Flight attendant uncovers one 'disgusting' thing passengers skip before boarding

A flight attendant is calling out passengers who break one etiquette rule. Taking to social mediato air her frustration, she says passengers should not fly at all if they commit this one faux pas.

On her TikTok account, cabin crew member Cher (@cherdallas), says she thinks travellers should “go to prison” for not showering before getting on a plane. According to Cher, who is a six-year flight attendant, these are the worst kind of travellers.

“There is zero reason that I should be smelling a stranger's body odour Wash yourself. You are going to be shoulder to shoulder with strangers. Show up clean or don't come at all.”

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In the comments, one user agreed, saying: “A shower plus clean clothes together will stop the stench. If it's transatlantic with a layover, change into a different clean shirt and use a wet paper towel on your torso in the bathroom stall.”

However some users were quick to point out that travel issues like cancelled flightsand running through the airport might be the reason some show up less than fresh.

One user wrote: “The body odor thing is absolute. However if they are on this flight [because] another was cancelled or something and they had to sleep at the airport maybe hand out body wipes”.

Another chimed in: “Ever had to run 20 minutes to a connecting flight with luggage in tow? You'll sweat, my dear, and there may be an odour.” To this Cher says there is an easy fix.

“Wear deodorant ?? It's pretty simple, it works in a preventative way,” she wrote in response.

But body odour isn't the only thing that Cher thinks should be “100 percent against the law” on planes. She lists a number of pet peeves that passengers are guilty of, including one that’s sure to annoy most passengers: playing videos or music out loud from their device.

According to Cher: “It is no one else’s problem except yours that you didn’t charge you AirPods or you didn’t bring headphones.

“Why are you making it everyone else’s problem around you?” She continues: “I don’t care if your kid is gonna cry that they can’t listen to cocomelon on full blast. That is less annoying than hearing it off of their iPad.”

Her other gripe is actually aimed at flight attendants, not passengers. She calls out her fellow colleagues for making “a bunch of unnecessary announcements”.

She said while she understands that the profession draws in extroverted people who like meeting new people, talking can be done in-person instead of over the speaker system.

That said, she acknowledges that not all announcements are unnecessary. “There are basic ones that we are required to make. I simply don’t agree with putting on a whole production unless you are on super fun afternoon flight.”