• ChiefSinner@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    What’s wrong with clapping when the airplane land? I miss that when it was the norm when I was a kid

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        11 months ago

        So if you go to a concert or a play do you not clap? The pilots did something most people can’t. They’re not clapping at the plane they’re applauding the pilots.

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            11 months ago

            One is a Performance

            Which is also a job and expected of them? And flying a plane is definitely way harder than putting on a show, for potentially quite a bit less pay depending on the performance.

            Regardless, no one is saying you have to clap. So why do you care what other people do? You not only think it’s wrong for you to thank someone for doing their job, but you think it’s wrong for other people to do so? Why?

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        11 months ago

        Flying, despite all its drawbacks, is still one of humanity’s greatest achievements and has transformed our society to such an extent that most people today can’t even imagine what it’s like to travel long distances before the rise of commercial aviation. A trip across the ocean which once took weeks or months with a very high chance of a horrific death now takes at most 12 hours and is the safest mode of transport. If that doesn’t warrant applause I don’t know what does.

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      11 months ago

      Honesty half the time I just wish the plane crashed during landing and mofos clapping at my misery is just rubbing salt in the wound 😭😭

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        11 months ago

        I definitely say thank you when getting off the bus.

        It’s honestly really sad that so many people think people doing a job is somehow not only undeserving of gratitude, but will judge other people for expressing gratitude.

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        11 months ago

        If my bus ride is 14 hours in one direction, you’re damn right I’m clapping. Though it’s not entirely for the pilot, it’s for being allowed to move freely again.

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          11 months ago

          If he’s tried to palm off some foreign coin on me though in my change, he’s not getting a thank you, he needs to learn his lesson.

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            11 months ago

            Ha, you guys still pay in cash? We can check in with our debitcard here in the Netherlands

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              11 months ago

              For some reason to get really pissy if you try and pay by card. Mostly because they don’t want to put the money into actually pay for the infrastructure necessary to support card transactions.

              The barely ever wash the buses

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        11 months ago

        I mean, I would if the bus was up a few miles above the road for a couple of hours and landed safely.