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| Hajjis From Hell |
| 2007-01-03 |
| This story comes from a flight attendant from the website: http://www.totr.com/story/ .. Totally off the record... Anyone in the third world end of flying probably at one time or another has had to fly the Hajjis into Saudi Arabia so they can attend the pilgrimage to Mecca, that is the one thing a devout Muslim must perform before he dies. Flight crews are subject to the most interesting of sights when they are sub-contracted to move literally millions in and out of the Arabian penninsula in just a few short weeks. They would pick them up in east African locations and fly them into Saudi Arabia in large planes that were stripped down to the bare minimum. The passengers would actually be schooled before the flight on how to sit in the seat, use the lav. etc.... Unfortunately these were the masses that had no idea about any of this and while in flight would do the following....stand up on their seat and then proceed to squat and go on their seat, cook their meals over sterno on the floor and bring every manner of vermin on board with them. By the time the flights were going the crews were forced to wear flea collars around their ankles to keep the bugs from eating them alive. Keeping the airplanes stripped down to the bare neccessities ensured that the T.V. screens in the newer planes would remain on board at all times. In other words the passengers would start to remove the screens and wiring in each seat as they assumed it was theirs to take and it would work off the plane. The flight attendents would be spit on, punched or kicked by the female passengers as they were women working. Oh the good old days of aviation...lol |
| Posted by:Gleretch Whinerong4794 |
| #8 Umm no, but I will take your word for it. I do stand by my statement that people around simply don't shit where they live, sleep or sit. I have seen the WCs with a simple hole in the ground and I was not confused about how to accomplish my business and I have to believe that ignorant or not most people can master the toliet with much coaching. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2007-01-03 16:57 |
| #7 Haven't you seen shoeprints on the toilet seat on international flights? |
| Posted by: ed 2007-01-03 16:38 |
| #6 "stand up on their seat and then proceed to squat and go on their seat" I get the impression that they are going on their seat. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2007-01-03 15:46 |
| #5 Sarge, the author means squatting on the toilet seat. Not a pretty sight when combined with turbulence. Most of the world doesn't use sit down toilets but squat over a hole, or for the fortunate ones, a ground level squatter with running water. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-01-03 13:58 |
| #4 While I would agree that some people in the world are quite backward I doubt anybody would take a dump where they are sitting without having a medical condition. But hey maybe I am wrong and there is a Muslim sect in a 3rd world that thinks its ok to sit in one own fecal matter? FYI the prophet Mohamed taught hygiene among other things in the Koran. I can attest to livestock sometimes accompanying passengers on airplanes, boats, trains, and buses because I have actually seen all of that in Greece (1983-1985). Oh and nobody took a dump in their seat as far as I could tell. Also if they are picking up 3rd worlders then most likely they are farmers and poorer people whom probably have lots of vermin attached due to their living conditions and probably not by choice. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2007-01-03 13:22 |
| #3 Link |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2007-01-03 12:36 |
| #2 consider also that the Hajjis are typically the most well to do and educated of their communities. |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-01-03 12:08 |
| #1 Muslims will never take over the world as apart from the oil bandits 99% live in poverty!!!! |
| Posted by: Ebbolump Glomotle9608 2007-01-03 10:05 |