On a recent flight, due to a problem with the seat pouch where the items are stored inflight eg. magazines, Rob and I were moved to preferred seats. Whilst these seats had lots of leg room, as they were by one of the emergency exits, they were also right by the toilets.
We thought this would be a major drawback, with people queuing by our seats and the smell from the toilets but instead they provided our inflight entertainment and were much more fun than watching the film!
I really don't like aeroplane toilets - I think it's because when they flush I think everything on board is going to be sucked out into space, including me! Watching people go into and out of them provided hours of entertainment though.
Numerous people had difficulty opening the toilet door. Despite a large sign on the door saying 'push' people think they have to pull the door or open the ashtray to get in. Quite why there are still ashtrays outside the toilets when all flights are non smoking I'm not sure - maybe they're there to entertain people sitting in the preferred seats! Some people spent about a minute trying to get the door to open and despite the vacant sign decided someone must be in there.
I know it's cruel to be entertained by others misendeavours but it was an unexpected source of entertainment. I have had problems opening aeroplane toilet doors in the past - hopefully people were entertained by me. Perhaps before flights take off the flight staff can give lessons in toilet doors together with the safety drill procedure.
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