Most Embarrassing travel moment?
May 17, 2011, 4:04 am
#76
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May 17, 2011, 5:11 am
#77
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I've heard this called the "half mile high club" 
Originally Posted by Panda4
I bet a few people have indulged in a cheeky bit of Mile High Onanism.
May 17, 2011, 5:50 am
#78
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May 17, 2011, 9:45 am
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Letting a silent fart that then stunk out the entire upper deck.....kept my head down on that one until my wonderful niece shouts out 'hells bells Auntie .... That's smells like the pig farm!'
Spilling tea all over three rows of people and one cc during turbulence on a flight upto Manchester
My Husband would like to chip in his two pennies worth about a time he was boarding and told to 'follow your daughter....'. He said 'no problems but that's my wife!'
(our argument now is that wasn't at all embarrassing for him as it looks like he has a much younger wife so big ego boost, I was thinking wow! My new bat poo anti ageing cream must be really working but we do agree that the cabin crew member looked like he would like the world to open and swallow him up)
Spilling tea all over three rows of people and one cc during turbulence on a flight upto Manchester
My Husband would like to chip in his two pennies worth about a time he was boarding and told to 'follow your daughter....'. He said 'no problems but that's my wife!'
(our argument now is that wasn't at all embarrassing for him as it looks like he has a much younger wife so big ego boost, I was thinking wow! My new bat poo anti ageing cream must be really working but we do agree that the cabin crew member looked like he would like the world to open and swallow him up)
May 17, 2011, 10:43 am
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May 17, 2011, 1:22 pm
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Folks, in case you're wondering why some posts are not displaying, I've applied the marigolds and ran the feather duster over some recent posts. Content of which was a bit blue, even for the BA forum.
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May 17, 2011, 3:31 pm
#82
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Most embarrassing moment would've been as staff rather than a passenger. I was rushing up to the cockpit on a 747 and managed to fall over quite spectacularly in the middle of the upper-deck. We have Y on our 747 UD and it was full, so i suddenly caught the attention of a good sized crowd. The few pax who hadn't noticed soon turned 'round after a very vocal lady inquired if i was ok. I informed her everything but my pride was intact and made a quick retreat to the flight deck. I then had to walk back past my audience on my hasty exit from the aircraft.
May 17, 2011, 4:29 pm
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May 18, 2011, 3:52 am
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Mine has to be flying to SIN with SQ, on our first trip with them. We were travelling out in J, and boarded, not as I thought via door 2L, but by 1L.... Proceeded to sit down in what I thought were our seats (with the Other Half remarking that the TV screen seemed bigger than he expected... 
), before being ejected from F and sent back a couple of rows to the front of the J cabin..... 
), before being ejected from F and sent back a couple of rows to the front of the J cabin.....
May 18, 2011, 4:52 am
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1 - Dropped a full drawer of glasses on the floor in the cabin on a BRU in Club... All smashed...
2 - Thought I had latched the door of the canape trolly properly on a DME when I was working at the front of a 767... As we rotated and took off, the door flew open, followed by tray after tray after tray of canapes... All rolling down the aisle...
3 - Slipped on a plastic magazine cover that Mr. 1C had left on the floor whilst carrying the basket of scones for afternoon tea... Result being "it's raining scones" over rows 1 to 4...
2 - Thought I had latched the door of the canape trolly properly on a DME when I was working at the front of a 767... As we rotated and took off, the door flew open, followed by tray after tray after tray of canapes... All rolling down the aisle...
3 - Slipped on a plastic magazine cover that Mr. 1C had left on the floor whilst carrying the basket of scones for afternoon tea... Result being "it's raining scones" over rows 1 to 4...
May 18, 2011, 5:26 am
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May 18, 2011, 5:30 am
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Flying once as a teenager I saw 13C on my boardpass. Super excited when I found out it was a new BA cradle seat. I proceeded to sit down and make myself comfortable. FA then asked to see my boardpass. It was 31C......
I used to climb over others in Y by stepping on the arm-rests (as a kid). When in a window seat, this required two sets of arm-rests. Also flight socks are slippery. Subsequently the gentleman in the aisle seat got a full glass of orange juice in his impressive beard, and the Irish lady next to me burst out laughing.....
I used to climb over others in Y by stepping on the arm-rests (as a kid). When in a window seat, this required two sets of arm-rests. Also flight socks are slippery. Subsequently the gentleman in the aisle seat got a full glass of orange juice in his impressive beard, and the Irish lady next to me burst out laughing.....
May 21, 2011, 9:27 pm
#88
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When I was 6, my family was flying into SFO on UA. They served Smokehouse Almonds as the snack on the flight, and I REALLY liked them. I ate all of mine, and several packets from people seated around me who didn't care as much for them. Everything was OK until we were deplaning, and the almonds came back up all over the aisle and the FA at the door.
I don't eat Smokehouse Almonds much anymore.
I don't eat Smokehouse Almonds much anymore.
May 22, 2011, 6:37 am
#89
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Forgot to go to the toilet before the seat belt sign came on for landing. There was a very large damp patch on the Y seat as I disembarked.
Well the air in the plane is rather dry isnt it? Hope it dried up quickly.
Well the air in the plane is rather dry isnt it? Hope it dried up quickly.