What is Back-packers?
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Airline passengers who, upon boarding, discover that there is no overhead storage available in close proximity to their assigned seat and who then place an item or items somewhere aft of their seat, necessitating a return against the boarding flow to regain their seats. After landing, they have to fight their way back during disembarkation to retrieve their belongings.
Despite repeated pleas to "Excuse me," furrowed brows and sighs of disgust met the back-packers as they made their way aft, displacing anxious passengers eager to deplane, to retrieve their luggage from the overhead compartments.
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