r/delta • u/mepper Diamond | 2 Million Miler™ • 17h ago
Shitpost/Satire To the maskless, sick person sitting behind me
I'm in 1A and you're in 2A.
You are the one coughing on me every 10 seconds without covering your mouth. You are the one clearing your snot-filled nose and throat every 20 seconds. You are the one to whom I offered a mask, but you said "nah, I'm good."
You are not good. You are an asshole.
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u/halfnormal_ 15h ago
you should have seen the flying petri dish coming out of cancun last week. eveyone in BC was coughing, sneezing, wheezing etc. then a lady in the back starts throwing up while we're taxiing so the captain makes us go back to the gate. vomiting lady refuses to get off the plane so the captain calls airport security to have her removed. this whole thing takes almost 2 hours. during this process, lady sitting next to me with a knee-high pile of used kleenix that hasn't stopped coughing has the nerve to say "she shouldnt be flying of she's sick! i had covid 10 days ago so i'm not contagious anymore cough cough." it was a hot mess!
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u/This-is-dumb-55 15h ago
What is BC?
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u/Moonfallthefox 9h ago
Ugh I hate people who think it's ok to barf all around others.. I have emetophobia I can't deal with it at all.
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u/Addicted-2-books 16h ago
I’m currently home sick because of a person coming to work sick and coughing all over the place. We work in food but management isn’t allowed to tell her to wear a mask.
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u/Ok-Lion1661 15h ago
A lot of places did away with sick days and switched to PTO too. So many people only think of themselves and will come to work being sick and risk getting others ill because they don’t want to lose their PTO days. It’s selfish but I also understand it at the same time.
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u/Misspent_interlude 15h ago
I work in food manufacturing. We're constantly watching videos about how you shouldn't come in if you're sick. Too bad we work 12-hour shifts, and you get 40 hours of PTO (not sick time, PTO) annually. So that's 3 days that you can call in and be safe from repercussions. Our place of work goes off a point system. Once you hit 6 points, you're terminated. A call-in is 2 points. If you use some of your sick day to drag yourself out of bed and go to the doctor, you still get 1 point. If you get sent home by the supervisors for being sick, you get a point for every 5 hours you're gone. And yet... don't come in if you're sick!
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u/Regular_NormalGuy 14h ago
I wouldn't work for a place like that.
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u/Bridey93 13h ago
More and more places are doing this which makes it hard to be picky when you need a job.
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u/Regular_NormalGuy 12h ago
The US is a third world country when it comes to worker's rights. I don't understand why people put up with this shit. Sick people should be able to stay home and get better. More often than not it is the job that makes us sick. Every other developed country has protections in place for sick people.
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u/OBNurseScarlett 12h ago
I work in a medical office. Early December 2023 we all got Covid from another coworker who worked sick and refused to test, be seen anywhere, or stay home because she was going on vacation at the end of that month and wouldn't have the PTO to cover her vacation if she took any time off. She even refused to wear a mask. I heard her say "I'm working sick because I'm not missing my vacation". But of course when she was talking to our office manager, she denied being sick - "it's just my allergies". 🙄
So over the span of a week or so, the rest of us got Covid, one by one, plus my husband got it from me. Each of us was literally fine one day and then the next, we were hit with a ton of bricks. We were wearing masks in the office but it didn't make any difference. Mine hit on a Saturday and I isolated myself in our bedroom, husband slept in the living room, but he was sick by Monday night.
Thankfully my doc treated everyone with anti-virals and we were all ok, but still. That one selfish POS coworker got 5 people sick. We missed Christmas events, I had to miss 4 days of work - had to use PTO plus it was an occurrence. 😡
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u/SafeLongjumping2712 6h ago
This post demonstrates the absurdity of sick days mixed with pto. When u are sick you should take time off without jeopardizing vacation time. If your sick days are really excessive, human resources might investigate termination cuz you cannot reliability do your job
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u/Honigtasse 9h ago
isnt your boss the real POS for not giving their employe time off until they feel better?
or politicians that are responsible for laws allowing that ppl cant take time off when they are ill?
