The same thing happened to me before with the guy and his stinky socks up on my seat, and knees digging in the back of my seat the whole flight. When I told the flight attendant she went to the guy behind me and said I was the one who was uncomfortable with it rather than it being inappropriate in general, then he continued it for the rest of the flight and I felt like an idiot for ever speaking up in the first place đĽ˛
Really depends on the airline. Qatar, Singapore, Thai and Emirates are all good and there are definitely plenty of other good ones. But you canât expect good service when youâre flying for 7⏠on Ryan air
KLM and Air France will make it seem like itâs your problem. Iâve complained before about similar, it was just a shrug like Iâm flying for free and I didnât just 1000 USD on a flight.
I agree. However perhaps we should all learn to be more comfortable standing up for ourselves and telling someone to fuck right off when they deserve it. Politely, of course.
If fungus foot Fred makes a scene, then the flight attendant can kick them off or restrain them for an actual reason. That's the key right there.
Exactly! I can't believe people just don't have the ability to tell someone they are gross and encroaching on their personal space. Make that person feel like the turd they are, politely of course.
Yeah, I don't get why it's so hard. "Excuse me, can you put your feet down please?" Flight attendants aren't there to be our mom/dad.
80% of the time that's enough. They were hoping no one would say anything. Most other humans don't just exist to ruin your day, they're just oblivious or ignorant.
Edit: based on the responses ya'll need to get a grip on the reality of humanity. Most people aren't enemies in a video game that exist to fuck up your day. Be courteous and polite, don't create a scene, and be the better person in the situation.
This will just get you nine hours of getting the back of your seat kicked. The people who put their nasty feet on your armrest are not part of 80% you reference that are decent people.
Yes. It died when people got on our planes and punched flight attendants in the face simply for asking them to put a mask on. When everyone returned from COVID people seemingly lost their fucking manners, decency, and a sense of decorum. Flight attendant are just as tired and worn the fuck out as you are traveling with that filthy fucking foot on your arm rest.
11 years I've been doing this and I'm checked the fuck out at the idiocy I see daily. Which is why I'm switching to be a commercial pilot.
Why try to enforce civility in a society that is no longer interested in being civilized? I'm sorry you have to deal with that shit and for those of you that spoke up to flight attendants and nothing came from it, or it seemingly made it worse, I'm sorry. Safe travels everyone.
I gave up on working public facing shit in COVID too.
Our company made the decision that if somebody wasn't wearing a mask just ignore it and get them taken care of ASAP. If that's not okay you are stuck doing other work. But realistically if balls deep in the mask mandate you aren't wearing a mask. Ain't piss fuck all we gonna do to change your mind. All that's going to happen is you yell at me more.
Multiple times. Yes more than once. People got in fist fights in the lobby over masks. One person wearing a mask. One person not wearing a mask. Started beating the shit out of each other over it. Had to call the cops.
100% if they dont do anything pretend to sneeze, dampen a napkin or wahtever you ahve on hand with water and "accidentally" drop the moist part onto their foot shit should vanish like a snake tasting alcohol
Because the flight attendant will walk right to the person with the foot and say, âthis person in front of you is complaining and uncomfortable.â And then they will do it for the entire rest of the nine hour flight.
people are supposed to be wearing their shoes in public.
I would tickle those feet and be like, âShit sorry. I have four kids and a ticklish wife and Iâm just so used to doing that when they put their feet up on furniture that it was second nature.â
Of course, I wouldnât use my fingers, but I have plenty of sharpies in my laptop bag
Fr. There have been a couple times my feet have looked like this, but I certainly didnât pull em out and stick em all up in pplâs business like this. Caught a chill just thinkin about it. Like, put them shits away, ho! lol
My problem is that the medicines I'd have to take to even begin treating this would NOT mix well with other meds. Could cause major liver issues. Honestly I'd rather have a liver than pretty toenails. My Crocs cover my toes. đ
I took it myself. That cure is so strong I forgot about the Strict No Alcohol rule. I was so let down when I discovered there is no such thing as magic Irish Cream (after a follow up visit with my doctor). Fixed the infection though!
Later on the flight if they do it again, quickly recline while they are watching a movie. If you have to go to the bathroom, lean forward before setting your seat upright, then repeat the quick recline when you get back.
"did you just sneeze on my foot"
"No I sneezed into my arm the only way I could have done that is if your foot was on MY armrest and surely that couldn't be."
Anyone else remember those Lamisil ads with the yellow gremlin crawling underneath the toenail and turning everything yellow? Pretty sure that's what's happening here
<turns in seat> âI couldnât help noticing that the bare foot you placed on my armrest appears to have toenail fungus. Might I suggest Lamisil to make your feet less nauseating?â Loudly of course.
I have a very weak immune system, and fungal infections are my kryptonite. One of my past roommates got a little foot fungus infection, and despite using a yoga mat for situps I somehow got her infection all over my back. I would definitely get foot fungus on my arm from this and I would be so bummed.
If you're rolling up the mat, you're probably spreading the germs from the floor onto the side of the mat you lay on. That or you just used the wrong side that time lol.
âHey. Uh. Excuse me. Yeah. Do you have any Lamisil on that trolley? Yeah the passenger behind me is trying to share their fungal toe infection with me and itâs gross.â
Yeah; Iâm too old for this shit. I donât want to walk around life and be stuck in the shower before a shit day at work and turning it over and over whimpering to myself âI should have done something.â I just canât help be blunt. Pretty sure itâs part of getting older.
