EasyJet passenger left 'disgusted' as couple do something 'unhygienic' on flight

Irish Daily Mirror

3 days ago

A holidaymaker was left gobsmacked after spotting a couple's grim antics on a budget flight. Erin Butcher was jetting back from a week-long family break in Tenerife when she witnessed a man 'picking dirt from under his partner's toenails' aboard an easyJet plane.
Erin clocked a woman's bare feet resting on the tray table mid-flight. The 27 year old fashion merchandiser was then utterly repulsed as the man seemed to be fiddling with her French pedicure toenails and 'flicking bits of dirt' about.
She alleges the pair carried on this way for 20 minutes, prompting awkward chuckles from fellow passengers.
Erin took to TikTok to share the nauseating incident, captioning her video 'Nothing beats an easyJet flight. Hope no one ate off this tray table on the next flight'.
Since being posted on July 31, the clip has exploded online, amassing over 336,200 views, reports the Mirror.
Appalled, Erin described the act as 'unhygienic' and a 'depressing' finale to her getaway.
Southwark resident Erin expressed: "I felt so disgusted and I couldn't believe it.
"The partner was sprawled across the seats with her feet on the tray table, which was shocking enough.
"Her partner then started picking at her toenails and flicking little bits [of dirt] everywhere. It was disgusting."
She continued: "I was absolutely horrified. I was with my family and none of us could actually believe what was happening.
"Even to do that in the privacy of your own home is questionable but to put them on a tray table where people are eating off all day.
"I was relieved I wasn't sitting next to them. I had the perfect view from my aisle seat which is horrifying. I couldn't really take my eyes off even though I wanted to.
"Her feet were on that table the majority of the four-and-a-half-hour flight. She was really making herself at home. It's so unhygienic.
"Other passengers around us had noticed as well. Everyone was laughing and it was quite unbelievable.
"As if things aren't depressing enough when your week in the sun has just ended and you're faced with toe picking the whole way home."
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Numerous users flocked to the comments section to voice their revulsion. One person declared: "Totally gross."
Whilst another remarked: "That's disgusting anywhere."
A third chimed in: "Save it for later."
Meanwhile, a fourth individual questioned: "Why on earth?".
EasyJet has been contacted for comment.
The incident follows another recent controversy where a fellow air traveller condemned a mother for changing her infant's soiled nappy on a tray table instead of utilising the lavatory facilities.
She revealed on Reddit: "I'm a really nauseous flyer, so I took a Dramamine ahead of time and did my best to get some sleep during the flight.
"This didn't happen because of the baby's crying, but oh well, I know flights are scary and stressful for infants and there was nothing anyone could do about that.
"What got to me was the couple changing their baby's extremely stinky number two diaper right in the middle of their seats, using the mum's food tray as a changing table.
"We were at the back of the plane right by the bathrooms, which I confirmed had baby changing tables when I had to go back there to throw up after the smell hit me."
Much to her delight, the pilot ended up speaking out against this behaviour - but sadly it was too late to stop the smell from making its way around the cabin.
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