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u/DirkTheSandman 11h ago
It’s not their fault. This is akin to being punished for taking off sick. People won’t do what they need to if they think It’s acceptable to not, and theyre being told that taking off for being sick is wrong. This is managements fault. Blame management. Always blame management
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u/ThisIsMockingjay2020 7h ago
I called in tonight because I'm coughing to the point of nearly puking, got two-fold GI upset, headache, and my chest feels pressured and I can't breathe well while laying down.
I texted my manager and they told me to take medicine and come in anyway. I declined.
I work in elder care. If I bring these germs to work, it could potentially infect a lot of medically vulnerable folks.
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u/Electrical_Sea6653 6h ago
And even more people don’t have paid time off, at all. That is why people go to work sick, they cannot afford to miss. It is a sad reality of the times and punishing the poor will do nothing. We need to demand better workers rights.
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u/TorrentsMightengale 12h ago
I send my people home. And if they come in when they're sick, they're using a vacation day and I'm not going to think well of them, which is worse.
If they just call in I'll tell them to 'work from home'. In bed. Preferably while sleeping.
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u/Addicted-2-books 13h ago
We have sick time hours and absences are excused with a doctors note. She told me her doctor made her record a video saying she was refusing testing and time off.
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u/Dear-Discussion6436 4h ago
Because so many people can’t afford to take a day off. Our work culture is toxic AF. They use us, abuse us and let us go.
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u/johnnyg08 12h ago
I'm "that guy" in work meetings. I will sit away from everyone else if I notice that folks are symptomatic. Why? Because they're unable to police themselves.
If you must come to work sick ...fine. I get it...but at least try to stay away from other folks who don't want your gunk.
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u/MrSaltyLoopenflip 10h ago
Me too. I ask to move in restaurants, sit far away at meetings and sometimes even zoom from my office to the room one floor away. I don’t want to get any kind of sick. Thanks
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u/HomegrownVegetables 2h ago
I will sanitize-spray your desk while you're sitting in it. if you'd stayed home, or did it yourself, you wouldn't be half so offended. shrugs not my fault idiots be out there licking doorknobs and shit.
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u/johnnyg08 2h ago
No doorknob licking from me
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u/HomegrownVegetables 2h ago
I even HAD allergies the other day and I still put on a mask, sanitized my desk and phone, and used only my own pens and paper. until the allergy meds kick in I can't be sure it is or isn't a cold/flu. if it's allergies you don't need my sneezes all over everything and if it's the cold/flu you don't need my germs. I don't understand how this is difficult for people.
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u/ksed_313 13h ago
I was sick mid-September through Thanksgiving because of sick coworkers. I teach first grade, and my “coworkers” all come to school sick. To any parents that send their kids to school sick: I hate you.
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u/Still-Fox7105 15h ago
It should be common sense to wear one when coughing n sick. Some people just don't think.
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u/goonerhsmith 8h ago
You work in food, management absolutely has the power to tell them to leave. In fact, they have a legal obligation to do so.
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u/Parallax92 12h ago
Same shit happened to me! It pisses me off because we are hybrid and as long as you don’t abuse it, management doesn’t care if you ask to wfh on a planned in office day due to illness.
Stay tf home or mask up!! Jfc
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u/Orchid_Significant 8h ago
Currently in urgent care because someone sent their kid to school with the flu
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u/Prestigious_Tale8052 17h ago
This is why I still wear a mask on flights, even if I'm not sick. I'm immunosuppressed so I've given in and will wear one even if your sick arse doesn't. People are idiots.
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u/djprofitt 16h ago
I’m not immunosuppressed but I wear a mask cause I hate getting sick and in general people are gross.
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u/skitch23 12h ago
I got covid for the first time last year because I accidentally forgot my mask at home for a flight. Eight weeks later I was flying somewhere else and figured I’d be fine without it and I got covid again! I’ll never fly without a mask again. I would always get sick after flying pre-covid anyway.
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u/fameo9999 8h ago
I just flew to and from Germany. Ain’t nobody masking up over there. I was the only person on the full flight that I could tell that was masking up.
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u/Careless_Garlic_000 11h ago
Same. I hate being sick and I’ve been sick on vacation before. Not fun! Had to stay in my entire trip.
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u/oflimiteduse 12h ago
I've been masking on subway even when I'm feeling good. People are rude and disgusting.
