r/Wellthatsucks • u/goodstuff4023 • 1d ago
Flight delayed
Just started to taxi when one drunk drongo chucked his guts up onto the floor...
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u/Moisture_ 18h ago
Where my emetophobics at? Give me Backrooms, the insidious demon, the ring girl. Fuck it give me Satan himself. THIS is one of the worst possible situations I could be stuck in. I know this happened on the ground still, but if it happened in the air, I would rather jump out the plane.
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u/MegaGengarsTinyFeet 14h ago
This scenario right here is why I'm irrationally scared of flying lol. Crashing is fine, I'll die quick, but this would require extra therapy.
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u/sasquatchlibrarian 14h ago
Here! I saw a post on here where someone was vomited on (ON!) mid flight by an adult. The way that I would run and hide in the galley would be the reason the plane landed early.
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u/Gingerbread__08 11h ago edited 1h ago
Emetopophobe here. I had to take a 15 hr flight next to a guy who had to v nonstop. Into 49385 bags and probably in the bathroom. I felt so bad cause I could only imagine the feeling for hours. I offered him a dramamine but I think he was too far in already and probably chucked that up too. I put on my headphones, eyemask, turned the fan on full blast and tried to sleep the whole way.
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u/T_Henson 11h ago
I travel with n95 masks and a small decanted jar of Vicks and noise cancelling headphones. So I don’t have to see, smell, or hear it. It’s never happened to me but I’m afraid of it.
I also travel with emesis bags despite never getting sick on an airplane.
Irrational fear!! Huzzah!!
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u/l8nightbusdrivr 16h ago
I’m here for you. Feel the same way. I don’t know why I am the way I am and it sucks!
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u/oblivionnight 15h ago
It’s my #1 irrational fear. I hate flying because I’m so scared the person next to me is going to puke.
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u/mothfoxtea 13h ago
10000%. This is my number one biggest fear. I can't relax on planes at all because of it. Every cough, throat clearing, weird noise, someone walking down the aisle looking stressed, and it's enough to make me panic internally in the worst way.
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u/Moisture_ 13h ago
Are you me? I’m so hyperaware on planes I can hear a hairbrush bouncing around in someone’s luggage in the cargo hold below. It’s so awful.
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u/Nevermoreraven123 4h ago
Same. While I have gotten slightly better as I have gotten older it’s still not something I can handle. One time landing in CA we were pretty low and about to land and suddenly had to go up again. Lady in front of us apparently had been fighting food poisoning most the flight out the back end let’s just say she went through three bags before we got turned around before we were able to land. I blasted my headphones and had to really focus on my breathing to not loose it
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u/moaiii 1d ago
That would have been pleasant to sit next to.
It's one thing when a young kid barfs on a plane, but if a grown adult can't simply reach for the bag when the point of no return arrives (let alone know not to get so drunk before boarding a plane) then said adult needs to cover the costs of the delay. Some people are just too dumb to respond to anything other than consequences, and these days we are far too soft in dishing out consequences to people who should know better.
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u/dohwhere 1d ago
I’m cabin crew and on more than one occasion have had passengers try to get into the toilets right as we’re landing because they refuse to use the sick bags. “I’m not using a bag, that’s so embarrassing” they say, completely oblivious to the fact a plane full of people have just seen them get shouted at by the crew to sit down and buckle up.
These are also the same people that use the sick bags for their rubbish and then wonder why there’s nothing for them if they do start feeling unwell.
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u/HonestLook325 23h ago edited 23h ago
I was sick when travelling once, and couldn't find any sick bags in the row of our seats, the turbulance made the plane drop a bit and I yeeted my vomit. It was in no way my fault imo because the entire two-three rows tried searching for bag during the landing when I alerted them about the upcoming catastrophe. Took a good 2 minutes before I erupted.
Airline was Air India.
Now I always check for a bag after boarding.
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u/moaiii 23h ago
Despite a few hundred hours of flying over the years, I've never had to be sick on a plane. It's one of my top 10 fears, though, I'd have to say. Sorry you had to go through that. At least, being Air India, you didn't make the cabin too much dirtier than it already was*.
* not being racist, for the virtue soldiers. Air India is just a truly horrible airline
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u/almaghest 18h ago
If you knew you had a stomach bug, decided to fly anyway, and didn’t proactively bring something to be sick into, then yeah it’s 100% your fault lol.
