Flight was DEN-AMS connecting in MSP. Small plane w/o middle seats, I was at the window.
We’re deboarding and it comes to the row in front of us. They all remained seated and the dude next to me, who was already standing in the aisle, walked past their row.
The resulted in one guy getting extremely irate, yelling at the guy, and telling him he needs to wait his turn. I ran into the dude again in the terminal and we both kinda shrugged and agreed “that was weird”.
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Was this a Minnesota faux pas?
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Strange thing is, in hindsight, it seemed like people actually were deboarding super slowly and only standing up to access the overhead bin once it was their row. Because of that I always wondered if maybe we were the inconsiderate out-of-towners who didn’t know about local norms of polite inefficiency.
Sometimes the airplane “continues” with some passenger changes, so it’s not like people never stay seated. I also find it rude to push past people, but if you’re still seated when it’s your turn….
Lmao imagine being so polite that you’re a dick about being polite! Mid-west hospitality has come full circle
Minnesotans are unaccustomed to air travel, they spend their whole lives in ponds.
I have no connections to Minnesota but find it very rude to not wait one’s turn when disembarking the plane.
I grew up flying Northwest (now Delta formerly headquartered in Minneapolis) and I’ve never seen or heard of this in my life. I’ve flown a ton in an out of Detroit (Delta hub now, formerly Northwest major hub) and at no time have I seen people not jump up as soon as the plane pulls up to the gate. I think you just happened upon some weirdos.
Just to be clear:
Let’s say you were in row 10. Are you saying the people from rows 1 to 8 had already cleared out, the people in row 9 remained seated, and the expected the people in row 10 to stay in place while the people in row 9 took their time n getting up and getting out?
I don’t know about MN in particular, but have done a fair amount of flying. I’ve never heard of any etiquette like this. If people just sat there & expected me to wait for them, I think I’d have some pretty lively advice for them.
Generally yes, you are supposed to stay seated until the row in front of you is done (or at least close to done). Someone bolting down the aisle from the back of the plane before its their turn would be considered rude. That said, even though this is how it’s supposed to work, most of the flights I’ve been on somebody ends up screwing it up and then everybody has to stand up right away to stop them anyway.
I’ve never seen anything remotely considered “etiquette” in any airplane. Everyone’s following their own rules
We Minnesotans do not claim this man. Extremely likely that he was a drunk Sconi who recently ran out of cheese.
Minneapolis is a major hub so I would not assume that someone flying out from there is from Minnesota.
That being said, if the people on the row in front of you are sitting and not making any effort to deboard it is fine to go ahead and pass them if the path is clear. It’s only rude if they’re clearly trying to leave their row or grab their overhead bags.
No, Minnesotans are usually the type to passively talk shit about someone out of earshot, rather than boldly confront someone directly.
Source: I’m a bold forward Okie currently living in Minnesota.
Nope, just some grumpy guy
That’s weird. If they were just sitting there not ready I would walk past them. A lot of conscientious older folks will stay seated so they can take their time getting situated. I would probably think it’s a similar situation if they were just sitting there and not ready to go.
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No lol, that other dude is just a weird control freak
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I’ve flown a ton and it’s usually really easy to tell if someone is forfeiting their turn. If someone is just sitting there not moving, that is a signal that they forfeit. Even if they don’t otherwise indicate it. That guy did not understand airplane etiquette.
I wouldn’t freak out about it but I find it super annoying when people stand as soon as the plane lands and do believe in letting the people in front of you get out before you storm out in front of them unless you are at risk of missing a connection.
Wow. I’ve never been on a flight where people remain seated until there row exits. Way to go Minnesota! Literally every flight I go on people stand the second the plane lands and then it’s just awkward crowding in the aisle. Drives me nuts because you don’t really get out any faster by standing and you look like a jerk.
Minnesotan here:
I stay seated until it’s my turn to exit, but mostly because it’s more comfortable. I don’t understand why people stand up before the doors are even open, knowing it’s going to be another 15 minutes before deplaning. I also flew out of MSP 4-5 times a month before the pandemic and I can tell you I am in the minority, most Minnesotans will not politely sit and wait.
Yes, this is definitely a faux pas. You wait your turn until it’s your time to leave.
This orderly fashion that you seen the state, has its advantages and disadvantages. When the tempo of the situation is rather slow, you take your time, and you act orderly. However, there’s been times when I was waiting for a bus or trying to go grab a baseball at a ball game, where you need to act fast, and some person got upset at me for barging in and trying to go faster than usual.
A lot of this etiquette comes from people who grew up in small towns, and aren’t used to a faster pace of life.
You don’t really see that kind of slower pace of life etiquette over in the core twin cities,compared to the rest of the state, because we know what happens when people try to hold you back. We’re less passive aggressive over there, because we don’t have time to talk behind people’s backs like they do outside of the 694 494 loop.
Midwesterners scare me bro
I’m from Minnesota, currently reside in Wisconsin. This sounds bizarre
Minnesota faux paux? No, they snoozed and lost. Then when they realized they snoozed and lost, they had to make it somebody else’s fault they lost so they didn’t look stupid to themselves. (Hey, if someone else will take the guilt, there’s always someone willing to hand it out).
Probably just a rookie flyer.
Nope. He was just a dick.
So here’s a general rule from an airline pilot.
NOBODY knows how to do airports and airplanes. You can get mad at someone, but chances are they are very far out of their element and have no idea they’re doing something wrong. There’s also a good chance you’re doing something wrong as well.
No, most Minnesotans don’t have any real spine to actually confront anyone like that. They’ll just talk shit behind their back. Minnesotans can’t handle real confrontations.
I was born/raised & lived in MN for 40yrs til last summer. Personally the culture of that passive-aggressive behavior and never being transparent is toxic and aggravating to neuro-divergents like me.
That makes me really angry too, actually, as a non-Minnesotan. We could all be dicks and just run up the aisle, skipping around all the people who are elderly/disabled/waiting for their bags/whatever. But we’re not dicks.
You should wait your turn unless it’s incredibly obvious that the people don’t intend to get up or you have an emergency/super short connection. However, the proper response to someone who violates this is to glare and silently judge, not to accost them.