This Plane Passenger Used His Toes On The Inflight TV And People Have Thoughts

"This is why my wife wipes everything down at her seat. Including the screen!"

Travelling on planes can make us all behave oddly: believing a family-size bar of Toblerone constitutes a meal, or going to the toilet just to “stretch our legs”. But one passenger perhaps took things a little too far.

Instead of using their hands (or even the remote) on the inflight television, the anonymous flyer used their bare feet to swipe through the film options.

Another passenger captured the footage and sent it to their friend, Alafair Burke, who then posted it on Twitter.

Burke said her friend saw the person walking off the plane carrying his own bag, appearing to confirm he wasn’t resorting to his feet because he couldn’t use his arms: “He just likes to watch TV with his bare feet.”

My friend who doesn’t have twitter sent this from her flight. It belongs on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/qG6d54V5Dd

— Alafair Burke (@alafairburke) July 15, 2019

It’s fair to say that some people on Twitter were less than impressed.

Everyone: “YOU CANT CALL THE COPS, WE’RE IN THE SKY!”

Me, regardless: pic.twitter.com/ScKl9Yyaeb

— X (@XLNB) July 15, 2019

Y’ALL DON’T BATHE YOUR FEET SO THIS IS VIOLENCE pic.twitter.com/nx8tHhwME0

— K.Elizabeth AKA Cleopatra Jones Jr. (@theKelizabeth82) July 16, 2019

pic.twitter.com/Xb8QckyYSr

— Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) July 16, 2019

Though others had to acknowledge the dexterity.

He is clearly practiced at this too, look at how adept he is.

— Erin Leslie Baer (@ebaer2) July 16, 2019

thats how i swipe left too

— TonyClevenger (@TonyClevenger) July 16, 2019

Someone had another point to make.

You fools, you nincompoops, for believing their fingers are any more sanitary than their feet. This human being was just in an Airport, nothing about them is clean

— Kyle 🌱 (@KylePlantEmoji) July 16, 2019

And many used it as an opportunity to share their in-flight hygiene routines – inspired by model Naomi Campbell’s famously vigilant regime.

Naomi made some points pic.twitter.com/7nmxqg6XZ9

— boop (@boopyape) July 16, 2019

This is why my wife wipes everything down at her seat. Including the screen!

— Fergz (@valorousman) July 16, 2019

Next flight, I will bring a small clorox+febreeze+ lyson wipes, all 3 on 1, to clean tha screen. I don't care if it's not the same seat number or the screen is on the top of the seat. 🤢

— Humberto Contasta (@HContasta) July 16, 2019

This comports with a general philosophy I have always held. I never knew how to define it, but now I see the way is: always assume the person in first class before you used their big toe to browse the movie selection.

— J.A. WALSH (@JAWALSH_BOOKS) July 15, 2019
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