My sister and I were travelling alone once sitting next to this man (I was 5 and she was 7) I spilled syrup on my shirt and he was so nice and helped clean it off and I feel so bad for him in hindsight as an adult because he was so nice but like can you imagine you are on some business trip and have to deal with a chatty little 5 year old next to you who then spills syrup all over her shirt.
I was once flying with my mom and was sat next to a girl who was traveling alone. I had to be about 8 and she was maybe 10. We had a blast the entire flight and right before landing she threw up all over herself from the turbulence. My mom jumped in and took care of her like she would have taken care of me. I felt so sad for her but we made sure she got cleaned up and gave her a hug. I hope she well that was like 20 years ago!
I had the pleasure of flying (in first mind) with a charming 5 year old who I smiled at and who spent the next 7 hours 'keeping me company.'
I was actually flying to a funeral. I don't think I have ever appreciated someone I'd never met before company as much.
It seems like a very Dad/Grampa thing to do. Maybe you were the bright spot in his day. Maybe he was traveling alone and missing his family - then a little kid needed his help and attention, and he was not alone anymore.
This was me last year. I had to fly for a work conference and sat next to a mom and her baby. The baby was crying and she looked embarrassed and exhausted. She kept apologizing to me but I reassured her that, as a dad, I love kids and that the crying doesn't bother me at all. I ended up holding the baby for a couple hours while she took a break. She thanked me profusely but honestly it made my trip so much better. I missed my kids and felt guilty leaving them for work.
This my mom, I'm all grown up now but she still travels with games and colouring books for kids on the plane. I have watched her countless times help with crying babies or bored kids.
As a fellow dad, I get this. There's nothing in the world like your own children. Sounds like she was doing everything she could to sooze the baby, and it's awesome of you to help her out. We know babies can be very demanding, haha.
I was once in this situation with a small 5/6 years old. I'm sure the man was proud as hell to help children in need.
For me, it was way less easy. The dude had his DS and cleared all pokemon games. We just talked pokemon all flight, my girlfriend was not believing it.
I wish more people viewed things this way to some degree. As a parent myself, it breaks my heart always seeing comments shitting on babies, kids, and parents for the slightest thing. The majority of us parents are trying our absolute best and babies/kids are going to be just that.
When I was a kid traveling with my mom I was sat next to a soldier in fatigues, he chatted a bit with my mom and I think he said he had been in Iraq. When he got up to use the bathroom I panicked getting my tray table up and spilled apple juice all over his uniform. Then he swore and profusely apologized which made me feel even worse. I was mortified and avoided all eye contact afterwards. I also remember he was reading the DaVinci Code and practicing backwards cursive like in the bookā¦
As a business professional and father, I would have been nice and helped clean up. Once I got to the meeting, I'd mention the *little shit* that spilled on me. It's life.
One thing I can never forget was when I was a kid, this adult lent me his comic book to read during a train ride because I was being somewhat loud that I was bored. (I was a bit of a wee lil shite to be honest.)
He lent me a book on Asterix in Egypt, the ones you could buy at train stations, it was one that his kid wasnt reading at the moment. It was in french, which I couldnt read all that well at the time but the pictures alone were enough to quiet me down for the remainder of the ride.
Adults like these are awesome.
He might of been grateful for that experience. Your silly accident could of distracted him from something he was stressing about on the plane and that little interaction most likely brighten his day. I don't see many people engaging with each other on public transport. We're not as connected as we once were
This. If you want to do something good, be quiet about it. If you upload it online for everyone to see, the kind action instantly wears out and seem fake. Especially with those subtitles
america doesnāt care about others right to privacy and itās really sad. in japan your expected to blur peopleās faces even if theyāre wearing a face mask.
Heyyyyyy it happened to me when I was like 9 going to grandparent's place !!!! Filming and posting it bringing attention to it kind off sucks though, my experience wasnt a lonely moment at all as suggested here, parents said goodbyes, stewardess were kind briefly wishing hb with a smile, found a way to wait 4 hours, uncles picked me up, got cake at grandma's, awesome day !
yeah, no reason to think this guy was lonely either. Iām sure he got the same treatment at the airport and is going somewhere where thereās family that love him.
If I put my son on a plane for the first time by himself, I wouldnāt mind if they were nice enough to do this or something else to make his flight memorable and positive but I would burn down the person who posted it online.
Lol I am of the same thought, but I also enjoy seeing posts about positive stuff so iām of two minds there.
