Passenger Shaming

Passenger Shaming

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About

Passenger Shaming is a Facebook page and Instagram feed which highlights photographs of public transit and commercial transport passengers violating various rules of public etiquette.

Origin

In January 2013, flight attendant Shawn Kathleen launched the Passenger Shaming Facebook[1] page. The first photo was uploaded to the page on February 8th, featuring a barefoot airline passenger placing their feet in between the seats in front of him (shown below).[2]



Precursors

On June 10th, 2007, the "single topic blog";https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/single-topic-blogs Flights From Hell[7] was created, which contains stories about flight experiences with terrible passengers.


Spewing Green Liquid JUNE 10, 2007 in WEIRD PEOPLE STORIES I was waiting in the concourse for a flight out of Miami. I noticed a woman with wild eyes acting fidgety and erratically. I thought to myself that I hoped she wasn't going to board the same plane. After boarding the plane and after the door was closed, I was relieved that she wasn't on the same flight. Suddenly the door opened and she and a male companion boarded. As she walked down the aisle I noticed that a foamy green liquid started spewing out of her mouth. She started yelling gibberish. Her companion, who looked normal, seemed to take her rantings and and the green spittle in stride. For some reason, the airline flight crew seemed to ignore her as well. I felt like I was in a Twilight Zone episode. As the plane engines started, I feared that she was actually going to remain for the duration of the flight. Finally, to the relief of all, the couple was escorted off the plane by the flight crew Signed, Living in the Twilight Zone

On August 10th, 2010, the single topic blog Going With Eddie[3] was launched, which highlights photos of subway passengers committing various faux pas while riding the train (shown below)


PRIORITY SEATING 100 OFF FOR SELFISH #%^*A ! ANICE NAP DURING RUSH HOUR

Spread

On March 25th, 2013, the news site Today[7] published an article about the Passenger Shaming Facebook page. On October 6th, the Passenger Shaming Instagram[6] feed was created. On September 14th, 2014, BuzzFeed[5] highlighted several notable examples from the Passenger Shaming Facebook page. On September 17th, CNN aired a segment on Passenger Shaming photographs (shown below).



In the coming days, several other news sites published articles about Passenger Shaming, including Yahoo News,[8] Complex,[9] UpRoxx,[10] The Daily Mail[11] and Jezebel.[12]

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