One woman gives a whole new meaning to standing room only.
A video on TikTok shows the anonymous airline passenger giving up her seat on the plane, choosing to stand in the aisle with a blanket wrapped around her waist.
“Lady stood on my flight watching her movie for the entire 7 hours,” Dr. Richard Duong, who posts under the username @envisionaries, captioned the video.
The seven-second video shows the blonde woman with the plane still having its lights on.
It then cuts to the plane in the dark and shows her still standing and looking at the screen.
In the comments, Duong clarified that the woman would sit down when the seat belt light came on.
Users were largely sympathetic to the woman, with many thinking she might be suffering from a medical condition.
“I have fibromyalgia and I would have to stand for most of the flight or I would be in pain,” one user commented.
“As someone with a broken tailbone, got it,” another sympathized.
A video on TikTok shows the anonymous airline passenger giving up her seat on the plane, choosing to stand in the aisle with a blanket wrapped around her waist.
‘She could have a bleeding disorder. This makes me have to stand and stretch a lot,” says another.
Duong responded, writing, “Or maybe she just likes to stand…not everything has to be medical.”
He also responded to people who claimed she wasn’t doing any harm by standing up, but pointed out she was on a walkway.
“People trying to go to the bathroom/staff trying to get food/drinks,” he wrote. “But she was living her best life.”
A YouGov survey released in May, revealed what Americans really think about what in-flight behavior is acceptable – and which is definitely not.
According to the survey, most Americans agree that there has been a big mistake: letting your kids run down the aisles, getting drunk on board and leaving your seat during air turbulence.
Most people agreed (86 percent of those surveyed) that letting your children play in the aisle is unacceptable, while 82 percent said getting drunk goes too far.
The same percentage of respondents say it’s annoying to leave your seat during turbulence, while 81 percent agree that watching a movie without headphones is a serious mistake.
Users were largely sympathetic to the woman, with many thinking she might be suffering from a medical condition
Most people (79 percent) also say it is unacceptable to leave trash in the back seat pocket when leaving the plane, while 74 percent condemn using both armrests when someone is sitting next to you.
About 68 percent said eating strong-smelling food is a pet peeve, and 66 percent said not paying attention during the safety demonstration is a no-no.
The survey of more than 1,000 people conducted in May this year also revealed etiquettes that divide opinion, with as many US residents saying they are acceptable as those who condemn them as a pet peeve.
This includes making a telephone call, taking a small dog on board, unfastening your seat belt when the lights are not on and leaving the ceiling lights on when the cabin lights are turned off.
Other behavior is now generally regarded as acceptable by most respondents.
They include using a laptop on the tray table, waking a seatmate to go to the bathroom and pressing the flight attendant’s call button to get a drink.
Opinions on airplane etiquette are determined by how often someone flies, according to YouGov, with frequent flyers being less tolerant of certain actions.
People who say they fly commercially at least once a year are more likely to say it is unacceptable to talk on the phone and put small items in the overhead bin during a full flight.
YouGov surveyed 1,152 American adults in May with a mix of people from all demographics.