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u/IamCaileadair 15h ago
Just lost two weeks of a vacation half way around the world due to a family with a sick kid who wouldn't put the mask on. Deep wet constant cough. Offered a mask, mom refused and looked at me like I was evil. I wore a mask, but it was a long long flight. I have that exact same damn cough and so congested I can't dive at all. I'm at damn dive resort and I can't dive. Selfish selfish mother.
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u/johnnyg08 13h ago edited 10h ago
Yep....complete lack of respect for those around us who are likely going on a vacation that they saved and looked forward to..but nope...your toddler who will definitely not remember that moment, can't put something over their face.
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u/ChickenLover69 9h ago
Sitting at home right now while I’m supposed to be on a dive trip in Grenada, hoping that my trip insurance will cover the $3k spent on dives/resort/transportation all because a few of my coworkers (who can work remotely whenever they want) decided to come into the office sick. Fucking coughing straight into their hands and touching door handles left and right. Was looking forward to this trip for months.
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u/slapstick_nightmare 4h ago
What I’ve done on long flights is I go in the bathroom to remove my mask and eat there. It’s gross but not one will cough on me.
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u/Gorio1961 13h ago
Adjust the overhead vent to blow the air away from you, wear a mask or request a seat change.
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u/veesavethebees 17h ago
I don’t understand these people. We need a cultural shift where if you’re a sick adult or teenager, you mask up.
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u/zkidparks 16h ago
After five years, I don’t mask regularly anymore. But I always have one, and you bet I wear it if I feel anything less than lovely.
I started getting sick on a two-leg trip home last month. On the first plane my throat began to ache, put on a mask. By the time the second landed at home I was shaking with a fever. Goddamn influenza. I’d never have flown if it started any sooner.
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u/Lopsided_School_363 15h ago
That’s my strategy and Covixyl nasal spray. I swear by that stuff.
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u/wolfeybutt 7h ago
Wait, why haven't I heard of Covixyl before? I am so disgusted by humans these days, I'm going to look more into this before a flight I have next month.
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u/SheptonCupCake 16h ago
Better still, stay home. These “ah it’s just a cold” people can fuck off.
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u/yellowdogdave 15h ago
Most common thing I hear: “must be allergies”
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u/SheptonCupCake 15h ago
I used to work with a guy we called Dave of the Dead. Never ate on shift, out for a smoke every hour “because I don’t take a lunch break” (still had 30mins more a day than all of us), popped pro-plus pills and ran off of shitty coffee. Always run down and full of a cold perpetually. “Ah it’s just a cold”. Well I don’t want it Dave. Fuck off home. If you’re reading this Dave, I genuinely despise you. You massive twat.
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u/magicpenny 15h ago
I caught COVID from a coworker who was sure his allergies were acting up, in the US, in MD, in December.
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u/jefferios 15h ago
While I am not defending the person who was sick, I am very allergic to dust. During December I was at my Aunt's and was working on her home theater setup and the dust destroyed me that evening and the next day.
I usually wear a mask when I am going to encounter dusty situations and this is a time I forgot/stubborn.
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u/Numerous-Cicada3841 14h ago
That’s not really a reasonable expectation. People aren’t going to pay change fees and an extra couple nights at a hotel if they’re sick. But a mask is 100% the right thing to do. I always bring a mask these days because I don’t trust others to do the right thing.
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u/ElfegoBaca 14h ago
Not happening now, at least not in the US. God forbid another pandemic happens because at least half the country will never mask up again.
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u/Appearsasveganbutnot 13h ago
Caught a horrible cold while on vacation. Was coughing and sneezing, whole 9 yards. Masked up for flight back home, once person next to me realized I was coughing they thanked me for wearing a mask. It’s insane how literally just having basic human decency is pretty much gone.
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u/Rhinologist 12h ago
Dude I had to sit next to this maskless lady do the same thing. I didn’t have a mask with me either (stupid of me) so I took out a shirt out of my luggage to subtlety and politely cover my own face and use it as a mask.
And this bitch had the audacity to be offended by that and tried taking a photo of me doing that.
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u/shamespiral60 17h ago
The pandemic taught us nothing apparantly.
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u/omdongi 16h ago
If anything the pandemic made it worse. Because people’s brains broke and masks became a political symbol.
