[IN FLIGHT] Shaves on a Plane; the Hall of Shame for passengers behaving badly on AC
Aug 30, 2021, 12:34 pm
#1216
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Took our first J class from YVR-YYC (yeah I know, but the eUps were going to expire) and while the trip out was uneventful, the trip home had the passenger in the seat behind my partner take her shoes off, stick both bare feet between the seat along the window, and spend the first 20 minutes of the trip wiggling her toes together right next to his ear. FA put the kibosh to it before departure, but still. Guh. He said next time he's going to bring a spray bottle of sanitizer and spritz the feet of anyone that does that to him again.
Also, as you alluded to... some people here like to judge others on where and when it's appropriate to use eUps... it's them that have the issues, not you.
Aug 30, 2021, 12:44 pm
#1217
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Took our first J class from YVR-YYC (yeah I know, but the eUps were going to expire) and while the trip out was uneventful, the trip home had the passenger in the seat behind my partner take her shoes off, stick both bare feet between the seat along the window, and spend the first 20 minutes of the trip wiggling her toes together right next to his ear. FA put the kibosh to it before departure, but still. Guh. He said next time he's going to bring a spray bottle of sanitizer and spritz the feet of anyone that does that to him again.
Aug 30, 2021, 4:16 pm
#1218
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: YHZ/YQM
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You just reminded me that on my flight to VIE last week the woman in the pod across the aisle from me sat in her pod with her bare feet up on the edge of her table tray. Hey it's her "table" but whoever was the next passenger in that seat may not have been thrilled about it.
Aug 30, 2021, 5:01 pm
#1219
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 2,920
You just reminded me that on my flight to VIE last week the woman in the pod across the aisle from me sat in her pod with her bare feet up on the edge of her table tray. Hey it's her "table" but whoever was the next passenger in that seat may not have been thrilled about it.
Am I missing something?
Aug 30, 2021, 5:04 pm
#1220
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: YVR - MILLS Waypoint (It's the third house on the left)
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Maybe it's me, but it just seems to me that as time goes by, we're seeing passengers (in all cabins and most airlines) becoming less classy. I'm not suggesting dressing to the nines or acting like they belong with high society, but you see all these people dressed in shorts, sandles and body-builder shirts (not sure what to call them) and doing classless stuff like above. Whatever happened to dressing decently (eg, at least a shirt and jeans) and not "putting your feet on the table"... and then when commented on, they all act as if it's the greatest insult thrown at them...
Am I missing something?
Am I missing something?
Aug 30, 2021, 5:32 pm
#1221
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 2,920
Depends on how you look at it. I'm also not limiting this to the premium cabins... I guess you could call it cheapening the cabin, I'm not trying to make this akin to the "prestige" that used to be associated with flying. Just... have some dignity while doing it. I have friends that I would never take with me to certain events because they would not know how to act.... but even they would at least make an effort to be respectable on a flight compared to some of these passengers...
Aug 30, 2021, 5:35 pm
#1222
Join Date: Aug 2020
Programs: Aeroplan
Posts: 182
Were you in the last row of J and the offending pax in Y (assuming there was no bulkhead wall)? Of course, who and where the offending pax is seated doesn't really matter but I'm just curious.
Also, as you alluded to... some people here like to judge others on where and when it's appropriate to use eUps... it's them that have the issues, not you.
Also, as you alluded to... some people here like to judge others on where and when it's appropriate to use eUps... it's them that have the issues, not you.
They were last row, we were second last. A lovely flight otherwise, but Ma'am. Plz.I have a friend who is hardcore into points/churning, and when she'd heard I was looking to use some eUps before they expired she emailed me a spreadsheet of available flights that would suffice for the 20 or so that I'd lose by 12/31. I had to laugh, then completely let her down by saying our budget was a little more English Bay, and a little less Amalfi Coast. Maybe next year!
Aug 30, 2021, 5:36 pm
#1223
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Halifax
Programs: AC SE100K, Marriott Lifetime Platinum Elite. NEXUS
Posts: 4,571
Maybe it's me, but it just seems to me that as time goes by, we're seeing passengers (in all cabins and most airlines) becoming less classy. I'm not suggesting dressing to the nines or acting like they belong with high society, but you see all these people dressed in shorts, sandles and body-builder shirts (not sure what to call them) and doing classless stuff like above. Whatever happened to dressing decently (eg, at least a shirt and jeans) and not "putting your feet on the table"... and then when commented on, they all act as if it's the greatest insult thrown at them...
