Todd Brown, a sales manager from Newtown Square, was on a flight from Hong Kong to Istanbul when a man across the aisle calmly removed his shoes and socks and began clipping his toenails, writes Christopher Elliott for the Washington Post.

“After finishing his toenails and fingernails, he then got a bottle of clear nail polish and proceeded to start painting his nails,” recalled Brown.

So what can you do if you find yourself getting a very close look at a fellow passenger’s pedicure? From my experience mediating travel disputes, your options are limited. Dirty looks ratchet up the tension. Your best move is to move.

What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen a passenger do on a plane? If you said, “Change into pajamas mid-flight,” then maybe you were on my red-eye from Orlando to Frankfurt, Germany, during which a passenger disappeared into the restroom and emerged in a nightgown.

Others feel the urge to remove shoes and socks, resting their feet on the seat backs or armrests in front of them.

There’s a subset of airline passengers who take hitting 30,000 feet as an invitation to make themselves at home. And then some.

Read more strange airline passenger stories here.

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