Stop the knocking and pushing, will you?!

Time to Understand Body Language

by cAmilla Wu

TPE to AMS

A350 B-18907

Flight Time: 12 hours and 15 minutes

Case 1: Who on earth invented the touch screen mode without thinking about its chance to bother who sits in the front?

Pax 1: Excuse me! Would you please kindly ask the little one to stop the knocking on the screen and pushing the headrest?

Pax 2: Oh… Hmm… Baby, please be gentle…

Pax 3: I wanna play the game. I need to touch the screen to make the blocks go away!

FA 1: Haaa…(Showing the empathy since it does need the skill to deal with the situation carefully without bringing up the negative and hurtful feelings) I think the 2-year-old might not be able to know how to control the strength. Since there are seats of the two continuous rows for your family, maybe it would be better that he could sit in the second row to enjoy his playtime and the lady sitting in front of the baby now could also have some rest.

Pax 2: Baby, go to Daddy now. (Understanding this embarrassing moment)

Pax 3: Daddy… NO!!! I don’t… I don’t want to be with Daddy. I want to… I want to stay with… with Mommy!

Pax 2: I’m sorry, Baby. You have to go to Daddy.

FA 1:  

(To the little one… to make sure that he is fine with the decision even though his little face does not show much agreement since he has to stay between his father and his 4-year-old brother who is now enjoying his sleep without showing any sign of waking up to be his playmate.)

Thank you so much for the help! Hi, Little One, now you can have some of your fun time. And there is one more toy for you! It is your present since you are really helpful! (Hoping the baby would lose the interest of using the screen)

(To the lady who needs the rest badly after 10-hour flying journey)

I hope that you feel better now.

PA1: Thank you! I do appreciate it a lot!

FA 1 is praying for someone who can invent some material that benefits all the families traveling with the little ones without experiencing this kind of embarrassing moments and brings the comfort to all the passengers who need the rest up in the air!

 Pax 3 continues his happy mode and trying to send the message as follows:

I know that I am little. But… sometimes I just need to travel… And… sometimes, it could be the adults who get too excited using the device as well… Genius Masters, please help us little ones. I’ll behave and pray hard for the wish to come true!