Feb 1, 2014, 10:35 am
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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
Jan 26, 2014, 11:18 am
#1216
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So... The other day I had a guy next to me all decked out in his suit and lookin spiffy and important for the flight in F from JFK to SLC.
The flight takes off and he orders a glass of red wine and an additional empty glass. He then proceeds to take a swig, swish it around and spit it into the empty glass. This continues until he finishes the wine transfer of glasses and then orders another and another empty.
After I shoot a few glances of "what the hell are you doing", he says "I love wine but don't drink alcohol".
It was pretty damned disgusting.
No photograph cause he was right next to me and it would have been obvious, but I figured it was good enough to tell.
The flight takes off and he orders a glass of red wine and an additional empty glass. He then proceeds to take a swig, swish it around and spit it into the empty glass. This continues until he finishes the wine transfer of glasses and then orders another and another empty.
After I shoot a few glances of "what the hell are you doing", he says "I love wine but don't drink alcohol".
It was pretty damned disgusting.
No photograph cause he was right next to me and it would have been obvious, but I figured it was good enough to tell.
Jan 26, 2014, 11:39 am
#1217
Join Date: Dec 2011
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I agree that both are disgusting and I realize you are merely attempting to use an analogy to illustrate your point; but what you describe could be the sign of an eating disorder — certainly not analogous and potentially more serious in terms of health issues than simply swishing wine in one’s mouth before spitting it out.
Jan 26, 2014, 11:59 am
#1218
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 1,079
I have ceased to be surprised by things they do here. The Church and legislature have made it illegal for the bartender to mix or pour drinks in sight of patrons at restaurants. There are now 7 foot tall partitions between them and the customers: the Zion Curtain.
Jan 26, 2014, 11:59 am
#1219
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The flight takes off and he orders a glass of red wine and an additional empty glass. He then proceeds to take a swig, swish it around and spit it into the empty glass. This continues until he finishes the wine transfer of glasses and then orders another and another empty.
After I shoot a few glances of "what the hell are you doing", he says "I love wine but don't drink alcohol".
After I shoot a few glances of "what the hell are you doing", he says "I love wine but don't drink alcohol".
Jan 26, 2014, 12:01 pm
#1220
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Location: Marietta, Georgia, United States
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In fact, when I read this following account...
So... The other day I had a guy next to me all decked out in his suit and lookin spiffy and important for the flight in F from JFK to SLC.
The flight takes off and he orders a glass of red wine and an additional empty glass. He then proceeds to take a swig, swish it around and spit it into the empty glass.
The flight takes off and he orders a glass of red wine and an additional empty glass. He then proceeds to take a swig, swish it around and spit it into the empty glass.
If that action as described by Vegasmusician was indeed a legitimate tasting of wine, would that be appropriate and acceptable yet not disgusting?
Jan 26, 2014, 12:18 pm
#1221
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This was also on my mind as I was responding to you, as I think that “wine swishing/spitting” even at a wine-tasting event is disgusting as well and yet accepted; but then again I do not drink alcoholic beverages, so that entire concept is foreign to me.
In fact, when I read this following account......up until that point, I figured it was indeed a tasting of the wine.
If that action as described by Vegasmusician was indeed a legitimate tasting of wine, would that be appropriate and acceptable yet not disgusting?
In fact, when I read this following account......up until that point, I figured it was indeed a tasting of the wine.
If that action as described by Vegasmusician was indeed a legitimate tasting of wine, would that be appropriate and acceptable yet not disgusting?
p.s. I also think swishing/spitting is disgusting even at wine tastings, and I say this as a wine lover, but I know it is accepted behavior and I can imagine it's even mandatory if you're actually tasting for a living.
Jan 26, 2014, 1:07 pm
#1222
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I was wondering this, too. I'm not enough of a wine snob to understand why taking many "fresh" swishes would be much better than just reusing the same one, nor why there'd be pleasure or purpose in doing it more than once in the first place. I assume that with each swish, spit and other things get mixed in and alter the taste, but not to an extreme degree... and what pleasure is there in repeatedly tasting but not consuming the same beverage anyway?
Jan 26, 2014, 1:14 pm
#1223
Join Date: Jul 2012
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I was wondering this, too. I'm not enough of a wine snob to understand why taking many "fresh" swishes would be much better than just reusing the same one, nor why there'd be pleasure or purpose in doing it more than once in the first place. I assume that with each swish, spit and other things get mixed in and alter the taste, but not to an extreme degree... and what pleasure is there in repeatedly tasting but not consuming the same beverage anyway?
Jan 26, 2014, 3:25 pm
#1224
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Hmm. Maybe he was practicing/refining the swishing technique itself - not caring about that particular wine? Not that it would excuse his behavior... one shouldn't practice bedroom techniques in flight, either (though we've seen reports of that, too!)
Jan 26, 2014, 4:04 pm
#1225
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 100
Not legitimate wine tasting. If it was, he'd order only one glass of several types or even half a glass (if they are serving out of full bottles). When wine tasting, you spit so that you can try many without becoming inebriated. Should you find one you fancy, you can order a proper glass and SWALLOW. By ordering a second glass to spit, he is beyond tasting.
Jan 26, 2014, 8:12 pm
#1226
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Not legitimate wine tasting. If it was, he'd order only one glass of several types or even half a glass (if they are serving out of full bottles). When wine tasting, you spit so that you can try many without becoming inebriated. Should you find one you fancy, you can order a proper glass and SWALLOW. By ordering a second glass to spit, he is beyond tasting.
Jan 26, 2014, 8:24 pm
#1227
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IF he is a Mormon, since there is a small amount of alcohol uptake from the mouth and nose, would this be kinda like a Jewish person chewing a piece of ham and then spitting it out? I mean, aren't religious rules intended to make a person forgo something? I suspect he was either a little strange (read, unbalanced) or seeking to provoke you (and others) by such a disgusting act.
Jan 26, 2014, 10:40 pm
#1228
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IF he is a Mormon, since there is a small amount of alcohol uptake from the mouth and nose, would this be kinda like a Jewish person chewing a piece of ham and then spitting it out? I mean, aren't religious rules intended to make a person forgo something? I suspect he was either a little strange (read, unbalanced) or seeking to provoke you (and others) by such a disgusting act.