Push

You push me
Keep on pushing like nobody

Our first experience with AirAsia, and we almost learned to hate it. We say almost really because somewhere in the back of our mind we had the generosity to see that some things weren't the fault of AirAsia, rather it's the passengers.

Our first experience ever was when some Hongkie aunties and their sprog cut our cue just so she could get their luggage scanned before heading to check in and get her boarding passes at LCCT. First one auntie (mind you, she isn't old but since she has no manners who're we to bother about her age or such) cut in front of dad, who was pushing the luggage trolley while in queue, and we sorta went, "Uh-oh" in our head at this point. True enough, the following auntie and kid whizzed past us using their relative as an excuse.

If we were pushing the luggage trolley there was no way any of 'em would have passed. Or else we would have run down the other aunty and the brat. And this isn't to say we're at a proper queue yet.

Well we've heard the stories plenty of times before from others who've suffered the same. When we travel alone this doesn't happen to us but since we're with the rest of the family we'd to pull back our reins a bit. Control, control...

That everyone's begun queueing up once the gate was open (but no one was allowed to pass through yet) is fine. That the queue turns into something akin to Malaysian roads in bad traffic is another. That people jump to the Express queue is too much. That they start running to the plane?

Kiasu.

The return trip we had a hand carry luggage that actually came in rather handy - slung over a shoulder it effectively blocked anyone from cutting the queue from our left side.

We also understand that, since it's free seating, there's little chance of the family sitting near each other but that's fine with us - since we're a nuclear family, we just pair up. Head pass the Indian horde, that's already deployed one fellow at each window seat booking the row for their posse, taking up 5 aisles on both sides in all. Thankfully dad and mum, and sis and us manage to get seats together without having to split up.

We told sis that for our next trip with AirAsia we're rather tempted to bring along our walking stick, not as to depend on the symphaties of others but rather to trip them up or block their passage with a dangerous wave towards their faces.

Come on! We've never had this kind of aggravation with RyanAir before! If we only needed pay a bit more (how we wish!) for far better comfort we would gladly do so. Nevermind, the next time isn't going to be with parents so we could be more liberal with our elbows. And since the next time is during one of them AirAsia promotions for cheap fares (and Bangkok once again, hurrah!), we're sure to have to bring out all our blocking tactics. Aunties and such beware.