Interesting wording on a B737 emergency life vest....

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Imaginary_ation@reddit

Took me ages to find some jerk to inflate my life jacket I almost drowned.

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Flight_to_nowhere_26@reddit

“Jerk” is a term most of us understand and it fits on the inflation tab better than “pull with a quick, sharp, sudden movement”.

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If English isn’t your first language „pull“ is a much easier word. I didn’t know what „jerk“ really meant until now and I’m more than fluent in English. I thought it meant some pumping motion. So there is definitely a point to use a different term. If you want to highlight that it needs force. there must be another way to make that clear…however it’s pretty straight forward how to use these lifewests and if they don’t inflate ppl would probably come to the idea to „jerk“ it harder.

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CantSeeShit@reddit (OP)

"Pull to Inflate"

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Flight_to_nowhere_26@reddit

Pulling isn’t enough, you have to pull down quickly and forcefully to activate the inflation canister. Hence, the term “jerk” being the most appropriate action.

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CantSeeShit@reddit (OP)

Alright so the plane crashes and theres gonna be someone who drowns because they pulled instead of jerked?

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Flight_to_nowhere_26@reddit

Possibly! Have you ever used an airline life vest? I have, dozens of times each year as a cabin crew safety trainer for two different airlines. I trained hundreds of new hire FA every year how to use them and virtually every single one of them who have never used one before is surprised at how much force it takes to trigger the inflation cartridge. So yes, they could drown if they don’t pull down with enough force. I’m struggling to understand why you are insistent about proving me wrong?

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CantSeeShit@reddit (OP)

Maybe they need to change the wording to "jerk with force"

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IncapableKakistocrat@reddit

“Pull” doesn’t inherently mean to “pull sharply,” which is what you need to do for it to inflate. So yes, maybe, which is precisely why it doesn’t say “pull to inflate”. If it just said “pull,” people might pull it like they would a normal drawstring which wouldn’t work. “Jerk” is probably the clearest and most accurate single word they could use.

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Mr_Lumbergh@reddit

I feel relaxed now but how will that help me in the water?

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michalsveto@reddit

Instructions unclear, I have been jerking it for about 10 minutes but am still drowning

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Gutter_Snoop@reddit

I am impressed with your stamina, sir

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LargeHardonCollider_@reddit

Is that autoerotic asphyxiation?

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kussian@reddit

Airbus says that you're a retard. So Boeing in their case says you need to jerk 😁

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IronSloth@reddit

Words to live by

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Tommy_Juan@reddit

Yank?

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Tommy_Juan@reddit

Yank?

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fellipec@reddit

And a fellatio on the drawing

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_UnnecessaryEvil_@reddit

They aren't lying

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Mtdewcrabjuice@reddit

We definitely jerk these long enough in the factory before the customer accepts their plane. 100% satisfaction only.

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Historical_Gur_3054@reddit

"This jerked chicken is great, remind me to have Fry's lower horn jerked"

"It's used to it! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

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Mole-NLD@reddit

And if jerking doesnt work you need to blow

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jkeyeuk@reddit

Haha hope you find him when shit hits the ceiling

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Broad-Log-125@reddit

Tattoo on my thigh🤣

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FastPatience1595@reddit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMhYl74vw2c

My favorite scene in the entire movie, because of Otto creepy eyes when his (its ?) head turns toward the camera. I ROTFL every time.

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bcsmith317@reddit

If jerking doesn’t work then you’ll have to blow.

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recycle_me_no_jutsu@reddit

Reminds me of the auto pilot in the movie Airplane

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sad_sax_@reddit

Like the scene in “Airplane!”

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BlackbeltJedi@reddit

Surely you can't be serious.

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lazyfoxheart@reddit

I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.

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Without_Portfolio@reddit

Between your own knees, Father!

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benderunit9000@reddit

saving for later.

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thomasbeagle@reddit

"Oh. Honey, could you pull this for me?"

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Ok_Helicopter_8626@reddit

It's confusing. When our plane had ditched in the ocean. a flight attendant rushed to me and said: "There's no time for that, sir. Please inflate your vest!"

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brianbot5000@reddit

Talk about kicking someone when they’re down. Not only am I in a situation that requires a life preserver, which is about the last thing I wanted on this flight, but now I’m being insulted in the process of using it.

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dr4gonr1der@reddit

Reminiscent of r/safetymanuals

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FastSimple6902@reddit

The elderly ladies on the bus don't like it when the Driver jerks off.

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HabANahDa@reddit

Why is it interesting? It’s how you inflate it.

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Delphius1@reddit

you also may need to blow

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TheTeenageOldman@reddit

There's also a drawing of a guy blowing himself.

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NatalieSoleil@reddit

inflate? I thought deflate?

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AWildAndWoolyWastrel@reddit

Used to be 'Yank' but then too many non-Americans drowned.

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DuckworthSockins@reddit

Me too, emergency life jacket, me too

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unbalancedcheckbook@reddit

They should have said "Tug to inflate".

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Chaps_Jr@reddit

How else are you going to turn on the autopilot?

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michvisb@reddit

Are we still doing phrasing?

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cyberentomology@reddit

What they mean is “you would be a total jerk to inflate this inside the cabin”

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thesuperunknown@reddit

What if there are no jerks nearby?

…ah, what am I saying, it’s an airplane. There’s always one nearby.

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dim13@reddit

Position, velocity, acceleration, jerk, snap, crackle, pop…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth,_fifth,_and_sixth_derivatives_of_position

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flyingcircusdog@reddit

I don't see how my dance skills are going to help in a water landing.

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ForsakenRacism@reddit

I nutted. Now what?

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ChevTecGroup@reddit

Inhad a whole box of these as a kid. We used to inflate them and re-enact the scene from Tommy Boy. I did it in the hallway at high school one day. Got a lot of good looks. Wore one during a class (I think it was halloween) and my buddy yanked the cord in the middle of a lecture and I tried to act like nothing happened lol. Good memories

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