From Luxury to Madness: American Airlines First Class Passenger’s Barefoot Hot Towel Stunt Stans Cabin
A hot towel is like washing your hands before eating, but without soap? We’ve seen this practice in some restaurants and in high-end airline cabins, but we’re nostalgic for the days when airlines handed out sanitary wipes that actually killed germs.
Some Asian and Middle Eastern restaurants do this. This is especially common in Japanese dining and is known as oshibori, a part of cleanliness and hospitality. Wiping your hands before eating is consistent with Japan’s emphasis on hygiene and respect for food preparation. Providing towels reflects “omotenashi” – selfless hospitality – to make guests feel welcome and comfortable. And it can be calming and set the tone for the meal. Airlines do it for comfort and luxury.
Here, American Airlines first class passengers share their own ideas about the purpose of hot towels. Passengers usually receive it. This passenger went into town with them in search of them.
they put hot towels on their bare feet
they supported their feet on the bulkhead
This is a completely new way for First Class passengers to indicate that they are actually No Class passengers.
Apparently I was doing it wrong
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Perhaps the saddest thing about life is that some people pay a lot of money to use that towel later.
Fortunately, flight attendants are not expected to pick up warm towels from passengers with their bare hands after use. Some airlines use tongs and others use gloves, but you still don’t want this pickup.
