Kissing the floor?!

Indeed Cking…the jetbridge floor! And as it was a delayed flight and the stand which the aircraft gets allocated is based on whatever is available at the time of the late arrival, there’s no telling how many people had traipsed up and/or down it, or how many dirty/leaky bags of rubbish that the cleaners had dragged over it before the person in question decided to kiss it?!

I do wonder though whether they did actually kiss it full-on or whether they just bowed their head as close as they dared to go, but from where I was standing (directly opposite!), it certainly seemed like they planted their lips on the surface!

Personally, I thought it was a somewhat bizarre thing to of done there and then, regardless of the fact it caused the minor blockage, but thats why I thought I’d ask on here to see if anyone else might know of a reason why she may have done it, but like I said in my initial post I hope no-one takes offense to this if it is/was something that they do/did for religious purposes.

Kissing the floor is NOT an Islamic practice…

You are right, just confirmed from a colleague. Apologies for the mistake. Kneeling down is, not kissing the floor.

Thanks Buran/Kabir for confirming that.:)

and kissed the floor of the jetbridge…

The same floor that hundreds of people have walked on and the same floor that the cleaners drag dirty, leaky bags of rubbish over???

Rgds Cking

Pope John Paul II was the only person I ever saw kissing the ground like that. I’m not sure if Benedict does it. I’ll look when he comes to the UK in September.
There could be a whole host of reasons why the woman kissed the ground as she walked off her aircraft, as has been said.
As for the miffed people behind, I’m sure they could have been a little more considerate.

You are right, just confirmed from a colleague. Apologies for the mistake. Kneeling down is, not kissing the floor.

The practice of kneeling and kissing the floor is standard practice in Islam. Could be a variety of reasons why the woman did it from fear of flying to time of daily prayers to personal reasons towards the city she was in.

Kissing the floor is NOT an Islamic practice, or of any main religion I know of. It could be a something personal for her.

Perhaps an asylum seeker making it to UK?

The practice of kneeling and kissing the floor is standard practice in Islam.

The previous Pope made a bit of a habit of it, and I’m fairly sure that he wasn’t a Moslem.

Apologises for asking this, I hope no-one takes offense to this as it is not intended to do so, but when I met an inbound flight the other day, a woman got off the aircraft and proceeded to kneel down and kissed the floor of the jetbridge…is this a standard or religious practice for some people, as I have never seen it being done before, and some of the other passengers behind her seemed a bit miffed too, but this was possibly because she caused a minor blockage in what is already a very small space, and it was a delayed flight so people were very egar to get off!?

Some one did that when i met an Jet2 flight in a few weeks ago! She was English caused a bit of a scene on on the steps but she didn’t seem bothered! She told me later that it had been the flight from hell after the crew refused to serve a group of Lads Alcohol!

Apologises for asking this, I hope no-one takes offense to this as it is not intended to do so, but when I met an inbound flight the other day, a woman got off the aircraft and proceeded to kneel down and kissed the floor of the jetbridge…is this a standard or religious practice for some people, as I have never seen it being done before, and some of the other passengers behind her seemed a bit miffed too, but this was possibly because she caused a minor blockage in what is already a very small space, and it was a delayed flight so people were very egar to get off!?

Being somewhat partly Irish (genetically, at least), I got off a One-Eleven and knelt on the tarmac at Collinstown and kissed the ground on my first visit to Ireland in 1996.

At that time little did I know I’d end up living here (ten years now) – I no longer kiss the tarmac. I’m not Muslim btw – I probably just looked like a big fool.

Didn’t know Ryanair flew into Heathrow? 😀

Ok, thanks for that Kabir.:)

The practice of kneeling and kissing the floor is standard practice in Islam. Could be a variety of reasons why the woman did it from fear of flying to time of daily prayers to personal reasons towards the city she was in.