When it comes to air travel, there’s a set of unspoken rules you’re expected to follow to make everyone’s’ journey that bit easier.
But flight attendant Barbara ‘Barbie Bac’ Bacilieri, 29, says not everyone sticks to them – and it not only makes her job more challenging, but it causes unnecessary issues at 30,000 feet.
The YouTube creator urged passengers to keep their so-called witty comments to themselves, with her sharing how a passenger jokingly granted her permission to “eat them” if the plane crashed, just like in Society of the Snow.
In the true story, which has been retold in a movie, an Uruguayan rugby team crashed in a remote part of the Andes and were forced to turn to cannibalism to survive.
When it comes to practicality, she urged passengers to keep their stilettos in the suitcase, saying they’re only going to hurt your feet when walking around the airport, and can cause issues in the event of an emergency on the aircraft.
She said: “I never wear heels… in an evacuation, you would have to take them off so you don’t damage the slide.”
She says passengers seem to have an urgency to make it onto the plane when boarding – but she stresses if you’re sat in the lounge waiting, there’s no need to stand and queue for your seat.
Barbara said: “Why queue to board if you’re going to have to stand around waiting for so long? I prefer to wait until the end for everyone to get on and then I go quietly.”
Speaking about ways to ‘keep clean’ during your flight, she says you should avoid walking into the bathrooms when there’s unknown spillages on the floor.
Not only this but she pointed out how, although the in-flight blankets get washed between flights, they’ve still be used by hundreds of passengers.
In general, she urges passengers to keep themselves to themselves, ask a flight attendant if they encounter any problems, dress appropriately for their journey, and try to keep a good, positive attitude while traveling.
It comes after a flight attendant shared the ‘code words’ cabin crew use to speak about passengers right in front of them.
Cabin crew member Jennie, known as @jeenie.weenie on social media, revealed the true meaning of plane staff’s secret language in the skies – including what words like ‘bob’ and ‘flip flop’ mean.
In her clip, she said: “When you hear flight attendants say Tom Cruise, we use this as a trick to remember where tea and coffee goes. Tom Cruise – T and C. Tea here and coffee here.”