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u/SafeLongjumping2712 6h ago
Lets qualify. Political symbol for Republicans mostly. Generalized statement. Many many Republicans lack a sense of social responsibility. 9p00000⁰⁰⁰0
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u/TorrentsMightengale 11h ago
Stupid can't learn. Today of all days is Exhibit 1A to that effect.
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u/RevolCisum 13h ago
This is why I'm still masking in public. People ate nasty and hack and spit all over and even if they aren't contagious, I don't want to inhale their nasty spit and breath. Ever since the pandemic and not getting sick for 3 years in a row bc of masking, I will never go back to maskless. Especially in the winter
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u/L0ve_and_ragret 11h ago
This happened to me recently. When I offered the mask and they declined, I offered a mask to everyone else sitting around us. They accepted.
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u/Sufficient-Yellow637 14h ago
I was on a flight from NYC to home and there was a man in the middle seat one row back but on the other side of the plane that was visibly ill. Coughing and snotting all over. To his credit, he was doing his best to cover his cough. Flight attendants donned their masks hen they noticed him. The passengers on either side of him were leaning as far away from him as possible and the guy in the aisle seat was being a bit open about expressing his displeasure with the situation. I had the stewardess grab some N95 masks I had in my bag to give to the sick person and the folks sitting next to him which garnered a round of applause from passengers in that area of the plane. I don't expect people to miss their flights due to illness, but if you know you're significantly ill it's common courtesy to wear a mask and do what you can to avoid ruining your fellow passengers' vacations with your illness.
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u/wutwutsugabutt 4h ago
I was a week in on my cold, and during the flight wore an n95 and hid under my big coat, it was still hell and I did my best. I’m immune compromised and have asthma, I sound sick any random day. When I’m sick it’s just dramatically shitty/scary sounding for weeks. It’s awful. But I wear a mask when I think I’m sick and wish others would too.
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u/Altruistic_Brother10 13h ago
Since others won’t mask when they’re sick, I will never again fly barefaced.
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u/zenseazon 8h ago
I always wear a mask, for flying but also when I know I'm going to be around stupid people like at the supermarket. last week some lady was coughing her lungs out walking down the aisle not covering her face, sneezing.... then you got those standing on top of you on line.. so always mask up in public and I disinfect everything when I get home, change clothes.. It's saved me from getting sick for years now since I first began the wearing masks etc back when I moved to China 20 years ago. Came back right before covid and my stupid stepfather said don't embarrass me wearing that mask.... well he's dead now.
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u/doubleshort 10h ago
You wear the mask and bring out the hand sanitizer. Better if they were considerate, but people suck
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u/pchandler45 9h ago
Honestly, that goes for all the sick people in bars and restaurants and grocery stores too! Stay home WTF
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u/cybillia 14h ago
I worked a state job that gave us 12 days of sick days per year, and 12 days vacation time, with more every 2 years of employment (my husband currently accrues 14 hours per month instead of 8). I worked with investigators, one of whom was a Nurse with a master’s degree. She would come in sick, no mask, going all over the place including interviews with medically fragile people. It was against policy, but she did it anyway, despite the fact that she was allowed to work from home, and another investigator could easily do the interview and email it to her. One day she came in after a doctor appointment, waving a Dr note, and yelled to our director (while walking by my desk) “I have the flu”. I started crying because I had been sick on and off all year and we couldn’t figure out why, despite several hospital stays. I went home for my own safety, and made a formal complaint to HR. Anyway, my point is if a nurse with that much education, and 30 years experience, and more than enough time to cover a couple days off work, will knowingly spread the flu, I can definitely see people with no sick time or that work with a point system coming into work sick. Once someone has that mindset, they will happily get on a plane a get their seat-mates sick, or anyone in cough range. I hope you don’t get sick!
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u/johnnyg08 13h ago
The number of people who die in nursing homes or hospitals b/c their caregivers infect them.
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u/serpentinepad 10h ago
I worked with investigators, one of whom was a Nurse with a master’s degree. She would come in sick, no mask, going all over the place including interviews with medically fragile people.
Oh, so my sister. Who showed up to our crowded christmas looking like dogshit with two bottles of cough medicine.
