Flights welcome all sorts of passengers on board a plane – not all of whom display the correct travel etiquette. Holidays are undeniably a time to relax – and this should start on the flight. However the comfort of the flier should not come at the expense of other travellers. An Instagram photo – shared by Instagram account passengershaming – is going viral after it shamed one woman who made a very selfish move on a plane
The disturbing snap shows the female passenger sitting in her plane seat with her eyes closed.
However, she has taken her long black and grey hair and draped it over the back of the chair.
Consequently, the lengthy tresses hang right in front of the passengers sitting in the seats behind her.
The ponytail trails so far down it seems to skim the back seat pocket where in-flight magazines are kept.
Her hair might be out of her way, but her comfort could well be coming at a cost to those behind her.
The knees of a passenger in the seat behind can be seen – although faces cannot, so it is not known how they reacted to the lack of etiquette.
Instagram users have been horrified by what the woman has decided to do.
“If you don’t want it behind your head, what makes you think I want it in front of my face?!” one person posted.
“How can you think that this is acceptable? Seriously!” another agreed.
Some Instagram users came up with inventive ways to get back at the female flier.
“If you have a tray, open it up and close it with their hair inside. When they stand up…” one person suggested.
Another wrote: “Next time you need to cut her hair,” while a third added: “This is when a fake sneeze comes in handy.”
This woman is not the first to be criticised by Instagram account passengershaming for her hair etiquette on a plane.
Another was also snapped with her ponytail draped over the back of her seat.
Not only is it invading their personal space but it is dangling right over the traveller’s drink on the tray.
“This woman clearly doesn’t realise that the tray table plastic has the most germs of anywhere on a [plane],” one person commented. “Who wants their hair all up in there? Gross. And the level of disrespect to the person behind. Rude.”
It’s not always passengers’ hair habits that are shamed on planes. One photo shared by Instagram account passengershaming showed a woman hanging out bikinis to dry on the seats in front of her.