About
Passenger Shaming is a Facebook page and Instagram feed highlighting photographs of public transit and commercial transport passengers violating rules of public etiquette.
Origin
In January 2013, the Passenger Shaming Facebook[1] page was launched. The first photo was uploaded to the page on February 8th, featuring a barefoot airline passenger placing their feet in between the seats in front of him.[2]
Precursor
On August 10th, 2010, the single topic blog Going With Eddie[3] was created, which highlights photos of subway passengers committing various faux pas while riding the train (shown below)
Spread
On October 6th, 2013, the Passenger Shaming Instagram[6] feed was launched.
On September 14th, 2014, BuzzFeed[5] highlighted several notable examples from the Passenger Shaming Facebook page. In the coming days, several other news sites published articles about the Facebook page, including Yahoo News, Complex, UpRoxx, The Daily Mail and Jezebel.
Notable Examples
Search Interest
Not available.
External References
[1]Facebook – Passenger Shaming
[2]Facebook – Cover Photos – Passenger Shaming
[3]Going With Eddit – Going With Eddie
[4]Going With Eddie – Peanut Butter & Jelly
[5]BuzzFeed – If You Do Any Of This On A Plane Everyone Hates You
[6]Instagram – Passenger Shaming