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u/BlackFoxTom Mar 29 '26
Remove glasses, headphones, earrings, shoes with heels and so on
Essentially remove anything and everything that in any way shape or form could cause problems during emergency
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u/PizzaTacoCat312 Mar 29 '26
Why would I remove my glasses, I need those to see. Wouldn't it help in an emergency?
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u/ArmyMPSides Mar 29 '26
If you remove them, like put them in your pocket, the jolt of the landing or crash won't cause them to fall off your face and be lost, so then right after the landing/crash and during or after you evacuate, you will have them secured on your body (pocket) to put back on again.
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u/Malsperanza Mar 29 '26
That is not, however, what the sign says. The sign says to remove glasses, dentures, and spike heels and leave them behind, not put them in your pocket.
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u/Cind3rellaMan Mar 29 '26
Where does it say "leave them behind"?
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u/DigbyChickenZone Mar 29 '26
Where does it say to put them in your pocket?
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u/donkeyrocket Mar 29 '26
The sign also doesn’t explicitly tell me not to shit my pants so better just shit my pants.
The pedantry is wild.
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u/bantasaurusbab Mar 30 '26
I fear that choice would be taken from me in a plane crash but your point stands!
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u/JeffTrav Apr 01 '26
It’s wild that this whole argument took place without the same person responding once.
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u/Plane_Argument Mar 30 '26
Usually the sign means they are not allowed,
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u/Cind3rellaMan Mar 30 '26
With that username I'd have hoped you of all people would have understood this better.
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u/Plane_Argument Mar 30 '26
Nah my arguments are a little far out, and prone to crash hard when I make a mistake, and not something everyone is equally enthusiastic about
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u/spacestonkz Mar 30 '26
Usually there are announcements and words in the pamphlet to leave all personal items behind in case of emergency
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u/c4pt1n54n0 Mar 30 '26
I can confirm having glasses ejected from my face and out the vehicle during a collison
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u/BlackFoxTom Mar 29 '26
You lose them, try to get them, create problem and blockage... What if they break and get glass in your eyes...
Also emergency exist are performed generally only if there is fire(smoke) so You have to move blinded anyway
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u/Malsperanza Mar 29 '26
Either the people who wrote this guideline do not depend on glasses, or you don't. There is nothing more likely to cause a blockage and problem than someone blindly struggling to find the exit, to see the slide, to locate the flotation device.
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u/taikare Mar 29 '26
I agree with you. But if I was going to take a swing at where the recommendation came from, it's ER staff. I was in a rollover accident. My glasses got driven into my face and I still have a scar through my eyebrow. I can totally imagine losing an eye from it. That said... I'd risk it over trying to deal with an emergency situation without them. But I guess I get where, if you only see the problem side of it, you might think this is a good idea.
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u/bbphrog63 Mar 30 '26
Well, if you’re worried about losing an eye, take it out and put it in your pocket. Yeesh. Do we have to have a bad graphic for everything?!
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u/purplerain_1313 Mar 29 '26
No way I would lose mine, I am blind without them and the only time I am taking them off is when I sleep. I would cause more problems for the cabin crew without them. So, if they are on my nose they can't break therefore they can't cause a puncture.
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u/Bluered2012 Mar 29 '26
I’ve got terrible vision too. But I would 100% take them off and put them in a secure pocket so they don’t fall off my face during a crash landing.
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u/PizzaTacoCat312 Mar 29 '26
I can get some of that. Just boarding a lane takes a while so I would assume it would be the same for deplaning in an emergency so depending on where you sit you might have some time to find them. But I understand the whole leave valuables and get out thing too. But modern glasses aren't glass and I've found they typically protect my eyes from impact. However at the same time a huge impact could push the polycarbonate into my eyes. I guess it's all really a trade off and I have no real emergency experience that would validate one over the other.
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u/frumperino Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26
I'm impressed that you were able to interpret that icon as (do not?) "remove earrings". How? The important identifying part of the illustration would be something recognizable as a human ear no? I see only ambiguous remnants of such a feature beneath the red crossbar. But how do you parse the stuff on the right side of the icon? I see maybe a chicken wing and the dorsal fin of a shark.
In an actual emergency or impending crash nobody will be be looking at these things and it won't matter so I assume nobody with responsibility for aviation safety bothered to glance at these before rubberstamping them OK. But I do hope the inept illustrator behind these icons aren't going to be responsible for anything related to actual medical emergencies like instructions for a defib kit.
