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

There is nothing wrong with this. If the cat is allowed to fly then why shouldn't he be living his best life experiencing the first class treatment?

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Agreed, but the lady really shouldn't be standing up - she'll be sorry if there's any turbulence!

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

Yes, I agree. ESPECIALLY if the person had to pay for the cat's seat! Also, studies have shown that listening to classical music or watching a soothing video can absolutely help dogs and cats remain calm in stressful situations. Traveling is highly stressful for many animals. It seems to me that this woman is trying very hard to provide compassionate care for the cat, keeping it calm so it won't screech and disturb other passengers. I don't know understand why this situation is bothering people on Bored Panda. I only see kindness here.

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

I would totally do this with one of my kitties, he’s the only one who would be okay not being in a pet crate and would definitely prefer to be with me!

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

I see no problem with this cat, much better than the rest of the people on here.

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

My sister was on a United flight with a golden retriever puppy on his way to train as a seeing-eye dog. One of the flight attendants does this on her days off, and was delivering 7 puppies that day. He was the star of the flight. I know it's a bit off-topic, but kudos to that amazing flight attendant!

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

What's wrong with that? If the cat has a seat it's because the lady paid for it. When you see the number of animals dying in planes every year, I won't blame her.

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

This is absolutely wholesome compared to the rest of these shenanigans.

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

I honestly see nothing wrong with this. I'd be tickled to death if I witnessed this.

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

I see absolutely no problem with this except please may I pet the cat??

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

If the plane crashed, the cat would be the only survivor I bet.

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

The only wrong thing I see in this picture is that I'm not there petting the cat and chatting with the woman about our cats.

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

Cats don't bark. Well behaved, real, service dogs don't either unless it's for an actual reason. It's the kids...barking, screaming, crying...that offend me more on any airplane.

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

I'll rather have a cat on my plane than some kid from hell, whose parents don't care.

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

Could be a therapy cat & she's obviously allowed to have him/her & has paid for the seat so what's the problem? I'd sit next to a cat on a plane any day over a human 😻

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

That cat is better behaved that most adult humans on this list.

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

WOW! What airline is this that you take the cat out of the carrier?!

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

How is this a passenger from hell? How is what she is doing affecting anyone negatively?

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

I don't see the problem here, there are many airlines that now understand it's far more ethical to allow pets to travel in the pressurized cabin than in the freezing unpressurized cargo hold. And pet owner/servants generally have to pay for the pet taking up seat space. This is an example of a very well behaved travelling pair. I'd love to have been able to travel with my furbabies like this when I moved from Darwin back to Melbourne.

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

Only acceptable as long as people around it don't have pet allergies... and staff doesn't say otherwise

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

That's fine. She isn't hurting anyone. People bring cats on planes all the time.

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

And whom is he bothering? I’d rather have this than quite a few humans I have flown with.

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

Ok, but what's wrong with that one? Maybe watching tv can help the cat to relax and not be scared and meowing all the flight?

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

I'm highly allergic to cats, I wonder if they would have a problem if I asked to sit further away from the cat.

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

well, it is a usual sight for cat lovers, where the cats are the masters and us humans are the slaves

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

Travelling is very stressing to cats, so I guess it relieves him/her. Can't judge how these lovely little manipulative panthers can make us acting stupid looking sometimes 🙂

Ozymandias73
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And they joke about us hoomans being the servants of the feline population

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

Is your life so sad that you need to trash other people just doing what makes them happy?? It’s f*****g pathetic

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

If she paid for the seat. Or would you rather have an unmasked drunk sitting next to you

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

Akways environmentally conscious, Soot decided to leave the Lear at home and fly commercial with just one PA.

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

That sounds suspiciously like it belongs as a caption for some zany illustration in one of The Far Side books.

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

Seeing this would make me happy, but I'm a cat guy and so, in self-delusion, I do not ever think about how horrifically unsanitary cats are.

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

No No No !!!!!😩😩😩😩😩 what is Going On in People’s minds!!! U’r Not Home in the Dust-Pitt!!!!!

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Got a real kick out of this one.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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