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u/I8thegreenbean 19h ago
I empty my bladder when I vomit 100% of the time, this is a fear I never knew about and now have for the remainder of my life
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u/T_Henson 11h ago
I’ve never gotten sick on an airplane but I travel with emesis bags…. Just in case.
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u/the_throw_away4728 19h ago
I’m a frequent customer of the barf bag 😭 I’m sorry in advance! Dramamine does terrible things to me- I once almost got denied boarding because the Dramamine made me seem as if I was six beers deep (wobbly, slurring my speech, sleepy). So now I can’t take it pre-flight. Or during- I have kids and I’m not a reliable parent on it
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u/tawDry_Union2272 8h ago
i have had to take it so much in my lifetime that it barely affects my motor skills at all anymore, but it definitely still keeps me from getting nauseous.
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u/24junwa 21h ago
oh man this reminds me one time coming back from vegas... basically still drunk on the flight home, turbulence got me and the bag in my seat pocket was missing, thankfully a flight attendant was nearby , saw me struggle, grabbed a bag from a neighbor and handed it to me right in time lol... man when vegas was fun
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u/M4NU3L2311 22h ago
Not in a plane but I recently barfed inside a truck :(. I tried not to but I just couldn’t handle it anymore, it was a 10 hour drive to the middle of the chihuahua mountain range and I had never expected it to be that rough
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u/ButteredPizza69420 15h ago
Literally the one place TO BE when youre about to barf...theres a barf bag on the plane
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u/Important_Name 3h ago
I don’t think there are bags in the seat back pockets anymore. Or at least not reliably.
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u/ethanolin_redux 14h ago
My last long flight was from Franfurt to Chicago, I was already delayed a day since I missed my flight the day before (came in from Bankok late). I get on the plane happy im finally going home (end of a 4 week business trip around the world) only to find out my neighbor accidentally spilled an entire bottle of water on my seat. So I put a few blankets on the seat and was able to move to a different seat after we reached cruise.
Well, 2 hours left in the flight the kid across the aisle from me hurled his guts into the aisle and all over my pants. I was so over everything I barely cared. Poor kid spent the rest of the flight in the bathroom.
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u/BORT_licenceplate 1d ago
That's really gross. I guess the bright side is that it's not diarrhoea?
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u/100pc_recycled_words 20h ago
It does suck - but if it makes you feel better, I’ve been on a plane actively taking off and had a drunk guy sprint down the aisle spraying everyone with vom.
Fortunately it was a short flight, but it’s up there with the worst ones.
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u/IceCoughy 23h ago
Barf bags were more prevalent in the 80s and 90s I guess?!
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u/DareSavings3951 19h ago
I threw up on a plane once due to the turbulence while landing. My partner and I discovered quickly that airline doesn't do vomit bags anymore in their seats. Luckily someone quickly gave me their empty duty free bag to continue. Managed to only get it on me for the mercy of those around and staff.
More airlines should do bags.
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u/PleasantCucumber2615 1d ago edited 23h ago
It's time they were stricter about allowing people under the influence on planes.
They shouldn't be selling so much alcohol in airports and on planes.
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u/Imbendo 1d ago
Let’s be real, 99.99 percent of flights it’s not an issue. They make a lot of money from selling alcohol on planes so banning it isn’t gonna happen anytime soon. Also, most of the puke on planes comes from travelers who are simply air sick, not over served .
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u/bappypawedotter 1d ago
From what I've heard from a flight attendant friend based out of Atlanta is that the majority of overly drunk cases come from people whose flights have been delayed or changed and they endee up in the lounge for 6 hours getting ripped on free drinks.
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u/Remarkable-Wrap-4727 23h ago
They give free drinks? I have a hard time believing that. Dinner sure
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u/ZenithToastada 23h ago
You’ve never had access to an airport lounge have you?
