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Humans have conquered land, sea, and air; we know how to build high-speed rails that run through mountains, giant cruise ships capable of housing thousands of guests, and long-range airliners that can take us around the world with just a few stops. Heck, we're even developing space tourism.

But while we continue to evolve our transportation, we ourselves — the travelers — remain largely the same, rotten just like our cavemen ancestors. And nothing captures our dirtiness better than the online project Passenger Shaming. Spanning across different social media platforms, it posts content that goes way beyond crying children. We're talking filthy toes, obscene minds, and so. much. more.

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    The curator of the account, Shawn, is a former flight attendant of seven years who has also worked as a police officer and a paramedic. She told Vox Passenger Shaming receives around 300 submissions a week.

    "One thing that I find really interesting is that all of the content I used to get was from crew members," she said. "Now 99 percent are from passengers because they don't want to sit next to these people. They're like, 'I'm calling these people out for this bulls**t behavior.'"

    Shawn said a lot of the content is foot-related, arguments, people eating things like hard-boiled eggs or tuna, and clipping their nails. Changing dirty diapers is also a common theme.

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    She attributes the surge in this type of behavior to the fact that people have been cooped up and want to get out. "Maybe they go to the airport and there are delays and things take longer because now they have to go through all these different processes and wear masks. It was a s**tshow before, and now add everything else on top of it."

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    Nothing to see here: Just a passenger hand feeding her cat in a seat while it watches TV. On a plane.

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    Got a real kick out of this one.

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    KariLovesHerKat
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Things like this happened to me once or twice. I just told them to move them or lose them. It's a bloody ignorant disgusting ass hat that does things like that

    Craig Sim
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's when you pretend to have a foot fetish and stare at them licking your lips

    Random Anon
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a time and place for your yoga. The plane ain't one of them.

    Caryle
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would absolutely not deal with that I would have come down

    Id row
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Use your words, lady. I would have lost my mind in that situation.

    Pamela Blue
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why say "most?" If that were true, then more than half of the rest of the passengers would be doing repulsive things too, and they're not. THAT particular person was disgusting and repulsive - not the rest, or even most.

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    Penelope Pu
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot of barefoot shaming, but the airlines are to blame, not enough room for your feet, and they're real risks of thrombosis in long flights, that's why people remove their shoes and elevate their feets.

    Pia kjærgaard
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I Had told that Person loud & clear to get those nasty,stinky feet DOWN!!!!

    Lindy Mac
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The crew should have stepped in here and told this A-hole he/she is not in their living room to do as they please. Air travel has gone to hell in the last 30 years. Too many neanderthals can afford to fly. Selfish and disgusting behavior.... send them back to the zoo.

    Chris Watson
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No Way!!! I’d ask the attendant to say something. If not an option, then I would address the moron. Loudly

    Gregg Bender
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Get your feet of my seat back or I'll stuff them down your throat."

    Gypsy Lee
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone that would do this deserves to be slapped. So disgusting; who doesn’t know what trash they are by doing this?

    Rose Sakkara Blacke
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    them some dirty ass feet, at least put on some clean socks if you can't wash your feet

    Pam Page
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a woman do this on a long flight. I started using her legs as arm straps. She stopped putting her legs over my head.

    GeeGee
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People do this because no one calls them on it. Put down your phone, open your mouth

    Joan Zatorski
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG!! I would have squirted my hand sanitizer all over those ditty feet!! YECH!!

    Mazer
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you know that there are loads of nerve endings in the foot 😜

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    "I am friends with a lot of flight attendants and pilots, and a lot of them were furloughed for 8 or 12 months and are just going back and dealing with this," Shawn said.

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    "When I was a flight attendant, 99 percent of the people I ran into were awesome. This is just a really small percentage of people that we highlight, but I always like to make sure people know I’m not some angry, horrible person running around hating everybody."

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    Even though there's a constant stream of pictures and videos flowing to Passenger Shaming, Shawn doesn't post everything.

    "I never shame anybody based on weight, their appearance, anything of that nature. It's behaviors only, which I think is a reason why it's really successful."

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    A lot of Passenger Shaming's posts are also based on news stories.

