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‘Inconsiderate’ passenger slammed in viral ‘hair plane’ ride on Tiktok
Travelling is one of life’s greatest joys. We get to see wonderful and picturesque views, experience different cultures, and eat exotic and flavorful foods. We also meet unique people along the way.
Of course, uniqueness can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on the types of people we encounter.
In one recent viral Tiktok post, we think it’s safe to say that in this case, one person wishes their fellow passengers were a little more… conventional.
User @julie.b.christensen uploaded a video on the content-sharing platform featuring upbeat sounds and frankly, a rather icky visual of a person’s hair dipping into the cup on her tray.
The person can be seen carelessly hanging their hair over their backseat, with apparently little regard for their co-passengers comfort.
‘I wish this was staged,’ Julie captioned on the video.
‘Hair plane mode activated!’, she added jokingly.
The video has garnered massive reactions, with 3.4 million views, 124.7K hearts (likes), 6,018 comments, and 640 shares as of posting time.
Understandably, among the most popular comments were ones criticising the person.
‘Some people have no consideration,’ one user said.
‘No way! Hope you asked her to move her hair,’ another added.
Others though let their wicked streaks come through and shine.
‘Close your table and let her try and move,’ the top comment read.
Another even called the person's long, intruding hair ‘chewing gum storage’.
Some did offer more grounded, level-headed suggestions, such as asking the person to move their hair out of the way, or that if they were in Julie’s place, they definitely would have had a word.
There were also people who said that Julie should have involved the flight crew. It remains unclear from the post if she did address the person directly or asked for assistance.
The post also prompted other users to share their own horrifying experiences with passengers on planes.
One user wrote: ‘I had someone behind me squeeze their BARE TOES between my seat and the seat next to me. Immediately was a no from me. You’re strong,’ along with an awkward laugh emoji.
Speaking of bare toes and horrifying travel companions, this video that went viral in 2019 (now over 10 million views!) on the microblogging platform Twitter shows a passenger using his feet to navigate an in-flight entertainment console.
For those with a stomach for in-flight passenger shenanigans, There’s even an Instagram handle called Passenger Shaming featuring similar — but not all — perplexing content!
To be fair, not all passengers are rude. There are stories like this tyke taking time to greet passengers on a commercial flight last September in the United States.
And that’s that! What would you have done in Julie’s place? Would you have let the person be — or would you have given them a proper talk?
Please let us know your thoughts below!