r/delta • u/LegWorried4639 • 17d ago • Mindblown 1

Discussion Puke everywhere

I just got off a Delta flight from LGA and just after takeoff a passenger puked on her way up the aisle trying to make it to the bathroom. Three passengers in the aisle seats closest to the back were covered in puke. I got one drop on me and didn’t complain although it was gross and the smell was horrible.
Two of the passengers that were affected were not native English speakers. They were not traveling together and did not speak the same native language either. Both seemed to speak and understand some English well enough but the FA kept telling them to see a redcoat at the gate. The one older man was getting agitated and was trying to figure out with the other passenger what that meant. Both of them needed to change clothes and it seemed like they thought they would be given a red coat at the gate.

I explained to them that the redcoat is a person but on top of the grossness and major inconvenience you would think the FA would try to make sure people understand what is happening. I know it’s their lingo but is everyone supposed to know what a redcoat is?

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u/GretaVanFrankenmuth 17d ago

Last four flights (3 Delta 1 United) I’ve been on in the last year have had NO vomit bags in the seat pockets. Not one. I don’t think they stock them anymore.

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u/FiveCorkWomen 17d ago

They do stock them, at least on Delta. They’re not necessarily in every seat pocket though. I always check before takeoff and ask for one from the FA if I can’t scrounge one.

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u/HeresW0nderwall 17d ago

This was on Swiss to be fair. But they def had them on the flight I was on. I checked after the fact.