If these are your feet, stop it!!!
May 6, 2017, 7:10 am
#31
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 394
Would I do it in a workplace? Yes, I have and would - because I don't sit in an uncomfortable chair in a workplace for many hours without doing something to make myself more comfortable. A foot rest is preferred, but if my workplace forbade them, I'd do something else.
May 6, 2017, 9:04 am
#32
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: HND, NRT
Programs: UA Gold (1K 2016–2023 by miracle extensions; RIP 1K status), 1MM
Posts: 220
Putting your feet on someone else's armrest is selfish and disgusting. What does this person's race (or gender for that matter—but it's hard to use English without gendered pronouns) have to do with anything?
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May 6, 2017, 7:00 pm
#34
Join Date: Sep 2008
Programs: N/A (kid =! no travel :( )
Posts: 236
Yea not getting it. If someone's feet smell and causing a disruption, yes an issue. If they are dirty and leaving crap all over the bulkhead, yes an issue. But otherwise they are trying to get comfortable on a long uncomfortable flight. Feet through the armrest slot or next to window, not acceptable as impinging on others' space, same with feet on back of seat and kicking it.
If you are looking at it from a dirtiness factor, feet in socks or not in socks cleaner than shoes by far. Same for feet vs hands, honestly your hands are constantly touching and moving bacteria and viruses around, your feet (unless you have a fungus going) are likely less exposed to the infectious environment around you and as such putting them on the bulkhead or entertainment system probably more sanitary than touching it and I doubt you have a problem with that.
If you are looking at it from a dirtiness factor, feet in socks or not in socks cleaner than shoes by far. Same for feet vs hands, honestly your hands are constantly touching and moving bacteria and viruses around, your feet (unless you have a fungus going) are likely less exposed to the infectious environment around you and as such putting them on the bulkhead or entertainment system probably more sanitary than touching it and I doubt you have a problem with that.
May 11, 2017, 10:23 am
#36
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Yea not getting it. If someone's feet smell and causing a disruption, yes an issue. If they are dirty and leaving crap all over the bulkhead, yes an issue. But otherwise they are trying to get comfortable on a long uncomfortable flight. Feet through the armrest slot or next to window, not acceptable as impinging on others' space, same with feet on back of seat and kicking it.
If you are looking at it from a dirtiness factor, feet in socks or not in socks cleaner than shoes by far. Same for feet vs hands, honestly your hands are constantly touching and moving bacteria and viruses around, your feet (unless you have a fungus going) are likely less exposed to the infectious environment around you and as such putting them on the bulkhead or entertainment system probably more sanitary than touching it and I doubt you have a problem with that.
If you are looking at it from a dirtiness factor, feet in socks or not in socks cleaner than shoes by far. Same for feet vs hands, honestly your hands are constantly touching and moving bacteria and viruses around, your feet (unless you have a fungus going) are likely less exposed to the infectious environment around you and as such putting them on the bulkhead or entertainment system probably more sanitary than touching it and I doubt you have a problem with that.
May 14, 2017, 11:13 pm
#37
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Tokyo
Programs: SPG LT Plat ANA Plat
Posts: 596
In shoes, totally unacceptable, you never know what you have stepped in ! bare feet, I think anyone would understand that many people would find that offensive, in socks , could be unpleasantif smelly, and you often see people using the toilet in planes wearing socks.
In short, keep you feet to yourself !!
In short, keep you feet to yourself !!
May 14, 2017, 11:33 pm
#38
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While it makes for a cutesy line, the analogy is flawed.
I wouldn't store my belongings in a cabinet in someone's office. I wouldn't ask a receptionist (or a company's safety officer) for a blanket at someone's office. I wouldn't accept someone trying to sell me alcohol, cigarettes, perfume, and earbuds in someone's office.
Football coaches don't tell players "Excuse me, I know you're actively training, but this is my workplace. Would you sweat like that in someone's office? Thanks."
Doctors don't tell female patients "Excuse me, I know you're giving birth right now, but this is my workplace. Would you scream and drip afterbirth like that in someone's office? Thanks."
No, the main cabin on a long-haul flight is not the pilot's "office". Admit it or not, it's more like a bizarrely-catered open-bay hostel.
I wouldn't store my belongings in a cabinet in someone's office. I wouldn't ask a receptionist (or a company's safety officer) for a blanket at someone's office. I wouldn't accept someone trying to sell me alcohol, cigarettes, perfume, and earbuds in someone's office.
Football coaches don't tell players "Excuse me, I know you're actively training, but this is my workplace. Would you sweat like that in someone's office? Thanks."
Doctors don't tell female patients "Excuse me, I know you're giving birth right now, but this is my workplace. Would you scream and drip afterbirth like that in someone's office? Thanks."
No, the main cabin on a long-haul flight is not the pilot's "office". Admit it or not, it's more like a bizarrely-catered open-bay hostel.
May 15, 2017, 6:48 am
#39
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Eurozone
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Had I been sitting next to you, regardless of my thoughts of "not an office, just a bizarrely-catered open-bay hostel in a flying metal tube" thoughts, I probably would've enjoyed watching them get braced.
May 23, 2017, 6:35 am
#41
Join Date: Mar 2016
Programs: Oneworld (BAEC Silver)
Posts: 27
I had to ask the man behind me to put his socked foot off my window-side armrest (window seat) and he looked like I had asked something so offensive.
I do not understand how this is not just basic etiquette to NOT put your smelly sockfoot in someone else's seat space...
I do not understand how this is not just basic etiquette to NOT put your smelly sockfoot in someone else's seat space...
May 27, 2017, 9:13 pm
#43
Join Date: Mar 2016
Programs: Oneworld (BAEC Silver)
Posts: 27
heaven forbid someone be asked to oblige basic personal space in the plane - since when is the armrest in the seat in front of you considered part of your seat? also naked feet or feet in one's general direction are considered rude in many cultures across the world, so in theory it shouldn't be offensive to politely ask someone to stop doing something impolite...but i guess this guy was offended because he didn't understand this concept...
May 28, 2017, 5:24 am
#44
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 416
heaven forbid someone be asked to oblige basic personal space in the plane - since when is the armrest in the seat in front of you considered part of your seat? also naked feet or feet in one's general direction are considered rude in many cultures across the world, so in theory it shouldn't be offensive to politely ask someone to stop doing something impolite...but i guess this guy was offended because he didn't understand this concept...
Jul 16, 2019, 5:37 pm
#45
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And now we have this:
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6059824507001/
No idea what airline this is. But a simple reminder that everything is touched by feet apparently.
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6059824507001/
No idea what airline this is. But a simple reminder that everything is touched by feet apparently.