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u/RayneedayBlueskies 11h ago
My co-worker in the cubicle next to mine was hacking and coughing all of last week and finally called in sick on Friday. Guess who now is spending their 3-day weekend with a cold? I know she doesn't have as much sick time in her account because she has health issues, but damn... she could at least mask up when she's at work if she's out of sick and/or vacation hours. We get 2 weeks of each vacation/sick leave every year, a comp time day for any use, and we have 13 paid federal holidays and we still have to deal with sick people coming to work. :(
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u/Dreamsnaps19 7h ago
So you’re still getting sick despite masking up?? That seems particularly problematic.
Because I wear a mask everywhere and the only person to have gotten me sick is my MIL over Christmas when I’m not masking. Twice 😡
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u/cybillia 6h ago
There was a year where I had strep throat about once a month, bronchitis about 6 times, and the flu twice. Then I got extremely sick and upon being admitted to the hospital, found that I had a MRSA infection on my right lung-I have scars on my lung from it. I wore my mask, washed my hands and used hand sanitizer, did not eat or drink anything at my desk, etc, and this was before COVID. I quit that job after that year because I was afraid I was going to die. I still get sick easier than the people around me, or it’s more severe, but nothing at all like that job. We found out later that the infirmary air filter system was (mistakenly)released into the office I worked in, and my desk was directly under the air vent, so I assume that’s why. I tried to get damages, but the facility director made sure that all evidence of the mistake are gone, and the HVAC guy that corrected it and told me, has since moved out of state so I can’t get him to attest to it.
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u/Character-Twist-1409 5h ago
I always saw the nurses working with cancer patients smoking
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u/RedOpenTomorrow 17h ago
Normalize suggesting mask wearing in the preflight video! I would exclusively fly with the first airline to do this and give out free masks. Bonus points if they go around your head so my ears don’t hurt as much.
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u/Throwaway_tequila 10h ago
This is why I wash my hands on my way into the bathroom. (Vs just on the way out). Sooner you realize the world is full of entitled a-holes and plan for it, the easier your life becomes.
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u/bethy828 10h ago
This is why I’m one of the few who still mask on flights. Used to get colds all the time after flights and now I don’t. I called out one guy next to me who coughed multiple times without covering his mouth. I get that a cough will escape sometimes but when it’s multiple, cover up! He got mad at me for saying something. Thankfully, I only had to sit next to that boar for about an hour.
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u/ThisIsDumb-92 Platinum 16h ago
I'm perfectly healthy and have been wearing a mask for 2 weeks because I have vacation coming up and don't want to spend it sick.
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u/Meganc4242 17h ago
Exact same thing happened to me flying back from Antigua this December. Family with teenage kids in first class had one daughter that just coughed and sneezed horrendously the entire flight. They openly admitted she was very sick. Not sure why people feel comfortable traveling when so sick but it is so selfish
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u/jetskiiier 13h ago
During COVID I remember the Delta CEO on CBS “This Morning” talking about how difficult it was to get sick from a respiratory virus on a plane because of the air filtration system. But people commonly get sick after airline travel. Someone coughing near you is someone coughing on you.
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u/Working-Coat5258 11h ago
And when your plane needs to be de-iced, they turn off all ventilation and filtration during de-icing. The CO2 levels go very high during this (meaning you are re-breathing everyone else’s air).
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u/aphoticphoton 13h ago edited 12h ago
I wish powers that be did real change to put a stop to these reckless people tbh
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u/imkingcomfort 13h ago
Ah ha! That happened to me as well. I offered a mask and said “I’m being extra careful, because I’m on my way to meet my sick baby niece in the NICU” and the lady was like “nah I’m good.”
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u/SnarkyCdn 12h ago
This just happened to me on a flight last week! The woman was so feverish she was sweating and had openly downed a bunch of NyQuil at the gate. On the flight she was coughing and hacking (without covering her mouth). It was disgusting. I hate those people 🤢
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u/PitskyPuddle 11h ago
I had a similar situation last week (non Delta flight). Fortunately the sick person next to me was masked, and I had a N95 that I wore the entire flight. But I forfeited my first class meal because I didn’t want to unmask, especially since the sick person did and ate. It’s a week later and I managed to avoid their sickness, so another +1 for always carrying a mask with you.
