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Please post links to content which includes photographs in this discussion — along with a brief description of the photograph included in each link...
...and by brief, I do not mean underwear.
Please use the format below for consistency purposes. Date and chronological order might be helpful as well. Thank you.
Trashed Airplane Garbage and trash filled the seats of an Airbus A332 aircraft after the conclusion of a Philadelphia Eagles charter flight from Seattle to Philadelphia last year. Photograph posted by FlyerTalk member tod701 on December 12, 2013.
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...and by brief, I do not mean underwear.
Please use the format below for consistency purposes. Date and chronological order might be helpful as well. Thank you.
Trashed Airplane Garbage and trash filled the seats of an Airbus A332 aircraft after the conclusion of a Philadelphia Eagles charter flight from Seattle to Philadelphia last year. Photograph posted by FlyerTalk member tod701 on December 12, 2013.
To save some time searching, photos are in posts (please update wiki when you post a new photo): 28, 93, 123, 164, 205, 278, 279, 286, 297, 303, 310, 321, 330, 410, 415, 418, 419, 444, 468, 483, 486, 495, 510, 529, 568, 577, 588, 606, 620, 632, 644, 661, 673, 675, 693, 708, 709, 716, 752, 773, 786, 873, 887, 907, 914, 917, 922, 934, 953, 967, 987, 998, 1006, 1013, 1019, 1025, 1029, 1032, 1036, 1037, 1058, 1067, 1107, 1131, 1137, 1151, 1159, 1163, 1179, 1201, 1243, 1246, 1249, 1268, 1279, 1295, 2028, 2235, 2237, 2240, 2241, 2936
Hall of Shame: Photographic Evidence of Disgusting Acts by Delta Air Lines Passengers
Jun 21, 2012, 4:44 pm
#256
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There is some sort of logic to that. In most bathrooms you have to *touch* the door to open it, which means you essentially just wasted some soap and water... I try to get around this by keeping a paper tower in my hand for the door, but many bathrooms don't have towels anymore.
Jun 21, 2012, 5:16 pm
#257
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After reading through most of this thread, I want to thank everyone. I now have a fear of airplane lavatories, floors, seat pockets, bulkheads, and anything else that can be touched. I think I will go buy a body condom to wear on my next flight.
Jun 21, 2012, 5:18 pm
#258
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There is no need to be condescending. I don't know you and what grinds your gears. Maybe if I did, I would "get" exactly what you meant to convey in that two word response. It could mean 1) You're so gross; 2) You're so OCD; 3) You're so rude 4) something I haven't even thought of.
The fact that you use hand sanitizer at some unspecified time in the future protects you. But to everyone else who uses the door handles/locks in your wake, you are just as contaminated/disgusting as someone who doesn't wash their hands or use sanitizer.
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Jun 21, 2012, 7:55 pm
#259
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When flying BusinessElite, I store my shoes in the plastic bag that the pillow is packaged in. While it's nice that the AF amenity kit includes a proper shoe bag, DL's kit is otherwise much better stocked.
Jun 21, 2012, 10:22 pm
#260
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I mention this for you to think of the viruses on the door that you touched when you enter the public bathroom, the potential bodily fluids on the door to the bathroom stall, the lock to that same door where everyone touches before and after they do their business, the splash-back from the urinals, etc. There are just too many viruses to kill and hand sanitizers do not do 100% of the job. It should be used in addition to hand washing wherever possible.
I know that sometimes it seems pointless to wash your hands after using a public bathroom because you have to touch the door to exit, but I usually use a paper towel, or if permitted I'll use my elbow to pry things open.
Jun 21, 2012, 11:36 pm
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Go back and read the previous post then ask yourself, "If I was the person asleep in the aisle seat behind Ms Legs-up, would I appreciate some j@cka$$ doing flash photography right in my face". I'm pretty sure you would find this totally inappropriate. You probably wouldn't care to have your likeness posted on the internets, either.
