One traveler took to social media to discuss why his fellow passengers on the plane didn't dispose of trash properly, and shared how to fix the problem.
The memo, posted on the r/SouthwestAirlines forum, was titled “People's Favorite Trick to Put Garbage in Seatback Pockets.”
Users said they had witnessed a “surprising number of people” not handing over their trash to flight attendants to collect before their planes landed.
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“While I'm waiting to disembark, I'm going to say, 'I think you left your AirPods in your setback pocket,' so they know they're trash,” the person said. I'm writing.
The user added, “I've done this four times, two times I took out the trash, the guy said, 'I don't have AirPods,' and the last guy said it's none of his business.” “I did,” he added.
A Reddit user shared a tip for asking other passengers to throw out their trash instead of putting it in the back pockets of their airplane seats. (St. Petersburg)
“So far this is a proposal with only a 50% success rate,” the post said.
Fox News Digital reached out to Southwest Airlines for comment.
Users discussed this issue in the comments section of the post.
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“We should run garbage collection points the same way we collect money at churches. Same reason. People feel guilty to bury their trash every time it passes by. Problem solved,” one person suggested. .
Another said: “There will always be idiots, idiots and scumbags who don't care about anything.”
A Texas-based travel industry expert told Fox News Digital that trash is often scattered in seatback pockets on airplanes and left on the floor. (St. Petersburg)
The same person added: [it’s] These are the same people who complain when they ride and find trash they missed. ”
One Redditor wrote, “It's not me, it's the guy I work with…The guy who came to pick up the trash had a bunch of newspapers in his seatback pocket. I was like, 'Hey, that's trash. Or should I keep it?'' Him: “I’ll keep it.”
“Well, we landed. The guy left the newspaper and left,” the person added.
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Continuing the story, the user wrote, “FA [flight attendant]I'm cleaning up the plane right now, and I see this, and I grab everything, and I run up the jetway, and I scream through the terminal, and I say, “I forgot my newspaper!!” and I want to leave it behind, right? It must be something important to you! ! ' Until she caught up with the man and returned the papers. ”
“Passive-aggressive communication at its best,” said one user.
Airlines “should circulate trash collection, just like they collect money at churches. It's the same reason. It makes people feel guilty about burying their trash every time they pass by. Problem solved.” suggested one person on social media. (St. Petersburg)
Gary Leff, a Texas-based travel industry expert and author of the blog View From the Wing, told FOX News Digital that trash is often scattered in seat pockets and left on the floor. He said there are many.
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“Increasingly, airlines spend little time cleaning between flights. Airlines don't schedule their planes with enough time on the ground to do that. “If a flight is delayed, it's one of the first jobs that gets cut,” Leff said.
“Cleaning up after yourself is a fundamental starting point for civil society.”
He noted that it is important for passengers to at least hand over their trash to flight attendants as they come down the aisle to collect it.
“Cleaning up after yourself is a fundamental starting point for civil society,” Lev said.
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“Wherever the airline makes it reasonably easy, such as walking down the aisle with a trash pick-up bag and giving the trash enough time to collect, it should be done in the airplane seat. And it should be done indoors. 'There's a need for movie theaters, too,' Lev said.
“Don't just leave the bag of popcorn on the floor,” Lev added. “Carry it to the dumpster by the exit. It's only a few feet away.”
