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Think of the most unusual (or disgusting) scene you've ever seen on a plane flight. Now imagine sharing that with more than 745,000 followers on Instagram? This is how "Passenger Shaming" works, an Instagram account dedicated to spreading the most bizarre moments and bad manners seen on flights - and recorded by passengers or commissioners.
The public shaming site was started by Shawn Kathleen — a mom, former police officer and paramedic who worked as a flight attendant for seven years. She came up with the original concept and started the brand on her own approximately five years ago. It has since been featured in most media outlets across the globe and was named one of the “Best 100 Instagram accounts" by Rolling Stone Magazine.
Scroll down and see just how rude people can get while on a plane for yourself!
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#1
Sometimes Self-Awareness Is Hard
Aunt Messy 5 years ago
No, be sneakier than that! Open the tray table, stuff the hair in it, and shut it again. I did this once when the idiot shoved her greasy hair in my face twice. There was yelling. How was I to know her hair could get caught in the hinges? ;-)
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Valerie Lessard 5 years ago
that hair looks really gross. i wouldn't want to touch it. snotty teenager not giving a s**t that shes blocking someones tv and looks ready for a fight, probably
weatherwitch 5 years ago
I'd tie tiny knots in her hair, just in 3 or 4 strands at a time, randomly so when she goes to brush it, it'll Really get her back 😉😃
RaroaRaroa 5 years ago
I can't see a tray table. If there is one, open it, then close it tight.
Xia Xeng 5 years ago
Imagine you were sleeping and when you open your eyes and see this... this will scare the s... out of me. Sadaku is on the plane!
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Kururi.Orihara 5 years ago
People do s**t like this at my school. I know you sit in front of me, but get your godd*mn hair off my f*cking desk!!
Julie James 5 years ago
Looks like it needs a good wash and brush. Can't believe how ignorant some people are.
Great Panda Mamu 5 years ago
Trust me, anyone with hair this long knows exactly what their hair is doing. I understand not wanting your hair stuck between your back and your seat. That's why when I'm on a flight, my hair goes in a bun.
Krystine Patterson 5 years ago
In a large sweeping motion, I'd brush it aside and wouldn't give a toss on how the selfish cow would react.
Fiona Matthews 5 years ago
This is just dumb. Cut, rub in food, yell, do anything to get this hideous mess out of the way.
Paul Hutton 5 years ago
unfortunately my swiss army knife with scissors wouldn't be allowed on
Kimberly Anderson 5 years ago
id put on some gloves and keep pulling it, until they move their nasty hair.
Marius Jan 5 years ago
What about just calling a flight attendant and report the problem? They may be willing to help.
Magdalina777 5 years ago
....but why though. I mean, as an owner of fairly long haircut...I don't even see how that'd be comfortable, seems your hair would just endlessly get caught up between head and top of the seat or(even if you remove the passenger behind from the picture) stuff behind the seat you can't see or control...
Sophie Warner 5 years ago
I would be putting stuff in that! Anybody got any gum? Or a toddler with rusk/chocolate hands?
Shashana75 5 years ago
She would have one chance to get that hair back on her side, if not I am going to be cutting that rats nest off!
Teleri Nyfain 5 years ago
Look, obviously NONE of the commenters have ever had to deal with long hair like this on a long plane flight. I have. The only problem with this is her putting her hair over her seat. Not very cool. But if you have your hair up for a long time it becomes very uncomfortable, and when your hair is long and you are sitting for a long period it will become unruly like this.
Ana Suárez Salvador 5 years ago
me costaría creerlo, si no fuese porque me ha pasado también :-S
Kim Nielsen 5 years ago
A wellplaced BIG chunk of chewing should placed right in the top, causing a short haircut. :-)
Anita Swain 5 years ago
Ya.. the one with the long hair covering my tv screen would definitely get gum somehow in it ..as . close to the scalp as possible
Venice Darling 5 years ago
I'll ask her nicely, but if she's a b***h she'll get off the plane with a new hair cut she won't like.
Michelle Line 5 years ago
I don't understand people like this. They know damn well there's someone behind them and that their hair is going to be in that person's face as well as blocking the drop-down tray. Are they just asking for trouble? Wanting to get in an altercation?
Ali Whitwell 5 years ago
This gal would have had a nasty surprise when she got out of her seat I can assure you! ;-)
Liza Bariamis 5 years ago
If I had a scissors I would have given her a nice short haircut just for being inconsiderate
Jennifer Cavallier Smith 5 years ago
I don't work and play well with others ,I would have asked once for her to move her nasty hair and if she didn't I would pull it . Hair is germy and gross that is why when people working with food have to wear hair nets .
Ana Sullivan 5 years ago
I would've braided her hair.. Maybe put little decorations all over it... She's just asking for help.
