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  • #16
    Quoth Kogarashi View Post
    What planes have the call button at hip-level? Every plane I've been on has it up on the ceiling next to the light buttons.
    The last flight I took, about 3 weeks ago, had all of the controls to everything on the inside portion of the armrest. This included the controls for the personal video screen on the seat-back in front of me. I had my own set of iVision glasses, and watched my own itunes TV shows. But almost every time I shifted in my seat I either changed the channel, or changed the screen language, or changed the volume on said non-watched apparatus. Thank Gawd I didn't keep 'butt dialing' the flight attendant!
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    • #17
      Quoth Ree View Post
      We had to sit on the plane for close to an hour before we could leave. This lady was annoying to me, hitting her damn call bell every 5 minutes, wanting to know how much longer we would be, and then making a fuss because her companion had medication that needed to be taken at a certain time.
      Always carry your important meds in carry-on! Actually, I'd be inclined to carry important meds in carry-on, and also carry a doctor's note containing the diagnosis, medications and dosages, if the meds are that important.

      As for the call button issue: I once had a flight attendant tell me not to be so shy of using the call button! This was a long haul flight, and I was visibly suffering a histamine reaction (sniffly, eyes watering, I was probably affected by someone's perfume). I was waiting until an attendant came past when I needed something, and one told me to just hit the button when I did.
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      1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
      2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
      3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
      4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.

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      • #18
        Guess I haven't been on a big enough plane in a long while. Only controls I've had on the armrest were volume and channel controls and the seat-reclining button.
        "Enough expository banter. It's time we fight like men. And ladies. And ladies who dress like men. For Gilgamesh...IT'S MORPHING TIME!"
        - Gilgamesh, Final Fantasy V

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        • #19
          Quoth Kogarashi View Post
          Only controls I've had on the armrest were volume and channel controls and the seat-reclining button.
          I don't understand why that's such a huge issue for you. Are you doubting the person who said they accidentally set their call bell off, but are too polite to say so?
          Where the call bell is located on airplanes really isn't all that relevant.
          Moving on...
          Too tired of living and too tired to end it. What a conundrum.

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          • #20
            Quoth Ree View Post
            I don't understand why that's such a huge issue for you. Are you doubting the person who said they accidentally set their call bell off, but are too polite to say so?
            Where the call bell is located on airplanes really isn't all that relevant.
            Moving on...
            No, sorry, not an issue at all, and I'm not doubting the person. I was just confused, and following up with an explanation of what I was used to. I don't get to fly much. My apologies if it came across wrong.
            "Enough expository banter. It's time we fight like men. And ladies. And ladies who dress like men. For Gilgamesh...IT'S MORPHING TIME!"
            - Gilgamesh, Final Fantasy V

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            • #21
              Yes the call bell is there for passengers to use but why do people press it 50 million times a flight?

              And there is no need to press it to get rubbish taken away etc. Just walk to the galley and hand it to a flight attendant if you are so eager to get rid of it!
              No longer a flight atttendant!

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