Topic : 03/06 Etiquette Dilemmas

I have had the noise issue forever and until now I thought I was the only one who it really made crazy. I now cringe when I’m with someone and see them pull out gum; I even quit chewing gum so that I wouldn’t have to offer a piece to someone else. I dread going to dinner with people, and no one seems to get it. I can’t control my response if I could stop it I would. Although other small noises bother me, they don’t to the same extreme of the smacking noises. It will actually make me lose my appetite if I’m eating with someone who is smacking. SO PLEASE DR. PHIL POST THOSE TIPS I NEED HELP!!!! And for the rest of people who noise makes crazy we can take comfort in knowing it might not be normal but at least we’re not alone.

Another reason not to fly...I have watched AIRLINE, the show on TV and am appalled how they treat people who get bumped, or have had a couple of drinks.  And now they are being randomly selective in not letting people fly who are dressed quite appropriately, and kicking mother's with children off their plane.  This is crazy.  These two airlines, and probably many more, have made flying a nightmare in many cases, as if 9/11 hasn't done enough.  I don't fly anymore.  I don't want to have to get to the airport 2 hours ahead of time and wait.  I don't want to face the high percentage of delayed flights.  I don't want to face the possibility of getting stuck on an airplane for hours or to get bumped.  And, if I lose my ticket, they would make me pay for another one, when they have the technology to verify that I already paid for one, and should just issue another one.  They don't accept doctor's excuses anymore, so if people are sick they fly anyway and try to cover up their sickness and the rest of the passengers wind up getting sick too.  It's ludricous!!! 

Airlines, like the rest of corporate America, think they can do exactly what they want to consumers.  Ever tried to communicate effectively with cell phone companies??  It's a nightmare.  This needs to stop.  I applaud anybody who files a lawsuit for being treated like the guests here.  It's about time, and it needs to stop.

Oh, and if I decide to ever fly again, I  will try Virgin Atlantic. 

Kyla obviously wants more than an apology.  What has happened to American stoicism?  Seriously, get over it.  Her attorney is NOT doing any public service, though I'm sure he's convinced himself of that to justify the big fat payoff he'll probably get for encouraging her to pursue it.

GREAT JOB to Dr. Phil for expressing his disproval of the ridiculous lawsuit--a total waste of resources.  Lawsuit or not, ALL airlines are going to be reviewing policy and retraining employees BECAUSE THEY DO CARE ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE, so her argument that she doesn't want it to happen to others is crap.

I don't want  Kyla to move on...because I don't want this to happen to me or to anyone else.   She may profit from the law suit - so??  More importantly we will all profit because maybe, (and that's a BIG maybe), these corporate bullys will stop.  If they treated passengers with more respect, they'd have more business.  Yet they whine because they're not making profit.  Are they THAT stupid?  They overbook and inconvenience thousands of passengers a year and wonder why more people don't fly.  The airports have bars, and expect passengers to wait around for hours for delayed flights.  Then, when passengers have a couple of drinks and are not unruly, they won't let them board.  Is this nuts or what???  I think a huge class action lawsuit is in order and all the people who have ever been treated terribly by the airlines should force them to change for the better.  I'll take having to look at someone who's dressed inappropriately, and I'll listen to a a bawling kid, and I'll sit next to a sticking person anyday.  It beats getting treated like these women got treated.  Only a nation of sheep would put up with this.

IT'S TOO BAD THAT SOMEONE TOLD HER NO TO HER OUTFIT THAT SHE DESPERATELY TRIED TO PULL DOWN ON THE TODAY SHOW. SHAME ON HER MOTHER FOR TEACHING HER DAUGHTER THAT WHEN THE WORLD DOESNT GO YOUR WAY, SUE EVERYONE AND SHOW YOUR BUTT ALL OVER T.V.

HAS ANYONE TOLD HER SHE IS 17 BUT LOOKS 30.  CAN' WAIT TO SEE HER IN 5 YEARS. 

SHE GOT HER APOLOGY, NOW LETS SEE IF SHE SUES SINCE "ALL i WANT IS AN APOLOGY  BOO HOO HOO."

I can't remember not suffering from this. I wish it was a choice. I've seen therapists (one told me "well, that's just not normal") and even a hypnotherapist.

Yes, it is awful, and like you I wish Dr Phil would have given some clearer pointers...........I keep looking around on this site and so far I haven't found any tools.

I feel bad for my family and people around me, and it is just driving me sad and upset. I know most people have good manners, it's the normal noice too I can't take. And I wish I could, I would give anything..........

I wrote something similar yesterday......exactly, what about the adults who talk too much or are really loud, believe me I know plenty. Oh and don't get me started on the smelly ones...goodness gracious, can we say DEODORANT!!!!

I've had a lot of mistreatment from flight attendants and passengers while flying with my kids, even though they have never caused no reason for concern. Nobody told them to become flight attendants in the first place, what did they expect? Fly the friendly skies, but please no children allowed...Sorry, but were not going to stop flying to please everybody else.