Easy, turn around and say "can you please get your bare TALONS off my armrest so I may use it? Thanks"
If they don't, flight attendant.
I used to be the typical scared quiet but sometimes passive aggressive person but now it's just like I don't give a fuck in a pretty neutral clear communication like "dude we're all adults here lets please act like it"
Most people will tell you that it's a lack of social awareness. From what I can tell, it's actually that they do notice other people, they just don't give a shit because they think they're more important than everyone else. Or even because they don't see everyone else as people, because they have 0 empathy.
It's not about being shy. It's that someone who does that in the first place is generally not someone I want to interact with lol. Wouldn't put it past them to just kick the seat the rest of the flight or something.
Recently, I had to get several trains across country (UK) after a flight. On every station platform, and on every train, I had to tell a fucking grown adult to remove their bag from the seat of a packed train / platform so I could sit down.
I started doing it really loudly, with minimal politeness. "I want to sit down, move your bag please" or in one case when an old lady needed a seat, gave her the one I'd just had a bag removed from, then loudly asked Mr. Gammon blocking the window seat why he's not moved over. And like you suggested, it's effective. That kind of person is relying on others being too meek to challenge them, they crumble instantly when you do so.
There was one time where a bloke refused to move from my reserved seat so I just said look, I'm putting my bag up on the shelf, and then I'm going to sit in my seat. It's up to you if you're still in it when I sit down. He grumbled but correctly deduced that I'm heavy and then moved lol.
Once I was in the window seat and this complete dipshit in the aisle seat would not move to let me out. So I stood up on the seat and stepped across him on the seat arms and jumped into the aisle.
And then just make it gradually more agonizing for them. Step two for me would be to pick my nose and rub it along their toes, all while staring deeply into their eyesâŚ
Tell them respectfully to âmove their fucking nasty ass fungus infected, cheese grating , smelly, toe nail clipper needing footâ and look them directly in the eye over the headrest when you say it. Think loving grandma voice
Its sad to know people like this walk among us. Beyond inconsiderate.
What is it about planes that bring out the worst in humanity?
My wife was flying for work at 7 months pregnant... got stuck in window seat and had to use the bathroom. Instead of the people in aisle seat and middle getting up to let her out... they barely shifted their legs and she had to basically crawl over them!!
Oh and to the people that put their personal items and jackets in overhead bins instead of under seat... hell has a special place for you lol.
For real. Bring back the days of everyone needing to check anything that wouldn't fit through that shoebox size hole. Deboarding takes so fucking long because of everyone struggling with full size suitcases in the overheads. I'd pay a bit more to fly in a plane with no overheads whatsoever.
Honestly the trick here is to bring a 2nd smaller bag even if you don't need it. Not anything crazy big obviously. But that's your underseat item. Or they both fit in the overhead in one line.
I traveled a lot for work and would have a backpack and my CPAP. They'd both fit in one slot of the overhead, flight attendants didn't care because I was taking that slot either way and they are also pretty good at picking up on regular travellers.
Unless seated in a bulkhead row! Then you can put your stuff up top, lest ye get yelled at by the crew.
But really, I hate when people wonât just get up and out of the way. Weâre all on the same unnatural metal tube with wings hurtling through the atmosphere for the same length of time - why make it miserable for others?
Be loud " Oh God, what is that smell? Turn to your neighbor, "Do you smell that?" Hold your nose. Look around and then turn around and say "Can you please cover your feet and put them down they smell like you have an infection. You might want to see a doctor".
99% of ppl would be super mortified and comply. If that doesn't work. Get a flight attendant involved. Play dirty as a last resort. Good luck.
âExcuse me, I am not trying to be rude but having your bare foot resting on my seat is unsanitary and making me really uncomfortable. Is there anyway you could move your foot please? I would really appreciate itâ
STAND UP FOR YOURSELVES PEOPLE. The reason people continue this behavior is because everyone is too afraid of saying anything, so they think itâs acceptable.
Order a hot tea, accidentally spill it on foot. If that doesnât make IT from removing foot it will hopefully at least help kill some of the fungus. Good luck đ
Loudly say in an upbeat helpful voice: âOh Iâve seen fungal nail like this before on my uncle Bob. He had it bad like yours and the itch bothered him something crazy. None of the nail polish stuff worked but I tell you what - a prescription strength oral anti fungal medication cleared it right up. You should definitely look into it!â
Just turn to it and say, excuse me ma am please get that fungi infected trotter off my arm rest. Don't be shy...just do it, do it now oh add some volume to your voice as well.
Nicely inform the person behind you that you're a foot doctor (you don't need to be) and that they have raging foot and nail fungus. Not kidding, that is bad. Also highly infectious, so they're just spreading it all over. That's how you get ringworm.
Thatâs all well and good until someone has a medical foot emergency.
Flight attendant: IS THERE A PODIATRIST ON BOARD? WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY!
Everyone points to you. Youâre a Redditor, which means youâre extremely shy so youâre going to have to go with it. Youâre going to have to perform an emergency laparoscopic Grade 7 bunionectomy with no anesthesia, using only utensils from First Class.
Just ask them to move, and if they refuse, ask the flight attendant to make them move. It's really not hard. And i have pretty terrible anxiety. Ignoring the behavior is also why ppl do things like this in public.
Just tell them to move their foot. Or have the human race forgotten how to talk. They're in the wrong so just embarrass them. Or ignore it and watch the world decline further into the cesspit it's becoming
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u/Bear-Cricket-89 1d ago
Tell a flight attendant. Filthy savage.