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TikToker Hilariously Explains Why You Should Never Bring A Water Bottle With A Straw On A Flight

Woman learned important lesson about water bottles on airplanes
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TikToker Kat Darby offered a warning for fellow air travelers after revealing her water bottle sprayed 'like 15 people' on her flight after she forgot to account for the change in pressure.

As humans, we are all incredibly smart in our own zones of expertise and interests, but there's no feasible way for us to know everything.

There are also things that we've simply never thought about before, no matter how "common sense" it might be for someone else.


That was exactly what Kat Darby (@lifted_pdx on TikTok) went through when she boarded a plane for a family holiday, with a filled water bottle in tow. The water bottle was one of those metal thermal water bottles with a built-in straw that pops out with the press of a button.

As some people might guess, the pressure in that water bottle will change when it travels, whether it's through a tunnel, at various elevations while driving, after shaking it, and of course...after flying through the air on a commercial airline.

Darby didn't think of that, though, so when she was thirsty, she pressed the button like any normal moment to take a sip, only for the water to splatter 'like 15 people' in the immediate rows around her.

The TikToker was able to look back at the moment with a laugh and shared the story with her community, predominantly on "BookTok," to warn them to think twice about opening their water bottles on a flight.

You can watch the video here:

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Never fly on a plane with a water bottle with a straw in it. #holidaytraveltips #travelmistakes

Some shared their own experiences with mistakes like this while traveling.

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Others could not stop laughing about how Darby learned this important lesson.

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With the endless barrage of jokes, Darby had to respond with a joke of her own.

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Replying to @CommanderOX

There's no way for any of us to be able to anticipate every single possible outcome in our lives, and sometimes even the common sense things won't come to us so easily.

The best thing for any of us to do is to take a page out of Darby's book and laugh when one of these moments backfires on us—or attempts to waterboard everyone around us—rather than beating ourselves up about it.

It's honestly kind of a hilarious memory that Darby will get to take with her, and it's surely a mistake she won't make again.

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