"i dIdN't kNoW thaT i hAd tO bE rEsPoNsIbLe fOr mY oWn kIdS .....WHAAAAAAA !!!!!!"

When my kids were little no matter where we were, we picked up after them or they themselves did. 2 and 5 yeah olds know how to do this.i would be BEYOND embarrassed to leave a mess on an airplane. It is just common decency to clean up after yourself. This mother is teaching her kids entitlement.

1- Who picks up after her kids at home? If she's pregnant and can't care for the ones she has she shouldn't have gotten pregnant again... clearly she isn't in bestest sooo... 2- The kids should've cleaned up after themselves if they made a big mess but the mom shouldn't have allowed it to be begin with tbh 3- The same way I stack my plates with the silverware on top and take a napkin to the table to wipe off any crumbs, drips or whatever else when I'm done at a restaurant is the same reason one shouldn't make a mess "for the cleaning crew" to clean up... COMMON DECENCY AND HOME TRAINING. This is why I don't like ppl smh

I've posted this comment a few other places so I might a well here too: 1) United doesn't just serve popcorn to people as a routine/free snack, it's part of one of the snack boxes for purchase. The woman bought the box with the popcorn and gave it to her kids. 2) Airlines do not have cleaning crews that come in between flights anymore. If you're lucky the plane gets "deep cleaned" after it's last flight of the day, but.... aside from that the flight attendants have to do the quick turnaround/rest of the plane to get it ready for the next set of passengers. 3) Fun fact - flight attendants don't actually get paid for that. They only get paid for the time the flight is "on the move", so from when it leaves one gate to when it gets to the next one.

The semen demon is the size of a coconut, not a watermelon, there is not a problem with picking up after your crotch goblins. If ewifey is unable to due to some medical issue, you should be flying with a nanny / additional person to assist with stuff like this, otherwise, deal with it. You keep spawning them, don't pass them off on others when they make a mess. Either that or board them in a kennel next time since you and wifey don't want to take responsibility for them other than to use them as accessories apparently.

She had to clean up after her own kids?! The audacity!!

This seems to be missing details. Were the kids literally just eating the popcorn and dropped a little here and there. Little kids handfuls into mouth do have some droppings. Or were they throwing it at each other or dumping it out? Regardless you clean up after yourself when you are out in public. The crew can't clean a whole plane before turnaround if they have popcorn everywhere in a seating area. 22 weeks pregnant? Can't clean? That's barely a bump. Yeah I googled it. So no excuse to not tidy up at least the large chunks. And amazon sells a small portable vacuum for cars that parents might like for these kinda trips to be nicer to staff.

Either his pregnant wife *is* capable of travelling with their two small children alone and he's being a jerk OR his pregnant wife *isn't* capable of travelling with their two small children alone and he's being a jerk.

Diva much? How about you diva the floor and pick up your kids mess!! What a couple of entitled jerks... SMFH

Don’t want to make a mess? Don’t give toddlers messy food on an airplane! 🤦🏽‍♀️ And YES, you, PARENTS, are responsible for your children. NO ONE ELSE IS!

I love how OP conveniently didn't post a picture of what the area actually looked like when his wife was asked to clean up the mess.

While airlines do have a cleaning crew, they are on a schedule. It's not a case of take as long as needed to clean the plane. That particular aircraft was likely on turnaround. There are people waiting to board. If every single parent does as these and lets their children throw make a mess because "it's OK, the cleaning crew will sort it" that means the plane misses it's departure slot. People waiting to board get annoyed. All because people don't want to take accountability for their own mess/their children's mess.

Good Lord, what a bunch of entitled AHs in the comments! If you're in public & haven't taught the crotch goblins you vaginally excreted upon the world how to behave, why should others suffer? And if they're too young to be taught, you do what you can to prevent excess work for others! JFC, what happened to personal responsibility????

What is this cleaning crew that so many respondents talked about, do they think magical fairies board the plane and clean it top to bottom in twenty minutes before the next flight?. Commercial airlinercabins are cleaned ever 30 or 45 days, definitely not after each flight. Also the flight attendants are not employed to clean up after passengers, just as wait staff in restaurants are not paid to do the same. You make the mess; you clean it up. In this instance why did the mother allow the child to have popcorn? She knew the child would drop/spill it.