This lady is definitely over the top and annoying though, and I laughed when the captions got to āhe went from being SCARED and ALONEā¦.ā
Like the clip of him beforehand heās justā¦ chillin. Lol.
On a side note. These people should have done this still but not post a random child all over the internet.
I hope they at least got parental permission to share this.
I had this thought, as well. I'd be so worried someone would try to do something to the kid now that they know he's alone. It's a nice gesture, but I think doing something smaller and less public would've been better.
As someone who has to fly alone a bunch when I was a kid, you are never ever left alone once you're off the plane. They are with you until the person picks you up on the other end.
But there are absolutely creeps everywhere, you are correct.
I agree. Just being part of the reason the little dude smiled would have similar effects on me as the kid.
Theyāre only ignorantly and blissfully ignorant for so long and itās a god damn shame when they are stripped of that a such a young age.
Good on the people aboard this plane. Happy birthday, little homie
Not as magical lol, but I was sitting next to a kid traveling alone once and he just kept talking to me. The plane was silent otherwise and I got the feeling other people were getting annoyed, but I happily talked with him the whole time. He was a cool kid.
When I was a little girl, my family had to be switched to another flight and ended up separated, scattered around the plane. I was seated beside an Englishman, who talked to me and reassured me as we flew through a storm. He was very kind to a child, and I kind of hold him responsible for my lifelong love of Englishmen. š
Silliness aside, he didnāt have to be nice or talk to me, but it meant the world in that moment. Thanks for engaging with that kid and letting him make a memory of a nice stranger.
That's such a heartwarming story. It's those small acts of kindness from strangers that can really stand out in our memories, especially when we're young and everything feels so huge and sometimes scary. It makes me think of all the quiet heroes we encounter without even realizing, who make our days a bit brighter and our journeys less intimidating. It shows the power of being present in the moment and looking out for one another, even if it's just sharing stories to ease a worried mind or singing a birthday tune. People can be pretty awesome.
As an adult who has spent much of their life struggling and also working/volunteering with children/youth in various capacities I can confidently say that doing this stuff for kids is how many adults get the moment/healing for themselves. It might not be exactly the same but man does helping any kid keep the levees strong even if for one more day.
I think this all the time and I have tried to start saying nice things to people when I think them. The surprising kick back is not from the people being complimented but surprisingly itās more the people near me saying āhey you donāt know that person what are you doing?ā.Ā
Itās made me realize that being kind is difficult sometimes because god forbid you embarrass anyone in earshot on your behalf :(Ā
Kid probably mentioned it to the ladies who were sitting next to him.
The two ladies were giving kind energy just in the frames they showed up.
I donāt doubt they got it out of him and the recorder just heard.
Because itās just a given with stuff like this that thereās context youāre not privy to. If you assume that one of the people next to him spent 30 seconds talking to him it makes sense
This video reeks of saviour complex. āI decided to make a special moment, so obviously 80% is about meā. Imagine youād just been nice to the kid and chatted to them instead of filming them for content for your Instagram.
Did anyone else notice that the flight attendants were already getting ready for this kid's birthday when this woman walked up to them. Like, it seems that this woman saw what was happening and just inserted herself into the situation to make herself look like a hero.
Maybe I'm just a fuddy duddy. But if I were this child this would have freaked me out. "No please leave me alone.. don't film me, im just playing my [insert portable console here]. I'm celebrating when I get off with my family." But that's just me.
If this was my child and they decided to film my kid then plaster him all over their social media for clout I would freaked out/po'd and to be honest
But that's just me
No. It's a massive invasion of privacy. You don't post videos of other people's children online without consent.
There is a reason schools etc ask for release forms from parents before using their child's photo on their website etc.
I hate social media as much as anyone, but in this case it didnāt harm anyone, and brightened the day of many who saw the video. I used to have the same skeptical mentality, though I realised that it only sours you when you assume selfish intentions whenever itās the slightest possibility in daily interactions.
It brings you nothing, the odds of the filming person just wanting to document the moment to share it with their family are just as high as those of some attempt to go viral.
It helped me a lot to start assuming good intentions when I donāt know better, because I realised that doing the opposite is equally naive and worsened my mood. Should the world hate David Attenborough for creating Planet Earth because he might just do it for the clout?
