Watch Passengers Compete In ‘Toilet Paper Race’ Aboard Southwest Airlines Flight
Passengers aboard a recent Southwest Airlines flight competed in a “toilet paper race” orchestrated by flight attendants for the airline. The competition — which pitted the aisles against each other for a chance to be the first to deplane — was captured on video by one of the flight’s passengers and was posted to Facebook earlier this month.
Marcie Villarreal was a passenger on the flight from Raleigh to Denver and recorded the event mid-competition. In a 24-second clip posted to Facebook, passengers could be seen gently unrolling toilet paper passed from the front of the cabin to the back. Flight attendants could be heard commentating in the background over the flight’s intercom.
“I've been flying different airlines my whole life, and just when I think I've seen it all, your flight attendants decide to do a ‘toilet paper race,’” wrote Villarreal in the video’s caption. “[H]ands down the funnest flight ever and I was even traveling with my baby. You rock, Southwest! Keep doing what you're doing!”
In a statement to International Business Times, a Southwest Airlines representative said: “We encourage our creative flight attendants have fun with customers and love that they help customers have a great time onboard.”
The video, which was shared to airline’s official Facebook page August 2, was liked nearly 7,000 times, was shared by 1,700 users and garnered well over 500 comments. Many commenters shared their experiences while flying with Southwest Airlines, and an overwhelming majority praised the airline for its service.
“Southwest has fun and creative employees always a treat when I fly with them,” wrote one user.
“I was on a flight to Seattle and we did the same thing! Love Southwest!” another person wrote, revealing that this is perhaps not the first occasion that the pastime has been used on the carrier’s flights.
A third individual wrote, “Before reading the entire post I thought this was just another fight on the plane!!! I am glad I had the wrong assumption! This looks so much fun, love it!!!”
“Good speed. Great form,” Southwest Airlines wrote Friday when it shared Villarreal’s video on its Facebook page. “These Passengers may have a future in professional toilet paper roll racing.”
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