--- title: 'Passenger Shaming' Using Social Media to Ridicule Rude Flyers description: Sitting behind a reclined seat doesn't seem too bad compared to these incidents. canonical: https://time.com/3398623/passenger-shaming/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-18T18:29:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:17.693Z og:title: 'Passenger Shaming' Photos on Facebook and Instagram Ridicule Rude Flyers og:description: Sitting behind a reclined seat doesn't seem too bad compared to these incidents. og:url: https://time.com/3398623/passenger-shaming/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Passenger Shaming' Photos on Facebook and Instagram Ridicule Rude Flyers twitter:description: Sitting behind a reclined seat doesn't seem too bad compared to these incidents. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 'Passenger Shaming' Photos on Facebook and Instagram Ridicule Rude Flyers  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Sep 18, 2014 6:29 PM UTC  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Sep 18, 2014 6:29 PM UTC [Instagram](http://instagram.com/passengershaming) and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/PassengerShaming) accounts run by Passenger Shaming are taking off: the social media networks have become platforms for flyers vent frustrations about rude passengers by snapping and submitting photos of them. Passenger Shaming’s Instagram and Facebook page have attracted over 70,000 followers and 60,000 likes, respectively, as of Thursday. Photos emailed include conspicuous PDA, feet on tray tables and over seats, fallen wigs, partial nudity and other incidents that are likely more distracting than [the Knee Defender.](http://time.com/3181577/knee-defender-flight-united-airlines/) Here’s what’s already been collected: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3398623/passenger-shaming/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3398623/passenger-shaming/"},"headline":"'Passenger Shaming' Photos on Facebook and Instagram Ridicule Rude Flyers","datePublished":"2014-09-18T18:29:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:17.693Z","description":"Sitting behind a reclined seat doesn't seem too bad compared to these incidents","url":"https://time.com/3398623/passenger-shaming/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3398623/passenger-shaming/","name":"'Passenger Shaming' Photos on Facebook and Instagram Ridicule Rude Flyers"}}]}] ```