Gen Zs reveal the boomer airport habits they find super irritating & why people need to stop doing holding up queues
But before you can feel the sand between your toes you have to conquer the airport - and it turns out different generations go about the whole ordeal pretty differently.
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Boomers not knowing how to turn their phone to silent annoyed plenty of Gen Z
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Some Gen Z shared their issues with older jetsetters
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In fact, it turns out Gen Z find the airport habits of Boomers unbearable.
So, what exactly is it that annoys them so much?
According to one user on Reddit, the older generation known as Baby Boomers, who are currently between 61 and 79 years old, have some pretty annoying airport habits.
Boarding planes slowly
"For a generation that's been around air travel the longest, they're by far the worst when it comes to boarding planes," one
anonymous
user fumed on Reddit.
Apparently, the older generation spend too long putting their bags in the overhead holders before sitting down.
In doing so, they hold everyone else up from getting on the plane, the Reddit user said.
"Speaking from current experience waiting for a group of boomers to figure their lives out," they added.
Of course, it's important to acknowledge older people might not be able to move as fast as Gen Z, so offering help could be a good option in this situation.
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Not knowing security rules
Holding up the line at security can be pretty annoying, but apparently the worst offenders are the older generation.
This comes as one user on Twitter fumed over a older woman holding up everyone else as she rummaged through her makeup bag, unaware of what she could and couldn't take in her hand luggage.
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Having their tech on full volume
Most people know headphones are the best way to enjoy games, videos are all the other offerings of their mobile phones when they travel.
But according to some people Boomers didn't get that memo.
"I'll never understand older people who play games on their phones on full volume in public," one person on Twitter wrote after 15 hours of travel.
Talking too loud
Another annoying airport habit of Boomers is talking too loud, both in person and on the phone.
"I was on a flight a few weeks back. Lucky for me I got a first class upgrade. Two rows in front of me is a Boomer talking loudly on his phone using the speaker," one person on Reddit explained.
"It was so loud you could hear both sides of the conversation throughout the cabin," he added.
Being rude to airport staff
Another way Boomers and Gen Z clash is because of their approach to customer service, other Reddit users agreed.
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"Boomers are so crazy at airports. If you act with the slightest bit of compassion towards airline employees they are always super
nice
," one explained.
"Have had a lot of fees waived just because I am not ranting and raving. The bar for airport behaviour is on the floor."
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