Plane passenger who won’t move bare feet from fellow flyer’s personal space gets ‘instant karma’

February 18, 2025

When it comes to plane etiquette, this passenger is toeing the line.

Content creator Cam Casey was sitting on a flight while the person behind him stretched out their legs to reveal their flip-flop-adorned feet beneath his seat — much to his disgust.

“Bro this is nasty,” he wrote on the viral video, in which he looked repulsed.

To dole out some “instant karma,” he uncapped his bottle of water and poured it on the person’s feet. They recoiled immediately.

While some people called him “wrong,” most viewers championed Casey for his clever thinking and offered up suggestions for more effective ways to solve the issue.

“Warm water or coffee would’ve been better,” commented on user on Facebook, where Casey also posted the clip.

“I would have fake sneezed on them toes with just a sprinkle of water,” advised another. “That would have been way more impactful.”

“Nah, water’s too nice. should’ve been coffee or maybe chocolate milk,” someone else wrote on TikTok.

“Shoulda been hot coffee,” offered one user.

“I would have taken a sip and spat it,” another commented.

“Would have accidentally dropped a heavy water bottle and [said] oops,” wrote someone else.

Casey isn’t the only traveler to encounter uninvited feet in their personal space while on a plane.

Just last year, one woman shamed the person seated behind her for stretching his shoeless feet underneath her seat.

In the comments of the Reddit post, which warned viewers not to “be this person,” appalled users offered recommendations on how to handle the situation.

“Just turn around and say, ‘I don’t think our relationship has progressed along far enough to the level of “footsie” intimacy,’” one person said.

“I’d step on their toes really hard and go oopsie,” another quipped.

“Sure would be a shame if some of that water spilled,” joked someone else.

Meanwhile, other flyers have also blasted their seatmates online for exposing their “crusty” feet or propping their feet up on the arm rest in front of them.

But being barefoot, however, is banned on certain airlines.

Airlines like Delta, American, Spirit, Southwest and JetBlue bar bare feet on flights, reserving the right to remove passengers or refuse service.