's quiet enough to have an actual conversation with husband and he's trapped so he can't ignore me. And you have your own stewardess that does anything you need. Now, bearing in mind that I haven't used this descriptive for a person for about 15 years, a couple of 30-something yuppies got on with their two small children on the last 4 hour leg of our trip. We were in the second row, so we figured they had kept right on going. As we sat on the tarmac, I realized that the husband was sitting directly behind me and the three year old boy was with him. The mom was sitting behind us in the other aisle, with the squiggly just learned to walk 14 month old girl in her seat. They were sharing! I heard someone say "Well, we aren't [i]required[/i] to by a separate seat for a child under 18 months old." UGH! Then as they are finishing up the safety demonstration, the dad says to his son "So, do you [i]like[/i] flying now?" "No, daddy. I like [i]roadtrips[/i]." And thus began the crying and whining from the boy, and the little girl with the ear piercing "But [i]I[/i] want to sit with Daddy!" The boy kept messing with the back of my seat. Dad kept demanding that the stewardess find a snackables lunch kit for his son right now. Wouldn't order him a pop or a juice or anything, just kept waving around $5 so that she would know that she wanted it [i]right now[/i]. HELLO! You just came from Los Angeles International Airport! Why didn't [i]you[/i] go buy him something there? There was not one toy, not one juicable, not a crayola or book. About 10 minutes after we reached altitude, husband got out the portable DVD player and popped in "Monsters, Inc." It happened to be in the pouch of DVD's we took. He asked the guy if his kid could watch the movie, and dad said "No thanks, he just needs something to eat." husband insisted. They turned it on, but wouldn't put in headphones because the little boy didn't want to watch a movie. But the little girl did, so she started screaming even more. The guy gave husband the DVD player back in about 15 minutes, saying they weren't all that interested in watching movies. And from time to time the little girl ended up on Daddy's lap as well. Screeching. About an hour into the flight, the entire first class cabin is drunk. Not a great idea to have what is essentially a flying enclosed cocktail lounge full of drunks with two ignorant yuppie parents and their two screaming kids squished into three seats. This is a really bad mix. I felt [i]so sorry[/i] for the guy seated next to the mom and little girl. I went up to the stewardess and said "Since when do they let little kids share seats with their parents on 1st class? Don't they know how ugly this could get if someone isn't a very nice drunk?" Complaint cards were passed around, and we all got 5,000 bonus miles. But those kids didn't shut up once. And those parents didn't do darn thing about it. For [i]four[/i] hours! During our trips we have had good and bad times with little kids around us, but these parents were so clueless they took the cake! I know that more than once we have commented to people how well behaved their kids were and they told us "We gave him/her benadryl before we took off." YAY! It takes care of the stuffy ears, and calms them down enough that they usually sleep through the whole thing because of all the white noise. [/QUOTE]
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