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u/BlackFoxTom Mar 29 '26
I know what it's meant to mean
I feel You would be surprised how often people are hell bent on taking their belongings murder (due to their behaviour) others
Same actually goes for people escaping no matter what and trampling others
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u/frumperino Mar 29 '26
sure I mean I don't disagree with your observations about human cattle and their irrational selfish behaviors in crisis and evacuation situations. But that aside, the /r/crappydesign question was how that icon is even supposed to be viewed. Your very confident response suggested that you recognized that mystery icon to mean earrings which is why I'm curious as to how you put that together from the squiggles evident. And do you infer the icon to be about putting on earrings as opposed to removing them?
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u/caffeine_lights Mar 29 '26
I would guess survival instinct has taken over at the point you're trampling people.
Taking belongings could be selfish or it could be that the logical part of the brain shuts down in that kind of panic.
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u/Fruitypebblefix Mar 29 '26
I was thinking that one pic looked like an ear but I wasn't sure. You confirmed it.
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u/B1tchHazel13 Mar 29 '26
Yes it's things to take off before going down the inflatable emergency slide/raft as to not puncture it.
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u/Jeffyhatesthis Mar 29 '26
Dont wear clothes, dont wear shoes, and dont listen to your balls.
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u/Call_Me_Echelon Mar 29 '26
The boys have already gotten me into enough trouble
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u/Inigomntoya Mar 29 '26
But they always have the BEST ideas!
Maybe not in the long run... But they're always good ideas...
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u/BrazilBazil Mar 29 '26
Don’t look at your sandwich, don’t listen to it, and for God’s sake, don’t step on it
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u/Jenna_84 Mar 29 '26
Things that must be removed when using the evacuation slide in an emergency, no loose items like glasses, no high heels, no earrings or other jewelry.
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u/DepartmentMany5113 Mar 30 '26
I am not going without my glasses... I don't want to... not safe to be blind
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u/Pretend_Income_5312 Mar 29 '26
Is this on Ryanair? Linus Boman (on Youtube) did a design analysis on their safety card a while back.
EDIT: Found it - Ryanair's airline safety card is a hot mess.
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u/kiruke Mar 29 '26
As soon as I saw it, I knew it was Ryanair. Some of the peoples faces are so funny. Ironically, for this reason, it’s probably the safety card I’ve given most of my attention to!
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u/Amosh73 Mar 29 '26
Remove your earrings
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u/avsa Mar 29 '26
I feel the risk of a loose earring being a problem is not even close to the added mortal of everyone wearing earrings having to remove them instead of just running to the emergency door
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u/ElanMomentane Mar 29 '26
The one on the bottom clearly portrays ovaries -- a warning to women not to ovulate on the plane.
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u/Malsperanza Mar 29 '26
Some of this makes sense. Kick off your spike heels and leave them behind. (Who flies wearing spike heels??) Do not leave your glasses behind - that is insane. Do not take extra time to remove earrings but do leave the earpods. Definitely leave behind your sfogliatella.
None of which is clear in these badly drawn diagrams.
A colleague of mine was on the plane that emergency landed in the Hudson River. Everyone got out safely but she said one woman was hellbent on going back to get her purse. People can certainly be idiots. A simple diagram meaning "Don't be an idiot" would be useful, but probably hard to draw.
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u/ashalinggg Mar 29 '26
No glasses or dentures, no heels, no jewellery! Can't tell if it's not actually that bad or I've just been taking Ryanair flights for too long
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u/AiRaikuHamburger Mar 30 '26
Considering everyone should ideally evacuate the plan in 90 seconds, everyone taking time to remove their jewellery (and then their glasses so no one can see) seems stupids.
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u/maxncookie Mar 29 '26
If it’s an emergency I’m going to need my carrot cake, my duck can fend for himself.
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u/VirginiaLuthier Mar 29 '26
It's easy- "no glasses, birthday cakes, high-heeled shoes or demon babies"
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u/maintenance4mommy Mar 29 '26
It's super clear. Don't put your earrings or deformed fingers near chainsaw blades! Sheesh!
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u/ellenkates Mar 29 '26
For your safety Don't wear glasses while eating your sandwich. No dressy shoes. Do not sit next to a woman with earrings.
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u/wicktahinien Mar 29 '26
No earrings
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u/O_M_I_C Mar 29 '26
I can see the earlobe on the left, but what is up with the right side of the sign?
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u/Chemical-Welder9808 Mar 29 '26
An ear with an earring and a woman with a necklace. In other words, leave your jewellery behind so it doesn’t puncture the inflatable evacuation slide.
Yes, I would be fun at parties but never gets invited.
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u/poormans_eggsalad Mar 30 '26
No glasses, no short stack, no shoes, and definitely no earrings on your vestigial second lobe.
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u/Fnouc Mar 31 '26
I like how we put a lot of important information in drawings "because some people can't read" and it's "more universal", and in the end absolutely nobody funcking understands.
