Flight attendants beg travelers to stop doing the one thing that annoys crews most

Flight attendants are urging passengers to stop touching them to get their attention, saying the behavior is one of the most common frustrations they face on the job.

Several veteran flight attendants recently discussed the issue on the “Jumpseat Chronicles” podcast,encouraging travelersto use call buttons or simply speak up when they need assistance.

“We getpoked and touched as flight attendants,” co-host Joshua Boyd said — describing it as one of the most persistent issues crew members encounter.

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“It happens so often that if we got paid $1 for it, we would be millionaires,” Boyd said.

Instead of physically touching crew members, the flight attendants said passengers should use the call button, make eye contact or politely wave if they need assistance.

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Some flight attendants are asking travelers to avoid physically touching them for attention, noting that it is among the most frequent and frustrating behaviors they encounter while working.(iStock)

Diane Gottsman, a national etiquette expert“Just as you would not touch the passenger sitting next to you, you do not reach out and touch a flight attendant to get their attention,” Gottsman said.

She said passengers should instead make eye contact, offer a friendly wave or use the call button instead of touching or snapping atflight attendantsto get their attention.

Etiquette experts suggest that passengers make eye contact, give a polite wave or use the call button to get a flight attendant’s attention if they need it.(iStock)

“A polite and louder than usual ‘excuse me’ may feel a bit bold, but it’s definitely more appropriate than tapping someone on their arm, shoulder, waist or any other part of their body,” she said.

Gottsman noted that passengers are not always aware of what a flight attendant may be dealing with at a given moment.

“Their main focus is the safety of the passengers on the plane,” she said.“Basic etiquette calls for respecting another person‘s job andtheir personal space.”

“Please use the call button or your voice, but please do not touch us.”

The issue also sparked debate on Reddit, where some travelers agreed passengers shouldavoid physical contactand rely on call buttons or verbal requests instead.

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“I’d love for this to be in an announcement,” one user wrote.“If you need our attention, please use the call button or your voice, but please do not touch us.”

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The discussion spread across social media, prompting a wave of responses from flight attendants who shared similar experiences and called for greater respect of personal boundaries.(iStock)

Yet others argued that a light tap on the shoulder is often viewed as a socially acceptable way to get someone’s attention, particularly in anoisy airplane cabin.

“A gentle tap on the shoulder is a pretty common way of getting someone’s attention,” one commenter wrote.

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Several travelers also said they worry flight attendants may not hear them when they say “excuse me,” especially on crowded flights.

“My ‘excuse me’s’ definitely fail much more often than they succeed,” one user wrote.