Viviane Katz 5 years ago
“I was kicked out of hairdressing school for some reason…” heheheh
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Petra Schaap 5 years ago
I'd ask first to remove and if she dont, I'd do ALL the things with it that everyone describes here.
Catherine Elliott 5 years ago
I have waist length hair too. I would never dream of letting it hang over the seat behind me. She is just rude, not clueless.
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#3
This Darwin Award Passenger Was Cold... So She Used The Plastic Bag (That Was Holding Blanket / Pillow) And Put It Over Her Head To Warm Up
#28
Yes This Is First Class. Yes This Is (Was?) A T-Bone Steak That Someone Ate
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What do you think ?
Adele Maestranzi 5 years ago
Boy! Flying these days looks horrible! And to think being a flight attendant was my teenage dream job! I remember traveling with my father in the early 60s, when you wore nice clothing, and acted respectably. Now the staff has to deal with these awful passengers.
bob 5 years ago (edited)
Well, flying got much cheaper, so it's not a very special experience now. Standards have fallen pretty low, but I'm not sure it's entirely the passengers' fault. Airline companies do their best to make flying less and less convenient and comfortable, so it's no surprise that some people just don't give a s**t anymore... Personally, I avoid economy class if I can now. Only because the quality of services is so low... Wasn't the case when I started flying intensively 15 years ago.
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Sue Clasen 5 years ago
Some are absolutely disgusting, others out of necessity make the best of the situation.
Full Name 5 years ago
Exactly. Plus, several of these need context before judgements can be made. This is the internet though and people will feel confident they know the whole story from a single snapshot. I'm glad they aren't judges.
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Elena Adams 5 years ago
Half of these problems would've been solved by saying "excuse me, you are occupying my space/ your hair is in my screen/ your ugly-a*s, disgusting feet are in my seat".
danielw 5 years ago
not necessarily. The people are already rude enough to do, and these days, people are being taught to avoid confrontation. "Using your words" is great, until the other side doesn't really give a damn.
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Brenda Pereira 5 years ago
WTH is wrong with people? A normal person wouldn't do any of these things! P**s on the seat? Naked? Jacking off? I think this calls for a fly by, opening the door and pushing them out! Jeez!!
Whitney Speight-Carlin 5 years ago
I really hope that instead of just passive-aggressively posting pictures, most of these people said something to those passengers.
Barbara Walker 5 years ago
People who stick their filthy, smelly bare feet all over other people's spaces should be put on a permanent no-fly list.
lindsayaotter 5 years ago
I get people don't have respect for others and clearly they also don't have it for themselves either.
April Simnel 5 years ago
I haven't had any flights with people who behave like this, thank goodness, but it all would have been absolutely unimaginable 20 years ago.
Full Name 5 years ago
Every generation thinks "People these days....." as if people haven't been the same since the dawn of time. FFS, 20 years ago was 1999. The world is almost exactly the same as it was in 1999.
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Meeow 5 years ago
The hair and the feet I can say it to them remove, but the parents need to charge them if you are destroy public property. Don't care what circumstance you should always teach your kids to respect other people stuff, animals and the earth. Only poor upbringing will let the kids destroyed others and still take it for granted. If you are fly to another country better save up a little bit more to business class, save you alot of trouble, or states to states we rather drive.
Meeow 5 years ago
ETA: Business class or not I always have my Dettol hand sanitizer wipes all over our seats first before seating down.
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Mama Panda 5 years ago
Here you are boys and girls! These are the people who will be on the front lines of a zombie apocalypse!!! There seem to be enough of them to fill up each and every zombie so that all of us smart ones have a chance to get away, unless you plan to play whack-a-mole in the graveyard!
Jennifer Cavallier Smith 5 years ago
Most of this can be avoided if people would just act like they were in a public place , because that is what it is . You got to any store you have wear shirts and shoes . If you have long hair keep it in our own area and not over someone else seat because it is a hygiene issue .
Diver Driver 5 years ago
Really think about it. Airlines have become buses that fly. The other gross thing is the ratty pillows teens seem to have to carry with them.
Full Name 5 years ago
I saw a Mad Magazine comic to that effect.....from 1983.
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Suzi Gauthier 5 years ago
Flying is like riding the bus now, but more trouble. I'll stick to buses & trains.
Amie Redman 3 years ago
You would think flight attendants could say something. I am sure they can’t because people are so dramatic nowadays and would start something.
Paula Maillet 5 years ago
If there's one thing that ruins a flight it's that inevitably there's a kid behind me kicking my seat and/or a kid nearby screaming. Why don't they reserve a couple rows in the back for families with children?!
Paula Maillet 5 years ago
If there's one thing I absolutely hate about flying, it's that inevitably there's a kid behind me kicking my seat, and other kids nearby crying (screaming.) They should have the last several rows just for families with kids.
