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Here are the things you'll instantly regret doing on a plane

From laptop-killing lattes to barefoot bathroom blunders, here are the things you'll wish you never did when you fly. How many of them have you done?

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Christopher Elliott
Jun 08, 2025
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What do you regret doing on a plane? Chances are, it involves a drink.

As in, drinking and working on a computer. That's what Peter Lewis did on a recent flight from Minneapolis to New York — with disastrous results.

There was a cup of coffee next to his laptop, "and sudden turbulence that shook the plane violently," says Lewis, a consultant based in Paol…

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