Your kids made a mess? Then YOU clean it the FK up, PERIOD. The cleaning crew is for normal and general cleaning, not to deal with scumbag Karens. 22 weeks pregnant is no excuse. Clean the mess or make your kids do it. She should be put on that airline's no fly list.

The picture here is cropped. If you look at his actual post you can see the popcorn they are referring to: https://twitter.com/AnthonyBass52/status/1647632911720390664

Cleaning crew is there for incidental, light cleaning before the next flight. They aren't there for a deep clean or heavy scrubbing. They don't have time. Many times, there isn't a cleaning crew. And on flights, the onerous is on you to give your trash to the flight attendants. You don't shove it into the pockets, or leave it in the seats or on the floor, and expect it to be cleaned up for you. You are expected to help keep the plane and your area clean.

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She's 22 weeks pregnant. So what? That doesn't make her helpless and she's responsible for her kids and their mess. This is like the people who take their kids to restaurants and destroy the place.

regarding the supply of the popcorn, we cannot be sure that they chosen by the airline and served by the crew. A lot of major airports have a small mall implemented where you can buy all kinds of stuff, snacks included. So my guess is that the mother herself brought that messy food. And regarding the "above and beyond comment" that was chosen by BP, it is exactly that, something that is beyond what should be expected. Requirering "above and beyond" from a flightatendant is just out of line. You can apreciate when people choose to do it, but not be disapointed when they don't. They cleaning crew's job is to remove dust and dirt, not a million popcorns skattered all over the place by a careless person, or in this case a mother who did not control her kid. And regarding the cinima, you clean up after yourself there too, not just leave waste on the floor (I even grasped that back when I was a child). It is called common decency.

It gets me that people are comparing the plane with something like a restaurant thinking of their kid throws food on the floor they don't clean it up. First you should out of respect second a plane usually only has a few minutes between flights so it's just a quick clean for the next flight plus flight attendants only get paid when they are in the air!! Back to a restaurant. If your kids throw food on the floor clean it up. Yes at the end of the day they sweep the floor for items -food that gets dropped but not they have to stop during their shift to clean your mess and not get to sit another table to make money. I'm sure you aren't tipping them more because "it's their job" Sorry I'm sort of done with my rant

My issue is why did the airline give out popcorn and then be unprepared to pick up popcorn on the floor? I spill popcorn and I'm 54. As a parent, I wouldn't have been in tears and then ask my famous husband and sister to validate my victimstance. I've cleaned up after my kid in restaurants, etc., because it is my responsibility for my kid not to make a huge mess. As this wasn't a huge mess, and I find it hard to believe the FA took it to the pilot, this seems fairly entitled on the family's side but also wrong on the airline's side. Just clean up after your kid and move on. Why the need to make it a huge deal. Her and the hubby have made themselves out to be douchebags.

I don't have children but I have three dogs. I pick up after my dogs because I chose to have them & they are my responsibility. Does this not apply to children? Picking up a little popcorn is probably the easiest thing she did that day. Her husband didn't seem too concerned that she was flying, 22 weeks pregnant with two small children.

I’m not sure what is wrong with teaching a child to clean up after themselves. Flight attendants, custodians, etc. are not personal servants. It would have been easy enough for the mother to engage the child in play in picking up the large pieces of popcorn to the best of her ability. The flight crew could have handled it better as well. I think everyone is an a*s in this situation.

Some people in the comments were saying that the airline has enough money to hire a cleaning crew, that's what cleaning crews are for, etc. And, I do think every airline has a crew that cleans after every flight before take off. The kids were eating popcorn (which, I don't think was supplied by the airline, as one commenter mentioned). Maybe it's a good idea for the mom and/or the 5-year-old, to pick up the whole kernels BEFORE they get smashed into the floor by said kids. Just because there is a cleaning crew, doesn't mean you get to be a pig and make their job harder than it already is. Pregnancy is not a disability, and if the mom was having a harder than usual time with hers, she should not be traveling in the first place. If the dad was so appalled by the FA's actions (asking a pregnant person with two kids to clean up her mess), he should have traveled with her or ask a family/friend to tag along.

If she hadn’t been 5 months’ pregnant, I would have no problem with this. However, making a 5-month pregnant woman get on the ground to do that is cruel.