Michèle Gyselinck 5 years ago
Oh wow! I guess using barf bags to throw up in when you have motion sickness doesn't fall in the wicked passenger category. Maybe If I'd thrown up on my neighbor's lap it would have been a different story.
Enola Brinkley-Crayton 5 years ago
I have not flown in over 20 years because of the crazies and the crappy airline service. This just shows nothing has changed.
Jenifer Cappello 5 years ago
This whole thing is why I'm glad I never have flown, never will fly, never want to fly. Disgusting!
E FourOFour 5 years ago
I hate air travel- but I hate the people encountered during air travel even more.
SlightlyBurntWaffle 5 years ago
Story time! I’m going through security at the airport and notice a bad smell. I think it’s a baby that needs it’s diaper changed or something. But there weren’t really any babies in the line were my family was. My mom pointed out the direction it was coming from... I didn’t want to offend anyone but it was this middle aged lady, she had animal hair (probably dog or cat hair) all over her jacket, her hair was a mess (she was balding on top), and worst of all when we were supposed to take our shoes off, the corn chip smell coming from this woman’s feet... was unreal. I clenched my teeth and said in my head “please don’t let me sit next to her, please don’t let me sit next to her” I don’t know if she had adult diapers or something, but she obviously peed herself
Azure Adams 5 years ago
Air Marshalls need to make more of a presence or Flight attendants need to have more power to do things about these people. Like identify who they are and have consequences ready at the gate, especially for parents and their crotch nuggets.
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
Whoa, what happened to #50? Or was the "Pap Smear Deal" a 2 for 1? Doesn't matter - this could be subtitled "Or, 50 good reasons to drive instead."
Jana Renner 5 years ago
Since this never happened to me an honest question: If something like the feet/hair thing happened, could I call a steward/stewardess to put an end to it? There have to be rules, at least I hope so. Same for wearing a shirt... Really curious!
Manuel Delgado 5 years ago
The women with plastic bags may be suffering from a panic attack. I'm claustrophobic and I can relate to that. Breathing from a bag leads you to a dizzy calm. Of course looks like an overkill...
Kim Hasek 5 years ago
Couple of questions, where the hell are the flight attendants and why aren’t they doing their job?! Also, you beat believe I would be making those passengers move their s**t, hair, feet, etc. If it was in my space!! No mercy
Full Name 5 years ago
Yeah you know how those Germans are known for being inefficient and lazy, eh?
Load More Replies... Lidee Moril 5 years ago
Boohoo. Go catch some snowflakes. You are probably one of those ‘dirty feet on seats’ persons :D
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Adele Maestranzi 5 years ago
Boy! Flying these days looks horrible! And to think being a flight attendant was my teenage dream job! I remember traveling with my father in the early 60s, when you wore nice clothing, and acted respectably. Now the staff has to deal with these awful passengers.
bob 5 years ago (edited)
Well, flying got much cheaper, so it's not a very special experience now. Standards have fallen pretty low, but I'm not sure it's entirely the passengers' fault. Airline companies do their best to make flying less and less convenient and comfortable, so it's no surprise that some people just don't give a s**t anymore... Personally, I avoid economy class if I can now. Only because the quality of services is so low... Wasn't the case when I started flying intensively 15 years ago.
Load More Replies... Sue Clasen 5 years ago
Some are absolutely disgusting, others out of necessity make the best of the situation.
Full Name 5 years ago
Exactly. Plus, several of these need context before judgements can be made. This is the internet though and people will feel confident they know the whole story from a single snapshot. I'm glad they aren't judges.
Load More Replies... Elena Adams 5 years ago
Half of these problems would've been solved by saying "excuse me, you are occupying my space/ your hair is in my screen/ your ugly-a*s, disgusting feet are in my seat".
danielw 5 years ago
not necessarily. The people are already rude enough to do, and these days, people are being taught to avoid confrontation. "Using your words" is great, until the other side doesn't really give a damn.
Load More Replies... Brenda Pereira 5 years ago
WTH is wrong with people? A normal person wouldn't do any of these things! P**s on the seat? Naked? Jacking off? I think this calls for a fly by, opening the door and pushing them out! Jeez!!
Whitney Speight-Carlin 5 years ago
I really hope that instead of just passive-aggressively posting pictures, most of these people said something to those passengers.
Barbara Walker 5 years ago
People who stick their filthy, smelly bare feet all over other people's spaces should be put on a permanent no-fly list.
lindsayaotter 5 years ago
I get people don't have respect for others and clearly they also don't have it for themselves either.
April Simnel 5 years ago
I haven't had any flights with people who behave like this, thank goodness, but it all would have been absolutely unimaginable 20 years ago.