Am I missing something?
Am I missing something?
Aug 30, 2021, 5:43 pm
#1224
Join Date: Aug 2020
Programs: Aeroplan
Posts: 182
You just reminded me that on my flight to VIE last week the woman in the pod across the aisle from me sat in her pod with her bare feet up on the edge of her table tray. Hey it's her "table" but whoever was the next passenger in that seat may not have been thrilled about it.
Aug 30, 2021, 5:46 pm
#1225
Join Date: Aug 2020
Programs: Aeroplan
Posts: 182
So, I JUST finished reading the thread about 15 minutes ago. The entire thing. And between the aforementioned pee party in J class, and the long-ago noted aspect of J class being cheapened - I agree. This thread is complete, we have come full circle, thank you everyone for flying with FlyerTalk's Shaves On A Plane Airlines. Please collect your item, stow your tray tables, and for the love of God - put your shoes back on. 
Aug 30, 2021, 6:14 pm
#1226
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: YYZ
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Posts: 658
So, I JUST finished reading the thread about 15 minutes ago. The entire thing. And between the aforementioned pee party in J class, and the long-ago noted aspect of J class being cheapened - I agree. This thread is complete, we have come full circle, thank you everyone for flying with FlyerTalk's Shaves On A Plane Airlines. Please collect your item, stow your tray tables, and for the love of God - put your shoes back on.
Aug 30, 2021, 6:53 pm
#1227
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: AC 100K, Alaska MVP Gold 75K, Marriott/SPG (Bonvoy?) Gold Elite/HHonors Gold
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Thankfully I hadn’t yet closed the lav door so couldn’t be tagged with this offence, and the cabin crew were awesome about mopping and disinfecting things, and sparing some extra gloves and wipes so I could decontaminate my left shoe.
I think after the 4th Lysol wipe down I felt satisfied I was no longer carrying someone’s bio matter 🤮
Moral of the story is look before you step
Aug 30, 2021, 7:00 pm
#1228
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I wish, although at the same time "legs from Y to J class" is an odd compliment to give a person. They were last row, we were second last. A lovely flight otherwise, but Ma'am. Plz.
I have a friend who is hardcore into points/churning, and when she'd heard I was looking to use some eUps before they expired she emailed me a spreadsheet of available flights that would suffice for the 20 or so that I'd lose by 12/31. I had to laugh, then completely let her down by saying our budget was a little more English Bay, and a little less Amalfi Coast. Maybe next year!
They were last row, we were second last. A lovely flight otherwise, but Ma'am. Plz.I have a friend who is hardcore into points/churning, and when she'd heard I was looking to use some eUps before they expired she emailed me a spreadsheet of available flights that would suffice for the 20 or so that I'd lose by 12/31. I had to laugh, then completely let her down by saying our budget was a little more English Bay, and a little less Amalfi Coast. Maybe next year!
I think I posted upthread somewhere when someone did the whole sticking feet out thing but in Y... and when they did that, their foot actually pushed my elbow further forward on my armrest. I'm sure there are RCHHMP types that will say that people sticking their feet out like that are the in the right. Well, at least to troll like they do.
Nice to hear that you were able to burn your eups!
Aug 30, 2021, 8:47 pm
#1229
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: YYZ
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Posts: 658
Especially if said shoes were inadvertently contaminated by stepping into the J lav and a pool of someone’s urine from when they completely missed (as was the case last week back from Europe).
Thankfully I hadn’t yet closed the lav door so couldn’t be tagged with this offence, and the cabin crew were awesome about mopping and disinfecting things, and sparing some extra gloves and wipes so I could decontaminate my left shoe.
I think after the 4th Lysol wipe down I felt satisfied I was no longer carrying someone’s bio matter 🤮
Moral of the story is look before you step
Thankfully I hadn’t yet closed the lav door so couldn’t be tagged with this offence, and the cabin crew were awesome about mopping and disinfecting things, and sparing some extra gloves and wipes so I could decontaminate my left shoe.
I think after the 4th Lysol wipe down I felt satisfied I was no longer carrying someone’s bio matter 🤮
Moral of the story is look before you step
Aug 30, 2021, 9:02 pm
#1230
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I was thinking of alerting the crew of the disgusting mess, but believe it or not, I wiped it off myself before I did my business.