Mon, Mar 19, 2007
What A Relief
If you've ever wondered whether airline barf bags were really
leak-proof, we can put that question to rest.
A SkyWest plane was ready to take off from Boise to Salt Lake on
March 7, when crews discovered a light in the cabin rest room was
burned out. The captain had two choices... delay the flight until
it could be fixed, or declare the bathroom out of service. The
flight was a short hop, so he figured it would cause the least
inconvenience if he closed the restroom and took off on time.
That worked fine for everyone... except James Whipple. He'd had
what he said were two really big beers before departing Boise, and
once the plane was in the air, reached the point where he had no
other option.
"It was like I had no choice. I started to urinate on myself.
So, thinking the way I thought, I grabbed one of those vomit bags,"
Whipple told the Salt Lake Tribune.
Amazingly, no other passengers reported seeing Whipple use the
airsickness bag in a manner its designer had not originally
intended... but it somehow came to the attention of a flight
attendant, who told the captain.
"I didn't think I did anything wrong," Whipple said. "I could
have relieved myself all over my pants. It was almost like that was
what she preferred me to do."
After being questioned by airport police in Salt Lake City, a
very relieved Whipple (you bet that pun was intended --
Ed.) caught a cab home.
SkyWest has since sent Whipple a travel voucher and apology
letter. Perhaps they were afraid he'd be...well, you know?
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