Former flight attendant Shawn Kathleen has worked in the airline industry long enough to observe the mode of transportation – once glamorous and somewhat exclusive, devolve into the Greyhound service of the skies , with anyone and everyone welcome and feeling quite at home…And I do mean at home. I mean no disrespect to Greyhound. It was once the lesser of the two options, with a drunk or two on board and a fistfight en route guaranteed . If this is still standard, the average bus trip is much less eventful than an air flight. Besides, if someone pries a bus door open, you won’t be sucked out due to lost cabin pressure. Air travel has made Greyhound the classy alternative.
Because Shawn Kathleen is no longer dependent upon the airline to pay the bills, she is free to reveal what absolute swine some air travelers have become. Kathleen created the Facebook page passengershaming.com. The page shows short videos and photos sent in by observant and mortified passengers, and is meant to shame those who treat air travel with a lack of ettiquitte that is jaw dropping.
What do you think, will the page shock offenders into changing their ways? If not, perhaps it will remind others to get vaccinations before traveling. Let me give you an example or two. Shirts and shoes are optional! Scaly bare feet are seen propped on the seat ahead, mere inches from a stranger’s face…Imagine it. I’m fairly certain my ball point pen would ‘slip’ and give the offender an instant stigmata. Speaking of feet, good grooming is so important. Some passengers take a few moments to cut their toenails, to the delight of their seatmates, while others prop their feet on the walls. Someone has used the sink as a urinal in one shot, and others regularly leave filthy diapers, condoms and other items behind for others to clean up. Children and dogs defecate in the aisles, and flights have been turned around when some men have become – a little too preoccupied with whatever they have discovered in their pants.
I wish Ms Kathleen luck, and I’ll be keeping an eye on her page. She has also written a revealing book called: “Rants of a Sassy Stew”: A former cop, paramedic, stay at home mom and know-it-all, doing this flight attendant thing.