I just want him to take the lid off my water bottles.
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He is my jar opener! 
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That describes me too. Chronologically I may be “elderly” but I don’t look my age and I am quite active and agile.
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The concern is window exits, where the window would be physically removed. FAA regulations stipulate that the occupant of an exit row seat be able “to remove obstructions similar in
size and weight to over-wing exit doors.”
14 CFR § 121.585
They have a lot of other requirements and the individual airline can have stricter - but not more lenient - requirements.
I have to wonder whether these kids were traveling with one adult or two. Because if they were traveling with two, why didn’t those adults change seats with them!?
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Every flight I’ve been on when I’m close to, or in the exit row, the fight attendants ask if whoever is in the row is capable of the requirements.
I remember a work trip with a bunch of men. We’d been gone for about a month. When checking in, they asked if we wanted to sit together. Needless to say, we all looked at each other and quickly replied “no”.
If it’s not a better seat, I’m not switching.
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Pretty sure that you are referring to the same thing, like that shown here:
How commonly are these used these days? I remember seeing them in the past, but not recently.
If they are still used, airline should have sample exit doors at the gate and require exit row passengers to pick them up before boarding.
lol they mean elderly, their parents are pushing 60 and they don’t treat us like we are infirm! More like their 90+ year old relatives. My daughter is a PT, works with elderly patients on a regular basis, and is pretty good at determining fitness level.
My H is in his 80s but better at mowing our lawn than our kids. haha!
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I can see switching airline seats to a less crowded row/to an empty seat but would never ask another person to switch seats unless I had a small child/someone who needed assistance with me. And even then, I would ask the flight attendant. And would think it odd if someone asked me to switch (unless they had someone with them that needed assistance).
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I think I would be understanding if there was a plane switch and a parent and younger child were split up, but in that situation it should be the flight attendants figuring it out. If you didn’t pay the extra $ to chose seats, thats a you problem.
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Even if someone offered the reverse, switching from a seat towards the back to one up front, that may not be desirable if there’s a bag in the overhead that can’t be moved. I wouldn’t want to fight my way back to it during disembarkation.
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On a 55 mph highway, those who go 45 in the left lane.
Save gas by lifting foot off accelerator and coast down hill when possible.
Zipper merge. Causes HUGE debates. It just makes so much sense!
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Stand right. Walk left.
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I was looking for this thread to post exactly this! We were at the shopping center last evening, and it was shocking that most people are absolutely clueless about the stairs and escalator etiquette!
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It took us quite a while in NZ to get used to walking on the left side of the sidewalk instead of the right! Every time we veered to the right, we almost walked into Kiwis.
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Imagine trying to ride a bike, on a path that isn’t very wide, on the “wrong” (to us) side of the path, with water way down on one side (in NZ). I “only” caused on-coming riders a problem once, but I don’t know about the other people in our group.
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Actual driver behavior at merge points tends to create traffic jams:
- Slow merging from an on ramp.
- Tailgating in the lanes leading to the merge point.
- Not prepositioning oneself next to a gap when approaching the merge point.
- Aggressively trying to get one more car ahead at the merge point.
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Totally off subject, but I remember someone’s child referring to his toes as his “feet fingers”. LOL.
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Like South of the Border on I-95 crossing into SC from NC. Yikes.
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