You'll never reach into an airline seat-back pocket again after reading this

[TheMightyFavog]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121002938540469015.html?mod=hps_us_inside_today

Besides being a repository for magazines, newspapers, books, iPods and air-sickness bags, seatback pockets get stuffed with all kinds of disgusting trash, from toenail clippings to mushy meals.
WSJ's Reda Charafeddine asks people in the street about airplane etiquette.

People do things on airplanes that they would never do in other public settings. They pluck eyebrows, polish nails and pick noses. They stick chewed gum in places only other passengers will discover. They blow noses into blankets that get folded up for the next weary traveler. They prop bare feet up on bulkheads and seats. Sometimes they even engage in sex acts.

One reason frequent fliers and flight attendants perceive an increase in offensive behavior may be the decline in air service -- customers seek retaliation for late flights, snippy workers, lost baggage and unavailable upgrades.

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Steve Cuzzone, finance director for a Birmingham, Ala., manufacturer, has found old french fries, a festering baby diaper, half a hamburger, used Kleenex and wet napkins in seat-back pockets. He put a book in once and pulled it out to find the bottom covered in a melted candy bar.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

1. Toe nail trimmings

and boogers. :wtf:

A festering diaper? ewwwwwwww!

okay.

[TZ]

2. Yuck!

You know..on a recent plane trip, my flight was delayed by a "maintenence issue" where they had to get into the aisles of the plane to "fix it". I am now wondering if it was some nasty cleanup..
:scared:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

3. I think it was

called the 10 pound booger ball incident.

:bounce:

[TheMightyFavog]

4. That is not a fun mental image...

:puke:

[Deja Q]

5. Not quite the 'free tip' that I had in mind, but whatever...

:hide:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. The only thing I ever find there

is the in-flight magazine with the crossword puzzle half-finished and with a lot of mistakes. So then I feel compelled to finish the puzzle. But now I'm wondering what kind of cooties are all over it.

The grossest thing I've ever seen on an airplane was the slob across the aisle from me who had his shoes and socks off and was picking his toes -- and this was in first class. Then there was the woman in the row ahead of me who was coughing so hard I thought she was going to hork up a lung.

[Pierre.Suave]

7. Yuck...

but this was posted yesterday.

Lookey!: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7713555