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Passenger caught drying his socks on plane window

The photo was shared on Instagram by a passenger sitting close to the man.

Published: Wed 30 Oct 2019, 12:59 PM

Updated: Wed 30 Oct 2019, 3:14 PM

An unidentified plane passenger is leaving netizens disgusted after he was captured drying his socks by wedging them in the plane's window shutter.

Fellow passengers aboard a recent flight were horrified when the man came up with the bizarre idea of drying his pair of socks. A picture shows him from the back while his socks can be seen hanging from the shutter of the plane's window.

According to reports in Mirror.co.uk, the photo was shared by a passenger sitting close to the man on Instagram account 'Passenger Shaming'  which has one million followers.

The passenger captioned the photo: 'Me doing my laundry on the way to LA this weekend! #multitasking', and amassed over 5,000 likes and 160 comments.

quote       View this post on Instagram Me doing my laundry on the way to LA this weekend! #MULTITASKING ????#dryingsocksonplanes ????????????? #fbf . . . #passengershaming #flyingfeet #instagramaviation #comeflywithme #airlinelife #airplaneetiquette #frequentflyer #crewlife #plane #aviation #cabincrew #avgeek #cabincrewlife #flightattendant #flightattendantlife #travel #flightattendants #instapassport #aviationgeek #FAlife #airtravel #travelgram #traveltips #pilotlife #frequentflier #laundry #socks A post shared by Passenger Shaming (@passengershaming) on Oct 18, 2019 at 5:47am PDT

Several netizens left furious comments of the photo with one writing: 'Classless low lifes are everywhere'. While another person wrote on Instagram: 'Why would anyone admit doing something so ignorant'?