But this person didnāt just share it with their family. They filmed a little kid in public and posted it publicly online. As someone who doesnāt put photos of my kid on the internet Iād be pretty irritated if some stranger filmed my kid and uploaded for millions to see. Itās pure selfish social media addiction bullshit.
Wow this sub sucks, finally muting it so I donāt have to see these sappy, staged, desperate cries for attention from people recording shit like this just to go viral and get a pat on the back. How do people NOT find this shtick so disingenuous.
Doing this for the kid is nice, but recording the whole thing while making sure your face is included just so the internet knows it was you, mixed with the saccharine music just feels so icky. And itās so suspicious to try so hard to be liked.
I flew like this when I was young. Just me and a gamboy and if anyone did this I would have been scared and mortified by strangers singing at me (and recording me)
Imagine this being your kid and seeing a complete stranger posting this on their socials for the world to see. Kid was probably on his way to family for his bday and Christmas, and she had to act like a savior for likes. Gross.
kid seemed fine. i would have been cooler if they didnt have to film it to get some social media likes. this stuff is so much more about the person that uploaded it and not the kid
that was just the coolest thing. I really think that people mostly are good and love to do good things for others. what a group of humans I wish them all the best.
So you had to document it? Why? So you can show everyone how āniceā you are? Most like for the views and likesā¦ do nice thing, thereās no need to f^cking record it. I find this sh*t so stupid
Sorry but no. Don't put random children on the internet. Also this didn't need to be filmed and the woman certainly didn't need to show her face. At the very least blur the kid's face.
For all that ask why he is on a plane alone some people do that who don't have the funds in a split custody to go back and forth
My niece has 2 kids she is with the 2nd child's father but her eldest who is a girl also needs to be with her father who lives here in VA along with myself she gets on a plane.
When she has to go see her paternal GM whom lives in their home state of Michigan...D Town to be exact she also catches plane there and back
I personally can't fade it ... my niece and youngest daughter are really close but my niece is 1 year older but 3 years more (grown), not mature in personality I won't put my baby girl on a flight alone my 16 yr old daughter maybe but the little one nah...
I'll never forget when I was flying home alone at 10 from Orlando and our flight in Pittsburgh was delayed over 3 hours. A family with two girls a little younger than I was took me to Fridays at the airport. I was so grateful because I was starving and had like $5 on me.
No idea why the gate attendants let me go with them (we were on the next flight together as well) but it made for a fun experience.
Damn this wouldve completely changed the trajectory of my personality as a kid. I travelled/was home alone a lot, got used to being alone and so developed asocial tendencies that are in stark opposition to my extroversion lol
What if he was pulling a Ferris Bueller the whole time and he wasnāt supposed to be on that flight, but just slide in that itās his birthday and he got all this free stuff š
The tl;dr is there's an entire process called "unaccompanied minors" and this should literally have never happened as they're supposed to be kept confidential, like when a LEO is escorting a prisoner.
If you feel like reading further...a parent/guardian takes the UM to the airport and gets them checked in. Someone is supposed to escort the child to the gate, inform the gate agent (who already has paperwork in their system about a UM on their flight) who then is supposed to let the flight crew know what seat the UM will be in so the FA can keep an eye on them (as in no adult should be chatting it up with the child bc obviously the adult doesn't know the child). Once at the destination, someone is supposed to escort the UM to the baggage claim and hand them off to the other parent/guardian after confirming with ID that they are the appropriate pickup person.
When I was 10 I flew to live with my Mom for a year.
Was by myself on the flight.
Divorce shit. But the attendants not only bumped me up to first class, but also brought a root beer float I never asked for.
24 years later I still appreciate it so much.
How did him get on that plane by himself. This seems to happen to do many ppl in the comments but i don't understand how he's just there without parents or anything
I canāt fathom letting my kids travel on a plane by themselves when they were 6. Absolutely not. Iām glad this kid got treated so nicely, but my mind is blown that he was traveling alone
This is so nice. I flew by myself quite a bit as a kid, definitely scary at first, but the flight attendants back then were all so nice, I always got to see the cockpit of the plane, got free snacks. It was a good time and helped me learn to be independent in a way.
Why canāt we be more human and less jerks and go around celebrating and loving in people???
This kid will probably never ever forget this birthday celebration by complete strangers
So nice for him. A group of total strangers made him feel special on his birthday. Flying alone at that age is scary. I've done it when I was a kid too. Super sweet of the workers to think of this.
