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Disgusting Things You've Seen Inflight

Old Sep 7, 2007, 12:53 pm
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Originally Posted by voop
That guy is, then, a real wuss

Durian is a delicious fruit, and I vividly recommend it. The texture is...somewhere between butter and cream cheese. Granted, the smell can be overwhelming for the un-initiated, but once you sink your teeth into the delicious meat of the fruit, you'll quickly forget about that.

I'm actually serious here, although it's something that I guess most would need to "learn to love"

I would not, however, eat it in an airplane, since I would not want to upset someone with as weak a stomach as that guy from "Bizarre Foods"
It's got nothing to do with weak stomachs...Durian smells worse than raw sewage!!! Absolutely disgusting.
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Old Sep 7, 2007, 9:42 pm
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-Guy picking hairs from his head, inspecting them an eating them Fortunately it was only ORD-DEN or else I'd have gone crazy.

-Woman who decided to change her baby's nappy on the drinks table between the seats in domestic F. What was worse was she had a bag of chips she was snacking on whilst doing it!

-Anyone who does that snorting-up-their-nose thing instead of blowing their damn nose! Drives me insane!

-Men who just can't aim straight in the bathroom and end up decorating the bathroom. Major when the aircraft is still parked at the gate!

Originally Posted by ms1664
Or write him a message in big bold letters on your laptop, since he was looking at your screen anyway.
'Hey Mum, I'm on the plane sitting next to this disgusting moron...'
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Old Sep 8, 2007, 3:50 am
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People inhaing their food as if it will fly away if they don't.
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Old Sep 8, 2007, 12:31 pm
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A guy sitting in the row in front of me found that the passenger in his seat on the previous flight had thrown up in the seatback pocket.
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Old Sep 8, 2007, 12:53 pm
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Have witnessed people clipping their nails at the gate and on the airplane numerous times.

And a couple drinking Starbucks coffee and eating beef jerky at the same time. **wants to gag at the thought** lol
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Old Sep 9, 2007, 12:46 am
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Originally Posted by Cynnamin
I guess I never thought of it's smell as "way overdue cheese" since I love all kinds of cheese & usually finish them before they are "overdue."

I just don't think it's right for food to smell that bad when it's still fresh!
Speaking of cheese, in 1994 I was flying MXP-JFK in coach on AZ with my family when just before dinner service when a couple across from us in the same row decided to have a "home-grown" pre-dinner appetizer of Casu Marzu in a glass jar. If nearly everyone losing their appetites afterwards was not enough, when we landed the USDA quarantined us for the better part of the day due to the presence of fly larvae that escaped the jar and into the cabin.

Originally Posted by jmpeace501
And a couple drinking Starbucks coffee and eating beef jerky at the same time. **wants to gag at the thought** lol
I am guilty of the above. In college, I used to drink strong black hot coffee and extra-spicy beef jerky...that was, to say the least, a tear jerker.

Originally Posted by Orion
Two years ago on a NW flight from Lgw to Dtw a young woman jerked her boyfriend off under a blanket across the aisle from me. After about an hour he lost it somewhere over Newfoundland and let out a sigh and moan of relief. Then he got up and went to the lav to clean up the mess. Anyone for a recycled blanket?
No, but feel free to pass along my number if you see her again!!!
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Old Sep 9, 2007, 1:05 am
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I've seen people eat nasty animal parts such as eyes onboard my flight, not once, but a couple time. That kind of gross me out so I just switch over from DirecTV to XM radio.
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Old Sep 9, 2007, 8:56 am
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Originally Posted by elll
Wow. What a timely thead....

