Female passenger disgusted by stranger's rude act on plane: 'Going to be a long flight'

Justin Chan

A female plane passenger took to Reddit this week to share a horrifying photo of a stranger performing a rude act during her flight.

The woman, who goes by WoodySoprano on the social media platform, posted an image of a traveler resting their bare feet on her headrest. Though the Reddit user's face is cropped, her terrified eyes tell all.

"Going to be a long flight," she captioned the photo.

Photo: Reddit
A traveler puts their feet on a headrest.

The woman's post immediately went viral, generating nearly a thousand comments by Tuesday afternoon. Some argued that the female passenger should have confronted the offender.

"I don't get it at all. I would get up the moment I felt someone put their feet there and said something," one person wrote. "You should never suffer in silence, never. Even as a passenger, if I had seen this, I would laugh and look at the person in the unfortunate seat and say 'I'm glad the person behind me has manners and isn't a complete idiot.' because I do realize some people are afraid of confrontations."

Others suggested that the woman should have alerted a crew member.

"Talk to a flight attendant," one person posted. "If the plane is still at the gate then kick him/her off..disorderly conduct in a tube that is 30,000+ ft above ground is stupid... if it got worse.. the other passengers can tape him/her to the seat for the rest of the flight."

Some Reddit users shared similar experiences. One purportedly was traveling within Asia when a passenger invaded their space.

"The guy behind me took off his shoes and shoved his feet between the seats, pushing my elbow forward with his nasty unwashed feet," the user wrote. "I asked him to put his feet down, he refused. He was asked in two other languages to put his feet down, which he did for about a minute and then put them back up again."

The user said they were so fed up that they took matters into their own hands.

"This was a short flight, but since it was international there was meal service which started as soon as we hit cruising altitude," the user continued. "I kept the fork and repeatedly stabbed him in the bottom of his foot every time he tried to put his foot up."

Airplane behavior has been the subject of hot discussion over the years. Earlier this year, a passenger who flew on a Spirit Airlines flight to Minneapolis airport was caught smoking midflight. The man was purportedly removed from the plane as soon as it landed.