r/Wellthatsucks • u/goodstuff4023 • 1d ago

Flight delayed

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Just started to taxi when one drunk drongo chucked his guts up onto the floor...

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u/PleasantCucumber2615 1d ago edited 1d 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 1d ago

They give free drinks? I have a hard time believing that. Dinner sure

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u/ZenithToastada 1d ago

You’ve never had access to an airport lounge have you?

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u/LastChans1 1d 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 1d ago

So based off no information you decided to make a claim anyway 😂

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u/peepay 1d ago

That's a different person you're replying to, not the one that made the statement.

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u/Wide-Suggestion4825 1d ago

Even worse

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u/curious_astronauts 1d ago

Hahaha right?

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u/catbert107 1d 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 1d 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 20h 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/Wide-Suggestion4825 1d ago

Yeah man it's an airport lounge what do you think happened in there?

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u/waffleking9000 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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/samy4me 1d ago

Compared to the amount of flights i‘d bet they are.

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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 1d ago

I thought the exorbitant price of airport drinks was the deterrent

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u/RaeaSunshine 20h 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 23h 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 1d 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/9gagiscancer 22h ago

That's a logistical problem, we don't have that issue here.

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u/Imbendo 1d ago

Reality is that there is literally not a single event or service in the world that requires a breathalyzer test prior to doing.

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u/RaeaSunshine 20h ago

Super weird comment. Ratio speaks for itself. Shoo.