Yesterday on YYT-EWR flight the guy across aisle was using empty coke bottle as spittoon for chewing tobacco...... I had a crick in my neck by the end of the flight keeping my eyes averted.....
Was working upper deck on a 744 in business class last week on a flight from ORD to PEK (Beijing) and witnessed a passenger sneeze loudly into his cupped hands and proceed to take the headrest drape cloth from behind his head, wipe off his hands, hock up phlegm and spit it into the cloth before stuffing it into the sidewall stowage bin. Had to don gloves and break open the bio-hazard kit to dispose of the cloth and advised maintenance to disinfect the interior of the sidewall bin upon arrival. Yes, he was a Mileage Plus Premier Executive - and a real class act to boot!
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Old Sep 9, 2007, 8:28 pm
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Originally Posted by EX1KNOWFA
Was working upper deck on a 744 in business class last week on a flight from ORD to PEK (Beijing) and witnessed a passenger sneeze loudly into his cupped hands and proceed to take the headrest drape cloth from behind his head, wipe off his hands, hock up phlegm and spit it into the cloth before stuffing it into the sidewall stowage bin. Had to don gloves and break open the bio-hazard kit to dispose of the cloth and advised maintenance to disinfect the interior of the sidewall bin upon arrival. Yes, he was a Mileage Plus Premier Executive - and a real class act to boot!
Welcome to FT! That may take the cake as the most disgusting occurrence in this thread!
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Old Sep 9, 2007, 8:46 pm
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Originally Posted by gobluetwo
if you're a parent, you'll understand this one. saw a lady changing her infant's poopy diaper. wouldn't have been so bad, except it was one of the huge poops that came up the kid's back so it got on/through his onesie. it was a real mess. poor lady.
I don't understand when the changing of a daiper happens on the seat next to me, use the ....ing bathroom!!!!
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Old Sep 10, 2007, 9:12 am
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Originally Posted by elll
Wow. What a timely thead....

Yesterday on YYT-EWR flight the guy across aisle was using empty coke bottle as spittoon for chewing tobacco...... I had a crick in my neck by the end of the flight keeping my eyes averted.....
Watched a guy do this yesterday on SEA-IAH. He just left it in the seat pocket as we walked off the plane. He also had a spit cup with a little paper towel in it left in the seat pocket.
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Old Sep 10, 2007, 10:35 am
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On a flight a few years ago from YYZ- CPH. I was seated in last row of business Class cabin. Couple 2 rows up with a toddler decided the aisle was the best place to change Junior's soiled diapers. Not sure what they were feeding this kid but there were 4 diaper changes in the aisle throughout the flight, including one during the meal service. They just wiped away in front of everyone. To top if off they rolled up the used diapers and simply left them under their seats until the plane landed and then tried to give them to the Flight Attendant who told the Father to discard them in the lav...absolutely vile! The front lav had a changing table too! The Crew did nothing either to mention to them to do this in the washroom. The smell permeated the cabin the whole flight
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Old Jan 21, 2008, 9:37 pm
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On a recent flight from JFK-LAX, a gentleman in the business class cabin was watching his computer & using his head phones for the sound. That is until the headphones slipped out of the jack, and the sounds of hardcore porn filled the business class cabin. The guys was probably 25 & the woman next to him must have been aged 75 years. I will never forget the look on her face.....absoultely one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Some other passengers proceeded to make comments which I couldn't hear, but then one passenger approached & asked if he too could review the scene. By that time one of the flight attendants had been informed & asked him to put his laptop away saying there was a time & a place & this wasn't it.
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Old Jan 22, 2008, 5:39 am
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Several years ago I was in Y on a full 747, and was seated near the lavatory. It was pre-9/11, and there always seemed to be a long line of pax waiting for the loo during this flight. I observed one man waiting in line with a rather large book in hand.

Once he got in the lav, this man spent an extraordinary amount of time inside...at least 30 - 40 minutes or more. Seriously doubt he was ill, but wanted alone time to catch up on his reading.

While it might be debatable whether reading on the throne in itself is disgusting, it is something that should be done elsewhere, not on a full flight knowing well that other pax are waiting their turn. Nonetheless, I thought this to be incredibly rude, and deserved a mention on this thread.
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Old Jan 22, 2008, 2:44 pm
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top this!

I had a guy next to me ask for a glass of water. Then he proceeded to whip out a toothbrush and tooth paste and brush his teeth. Disgusting. He spit the water back into the glass and then drank it!!!! Yuck!
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