Flight attendant reveals the shocking reason why you should never use the airplane seat pocket

These last few years, a lot of people have been travelling more and more, especially since travelling was restricted or even forbidden during the Covid-19 pandemic. People have suffered from the numerous border restrictions and have now decided to enjoy travelling more. Although everyone must remain careful, we can finally enjoy more peaceful journeys.

Don't ever touch it!

However, you should always be careful, as it is necessary to follow some advice to fly safely and peacefully. First, you will have to put on your mask, still. Also, you should not touch anything. An air steward has just given this advice on Reddit. And in view of her explanations, we advise you to follow it! She told us:

Never, ever, ever use or put anything in the seat pocket. They are cleared of trash but never cleaned.

Before giving some unsavory and especially repulsive details about what can be found there:

Dirty tissues, bags of vomit, panties, socks, fingernails and toenails, gum, half-eaten candy, apple cores...

Others even change their babies there.

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Precious advice

The flight attendant continues by adding that some rude passengers do not hesitate to slip their feet into the seat pocket in front of them:

And then on the next flight, you're going to put your phone/laptop/iPad in there.

So, what's her advice to combat all this? You should always travel with antibacterial wipes and hand sanitizer. It is also useful to sanitize your environment in the plane (seat, armrests, etc.) and especially necessary after a pandemic!

This article has been translated from Gentside FR.

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Reddit