Worse than feet on bulkheads

[Hvr]

On my flight from ORD-BOS last night the person in the front row of F had his feet on the bulkhead.

Quite disgusting but the funny part, he barely reached it with his stumpy little legs. He had to stretch to keep his socked feet up there and had to rest them quite often.

 

[Jurahn]

I was travelling back from CBR to PER a few weeks ago, MEL-PER sector in J on the A330 - the woman sitting just across from me in 2D was probably mid to late 50s, wearing three-quarter length denim jeans which looked non-too-clean with "fashionable" (at least I assume they were meant to be there!) rips on both legs. She was wearing thongs but soon took those off and spent most of the flight sitting with her legs folded up on the seat with the soles facing directly toward me ... and her feet were absolutely FILTHY. NOT a pretty sight to be confronted with for the majority of the flight. When we stood up to disembark, I could see the t-shirt she was wearing was also pretty grubby, with noticeable stains on it (food stains I guess? they weren't new) and I just thought, really? I know people like to be comfortable when they travel, but seriously ... yuk - especially when you're travelling in J, although the class of travel shouldn't matter. She had an American accent, so to give her the benefit of the doubt, maybe she'd travelled from the US and hadn't had a chance to shower or change .... ?

 

[Deleted member 29185]

She had an American accent, so to give her the benefit of the doubt, maybe she'd travelled from the US and hadn't had a chance to shower or change .... ?

.... or look in a mirror?

(I know, I know, shut up swanning_it)

 

[Jurahn]

.... or look in a mirror?

(I know, I know, shut up swanning_it)

Well, as I said, I was trying to give her the benefit of the doubt ...

 

[esseeeayeenn]

On my return from Noumea I enjoyed Air Calin's Hibiscus Lounge at La Tontouta Airport.
They have a ledge for food and drink with special places to put your devices while you recharge them.
This is what they're meant for:

Sadly the lounge was full of the worst kind of Australian tourist: loud, obnoxious and greedy.
They shouted and bellowed at each other, and at the staff, demanding more food.
One carried on a skype call with his daughter which the whole lounge could hear.
I continued to speak French rather than be identified with them.
This is how they used the ledge:

The worst part was that this was entirely unnecessary as there were footstools provided, which I used.

Fortunately I didn't encounter any of them after boarding.
They must have used QFF status to access the lounge before taking their seats down the back of the plane.

 

[JohnK]

Bogans. Chavs. Same same.



The guy in the middle would try to reach the ceiling throughout the flight. And for a time the triplet at the other aisle joined them but he kept his shoes on.

 

[Quickstatus]

what airline?

 

[JohnK]

SQ on BKK-SIN.

 

[Warks]

Not quite bulkheads but on my recent VA1 (SYD-LAX) flight I was on the aisle in the centre (3-3-3 on a 777) and the centre seat was vacant. A woman in her late 20s sat in the other aisle seat. A couple of hours into the flight after the muso on the aisle across from her had finished chatting her up she decided to curl up across the two seats without so much as a "by your leave". She never once looked at me or spoke to me. I didn't care too much as it was a day flight (arrive about midnight SYD time) so I wasn't going to sleep anyway but it would have been nice to be asked. On top of that I came back from the toilet at one time to find she'd stretched out across my seat too! I gave her a quick couple of taps on the legs and she withdrew - I'm assuming that was involuntary but it wasn't a good look! Still never spoke to me on the whole flight.

 

[Pierre_a]

Bogans. Chavs. Same same.
.

I wasn't aware the term Chav had any use in Australia. In the UK it is an extremely offensive term used to demean and demonize the working class.

I will never understand why others continue to put themselves in situations where they are forced to share space with people they have such contempt for. As such I will unsubscribe from this thread.

 

[sumthinfornuthin]

At risk of getting myself banned for life from AFF I put my bare feet on bulkheads. However, I never walk around without shoes, my feet are clean, tidy and well groomed and don't smell. So as I don't touch anything but the inside of my shoes with them, or use them to use toilet paper (now there's an interesting visual), i think they are fine to put on a surface that isn't going to be touched by any food, hands etc. I wouldn't put them on a table or armrest though!

Edited to add: I even do a strange dance in the toilets when changing into the pyjamas when flying long haul, to make sure my feet don't touch gross stuff. It's actually a bit of a thing of mine to not put my feet anywhere that might be dirty.

sorry but at the risk of offending I cannot agree
Bulkheads are not for feet

 

[sumthinfornuthin]

Not quite bulkheads but on my recent VA1 (SYD-LAX) flight I was on the aisle in the centre (3-3-3 on a 777) and the centre seat was vacant. A woman in her late 20s sat in the other aisle seat. A couple of hours into the flight after the muso on the aisle across from her had finished chatting her up she decided to curl up across the two seats without so much as a "by your leave". She never once looked at me or spoke to me. I didn't care too much as it was a day flight (arrive about midnight SYD time) so I wasn't going to sleep anyway but it would have been nice to be asked. On top of that I came back from the toilet at one time to find she'd stretched out across my seat too! I gave her a quick couple of taps on the legs and she withdrew - I'm assuming that was involuntary but it wasn't a good look! Still never spoke to me on the whole flight.

Most inconsiderate of you to expect to be able to actually use your own seat

 

[MEL_Traveller]

sorry but at the risk of offending I cannot agree
Bulkheads are not for feet

It's ok to put feet on a spare seat(s) beside you to stretch out or sleep, but not on a bulkhead? I'd need an explanation on the logic of that to accept the bulkhead-not-for-feet theory.

 

[Ausbt]

I'd need an explanation on the logic of that

My point of view would be backsides are filthy things, which is why I don't lie my head down on seats. By the same logic, I would not place my own @r$e against a bulkhead, nor my feet either.

 

[Warks]

Most inconsiderate of you to expect to be able to actually use your own seat

I should really have just pulled a blanket over her to make her comfy and gone off and sat in the toilet for the rest of the flight.

 

[Rebekkap]

My point of view would be backsides are filthy things, which is why I don't lie my head down on seats. By the same logic, I would not place my own @r$e against a bulkhead, nor my feet either.

I agree, backsides are definitely filthy. That's why most of us wear pants, and leave them on for the duration of the flight, generally speaking.

 

[Quickstatus]

Even so leaving pants on sometimes does not work especially those low fitting ones where the "crack" is exposed.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

My point of view would be backsides are filthy things, which is why I don't lie my head down on seats. By the same logic, I would not place my own @r$e against a bulkhead, nor my feet either.

So the glass on a photocopy machine is out of the question?

 

[Ausbt]

So the glass on a photocopy machine is out of the question?

Never had much success with it actually. In truth, could never find a machine whose +Zoom setting could match my ego

 

[marki]

Never had much success with it actually. In truth, could never find a machine whose +Zoom setting could match my ego

+'Zoom can be processed and manipulated after digital enhancements however the paper would be too small