Mum fumes at plane passenger watching inappropriate show next to her young son
Let's face it, travelling by public transport for hours on end isn't the most exciting activity. For many of us, part of the planning for a long trip by train or plane involves packing a book to read or downloading a few episodes of whatever show we're currently engrossed in to help the hours pass by a little quicker.
But one mum was left furious on a recent flight after the stranger sat next to her son decided that his in-flight entertainment was going to consist of episodes of an "adult show" with nudity in it - which caught the attention of her child. The mum was sat in the aisle seat for the flight, with her son - who was described as being between eight and 10 years old - in the middle seat, and the stranger had the window.
In a post on Reddit shared by the man in the situation, he explained that the show he was watching was The Sopranos, and while the particular episodes he watched didn't contain any violence, there were several scenes that took place inside a strip club, which caused the mum to complain. However, the man refused to stop watching the show because he didn't have any other forms of entertainment with him, and instead just told the mum to swap seats with her son.
He wrote: "I'm on a three-hour flight and have the window seat in a plane. In the middle seat next to me sits an 8-10 year old kid and in the aisle seat, his mother. I have my iPad with me and had downloaded several episodes of the TV show The Sopranos to watch on the flight. As soon as I get seated I pop open the iPad and start to watch. Now in the show, several scenes take place in a strip club Tony Soprano owns and you can see the dancers who are not wearing any clothes except a thong.
"The kid next to me has an iPhone and is playing some game I couldn't recognise but after a short while stops and starts paying attention to my screen. The mum notices, takes a glance and then taps me on the shoulder. [She says] 'Hey excuse me, would you mind watching something else? That is not appropriate to watch in front of a child or in public spaces', [and I say] 'Look I'm sorry I don't have anything else to watch or read you can't really expect me to be three hours on this plane doing nothing.'
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"I then proceed to tilt the screen towards me and continue watching. But her kid still seems interested and ignores his mum. The mum then starts complaining out loud about how rude and inappropriate it is. After a while, I just say 'If you are that bothered either switch sits with your son or move somewhere else in the plane.'
"She then gave me the stink eye before switching places with her son. We didn't talk again for the remainder of the flight. As we were exiting the plane though she again starts complaining to someone who I assume was her husband (sitting a couple rows up front) about how people can be so inconsiderate. I just laughed it off and said whatever.
"It is true I had nothing else, if I had a book or some other shows I would have accepted her request. I talked with my friend when I got home and he said that perhaps I should have thought more about my choice of show to watch on a plane. I honestly didn't think beforehand just downloaded The Sopranos episodes because it's the show I'm currently watching, I don't really like to start new shows until I finish the one I'm currently on."
In later updates to his post, the man explained there was "foul language" in the episodes but as he had headphones on and no subtitles, the only adult themes the boy could see to was the nudity. He also said the plane did not have any screens for him to watch something else, and insisted the only option would have been for him to "pay for the wifi" on the flight and use his phone or iPad to browse social media instead.
Commenters on the post were split, as although they believed the man hadn't inherently done anything wrong, many could also understand why the mum would be upset with him. One person said: "As a parent, I would have switched seats and ended the problem without even talking to you. Now, if it was a world where the kid couldn't go anywhere else, and you weren't trying to tilt the screen, I might have a different opinion."
While another added: "I can't really make a judgement call here because I can see it both ways, but I will say that you should try to get one of those privacy screen protectors so that only the person directly in front of the iPad can clearly see what's on the screen," and a third posted: "I do think you could have a bit more sense and discretion than to watch something like that besides a child. It's a thing I notice - people don't look around them and temper their behaviour to suit the surroundings."
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