Flight passenger calls out fellow flyers for bad habit, shares fix for problem [Video]

A traveler took to social media to discuss why fellow passengers aboard flights are not properly discarding their trash — and shared a way to fix the problem. 

Posted in the “r/SouthwestAirlines” forum, the note was titled, “Favorite trick for people that put trash in seatback pockets.” 

The user said he or she witnessed an “alarming amount of people” not handing their trash to the flight attendants for collection prior to the plane’s landing.

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“While we are waiting to disembark, I will mention, ‘Hey, I think you left your AirPods in the setback pocket,’ which forces them to acknowledge the trash,” the person wrote.

The user added, “The 4 times I’ve done this, 2 times they took the trash, one time the guy said, ‘I don’t own AirPods,’ and the last guy said it wasn’t his job.”

“Just a suggestion that has a 50% success …