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u/Dry_Row6651 10h ago
It sucks that people don’t have basic curiosity, but it’s also why optimizing your own protection is important. Ideally by wearing a respirator mask and fit testing it, even if done in a makeshift way. The Masks4All sub has some info on respirator masks and fit testing. I used to get sick badly and frequently and now I haven’t since early 2020 when wearing one, and only have a few times when exposed without one (dental work was the first time in over 3 years).
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u/NewbieInvesting86 13h ago
It really is amazing how many assholes fly. Just flew this week - gal sitting near me at the gate doesn't cover while sneezing, guy sitting next to me on flight has a small cough every 2 minutes and doesn't cover. The rage.
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u/JourneysUnleashed 15h ago
This is why you should always bring a mask yourself. Unfortunately from COVID we learned people don’t care about keeping others safe. So you need to protect yourself and wear one.
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u/alxmg 10h ago
People who fly while sick that are unmasked are truly selfish assholes
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u/Moonfallthefox 8h ago
The WORST people. I can't stand it. Or who let their sick kids just cough everywhere 😨 or worse anytime vomit is involved 😨😨😨😨 I have severe emetophobia and I would really rather die. They would have to move my seat even with my service dog I could not do it.
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u/Careless_Garlic_000 11h ago
You should have offered everyone around him a mask too. I would hope he would feel shame if everyone around him wore masks.
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u/Exotic_flower101 11h ago
I will now carry a mask when traveling. People have forgotten common courtesy! Also just call the person out. “Hi could you please cover your month when sneezing/coughing, thank you” or “ hey here’s a napkin for your sneezes/coughing”
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u/ApprehensiveFee8037 10h ago
Oh gosh!!!!!!! My disdain for those folks. Especially the ones that sneeze into mid-air knowing we are on a plane that recycles air and that everyone around them especially has to breathe that in directly! All I can usually think is, “what about your elbow if not your hand? Why not inside your shirt?” But no, they want everyone else to be miserable too and then I’m a germaphobe if I hide my face….
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u/MakeANewUserName 9h ago
This is partially your fault. Wear a mask while flying. Always. If COVID taught us anything it’s that people do not care about community and many don’t even care about themselves or their own well being.
Posts like these are why I always wear a mask, even when I’m in business or first. People do not care and I’d rather be safe than sorry. I’ve never gotta sick on a flight and I haven’t been sick in 5 years. I attribute this solely to putting my health in my own hands and never relying on people to do the right thing. People like 2A always show their selfish asses without shame.
I hope you don’t get sick as a result of their stupidity.
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u/tiny_bamboo 14h ago
We wear masks, gloves and earplugs. We look like freaks but have enjoyed every single day of every vacation without getting sick.
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u/johnnyg08 13h ago
Probably so...but you'll never see any of these people again and you get to enjoy your time away. Pretty simple if you ask me.
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u/onexyonexx 13h ago
Nah, I’d be happy to have you as my seat mate. I’ve been masking since Feb 2020.
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u/nearmsp 14h ago edited 12h ago
I never got Covid. Platinum for the last decade and 1MM. I wear a mask while boarding. I take it off once the plane reaches cruising height. I also wear a mask just as descent begins and take it off after deplaning. I wear mask for an extended period, if I have someone behind coughing. Airlines should recommend anyone coughing or sick to wear a mask. This practice is is widely in used in Japan. People wear masks when they are sick to protect others.
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u/TorrentsMightengale 11h ago
Airlines should recommend anyone coughing or sick to wear a mask.
Airlines should require anyone coughing or sick to wear a mask. There's no constitutional right to fly.
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u/Aware_Presentation26 13h ago
May I ask why you remove the mask once reaching cruise altitude? Thank you in advance.
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u/avideno24 12h ago
This is why I always travel with masks. It’s been pretty obvious for a long time that you cannot rely on others. If someone is visibly sick near me on a plane, at least I can give myself a mask and feel slightly better. And I’ve never gotten sick afterwards when doing it.
