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The 17 People You Hated on Airplanes in 2015

No one likes an Overhead-Bin Anarchist.
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It is sometimes difficult to determine whether we hate flying—or just hate other people. A new, annual survey of 1,019 airplane passengers by the travel company Expedia makes a strong argument for the latter: It finds that there are 17 separate behaviors of people on airplanes that drive at least one in 10 fliers nuts. What kinds of people did airplane passengers hate the most in 2015? Let’s take a look at the numbers.

The Seat Kicker
Sixty-one percent of survey respondents said they hate those folks who kick the back of the seat in front of them most of all.