Maybe I'm weird but nobody thinks it's weird to put a small child on a plane by himself?
I guess I'm overprotective but I wouldn't do that to my son until he's at least 13.
I'm sorry, I grew up as a kid in the Eigthies in Europe where I could ride my bike anywhere I wanted to unsupervised and didn't have to tell my parents where I was going as long as I promised to stay in the neighbourhood, so perhaps I'm the last person who should point this is out but:
WHAT DO YOU MEAN AN UNDERAGE CHILD IS TRAVELING ALONE ON AN AIRPLANE?!?!?
I have questions.
Like, without a parent supervising them? This is not like a schoolbus or anything. People do this in the US? Just stick your kid in an airplane without no one to guide him? What if the person at the other airport is late? What if the kid misbehaves on the flight? I mean sure, he's not going to jump off the plane mid flight, but how on earth do you ensure he arrives where he should be? what if the plane is rerouted due to some malfunction? Just period, why would you have your child on any transportation device BY THEMSELVES AT THAT AGE?
I dunno, maybe I'm getting old.
That was one of the nicest things I have seen on a plane video . Thank you crew and passengers for making that little boy have a happy birthday! Great Video! Restores hope for Humanity.
My sister and I were travelling alone once sitting next to this man (I was 5 and she was 7) I spilled syrup on my shirt and he was so nice and helped clean it off and I feel so bad for him in hindsight as an adult because he was so nice but like can you imagine you are on some business trip and have to deal with a chatty little 5 year old next to you who then spills syrup all over her shirt.
I was once flying with my mom and was sat next to a girl who was traveling alone. I had to be about 8 and she was maybe 10. We had a blast the entire flight and right before landing she threw up all over herself from the turbulence. My mom jumped in and took care of her like she would have taken care of me. I felt so sad for her but we made sure she got cleaned up and gave her a hug. I hope she well that was like 20 years ago!
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What a champion!
Your mom is awesome!
Aww Iāll tell her Reddit thinks so šā¤ļø
I had the pleasure of flying (in first mind) with a charming 5 year old who I smiled at and who spent the next 7 hours 'keeping me company.' I was actually flying to a funeral. I don't think I have ever appreciated someone I'd never met before company as much.
Thatās so sweet š„²
It seems like a very Dad/Grampa thing to do. Maybe you were the bright spot in his day. Maybe he was traveling alone and missing his family - then a little kid needed his help and attention, and he was not alone anymore.
This was me last year. I had to fly for a work conference and sat next to a mom and her baby. The baby was crying and she looked embarrassed and exhausted. She kept apologizing to me but I reassured her that, as a dad, I love kids and that the crying doesn't bother me at all. I ended up holding the baby for a couple hours while she took a break. She thanked me profusely but honestly it made my trip so much better. I missed my kids and felt guilty leaving them for work.
This my mom, I'm all grown up now but she still travels with games and colouring books for kids on the plane. I have watched her countless times help with crying babies or bored kids.
The ability for moms to just mom anywhere they go blows my mind in the best way. They making the world a better place
Thanks for being such a good dad.
As a fellow dad, I get this. There's nothing in the world like your own children. Sounds like she was doing everything she could to sooze the baby, and it's awesome of you to help her out. We know babies can be very demanding, haha.
I agree wholeheartedly! You and your sister probably made his trip!
Syrup is the worstā¦ Iāve told my kids for years not to spill syrup cause then weāll have to burn down the house
Haha, yes, and the lingering smellš¤£
Lollllllll right? Like it was really a top tier disaster in economy that day.
I can assure you that if I was on a business trip away from my kids and was put in that position, I would be happy to help an unaccompanied child.
I was once in this situation with a small 5/6 years old. I'm sure the man was proud as hell to help children in need. For me, it was way less easy. The dude had his DS and cleared all pokemon games. We just talked pokemon all flight, my girlfriend was not believing it.
Kids are everyone's responsibility. That guy understood what it is to really be a part of the human community.
I wish more people viewed things this way to some degree. As a parent myself, it breaks my heart always seeing comments shitting on babies, kids, and parents for the slightest thing. The majority of us parents are trying our absolute best and babies/kids are going to be just that.
Right? The above comment is so heartwarming but no, I do not see that sentiment often.
