A woman says she was left feeling like she wanted to "throw up" after the couple seated in front of her on a plane began changing their baby's "extremely stinky" nappy right there in their seats, using a food tray as a changing table.
The 28-year-old passenger is said to be a "really nauseous flyer" at the best of times, and so had taken motion sickness tablets ahead of the several hours-long flight.
Her attempts to sleep during the flight proved unsuccessful due to the sound of the baby crying, however, she wasn't annoyed about this, knowing how "scary and stressful" flights could be for children, and that nothing could be done.
She ran out of patience however when the couple started changing the screaming baby's nappy "right in the middle of their seats", and felt she had to speak up.
Taking to Reddit, the child-free woman wrote: "We were at the back of the plane right by the bathrooms, which I confirmed had baby changing tables when I had to go back there to throw up after the smell hit me.
"I didn't say anything the first time, but the second time I heard them go into the diaper bag a couple hours later I asked if they could please go use the plane bathroom instead of exposing everyone on the plane to the smell."
Unfortunately, they didn't take kindly to her plea, and the baby's mother "went off" on her, telling her she had "no idea how stressful it is to travel with an infant", which she admits is true.
She continued: "The flight attendant at the back of the plane agreed with me and asked them to only use the bathrooms to change their baby, plus a few minutes later the pilot made an announcement that all nappy changing needed to be done in the bathrooms, after which both parents looked extremely annoyed."
Looking back, she now wonders whether she should have just kept schtum and put up with the stench, and feels a little guilty that the cabin crew ended up getting involved.
One fellow Reddit user advised: "The flight attendant and the pilot agreed with you and made announcements to verify that what they did was gross.
"People eat on those trays and while I know they are supposed to clean them between flights, let's be honest, sometimes they might get missed."
Another commented: "I DO know how stressful it is to fly with kids, but being a parent is not an excuse to be uncivil and rude in public. Sudden turbulence IS a thing."
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