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Is this too unpleasant to do even in the circumstances?!

137 replies

Greeanj · 05/09/2025 15:02

We have to catch a flight this evening and our bedding is not in a good state after a night and day of sickness bug. I have no time to now wash it. Is it too awful to leave it on and wash when we return? It’s cheap bedding and I’m now wondering if we throw it out rather than leave it?!

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Fluffywabbits · 05/09/2025 18:27

Aye right. No way this is a genuine post.

SummerEve · 05/09/2025 18:13

RobertJohnsonsShoes · 05/09/2025 18:04

All these holier than thou replies are hilarious. I think most people would be on that flight even if there was a chance of shitting yourself mid journey.

Really? I don’t. Not to mention the fact that the crew would likely refuse to board a visibly unwell passenger to avoid having to put the plane down before reaching its destination.

DonnaBanana · 05/09/2025 18:12

Depends what you mean by not in a good state. Never have I ever thrown up or got poo on my bedding no matter how violently ill I was and nor should any adult of sound mind for that matter. If it’s just a bit sweaty and “ick” it’s hardly going to mutate into a giant ball of bacteria in a week so just wash it when you get back!

SushiForMe · 05/09/2025 18:09

Just put it in the machine, even if you start the wash after you return back home?

GonnaeNoDaeThatJustGonnaeNo · 05/09/2025 18:08

Throw it in the bin.

GentleJadeOP · 05/09/2025 18:07

RobertJohnsonsShoes · 05/09/2025 18:04

All these holier than thou replies are hilarious. I think most people would be on that flight even if there was a chance of shitting yourself mid journey.

I agree

MoominMai · 05/09/2025 18:07

nosleepforme · 05/09/2025 15:38

This

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Lol - no there is no ‘This’.

This is so obviously a goady troll post. Who a couple of hours before they need to leave for a flight would ever be making time to message MN about the oh so urgent advice on washing soiled bedding?!

BarnOwlFlying · 05/09/2025 18:05

RobertJohnsonsShoes · 05/09/2025 18:04

All these holier than thou replies are hilarious. I think most people would be on that flight even if there was a chance of shitting yourself mid journey.

I disagree. Most people have a conscience.

RobertJohnsonsShoes · 05/09/2025 18:04

All these holier than thou replies are hilarious. I think most people would be on that flight even if there was a chance of shitting yourself mid journey.

XiCi · 05/09/2025 18:00

Do you actually mean that the bedding has shit or vomit on it or were you just laying in it feeling ill? If the former, then yes it would be binned, cheap or not. The latter I'd be ok dealing with it when I got back.
Really hope you haven't got anything contagious or you could take the whole plane out, that woud be a pretty nasty holiday surprise

niadainud · 05/09/2025 17:58

Why have you left it until 3pm to do anything about it? And if that answer is that you've been too ill, then, as many PPs have said, you probably shouldn't be getting on a plane.

Moveoverdarlin · 05/09/2025 17:56

As if anyone would leave sick on their bedsheets and then fuck off on holiday. The weather looks warm this weekend, can you imagine the stench when you walk back in the house to warm sick that’s been left to fester for days? Your house will absolutely stink on your return.

C’mon! No one is this rank or dim.

Rosscameasdoody · 05/09/2025 17:52

Thingyfanding · 05/09/2025 17:46

Completely wrong. It’s spread through touching contaminated surfaces etc
It is not airborne like Covid.

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Wrong. Sorry. Norovirus can be spread through the air, particularly when someone vomits - small particles can become airborne and be inhaled by others. It can also be spread by coughing and sneezing. Virus laden droplets in the air after a vomiting episode allows for airborne transmission. Direct contact with someone who has norovirus and touching surfaces or contaminated things then touching your mouth, or food and water which has been handled or otherwise contaminated can also spread it.

Thingyfanding · 05/09/2025 17:46

ButSheSaid · 05/09/2025 17:11

Norovirus is airborne and highly contagious, to deliberately infect a plane full of people is awful.
Antibacterial wipes have no impact on viruses.

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Completely wrong. It’s spread through touching contaminated surfaces etc
It is not airborne like Covid.

Rosscameasdoody · 05/09/2025 17:38

Wow. OP chased off thread in record time. Plenty of bugs last 24 hours or less and plenty of sickness is not down to a bug. MN is strange sometimes.

WitchesofPainswick · 05/09/2025 17:37

See THIS is the kind of person who should be arrested by five armed guards at Heathrow....

Unicornuni · 05/09/2025 17:17

15 min quick wash

nomas · 05/09/2025 17:17

Darragon · 05/09/2025 15:04

I would always immediately strip the beds to avoid getting vomit fluids on mattresses. Can’t you put it all through a quick wash (most washers have a 20 minute wash) then throw it over your shower enclosure/ curtain rail/ doors so its fresh? Then do a proper wash when you get back?

A 20 minute wash would just get it wet. A 1 hour wash would be better if OP has time.

Alwayswonderedwhy · 05/09/2025 17:16

Well I assume you've not been ill for a few days if you're considering getting a flight so why haven't you already changed them?

EstaAdvice · 05/09/2025 17:16

hereismydog · 05/09/2025 15:03

You’re getting on a plane with a D&V bug? 😟

I thought this. Really selfish . There could be other passengers with weakened immune systems or type 1 diabetes for example and it could be life threatening. To knowingly spread d and v is nasty.

limescale · 05/09/2025 17:15

I wonder if it's even a real post, or someone just stirring things up in a predictable way.

NoSoapJustUseShowerGel · 05/09/2025 17:14

Darragon · 05/09/2025 15:06

Also give people sick bowls next time! Only the toddler in our house doesn’t manage to get to an appropriate receptacle!

Agreed. I’ve never known anyone but a small child to actually be sick IN bed rather than get to a toilet or at least a bowl by the bed.
Also agreed with pp you shouldn’t fly.

In answer to your original question, strip the bedding.

nomas · 05/09/2025 17:12

Is this your cordyceps bed?

Is this too unpleasant to do even in the circumstances?!
watermybegonias · 05/09/2025 17:12

Leave it till you come back. You deserve to return to a house with an unbearable stench if you think it's ok to fly having been that ill. In fact, I would even go so far as to say I hope we have an Indian summer, so it's really ripe when you open the door on your return.

How utterly selfish of you to fly so soon after being ill.

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