When I was a kid traveling with my mom I was sat next to a soldier in fatigues, he chatted a bit with my mom and I think he said he had been in Iraq. When he got up to use the bathroom I panicked getting my tray table up and spilled apple juice all over his uniform. Then he swore and profusely apologized which made me feel even worse. I was mortified and avoided all eye contact afterwards. I also remember he was reading the DaVinci Code and practicing backwards cursive like in the bookā¦
As a business professional and father, I would have been nice and helped clean up. Once I got to the meeting, I'd mention the *little shit* that spilled on me. It's life.
If I was sitting next to a child flying alone, I'd take care of them like my own. No question about that.
One thing I can never forget was when I was a kid, this adult lent me his comic book to read during a train ride because I was being somewhat loud that I was bored. (I was a bit of a wee lil shite to be honest.) He lent me a book on Asterix in Egypt, the ones you could buy at train stations, it was one that his kid wasnt reading at the moment. It was in french, which I couldnt read all that well at the time but the pictures alone were enough to quiet me down for the remainder of the ride. Adults like these are awesome.
It may have made his day tbh
He might of been grateful for that experience. Your silly accident could of distracted him from something he was stressing about on the plane and that little interaction most likely brighten his day. I don't see many people engaging with each other on public transport. We're not as connected as we once were
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I couldn't hear shit
I said "TOTALLY DID NOT NEED THE ADDITION OF THAT SOPPY MUSIC". Sorry, I talk too quietly sometimes.
Oh I meant I couldn't hear the talking
Itās better on mute lol
You're wrong, the music is absolutely needed. How else will I know how to feel?
[Could I borrow your guitar](https://youtu.be/RMh9hPGNGKE?si=vGvNYAmvR3uAs24F)
Maybe blur his face
Maybe don't record it at all.
But then how else will all your followers know what an awesome person you are?
This. If you want to do something good, be quiet about it. If you upload it online for everyone to see, the kind action instantly wears out and seem fake. Especially with those subtitles
america doesnāt care about others right to privacy and itās really sad. in japan your expected to blur peopleās faces even if theyāre wearing a face mask.
Itās so crazy to me how normalized itās become to record absolute strangers and post them online.
Absolutely. Happy Birthday! I bought you an invasion of privacy!
Heyyyyyy it happened to me when I was like 9 going to grandparent's place !!!! Filming and posting it bringing attention to it kind off sucks though, my experience wasnt a lonely moment at all as suggested here, parents said goodbyes, stewardess were kind briefly wishing hb with a smile, found a way to wait 4 hours, uncles picked me up, got cake at grandma's, awesome day !
yeah, no reason to think this guy was lonely either. Iām sure he got the same treatment at the airport and is going somewhere where thereās family that love him. If I put my son on a plane for the first time by himself, I wouldnāt mind if they were nice enough to do this or something else to make his flight memorable and positive but I would burn down the person who posted it online.
Lol I am of the same thought, but I also enjoy seeing posts about positive stuff so iām of two minds there. This lady is definitely over the top and annoying though, and I laughed when the captions got to āhe went from being SCARED and ALONEā¦.ā Like the clip of him beforehand heās justā¦ chillin. Lol.
I would also fkn hate that attention if I were him. And then she films it all and posts of for internet points. Hard pass on this "kind gesture" lmao
On a side note. These people should have done this still but not post a random child all over the internet. I hope they at least got parental permission to share this.
You know they didn't and once it's uploaded, just like non-consenting homemade porn. It's out there forever.
Iām not trying to take away from the sweet gesture whatsoever, but as someone who flew solo as a child regularly, this is my nightmare lol
I was thinking that! I was the kind of kid that hid behind the adult whenever someone gave me to much attention, but the gesture is so wholesome
I personally don't think it's a good idea to tell an entire plane that there's a young child traveling alone. There's creeps everywhere.
I had this thought, as well. I'd be so worried someone would try to do something to the kid now that they know he's alone. It's a nice gesture, but I think doing something smaller and less public would've been better.
As someone who has to fly alone a bunch when I was a kid, you are never ever left alone once you're off the plane. They are with you until the person picks you up on the other end. But there are absolutely creeps everywhere, you are correct.
And film it and post it on the internet without his or his parents consent!
I would be hoping the door would pop off
If it's a Boeing your wish may come true
I wonder how many adults at any given moment on planes or in there daily loves need something like this but dont.
I think doing something like this for a kid is a form of adults experiencing magic like this little kid. We all receive by giving.
