This one’s totally trash. A traveler who discovered a ridiculously simple way to avoid touching the waste receptacle in the lavatory on a long-haul flight has gone viral after sharing the good news with his followers. “I was sitting there on my flight back from Thailand, and I saw this little foot lever, and I was thinking what was that for, and sure enough, it’s for the bin.
I never knew about it,” Joe McNamara, who goes by @guthealthboxer on Instagram, confessed in an online clip. In the 10-second video posted on Instagram, viewers can see McNamara inside the small bathroom, navigating the foot pedal below the sink to open a trash bin without using his hands. “Surely I’m not he only person who just learnt about this,” he asked his followers about the “Step to open waste flap” feature.
The former pro boxer admitted this feature can eliminate him having to get in contact with lingering germs. “What the hell!! No more touching that skanky bin,” he exclaimed. “Did you know about it?” Many travelers cringe inside the cramped bathroom, especially when they must push the garbage bin open to dispose of their paper towels after washing their hands.
“The bin is always full for me and I hate touching the bin,” the former pro-boxer added. McNamara’s revelation makes the in-flight loo just a little more bearable. “I flew as crew for over 26 years and never saw this before!” confessed a flight attendant.
“No, I just learned this too,” added another.
