It is known what annoys the passengers of an airplane: the crying of a baby. So why not take it with humor and try to have a "bad time" as well as possible? It is what they have intended parents who traveled for the first time with their baby and gave an "emergency" kit to the passage in case their baby cried during the flight.
The kit consisted of some sweets to sweeten the moment, some earplugs and a note in which the parents speak by mouth of the baby, a little one year old, apologizing in advance in case he cried on that first flight. As if we really had to apologize for crying ...
Specifically, these were the words of the note that included the kit, disseminated through social networks:
Hello, unknown. My name is Madeleine, I will be one year old on December 17 and this is my first flight. I will try to show my best behavior but I would like to apologize in advance in the case of losing my temper, getting angry or my ears hurt. My parents have prepared for you this bag with some candy. In addition there are some plugs in case my first serenade is not as pleasant for you as for my parents.
I imagine that the funny detail would placate the spirits of many passengers predisposed to bother with the crying of a baby, but we must see how we can be so little understanding in these cases, so much so that traveling with a baby is considered a "danger" that lurks ...
In short, it is clear that there is a lack of tolerance in the case of babies who, remember, do not cry for pleasure or to annoy the other but because they have some need or fear. And of course, Parents with young children have the right to travel like any other.
That is why we are concerned that more and more airlines join the child-free zone instead of creating friendly spaces for them. Let it be the parents who apologize in advance and not the airline that facilitates things, or do the same "neighbors" passengers.
Maybe it's something we only understand once we have children, but do we forget later? Do we forget what our children were or what we were ourselves? Why is a child considered a "non grata" person in advance in many places?
This leads many parents to worry too much about how our babies will be in this or that place, how people around will react, even getting nervous and for example not being able to calm them properly ... when it should be the most normal thing in the world to accept Children as children, with their cries, their laughter and their games.
I wish this original gesture of Parents who gave an emergency kit to the ticket in case their baby cried during the flight I have made more than one think ... I think that those earplugs were perhaps taken advantage of by some, not to get rid of the baby's cry, but of the screams or laughter of some adult passengers who are believed to travel alone and showing, then yes, a lack of respect for others.
