#13: Unsanitary Seats

When planes land at an airport, often there isn’t a ton of time for turnaround—the passengers disembark, the crew rushes to get it ready for the next flight, and then the next group of passengers is getting on to fly on to their next destination. This means there isn’t a ton of time for thorough cleaning between flights.

And this means that you have no idea what has recently happened on your tray table and no guarantee that it’s been cleaned at all. Maybe the last person in this seat puked on it and then just wiped it up with a napkin and called that good. I’m going to start traveling with disinfecting wipes.