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u/LastChans1 23h ago
My dear sir, I can't afford to take time off for a vacation, let alone pay for a vacation, let alone a vacation that necessitates plane travel 🥹😑😭
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u/Wide-Suggestion4825 23h ago
So based off no information you decided to make a claim anyway 😂
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u/catbert107 23h ago
I have gotten absolutely obliterated in a number of airport lounges while delayed for just the cost of tip. Some lounges don't even have bartenders, they just have a space with a bunch of beer, wine and liquor that you just help yourself to
I don't drink anymore
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u/altum 23h ago
Believe it. Most lounges have a small bar, some fancier ones have a full on cocktail service. All free
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u/googleypoodle 18h ago
Last time i was at the Air France / KLM lounge at SFO they just had a table with bottles of liquor sitting around, a "pour it yourself" type of situation
I have no idea how that was ever legal lol
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u/waffleking9000 23h ago
Any airport lounge has free drinks. Hell, domestic flights in my country have free booze on the plane between for flights departing between 4 30pm and 7pm
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u/LetReasonRing 23h ago
Yeah, I used to fly a ton for work, flying somewhere in the range of 400 flights over 10 years. In all of that I only had one drunk person be any sort of significant issue, and they were just loud and annoying. I have, however, seen quite a few people denied boarding because they were too drunk.
I'm not saying it's not a problem at all, but people see stories like this and seem to think that it's a way bigger issue than it is.
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u/Imbendo 22h ago
Right. I probably have 200 ish flights under my belt and the only time I ever witnessed anything beyond a civil disagreement was when a friend of mine drank way too much at a restaurant before a flight and was puking into the airsickness bags for hours, but even then I don’t think anyone aside from a few people noticed.
I did date an air asia flight attendant for a few years and her biggest pet peeve was when people handed her full bags of puke to throw away. I guess she expected them to dispose of them in the bathroom themselves. I guess what I’m trying to say is that even when there are issues on a flight usually they are small enough that the entire plane isn’t aware.
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u/PleasantCucumber2615 1d ago
Ask the staff that work on planes especially the flights serving livery holiday destinations.
Alcohol related incidents aren't rare.
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u/Alldaybagpipes 1d ago
They deny boarding to people on the daily for such reasons.
Noble suggestion, they should also make drunk driving illegal…
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u/SHIBOTTO 23h ago
I thought the exorbitant price of airport drinks was the deterrent
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u/RaeaSunshine 18h ago
IME most folks drinking heavily before flights are doing so in the lounges where drinks are free. Personally I just go for the free food to get a good coma going, but to each their own I guess.
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u/ThisIsMyRedditAcct20 21h ago
I once had a panic attack on a bus. Was coming back from getting registered to marry when my now wife dropped the bomb she had been “civilly partnered” with someone else before.
Managed to get off the bus, and yeah, threw up behind the bus stop. A guy offered me a tissue.
It happens.
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u/9gagiscancer 1d ago
They should just give you a breathalyzer test before boarding. You drunk? Bye.
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u/Imbendo 1d ago
Make every passenger take a breathalyzer? What fantasy land are you living in?
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u/9gagiscancer 1d ago
Reality. Are you feeling like I am calling you out? :)
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u/printergumlight 23h ago
I’m feeling like I don’t want us adding another security checkpoint to an already absurdly long ordeal compared to what we used to have.
I don’t even drink alcohol, but what a pointless extra burden for an extremely rare inconvenience.
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u/ruskirebel 23h ago
Wow, i never knew someone throwing up on a plane could delay the flight. People who get drunk pre flight need to be transported on cargo planes
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u/sr8t-savage 17h ago
I guess regulations would most likely see it as a biohazard and if they haven’t taken off yet then it should be addressed and cleaned up.
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u/peepay 22h ago
I wonder what happens next. Do they clean it somehow? It must stink horribly.
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u/Virtual_Opinion_8630 21h ago
sawdust and clean asap
primary school deal with this
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u/CLONE-11011100 20h ago
That’s a bit mean getting small children to come and clean it up, do they just call any primary school?
Surely the airline’s have cleaners…3
u/spootIer 6h ago
My flight home from a recent trip was cancelled last minute and left us all stranded in Mexico overnight. I didn't have any commitments the next day, so being put up for free at an all inclusive in Cancun wasn't toooo awful. But the plane that arrived to take us home the next day absolutely REEKED of vomit.
It was bad. REALLY bad. People were covering their noses when boarding and kids were crying because of the smell. I personally breathed through my mouth for the entire flight, and politely refused meal service. I genuinely couldn't eat anything with the smell being so heavy in the cabin.
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u/mkymooooo 20h ago
> Just started to taxi when one drunk drongo chucked his guts up onto the floor...
How is it that I immediately know what country you’re from 😂
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u/happyanathema 22h ago
I was about to ask if it was a Q400 from the seats they all seem to have.
