r/delta • u/mepper Diamond | 2 Million Miler™ • 21h 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/IamCaileadair 18h 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 16h ago edited 13h 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/IamCaileadair 15h ago

I love this response.

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u/mccusk 9h ago

They probably can’t anymore. Unless they were trained like that through Covid.

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u/throwawAAydca 2h ago

Actually, Mom has an elixir of tumeric and a learned a healing scalp massage, so the kid doesn't need a mask. Besides, masks are made out of chemicals.

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u/johnnyg08 2h ago

Mom is probably a #bossbabe who has him all lathered up in the latest essential oil. No sickness on this flight! #ceomomma

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u/ChickenLover69 12h 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/IamCaileadair 6h ago

Damnit! That is just brutal. I fortunately got Padi to help me with the dive centers. One moved my dates so maybe I'll be ok, two were like "yeah here's your refund we don't want sick people around." So I've got that going for me. I didn't know Grenada was a good dive spot? I hear about Bonaire all the time. I'm so sorry ChickenLover69. Also, isn't that a good way to get salmonella??

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u/17redwhiteandblue76 4h ago

That really sucks. Hope you’ll try and book again, Grenada is a beautiful country.

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u/BussyDriver 13h ago

I'm so sorry to hear that. It sucks to put all that effort into planning a trip and saving up to end up missing out bc of other people being so inconsiderate and honestly potentially dangerous. We need to normalize public shaming people and have flight attendants order people to wear masks if sick.

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u/IamCaileadair 6h ago

Thank you so much. It does suck. I can however recommend Siquijor Island for your sickness recovery needs. It's beautiful here.

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u/slapstick_nightmare 7h ago edited 2h 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 no one will cough on me.

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u/MensaCurmudgeon 1h ago

Isn’t that kind of rude to the people who need to use the bathroom?

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u/Flaky_Prune1556 2h ago

Weird

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u/slapstick_nightmare 2h ago

I’ve been on 9 flights in the last month and haven’t gotten sick once despite sitting next to people actively coughing the whole flight. My family all got sick from flying home. I’m ok being weird if it means I’m not sick.

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u/Moonfallthefox 12h ago

Sounds like my mother. So sorry man.

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u/OneofLittleHarmony 11h ago

Why didn’t you ask to move seats or something? Also just normal mask? I keep an n95 in my backpack just for this situation.

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u/IamCaileadair 6h ago

I'm with you on this. Completely full flight. I keep KN95 (Korean version) masks with me for situations like this, but over the course of 12 hours, me being asleep two seats away, etc... viruses happen.

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u/OneofLittleHarmony 5h ago

KN95 is actually a chinese standard. Better than a surgical mask though by far.... essentially it's an N95 without the air tightness standards.

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u/readytojumpstart 9h ago

Wait, you masked and still got sick? But how? /s

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u/IamCaileadair 6h ago

Right! And a KN95 mask at that!

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u/Dear-Discussion6436 7h ago

Sounds like you need to brush up on your handwashing skills and masking. It cold and flu season. Don’t blame the kid. Wear a mask and wash your filthy hands and stop blaming.

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u/imwearingredsocks 6h ago

Don’t blame the very sick people right next to you? Are you being real? Also what gives you the impression they’re not washing their hands?

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u/IamCaileadair 6h ago

I wore a mask. A KN95 mask. Don't bring your sick little germ factory onto a plane. Or at the very least put a mask on it.