Arabs are special wherever they go and whoever they may be, but combine them with flying and things get a little messy sometimes.
From the person who forced a flight from Dubai to land because he couldn't stop farting, to the Lebanese guy who proposed to his girlfriend mid-air, let's just say Arabs are a handful.
If you've ever been on a flight full of Arabs, you'll know there are some things that just make every flight with them a little predictable.
Here are eight of them:
1. There's always that family of 5 with 17 luggages
It's mentally exhausting just watching them check-in.
2. And if you're lucky, they're usually the family boarding 10 minutes late and causing a delay
This may or may not be what their kids were doing the whole time.
3. There's always that one person who has no idea how to pack their bag in the overhead compartment
At this point, you've accepted your fate of standing in the aisle waiting for hell to be over.
4. And that one person who calls for a stewardess every 10 seconds
That person has now consumed a total of over four liters of water in the span of two hours.
5. There just has to be that Arab flying for the first time who doesn't get how airplane food works
Umm no, you can't get a customizable dish and you can't get extra rice because you think the portion on your plate isn't enough.
6. If you're traveling alone, the person next to you needs a full brief on your entire life
What do you do? Are you single? Why are you traveling? Did your parents neglect you as a child? Must know all the details.
7. Personal space? Those words don't exist in our vocabulary
Seat in full recline mode the minute the seatbelt sign goes off, always.
8. And when the plane finally lands, there just has to be some clapping
Now prepare for everyone to stand up, take out their bags, and stand there, squeezed like cattle, for 26 minutes.