I'm not sure that it's exactly pointless, though. It's true that hand sanitizers have alcohol in it to kill off 99.99% of the germs, but after possible contact with any bodily fluid, it's almost necessary to wash your hands. For one, hand sanitizers do not effectively kill noroviruses. The viruses are transmitted by fecally contaminated food or water or from person to person, and is resistant to alcohol. Because of these types of viruses (and others) hospitals would never replace hand washing with hand sanitizers for staff members and restaurants would never recommend staff to rub their hands rather than to wash their hands.
I mention this for you to think of the viruses on the door that you touched when you enter the public bathroom, the potential bodily fluids on the door to the bathroom stall, the lock to that same door where everyone touches before and after they do their business, the splash-back from the urinals, etc. There are just too many viruses to kill and hand sanitizers do not do 100% of the job. It should be used in addition to hand washing wherever possible.
I know that sometimes it seems pointless to wash your hands after using a public bathroom because you have to touch the door to exit, but I usually use a paper towel, or if permitted I'll use my elbow to pry things open.
I mention this for you to think of the viruses on the door that you touched when you enter the public bathroom, the potential bodily fluids on the door to the bathroom stall, the lock to that same door where everyone touches before and after they do their business, the splash-back from the urinals, etc. There are just too many viruses to kill and hand sanitizers do not do 100% of the job. It should be used in addition to hand washing wherever possible.
I know that sometimes it seems pointless to wash your hands after using a public bathroom because you have to touch the door to exit, but I usually use a paper towel, or if permitted I'll use my elbow to pry things open.
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Jun 22, 2012, 6:41 am
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Jun 22, 2012, 9:23 am
#263
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I don't disagree. Whenever you take medication, may it be over-the-counter or via prescription, there are side effects. You or your doctor has made the evaluation that the benefits outweigh the drawbacks for you to take it. Likewise, the benefits of washing your hands outweigh the drawbacks for you not to - you'll wash off a lot more than you will acquire.
Jun 22, 2012, 9:40 am
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Jun 22, 2012, 10:56 am
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Let me clarify: 1 and 3.
The fact that you use hand sanitizer at some unspecified time in the future protects you. But to everyone else who uses the door handles/locks in your wake, you are just as contaminated/disgusting as someone who doesn't wash their hands or use sanitizer.
The fact that you use hand sanitizer at some unspecified time in the future protects you. But to everyone else who uses the door handles/locks in your wake, you are just as contaminated/disgusting as someone who doesn't wash their hands or use sanitizer.
Jun 22, 2012, 12:12 pm
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I don't disagree. Whenever you take medication, may it be over-the-counter or via prescription, there are side effects. You or your doctor has made the evaluation that the benefits outweigh the drawbacks for you to take it. Likewise, the benefits of washing your hands outweigh the drawbacks for you not to - you'll wash off a lot more than you will acquire.
Jun 25, 2012, 6:27 am
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Let me clarify: 1 and 3.
The fact that you use hand sanitizer at some unspecified time in the future protects you. But to everyone else who uses the door handles/locks in your wake, you are just as contaminated/disgusting as someone who doesn't wash their hands or use sanitizer.
The fact that you use hand sanitizer at some unspecified time in the future protects you. But to everyone else who uses the door handles/locks in your wake, you are just as contaminated/disgusting as someone who doesn't wash their hands or use sanitizer.
You could add 2) in there also... its so common to only think of oneself these days. It is the age of "me" -
The only way that argument would hold water is if you washed your hands before you entered the restroom and didn't introduce any germs into the bathroom to begin with. Most germs are picked up outside of the restroom. If you think you pick up the most germs in the few minutes you use the restroom, you are mistaken (unless you are just really unsanitary while using the restroom). So in reality, you are just as "contaminated/disgusting" as me and everyone else. Get off your high horse.
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Jun 25, 2012, 2:36 pm
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