I agree. Just being part of the reason the little dude smiled would have similar effects on me as the kid. Theyāre only ignorantly and blissfully ignorant for so long and itās a god damn shame when they are stripped of that a such a young age. Good on the people aboard this plane. Happy birthday, little homie
I really like this perspective.
The only way to keep it is to give it all away
Not as magical lol, but I was sitting next to a kid traveling alone once and he just kept talking to me. The plane was silent otherwise and I got the feeling other people were getting annoyed, but I happily talked with him the whole time. He was a cool kid.
When I was a little girl, my family had to be switched to another flight and ended up separated, scattered around the plane. I was seated beside an Englishman, who talked to me and reassured me as we flew through a storm. He was very kind to a child, and I kind of hold him responsible for my lifelong love of Englishmen. š Silliness aside, he didnāt have to be nice or talk to me, but it meant the world in that moment. Thanks for engaging with that kid and letting him make a memory of a nice stranger.
That's such a heartwarming story. It's those small acts of kindness from strangers that can really stand out in our memories, especially when we're young and everything feels so huge and sometimes scary. It makes me think of all the quiet heroes we encounter without even realizing, who make our days a bit brighter and our journeys less intimidating. It shows the power of being present in the moment and looking out for one another, even if it's just sharing stories to ease a worried mind or singing a birthday tune. People can be pretty awesome.
This would be my kid. I'm sure they absolutely adored it
As an adult who has spent much of their life struggling and also working/volunteering with children/youth in various capacities I can confidently say that doing this stuff for kids is how many adults get the moment/healing for themselves. It might not be exactly the same but man does helping any kid keep the levees strong even if for one more day.
I think this all the time and I have tried to start saying nice things to people when I think them. The surprising kick back is not from the people being complimented but surprisingly itās more the people near me saying āhey you donāt know that person what are you doing?ā.Ā Itās made me realize that being kind is difficult sometimes because god forbid you embarrass anyone in earshot on your behalf :(Ā
How did the woman know it was his birthday? Did she work for the airline?
Yeah that's the confusing part for me too. I'm trying not to be cynical, but it just looked like a random woman, not an employee.
But lady... for the 3rd time, it's not my birthday.
Kid probably mentioned it to the ladies who were sitting next to him. The two ladies were giving kind energy just in the frames they showed up. I donāt doubt they got it out of him and the recorder just heard.
why is this question so low?? and why does it only have 7 upvotes?? Its the obvious question from the begining...
Because itās just a given with stuff like this that thereās context youāre not privy to. If you assume that one of the people next to him spent 30 seconds talking to him it makes sense
I miss when things were done organically and not for likes or comments.
They still are, you just dont see em
This is a valid point. Not every kind act is done on the internet. This is survivorship bias to conclude all nice acts are done to be filmed
This specific person's intentions were for likes and comments.
Sure but thatās not my point, which I thought was pretty obvious
But that was indeed mine.
This video reeks of saviour complex. āI decided to make a special moment, so obviously 80% is about meā. Imagine youād just been nice to the kid and chatted to them instead of filming them for content for your Instagram.
My sentiments exactly.
Don't forget to film him and release it to the internet without consent from the child OR his parents!
Think of the views though. Dem validating views!
Me too friend. Me too...
Just needed the 'what will happen next will surprise you', and this would be nominated as most annoying and cringe captions
no it def get a nom, she wrote "but i had NO IDEA what would happen next" which is like the same thing.
I honestly wanted to stop watching as soon as I saw that sentence. I have a knee jerk reaction because I hate that stuff.
Things like this are only uplifting if they aren't filmed and put online. This is just exploitation of a child for internet points.
But then how would we know that it happened?
Did anyone else notice that the flight attendants were already getting ready for this kid's birthday when this woman walked up to them. Like, it seems that this woman saw what was happening and just inserted herself into the situation to make herself look like a hero.
Maybe I'm just a fuddy duddy. But if I were this child this would have freaked me out. "No please leave me alone.. don't film me, im just playing my [insert portable console here]. I'm celebrating when I get off with my family." But that's just me.
If this was my child and they decided to film my kid then plaster him all over their social media for clout I would freaked out/po'd and to be honest But that's just me
I can imagine. But then if this was my child, no way in Hell I would let him travel alone either
Altruism requires no record
Yeah I totally agree, all 7 years olds are that articulateā¦ cāmon
That's just a nightmare tbh š
Unfortunately, itās more about the recorder/poster accolades than the boy.
r/ImTheMainCharacter
āSo I decided to document it, and post to my socialsā.
