'Cringe-worthy': Flight attendant's warning against common mid-air act
Long-haul flights are never a fun place - unless of course you're seated in the pointy end of the plane.
But for those of us flying economy, those seats can get pretty uncomfortable pretty quickly.
It makes sense that you want to get up to stretch your legs - but there's one place you should never do that.
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Long-haul flights aren't comfortable. Getty
It turns out that flight attendants really hate it when passengers head to the galley to do their mobility stretching.
A flight attendant named Sil has shared an Instagram post detailing the classic behaviours on planes that really irk her.
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And one of the main ones is when passengers do "yoga, stretches or any form of exercise in the galley."
This small space - basically the plane's kitchen - is already tiny, and often occupied by cabin crew.
There's not much room in the galley to begin with. Getty
It's also the place where most crew members sit and eat their own meals mid-flight.
"Having someone putting their bum in our face as we do so definitely makes flight attendants cringe," says Sil.
It is still important to get up and stretch your legs every few hours to prevent blood clots and to keep you feeling limber. But you're better off walking up and down the plane aisles or doing stretches in your seat.
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Personal trainer Kelsey Wells recently told 9Travel that the number one thing you should do after getting off a plan is to stretch.
Here are some of Kelsey's top post-flight stretches to try on your next trip.
You should get up to stretch, but don't block anyone's way. Getty
Sil also added two more "cringe-worthy" actions that she warns people to try and avoid doing next time they fly.
The first is leaving your headphones on when cabin crew try to talk to you.
"Simply take off or turn off your headset when a flight attendant is asking you what you'd like to drink," she writes.
The second is poking or touching a flight attendant. "This simply goes back to the rule we learned in preschool: keep your hands to yourself."
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Take off your headphones when cabin crew are serving you. Getty Images/iStockphoto
Another huge flight etiquette question was answered recently when a cabin crew member was asked for their thoughts on the call button.
The veteran airline staffer joked that you should only press your call button if you're dying.
"They're truly there for emergencies," she explained. "We will answer it even if we're strapped into our jump seat during turbulence or landing. So yes, it could be a big deal."
"It will piss off probably 70 per cent of flight attendants," she said.
So if you really need something and you can't safely get up, it's ok to hit the call button.
But if you're in an aisle seat, you're better off standing up and walking to the back of the plane to find an available cabin crew member to help you.