Full Name 5 years ago
Every generation thinks "People these days....." as if people haven't been the same since the dawn of time. FFS, 20 years ago was 1999. The world is almost exactly the same as it was in 1999.
Load More Replies... Meeow 5 years ago
The hair and the feet I can say it to them remove, but the parents need to charge them if you are destroy public property. Don't care what circumstance you should always teach your kids to respect other people stuff, animals and the earth. Only poor upbringing will let the kids destroyed others and still take it for granted. If you are fly to another country better save up a little bit more to business class, save you alot of trouble, or states to states we rather drive.
Meeow 5 years ago
ETA: Business class or not I always have my Dettol hand sanitizer wipes all over our seats first before seating down.
Load More Replies... Mama Panda 5 years ago
Here you are boys and girls! These are the people who will be on the front lines of a zombie apocalypse!!! There seem to be enough of them to fill up each and every zombie so that all of us smart ones have a chance to get away, unless you plan to play whack-a-mole in the graveyard!
Jennifer Cavallier Smith 5 years ago
Most of this can be avoided if people would just act like they were in a public place , because that is what it is . You got to any store you have wear shirts and shoes . If you have long hair keep it in our own area and not over someone else seat because it is a hygiene issue .
Diver Driver 5 years ago
Really think about it. Airlines have become buses that fly. The other gross thing is the ratty pillows teens seem to have to carry with them.
Full Name 5 years ago
I saw a Mad Magazine comic to that effect.....from 1983.
Load More Replies... Suzi Gauthier 5 years ago
Flying is like riding the bus now, but more trouble. I'll stick to buses & trains.
Amie Redman 3 years ago
You would think flight attendants could say something. I am sure they can’t because people are so dramatic nowadays and would start something.
Paula Maillet 5 years ago
If there's one thing that ruins a flight it's that inevitably there's a kid behind me kicking my seat and/or a kid nearby screaming. Why don't they reserve a couple rows in the back for families with children?!
Paula Maillet 5 years ago
If there's one thing I absolutely hate about flying, it's that inevitably there's a kid behind me kicking my seat, and other kids nearby crying (screaming.) They should have the last several rows just for families with kids.
Michèle Gyselinck 5 years ago
Oh wow! I guess using barf bags to throw up in when you have motion sickness doesn't fall in the wicked passenger category. Maybe If I'd thrown up on my neighbor's lap it would have been a different story.
Enola Brinkley-Crayton 5 years ago
I have not flown in over 20 years because of the crazies and the crappy airline service. This just shows nothing has changed.
Jenifer Cappello 5 years ago
This whole thing is why I'm glad I never have flown, never will fly, never want to fly. Disgusting!
E FourOFour 5 years ago
I hate air travel- but I hate the people encountered during air travel even more.
SlightlyBurntWaffle 5 years ago
Story time! I’m going through security at the airport and notice a bad smell. I think it’s a baby that needs it’s diaper changed or something. But there weren’t really any babies in the line were my family was. My mom pointed out the direction it was coming from... I didn’t want to offend anyone but it was this middle aged lady, she had animal hair (probably dog or cat hair) all over her jacket, her hair was a mess (she was balding on top), and worst of all when we were supposed to take our shoes off, the corn chip smell coming from this woman’s feet... was unreal. I clenched my teeth and said in my head “please don’t let me sit next to her, please don’t let me sit next to her” I don’t know if she had adult diapers or something, but she obviously peed herself
Azure Adams 5 years ago
Air Marshalls need to make more of a presence or Flight attendants need to have more power to do things about these people. Like identify who they are and have consequences ready at the gate, especially for parents and their crotch nuggets.
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
Whoa, what happened to #50? Or was the "Pap Smear Deal" a 2 for 1? Doesn't matter - this could be subtitled "Or, 50 good reasons to drive instead."
Jana Renner 5 years ago
Since this never happened to me an honest question: If something like the feet/hair thing happened, could I call a steward/stewardess to put an end to it? There have to be rules, at least I hope so. Same for wearing a shirt... Really curious!
Manuel Delgado 5 years ago
The women with plastic bags may be suffering from a panic attack. I'm claustrophobic and I can relate to that. Breathing from a bag leads you to a dizzy calm. Of course looks like an overkill...
Kim Hasek 5 years ago
Couple of questions, where the hell are the flight attendants and why aren’t they doing their job?! Also, you beat believe I would be making those passengers move their s**t, hair, feet, etc. If it was in my space!! No mercy
Full Name 5 years ago
Yeah you know how those Germans are known for being inefficient and lazy, eh?
Load More Replies... Lidee Moril 5 years ago
Boohoo. Go catch some snowflakes. You are probably one of those ‘dirty feet on seats’ persons :D
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