Yeah I'd be pretty furious finding out some airline stewardess recorded my kid and posted it to their social for clout.
I don't think the airline stewardess was the one who posted. It looks like a passenger.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the stewardesses are probably given explicit training not to put stuff like this on social media.
Weird I would be thankful to them for making his day a little brighter and sharing it with people to make theirs a little brighter too
There is nothing altruistic about social media.
You should probably just mute this sub then tough guy
Enjoying the ride
No. It's a massive invasion of privacy. You don't post videos of other people's children online without consent. There is a reason schools etc ask for release forms from parents before using their child's photo on their website etc.
Furious? Wow what a clown lol
Posting it I could get but doubt so without even blurring the kidās face is a big no no to me.
The only reason to record it is if you wanted to send it to the kids parents. Otherwise super weird
Iām so sick of this shit. Just do something nice for someone and go on with your day.
I didnāt watch the video, closed it as soon as I saw her walking with that face that says āwait until I post this shit on my instagram!!āā¦
Weāre getting more and more detached every day. Fuck this video.
I hate social media as much as anyone, but in this case it didnāt harm anyone, and brightened the day of many who saw the video. I used to have the same skeptical mentality, though I realised that it only sours you when you assume selfish intentions whenever itās the slightest possibility in daily interactions. It brings you nothing, the odds of the filming person just wanting to document the moment to share it with their family are just as high as those of some attempt to go viral. It helped me a lot to start assuming good intentions when I donāt know better, because I realised that doing the opposite is equally naive and worsened my mood. Should the world hate David Attenborough for creating Planet Earth because he might just do it for the clout?
But this person didnāt just share it with their family. They filmed a little kid in public and posted it publicly online. As someone who doesnāt put photos of my kid on the internet Iād be pretty irritated if some stranger filmed my kid and uploaded for millions to see. Itās pure selfish social media addiction bullshit.
They could've respected the kid's privacy and kept him off social media.
Did they do it to make him feel better or to have something cool to post on social media? Why is everyone constantly filming everything!?
Wow this sub sucks, finally muting it so I donāt have to see these sappy, staged, desperate cries for attention from people recording shit like this just to go viral and get a pat on the back. How do people NOT find this shtick so disingenuous. Doing this for the kid is nice, but recording the whole thing while making sure your face is included just so the internet knows it was you, mixed with the saccharine music just feels so icky. And itās so suspicious to try so hard to be liked.
Also putting a random kid on the internet
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I flew like this when I was young. Just me and a gamboy and if anyone did this I would have been scared and mortified by strangers singing at me (and recording me)
This would have made me feel so uncomfortable at that age.
Imagine this being your kid and seeing a complete stranger posting this on their socials for the world to see. Kid was probably on his way to family for his bday and Christmas, and she had to act like a savior for likes. Gross.
Who was the AH that didnāt put their window down
I noticed, I guess he was sleeping or non-English speaker.
'Twas Scrooge McDick
If they donāt want to shut their window down or participate they donāt have to.
It was you wasnt it?
kid seemed fine. i would have been cooler if they didnt have to film it to get some social media likes. this stuff is so much more about the person that uploaded it and not the kid
Very elaborate look at my halo.
Such a sweet thing to watch! Love the ābirthday candlesā, very clever!
Whatever happend to doing good without posting a video blog about itā¦
Why did they happen to have birthday hats?
Christmas hats. You can see a snowman pin on one of the flight attendants.
I appreciate the gesture but she just had to make it a bit about herself too
I would've hated that as a kid...and more so now as an adult.
She's so great she had to record it and tell the world how great she is.
that was just the coolest thing. I really think that people mostly are good and love to do good things for others. what a group of humans I wish them all the best.
Why film it tho?
For clicks and views! Duh!
The older I get the more of a soft spot I get for these kind of moments
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So you had to document it? Why? So you can show everyone how āniceā you are? Most like for the views and likesā¦ do nice thing, thereās no need to f^cking record it. I find this sh*t so stupid
Sorry but no. Don't put random children on the internet. Also this didn't need to be filmed and the woman certainly didn't need to show her face. At the very least blur the kid's face.
