Quick: what do you call a transatlantic flight from Amsterdam to Newark with a backed up toilet spilling human excrement down the aisle for seven hours? Continental Airlines called it “poor conditions.” Probably not the words passenger Collin Brock would have used. He felt “physically abused and neglected,” he told Seattle’s KING-TV in his home state. The flight was diverted to Shannon, Ireland to fix the problem. But after the extra stop and delay, the sewage flooding developed again when the plane took off. The reported culprit was a latex glove someone had tried to flush down the loo. Continental apologized to its customers and issued vouchers.
Who? Australian author of six travel narratives including No Shitting in the Toilet, The Wrong Way Home and Vroom with a View. Currently lives in London. More at www.petermoore.net
Age 46
Countries Visited 99
Titanic Nominations
Worst Toilet The public toilet in Tepelene, Albania. An underground bunker with a floor covered in shit. People simply stood on the stairs leading down and took aim.
Worst Tourist Attraction The Bunyip in Murray Bridge, South Australia. Insert a coin and a crappy plastic creature emerges from a pond strewn with rubbish. Brilliant!
Worst Airport Kuala Lumpur International. Changi’s plainer, simpler and more boring sister
Worst Flight Attendants Qantas. They really don’t give a shit.
Worst Hotel Banjarmasin Homestay, Banjarmasin, Indonesia. Soggy mattresses and rats running along the poorly partitioned walls. A personal favourite.
photo: glenmcbethlaw
(8 votes, average: 9.50 out of 10)
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