CGK

Just took BA85 LHR-YVR in F. One of the male pax, changing to his PJ in his seat, not bother to go the lavatories. It seemed nobody bothered by this, but this is the first for me to see somebody changed into pjs in the cabin.

eutow

I was subjected to something similar on a CX flight from Vancouver to HK - a male passenger decided to change from his pyjamas at his seat, without making much of an effort to conceal anything.

I found the colour of his underpants to be deeply disturbing, and have been in therapy since.

FF

Had the same thing happen to me on LAX-LHR. I was in 1A and the chap in 1K decided to get his kit off, which resulted in female cabin crew members deciding to take that opportunity to serve me tea / take my meal order etc etc. Seems that he was a rather popular young movie actor with the ladies.

LondonElite

All of which makes me wonder about those people who 'go commando' underneath their pjs.

eutow

Thank you for that wonderful image - my therapy may never end...

fraisse10

Hmm; my experience is that it's always the obesogenic pax who tend to change at-seat, never the young and lovely

Me? Always change in the lav., will leave it open which group I belong to!

PUCCI GALORE

Be thankful that it was underpants. About a month or so ago, a rather large German passenger emerged from the lav and waddled back to his seat with his naked posterior visible to all the world. Subsuequent investigation revealed that he was clad in a thong! He was of course in F (2K as I recall)

I was called when he then took it into his head to have a wander with a blanket round his shoulders. He started chatting to one of the male crew members (who tried to steer him back to his seat)and it became very apparent that our passenger was [i]very[/b] pleased to see our crew member.

I'm afraid that I spoilt everything as usual by ordering him back to his seat on the grounds of decency, and told him unless he behaved himself I would find a bucket of cold water (the ice bucket came to mind). He huffily informed me that at Lufthansa they do not concern themselves about such matters and how was he to sleep in the heat. I told him that I could fix that very easily by lowering cabin temparature if he was too hot.

The sight of him looked like a grey haired gorilla wearing a truss.

Oh it was jade coloured in case your therapy is still in progress.

eutow

That would be me that you're talking about. I'm working through the trauma in my own little way...

Dambus

So *that's* the way to get a cooler cabin on BA! Now, where did I leave my pink fluffy pouch....



-- Dambus

fraisse10

How ever much they pay whoever did that "subsequent investigation", it ain't enough!

Nice to see the Germans living up to their stereotype - by this logic, there should be scantily clad blonde supermodels at the front of SAS flights. Anyone care to report (or continue the sterotyping )?



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BigKing

Ahhh...How often does BA clean their seats and is there any chance you can provide a registration number for the aircraft?

fraisse10

Hopefully, his bed was made at this point - I can't believe that even Germans dine in their thongs!

Buster

I witnessed this in Lufthansa F this summer. A gentleman had slept right up until descent. He was undeterred by the "fasten seatbelts" sign, deciding to strip down and change right in his seat. (Thankfully he was wearing silk boxers, not a thong, but it was still rather odd.) Turns out he is a rather famous German television personality. All of the FAs were getting his autograph.

bertheike

May be it was Harald Schmidt or Thomas Gottschalk ???

JohnG

How is this a stereotype for Germans ? Drinking loads of beer, eating heavy meals, building the best cars..etc..all valid stereotypes, but how exactly is changing in your seat a "german" stereotype ?