Have you ever flown on a flight for any given amount of time and wanted to pull your hairs out because there was that one baby on board that would not stop crying? Well next time you fly, hope that Christina Diaz is on your flight. The 38 year old mother who flew with her twin boys on a 5 hour long flight created goodie bags for passengers on board that contained candy, ear plugs and a little note appoliging in advance for any annoyance. How sweet! Read more below.
Christina Diaz, 38, a freelance photographer based in Berkeley, Calif., taught the world a lesson in flight etiquette.
This week, she and Michael Rubinstein, 32, went on their first cross-country flight with their infant twin boys, Arrow and Jasper. She says rather than being excited about the 5-hour flight to visit family, she was scared about a diaper blow out – or worse yet, hysterical crying that would disturb fellow passengers.In order to avoid her flight neighbors getting upset at the noise created by her little ones, she spent about $20 to make little goodie-bags of candy and ear plugs for them. It also contained a note from the boys apologizing in advance in case they lose their cool, get scared, or get ear pain.
Diaz says she’s still surprised at the result. Not only did everything go completely fine, without a peep from her sons the whole flight, more than a million people viewed the image of the note a fellow passenger took and posted on Reddit, sparking a wave of more compassion.
“We’re really pleased how many people have contacted us,” she says. “I’m just really happy people thought it was a nice thing.”
The sweet-voiced new mom says she was most touched by the many notes expressing how great that the boys have such a nice family, and knowing that they would be brought up well.
“Overall, it really opened my eyes to people’s fears of traveling with children, and a lot more people are compassionate than you think they are,” says Diaz who learned a lot on her traveling debut with her boys.
“People really appreciate something little. A little thing you say or do can go a long way. Sometimes people don’t think to do it, but it really makes a difference.”