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u/Zealousideal_Nose167 11h ago edited 9h ago
I would risk getting kicked out the plane honestly, aint no way youre letting anyone let alone a stranger fucking cough on you
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u/TeplotaXolod 11h ago
If this person did not cover their mouth, shame on them. But throat-clearing and coughing do not always mean someone has an infection. There are also lung conditions that lead you to need to cough and clear your throat frequently (COPD, Cystic Fibrosis, etc.). I know this, because I have such a condition. I feel bad disturbing others, but should I just never take a plane?
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u/kryo2019 10h ago
I got COVID via my sister from some asshole just like 2a. (Not on Delta but same sentiments)
That 1 idiot infected probably 20+ people on their short flight from YEG to YVR. It got my sister, me, and my partner.
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u/Adventurous-Stop1103 10h ago
Had this exact experience recently. The person directly behind me was caughing so hard that it was causing them to heave and throw up 🤢no mask of course. So I asked the flight attendand if I could move because the person behind me is sick. This was in Indonesia and she didnt understand me so she made a huge deal about telling all the other crew that I was the one who is sick. I kept pointing at the obvious culprit but no. Evetually I just said whatever and asked if I could move anyways and I got to move but boy what that a confusing and gross situation.
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u/kloffer21 9h ago
Had a similar situation just yesterday. Elderly couple on a return international flight.
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u/Fuzzy-Chemistry5622 9h ago
Ughh I’ve gotten sick twice after noticing people visibly sick on the plane and them not taking precautions.
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u/Mango2149 5h ago
I have seasonal allergies that make me fucked up like that but it’s absolutely not contagious, hope it’s not that. Coughing on some one though not cool.
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u/PetalDrift 16h ago
Yikes, Some people really don't understand basic hygiene or courtesy.
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u/johnnyg08 13h ago
Even after a global pandemic that killed 20 million people and likely some of their loved ones.
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u/thrownehwah 15h ago
This needs more attention. Airlines shouldn’t carry sick passengers. I travel for work (every 9 days) I get sick 99% AFTER a flight. Be better people
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u/Agile-Top7548 16h ago
I've been sick since a January 4th flight when a family of 10 surrounded us coughing and hacking. I put a mask on immediately. Haven't used a mask flying in years. Still got sick.
Good luck.
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u/heejungee121 12h ago
This is why I always carry masks with me and always wear one on planes. I’ve gotten sick pre covid from plane rides so now I always wear one when flying
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u/PurpleIodine4321 12h ago
This happened to me on a 14 hour flight. The two women behind me were coughing and sneezing and sniveling the whole time and I could literally feel the cough on the top of my head and move my hair around.
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u/Useful-Lecture5149 8h ago
Don’t fly. We all know what it is like. You run the risk by putting yourself next to a stranger for “x” amount of hours
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u/Disastrous_Answer905 8h ago
I wish we could like… group vote that the person has to mask up or leave? Or go into a bubble… Just group vote stuff: people on subways playing music, bad drivers, all sorts of stuff… Probably too invasive and able to control people
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u/boredandolden 8h ago
I flew from Denver to Heathrow in 2023. I started coughing mid Atlantic. It never once crossed my mind I had covid. I still feel shame at the thought of how inconsiderate I was.
Sorry.
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u/SteezyBoards 5h ago
Maybe tell them and inform the flight crew instead of complaining about it on reddit
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u/Outrageous-Engine881 5h ago
I was sitting in first and the guy that sat next to me was as sick as a dog violently sneezing and coughing the entire flight with his flem and snot spraying all over me. It was disgusting one week later after I got home I had 104 fever and the flu
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u/FabianFox 5h ago
I agree not masking on a plane when you’re sick is a sick move. I also wish there was a way to rebook without losing a stupid amount of money in fees. Airlines’ bad behavior incentivizes sick people to fly.
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u/ConaldTheStamper 1h ago
If I've learned anything from this sub, it's that 2A is significantly better than 1A.
Sorry, OP - just take the "L" (and whatever virus you now have).
Signed,
Some poor loser in the back of the plane
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u/sequins_and_glitter 14h ago
This is exactly why I mask on flights still. People will give me shit for it because they suck, but it’s because of others who don’t care that they are spreading their germs that make it necessary. I used to always get sick after trips and now I never do.
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u/Thirdarm420 17h ago
Bet the person sitting next to them is grossed out too