Flying is terrible these sidereal day . It unconditional - out sucks . Fromballooning linesto get through security procedures thatmostly do n’t worktorandom feesand seats so small analyst believe theymay be base hit hazards , it ’s really just not a pleasant mode to spend your time .
So news that a British Airways rider who compensate nearly $ 1,500 for an 11 - hour flight was forced to sit down on a urine - soaked seat is not peculiarly surprising , but it is uniquely depressing . Londoner Andrew Wilkinson , 39 , told British tabloidthe Mirrorthat when he boarded a recent flying to Cape Town , he immediately noticed a squiffy mark on his seat which smell of the yellow hooey .
“ I got to my seat and saw that there was a sozzled patch . It was about the size of two pack of cards of card laid side by side , ” Wilkinson state the paper . “ At first I thought it was water but the smell was so decided it could only have been urine . ”
When he brought the issue to the attending of a stewardess , he said , he got the reply “ Sorry about that . ” The stewardess did not elevate Wilkinson to business class , but did give him wet rub . Though the passenger say he put a pliant handbag and then a blanket over the stain , he was unable to secure another blanket to put under his derriere — and by the end of the trajectory , it began rob into his bloomers .
It ’s probably fairish to say most of us would sit on urine for 11 hour to avoid lose one and a half thousand lucre . Or at the very least , it ’s preferable to being beaten up bysecurity tough . But it ’s decidedly comely to say anything that costs $ 1,500 should not involve somebody else ’s pee - pee , unless you ’re actually paying to get peed on .
accord toConsumerist , Wilkinson say he get 5,000 frequent broadsheet points . When pressed , British Airways threw in an additional flying voucher worth about $ 700 .
As Inc. contributorChris Matyszczyk wrote , Wilkinson ’s experience was not on the button alone . On a anterior flight , Matyszczyk fly on a Virgin Atlantic plane in which he was given athin foam pillowinstead of an actual seat , result in a “ a afflictive , drop down feeling ” on his seat .
[ MirrorviaBoing Boing ]
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