Annoyed plane passenger goes to war with ‘entitled’ kid flyer over window shade

Hands on window shade on plane
Hands on window shade on plane

She wasn’t about to be “shaded” by a kid.

An airline passenger put the “blind” in “blind justice” after shutting down an “entitled” brat who monkeyed with her window shade.

A clip of the incident amassed nearly 16 million views and sparked a raging debate over who gets to control the shade.

“I LOVE the direct confrontation,” fawned one fan of the flyer’s actions. @vmaymah / Tiktok
“I LOVE the direct confrontation,” fawned one fan of the flyer’s actions. @vmaymah / Tiktok

“It’s my window,” the stalwart flyer — known as @vmaymah on TikTok — declared in the caption of the clip.

In the footage, which was filmed on an unidentified flight, the female traveler is seen lifting her window shade so she can enjoy the view.

All of a sudden, a child sitting in front of her reaches into frame and brazenly attempts to shut her blind.

However the hellion only manages to close the cover halfway, before the woman stops it with her hand and rips it back up, effectively winning the window war.

Needless to say, many TikTok commenters praised the woman for doggedly defending her vista.

“I LOVE the direct confrontation,” fawned one fan, while another wrote, “Why is his hand all the way back there.”

The kid attempts to “shade” the passenger. @vmaymah / Tiktok
The kid attempts to “shade” the passenger. @vmaymah / Tiktok

“PLEASE THE STOP MID CLOSING,” gushed another, to which @vmaymah replied, “I was like stop right there sir.”

Others found the brat’s action particularly appalling given that he had “his own window.”

Shockingly, some viewers took the child’s side. “He’s a child he probably just wants to sleep,” argued one sympathizer.

Another declared, “I agree with him, can’t stand when people have the window open all flight lmao.”

Meanwhile, a third claimed that the window was actually his, despite it clearly being located next to the poster’s seat.

Either way, the incident does illustrate the awkwardness of having a window that seems to straddle two areas, like the intersection of a Venn diagram, on who owns the shade.

In general, airplane etiquette dictates that the person in the window seat decides the blind’s position.

“Whoever is sitting next to [the window] gets to control it,” flight attendant Kelly Kincaid told travel blog The Points Guy while discussing shade rights.

While passengers can certainly request that the window-seater close their shade, they are under no obligation to do so, even if all the other ones are drawn.

That being said, the shade rule is not as open and shut as it might seem.

According to portal authorities, flyers may have to relinquish their blind rights during emergencies or when seated in exit rows on certain airlines.

“Speaking for my own airline, the only time the window shades need to be completely open is if we’re prepping for an emergency landing,” said Kincaid. “But only the emergency-exit row shades need to be open for this type of scenario. [Other] airlines require exit-row passengers to keep the shade up before takeoff or landing.”