    "I don’t think I’ve ever gotten anything wrong, per se. Things may have developed in addition, so I’ll go back and edit a post with new information," Shawn said. "But I do try to vet things that people send in."

    If Shawn finds out there's something completely off base or incorrect, she just removes it or does a follow-up.

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    *DING* Can I get some peanuts in 11A, please?

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am sure all the other passengers appreciate the footy whiff.

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    "[One time in 2021], I had somebody send me a picture — you will not see it on my Instagram because Instagram pulled it down, which is so annoying. It was just a guy laying on the floor sleeping in the gate, and he had his hand under his belt."

    "Multiple people sent it to me. So I would ask, 'Oh, did you take this picture?' One person would be like, 'Yep,' and another person’s like, 'Yeah this is such and such airport,' and I'm like, 'Actually, no, it's in Atlanta, because the person who sent it to me originally gave me all the information.' He had posted it in a pilot and crew forum."

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    Serial pacifist
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No need to blur the text on the hat. We all know what it says: Covidiot + red hat + white letters = trumpster

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    Kevin Camp
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you ever just stop and think that a large portion of humanity just needs to be beaten with a bat?

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    Of course, we can't know for sure if everything that appears on the account is 100% legit but that's not really the point of it.

    "What I like to say is, we could 'what if' every single thing that I put on there, but it ruins the whole concept," Shawn said. "I'm not going to intentionally post anything that would be harmful or embarrassing to somebody with a condition or an issue. I don't post if it's clearly a mental health issue."

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    "I just like to use these as teachable moments. It's not just about shaming people, it's saying, 'Hey, there's this lady who's painting their nails on an airplane and it's an enclosed cabin with recirculated air' and people will respond to me via email or DM and say, 'Oh my God, that never crossed my mind to not do that.'"

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    Passenger Shaming has over 1.4 million followers on Instagram alone, but Shawn wants to take the project even further.

    "Ideally I would love to partner with a really large travel-related brand, like the Travel Channel or Expedia, who could help curate and build the brand," she said. "I would really like to use the platform to educate the general public about airlines. Your flight crew absolutely wants you to be happy and have a nice, comfortable, pleasant flight, because they don’t want to be stuck on an airplane with 200 people that are pissed off. There’s no gain in that for them."

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    Tobias Rieper
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    if i remember correctly the plane was delayed taking off so she went for a walk on the wing

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    The woman also added that if you're getting ready to travel (especially now), lead with grace and a lot of patience.

    "These are people who maybe haven't been working for the last year. They might be understaffed. Just imagine what these crew members have to deal with all day. We're seeing the videos; these aren’t one-offs. Please be kind and patient, and that includes your fellow passengers. And then my big travel tip for right now would be: Give yourself double the amount of time you think it'll take."

    If only people in the pics would hear this...

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    Nizumi
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again - while this is odd - I don't see an actual problem here. If anything, she's keeping herself better contained than other attention seeking passengers.

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    Beck
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There should never be this many bare feet on a plane. The 1950's would be embarrassed.

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    Scout Finch
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow Bob, I know you told me planes scared the pants off of you, but I didn't think you were being literal!

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    Marianne
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why I always use an antibacterial wet wipe on all the surfaces around my seat.

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    PebbleBoy Gaming
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know, when BP says your posting comments to quickly and to slow down, it really makes you question your life decisions

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    Susan Green
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you’re really unruly they do more than just duct tape you to your seat.

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    René Studer
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I read somewhere that it’s this guys bachelor party and his friends printed the ticket like that as a joke.

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    Scagsy
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The background has been photoshopped in. This is actually 20,000 feet above the ocean and that guy was getting his feet everywhere and draping his long hair over the seatback. So they made him fly the rest of the trip on the wing. True story. He made it by the way. Kept babbling on about 'his rights' and 'wanting to speak to the manager'.

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    WilvanderHeijden
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Put the armrest up with all of your strength. "Oops, sorry, but who expects that an idiot would put their foot there? "

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    Ara
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Attention passengers ‘Is there a gynaecologist on board?’

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    TahJia Williams
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hopefully people watch where they walkin. i wouldn't put his little legs in the middle of an aisle

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