Passenger explains why you shouldn't take water bottles with straws on flight

There are many do's and don't for when we're travelling on a plane that we often find out through personal experience, and one woman has explained why you shouldn't take water bottles with straws on a flight.

TikToker Kat Darby (@lifted_pdx) posted a video where she shared what happened when she decided to board a plane with a reusable water bottle that had a straw.

While a built-in straw is a handy feature for those on-the-go, it caused an issue when on the flight.

“What I did not account for was water pressure," Kat explained.

“So, when I opened it, it proceeded to p*** like a hose… I hit … like 15 people with my squirting water bottle because, lucky for me, this thing holds like 30 ounces. I could not get it to stop."

She added: “So learn from my mistakes: Never fly with a giant water bottle with a f***ing straw in it."

Since sharing her video, people noted how they are going to take Kat's advice on board, while some revealed that they too made a similar mistake.

One person said: "Note to self: sit in the row with the crying baby NOT the lady with the straw in her water bottle."

"I always untwist the cap to release the pressure before I open the straw," another person wrote.

Someone else added: "Ok but thank you for your life experience and sacrifice because I would not have thought about it."

"This happened to me on a red eye. I had JUST gotten to sleep when I essentially got waterboarded by the water bottle of the kid next to me," a fourth person commented.

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