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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Sometimes Self-Awareness Is Hard
I’m Only Posting This Photo So No One Else Sends It To Me
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
Packing At The Gate 5 Minutes Before The Flight Like
Maybe she is a subject of random selection and they messed up her bag and she has to repack. Is it a nuisance? Yeah, but so is random selection sometimes.
Parenting Is Hard, Guys
I guess the parents might have been asleep. Could have been a 12 hour flight and the kid was trying to keep themselves busy and not wake mum or dad.
A For Effort, Dude!
Out of the million things you can do on a plane - watching a movie, listening to music, talking to the person next to you, socializing, being a good fellow passenger - you watch porn... Whoa!
"Man Dumps His Food Into Aisle After Eating What He Wanted"
“I Hate Everyone And Shirts”
The Sense Of Entitlement Is Strong With This One
Crew Said She Couldn’t Do This. Her Reply… “I Don’t Care”
Not. Apple. Juice.
Happy Mother's Day!
That Time A Dude Tried To Warm Up His Pizza. On A Plane
That Woman
No This Wasn't A 348 Day Long Flight
Can we ban these people from flights please? Or at least make them clean up after themselves?
Hairy, Unbeweavable Sitch In Full Effect
Must. Be. First. To. Get. Bag
Don’t Do This!
Aftermath Of Two Adult Passengers (Not 478 Children)
Ok, So Which One Of You Left These On The Plane?!
Jesus Flute Dude
If he was good at it and played it well, it must've been a best case scenario. But if he was practising.... God save them
Sorry About The Smell
Solid Air Travel Hat Choice
I don' t see anything bad about it. It's not like he's bothering someone. And he may be a pyrotechnic. So what?
Yay For Orlando Flights!
"It Fit On The Last Flight!"
Pro Travel Tip: The Tray Table Is Not An Ottoman
Yes This Is First Class. Yes This Is (Was?) A T-Bone Steak That Someone Ate
Because they don't give a s**t. Someone is paid to clean their c**p all the time, so how can they learn?...
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First class doesn't automatically mean money. I don't get to fly very often, and I have to save my pennies to do it because I HAVE to fly first class. I'm obese and the majority of my weight is in my butt and thighs, so while I can buckle my seat belt without an extender, I can't fit my giant butt in an economy seat. Cheaper to fly first class than to buy two economy seats. I'm slowly losing the weight, but my butt unfortunately will be the last place I'll lose it.
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Affording first class does not equal actually having any class.
THEY WERE ANTICIPATING A DOG SITTING IN FIRST CLASS FOR NEXT FLIGHT
People these days feel so entitled! The airlines should look at the tickets and seats, then Ed flag them as pigs, then make sure they are all seated together in the back of the plane.. it’s a sanitation and health hazard as well as just nasty. They should be charged with littering in a public enclosed space!
People doing disgusting things.....BECAUSE THEYARE DISGUSTING!! that's why!
In first class?! Why are people this gross. The flight attendants come around with trash bags at some point, don’t they? Can’t people be clean??!
Sometimes You Just Need To Air Out Your Sweaty Shoe
2 For 1 Pap Smears Now Available In Row 26!
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.
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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Some are absolutely disgusting, others out of necessity make the best of the situation.
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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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".
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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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!!
I really hope that instead of just passive-aggressively posting pictures, most of these people said something to those passengers.
People who stick their filthy, smelly bare feet all over other people's spaces should be put on a permanent no-fly list.
I get people don't have respect for others and clearly they also don't have it for themselves either.
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.
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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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.
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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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!
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 .
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.
I saw a Mad Magazine comic to that effect.....from 1983.
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Flying is like riding the bus now, but more trouble. I'll stick to buses & trains.
You would think flight attendants could say something. I am sure they can’t because people are so dramatic nowadays and would start something.
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?!
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.
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.
I have not flown in over 20 years because of the crazies and the crappy airline service. This just shows nothing has changed.
This whole thing is why I'm glad I never have flown, never will fly, never want to fly. Disgusting!
I hate air travel- but I hate the people encountered during air travel even more.
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
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.
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."
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!
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...
Two times in my life (so far) and my seat was next to some guy masturbating. What do you do? Where do you look? Should you applaud when he finishes? What's worse is one guy stared at me while he was doing it. I was staring at the attendant silently willing her to intervene.
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
Yeah you know how those Germans are known for being inefficient and lazy, eh?
Load More Replies... Boohoo. Go catch some snowflakes. You are probably one of those ‘dirty feet on seats’ persons :D
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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.
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... Some are absolutely disgusting, others out of necessity make the best of the situation.
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... 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".
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... 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!!
I really hope that instead of just passive-aggressively posting pictures, most of these people said something to those passengers.
People who stick their filthy, smelly bare feet all over other people's spaces should be put on a permanent no-fly list.
I get people don't have respect for others and clearly they also don't have it for themselves either.
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.
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... 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.
ETA: Business class or not I always have my Dettol hand sanitizer wipes all over our seats first before seating down.
Load More Replies... 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!
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 .
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.
I saw a Mad Magazine comic to that effect.....from 1983.
Load More Replies... Flying is like riding the bus now, but more trouble. I'll stick to buses & trains.
You would think flight attendants could say something. I am sure they can’t because people are so dramatic nowadays and would start something.
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?!
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.
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.
I have not flown in over 20 years because of the crazies and the crappy airline service. This just shows nothing has changed.
This whole thing is why I'm glad I never have flown, never will fly, never want to fly. Disgusting!
I hate air travel- but I hate the people encountered during air travel even more.
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
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.
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."
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!
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...
Two times in my life (so far) and my seat was next to some guy masturbating. What do you do? Where do you look? Should you applaud when he finishes? What's worse is one guy stared at me while he was doing it. I was staring at the attendant silently willing her to intervene.
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
Yeah you know how those Germans are known for being inefficient and lazy, eh?
Load More Replies... Boohoo. Go catch some snowflakes. You are probably one of those ‘dirty feet on seats’ persons :D
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