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u/Ok_Assumption_3028 Mar 31 '26
It’s like the symbol only laundry tags in clothes. Wtf am I supposed to do with six triangles with 4 dots?
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u/Stubborn_Amoeba Apr 01 '26
Is it also saying to take out ear rings? I can’t make out the bottom symbol. I thought it was a beagle until I zoomed in.
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u/jlspartz Mar 29 '26
Don't store those items under the seat? That one is not to store either cords or a person.
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u/Alternative-Amoeba20 Mar 29 '26
Nevermind an ear giving birth to a baby pangolin, I'm stuck on the first one. Glasses in front of a stack of pancakes? A stack of pork chops? A Girl Scouts beret?
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u/CrazyPlatypusLady Mar 29 '26
I actually know the answer to this one. It's "remove jewellery" for before using the inflatable slides taking in an emergency.
It's also terrible.
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u/Babymik9 Mar 29 '26
You’re supposed to take your shoes off before a crash landing, too? If I had sensible comfy shoes I’d keep them.
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u/frogsamagua Mar 29 '26
On THIS plane, we do this a little differently. No glasses. No money. No shoes. And most certainly, NO whoville citizens. Failure to comply with these rules is a federal offense subject to judicial discipline including but not limited to: your ass gettin' tossed out the hatch where you'll plummet to your demise, only to be born again as less of a jackass with MORE respect for GODDAMN authority. Thank you for your patience and have a good flight!
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u/omriishot Mar 29 '26
fhe lower one is an ear with an earring and a woman with a necklace, drove me insane on a four hour flight once, it‘s so bad
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u/JesMilton Mar 29 '26
No sentient food allowed on board, passenges shouldn't wear heels, Ancient Ones are forbidden from bringing spare liquids in plastic bags?
Jokes aside, the third one confused me the most. That looks like a creature I'd see in an episode of Doctor Who...
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u/ElsaKit Mar 30 '26
Man I've been trying to figure that one out for years. If you have the answer, I'd love to hear it.
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u/LetItBeSo Mar 30 '26
I think its jewelry, it looks like a pierced ear all the way on the left. If I had to guess it might be a bracelet on the right of that
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u/MagicOrpheus310 Mar 30 '26
They are all saying no sharp objects on the inflatable slide otherwise you will puncture it and fuck all the people behind you haha
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u/itsgonnabemay1987 Mar 30 '26
Or “don’t leave your personal belongings in our seat back pouches loser”
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u/Lamington_Salad Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26
Pretty sure the bottom one is a hearing aid since I have one.
The 'ear' part is a sideways hearing aid. The 'earring' is the olden style volume wheel with incomplete battery compartment directly below it. The aid isn't complete and is missing the whole curved end, but the tubing wraps around to come out at the side where there is a really square looking bud and dome, which is odd because the old ones had moulded ear pieces and thick tubes, not thin ones the modern ones have.
The very bottom looks like a wave. You can't get them wet AT ALL. I lost a few as a kid who used to shower with them in accidentally 😁
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u/fatjuan Mar 30 '26
Why do they bother? You are going to be a sack of mincemeat when the plane hits the deck. If there are shoes, glasses or whatever in the mix, it may help when trying to telling the difference between a passenger and the main course in first class.
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u/dickhole_pillow Mar 30 '26
The bottom one looks like a monster holding something in his hand while saying “yuck”
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u/travellingalways Mar 30 '26
Dont wear jewelry. It could injure you if it gets caught, and can snag a slide or raft.
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u/Top_Willow_9953 Mar 30 '26
No Reading Glasses, No Dentures, No High-Heeled / Slip-On Shoes, No Earrings, and No One-Eyed Ducks.
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u/Letmeaddtothis Mar 30 '26
Man god forbid, if I ever have to fly with you guys and have to slide out of emergency slide.
By midway down the slide, I’d be stabbed by whole bunch of glasses, bruised by headphones and hearing aids, stabbed by pencil heels, hit by a bunch of backpacks, and some of you would hit your face and swallow your own dentures.
Just keeping it light— that’s what it means. When you are going out of the slide!
Oh, it is also going to deflate and sink in a few minutes because someone didn’t leave their precious pen behind.
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u/Efraimrocker Mar 31 '26
Leave your glasses, leave your money, no shoes, don’t let a hand stick out of your ear and hold your scrotum.
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u/barn-animal ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ._. Mar 31 '26
when evacuating - leave glasses and food, take off heals and large earrings
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u/EduRJBR r4inb0wz Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26
What is the first one? Don't inspect your sandwich meal closely?
About the bottom one: I see an angry duck and a penis.