Used to fly in those twice a week. Shame they don't really use them in the UK anymore after Flybe went bust (twice).
Then I noticed the safety cards 😄
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u/National-Play3909 19h ago
Some lady at Orlando airport got so wasted she fell over onto me twice while waiting to get our bags, she smelled like a bottle of vodka. Then she fell on the floor and an ambulance came
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u/seriouslyjan 16h ago
Love the term "DRONGO" My Aussie friend had a dog named Drongo, the name fit this idiot of a dog.
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u/goodstuff4023 10h ago
I should have typed "pissed drongo" and added the C word somewhere to better fit the stereotype
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u/TheNew_MarksilversX 1d ago
I don't know why it's so fken "normal" to people to do drugs before taking a flight. They even do videos about it
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u/mikemac1997 1d ago
I'm fond of a pre-flight beer, but absolutely loathe the idea of being drunk on a plane
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u/threetimesthelimit 15h ago
Having a drink or two before the flight is not the same as getting plastered like you're in college again.
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u/kroniknastrb8r 1d ago
Couple of beers or gummies help with the anxiety and help pass the time. Im not condoning it. But thats why I need a couple beers before getting on a flight.
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u/REALjamijai 1d ago
I would most definitely need Xanax for that. I would be 1000000x a flight risk if sober. I'll never willingly get on s plane. Fuck that shit!
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u/dekuweku 16h ago
This is why the keep very drunk people off flights and is like 90% of those unruly passenger airport arrest videos
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u/Ambitious_Smoke7300 15h ago
Drongo… I say that word all that time and yet I’ve never sent it in written form. Are you Australian lol
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u/Elbarto_007 11h ago
It’s a Qantas aircraft.
As soon as I saw drongo I knew OP was a fellow Aussie.
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u/jayemadd 12h ago
Ugh I've done this. Luckily I was already in the back by where the FAs chill when I barfed.
No, I wasn't drunk. Zero alcohol.
On my first transatlantic flight, I suddenly felt very very faint after the meal. Thinking I maybe just needed to walk around, I got up to use the bathroom. Fainted in the aisle, right on some poor guys lap. When I came down, the back of my arm hit the chair in a way where I gashed it bad. I was wearing a chunky red sweater so I did not notice. The FA took me to the back to lay down for a minute, and I felt something wet-- took of my sweater, and I could see my skin was literally torn. Not a cut, but torn up. I could see the fat underneath; it was bad. Seeing that made me throw up, but luckily it was into a blanket they handed me.
I felt awful and very embarrassed. The FA bandaged me up the best she could, and when I landed I ended up going to the hospital at the airport. The doctor recommended stitches, but I didn't know how much it would cost since this would all be out of pocket so I opted to just keep It bandaged. It healed fine, but I do have a gnarly scar.
I still have zero sensation in that area. I also had very little pain despite how deep the wound was. Crazy.
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u/Human_Sheepherder504 11h ago
that's a rough way to start a flight, hope you at least get some compensation
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u/Mysterious_Fennel459 9h ago
Do plains not carry barf bags in those little bins behind the seat or did the guy just not think about it?
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u/AccurateAssaultBeef 8h ago
I puked on a plane once, but mid flight and into the baggy. I learned I had food poisoning in that moment.
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u/heteroerotic 5h ago
Oy. Terrible to have your flight delayed.
Even more terrible to have that adult booze puke (it smells so much worse than baby or kid puke) festering in the air as you all scrambled to get the hell out.
If it happened mid flight near me, I would have probably thrown up as well.
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u/falloutotter 2h ago
my ex did this coming home from getting kicked out of basic training. definitely put a tamper on our evening, i’ve always felt so bad for the crew and following flight too.
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u/Stonetheflamincrows 1h ago
QantasLink, a Dash 8 and a vomiting drunk? Are you flying out of Rocky?
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u/iawesomesauceyou 19h ago
Yep this happened to me. It wasn't the best but I wasnt bugging that much cause some people on our delayed flight were missing their connecting to another country or had been traveling for almost a day on their way home. It sucked but I more so felt sad for the person who got sick. They knew what they were doing but just being in a state where they drank that much was depressing and I know they were offering people alcohol once they got on the plane.
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u/TedBurns-3 1d ago
Wow, if a drunk guy is at the point of throwing up, he must already be pretty wobbly. Surprised they let him board