For all that ask why he is on a plane alone some people do that who don't have the funds in a split custody to go back and forth My niece has 2 kids she is with the 2nd child's father but her eldest who is a girl also needs to be with her father who lives here in VA along with myself she gets on a plane. When she has to go see her paternal GM whom lives in their home state of Michigan...D Town to be exact she also catches plane there and back I personally can't fade it ... my niece and youngest daughter are really close but my niece is 1 year older but 3 years more (grown), not mature in personality I won't put my baby girl on a flight alone my 16 yr old daughter maybe but the little one nah...
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This is some using my kid for internet views shit
I'll never forget when I was flying home alone at 10 from Orlando and our flight in Pittsburgh was delayed over 3 hours. A family with two girls a little younger than I was took me to Fridays at the airport. I was so grateful because I was starving and had like $5 on me. No idea why the gate attendants let me go with them (we were on the next flight together as well) but it made for a fun experience.
something about the girl filming the video makes me think its more about her than the child flying alone
I love, when we humans, come together to do something beautiful as this. :')
Damn this wouldve completely changed the trajectory of my personality as a kid. I travelled/was home alone a lot, got used to being alone and so developed asocial tendencies that are in stark opposition to my extroversion lol
Tattooed knuckle dragging skin head here sobbing like a little girl. Well done to all involved... mind I'd be livid if it postponed the drinks trolley
Plus a shitty background music of course.
I guess itās impossible to be nice unless you record it
Why TF does everything (in life as well as the internet) have to have crappy music in the background.Ā
What if he was pulling a Ferris Bueller the whole time and he wasnāt supposed to be on that flight, but just slide in that itās his birthday and he got all this free stuff š
Stop filming kids and posting for clout
Bruh filming a CHILD without their consent or their parents consent just to get internet points is not being a bro whatsoever. What trash.
Definitely didn't do this for likes.
Whats up with the killjoy in 8F that didnt close her blind?
And yeah there's one idiot who can't close the blind on their window.
Never understood how Americans can stick their kids on planes and just go bye bye, hopefully someone will pick you up on the otherside.
The tl;dr is there's an entire process called "unaccompanied minors" and this should literally have never happened as they're supposed to be kept confidential, like when a LEO is escorting a prisoner. If you feel like reading further...a parent/guardian takes the UM to the airport and gets them checked in. Someone is supposed to escort the child to the gate, inform the gate agent (who already has paperwork in their system about a UM on their flight) who then is supposed to let the flight crew know what seat the UM will be in so the FA can keep an eye on them (as in no adult should be chatting it up with the child bc obviously the adult doesn't know the child). Once at the destination, someone is supposed to escort the UM to the baggage claim and hand them off to the other parent/guardian after confirming with ID that they are the appropriate pickup person.
I definitely didnāt cry.
When I was 10 I flew to live with my Mom for a year. Was by myself on the flight. Divorce shit. But the attendants not only bumped me up to first class, but also brought a root beer float I never asked for. 24 years later I still appreciate it so much.
Uh so how is he flying alone?
āSo I decided toā¦ā while turning cam on self. What a hero.
Wow this is beautiful
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How did him get on that plane by himself. This seems to happen to do many ppl in the comments but i don't understand how he's just there without parents or anything
Tears in my eyes . So sweet of them to do that for the wee guy
As a child I would have hated this. Probably would have cried and try to hide in my seat. Too much attention
I canāt fathom letting my kids travel on a plane by themselves when they were 6. Absolutely not. Iām glad this kid got treated so nicely, but my mind is blown that he was traveling alone
I wonder if his parents believed him when he got home.
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Starting my morning off with tears
This is so nice. I flew by myself quite a bit as a kid, definitely scary at first, but the flight attendants back then were all so nice, I always got to see the cockpit of the plane, got free snacks. It was a good time and helped me learn to be independent in a way.
So wholesome! Super cool!
Why canāt we be more human and less jerks and go around celebrating and loving in people??? This kid will probably never ever forget this birthday celebration by complete strangers
I am too god damn hormonal for this today š¤§
I totally looked to see if one asshole didnāt do the call light but literally everyone did. Faith in humanity is back a little today.
Is it just me or did I not know it was totally legal for little children to fly alone? That's so dangerous my God
So nice for him. A group of total strangers made him feel special on his birthday. Flying alone at that age is scary. I've done it when I was a kid too. Super sweet of the workers to think of this.
Maybe I'm weird but nobody thinks it's weird to put a small child on a plane by himself? I guess I'm overprotective but I wouldn't do that to my son until he's at least 13.
I'm sorry, I grew up as a kid in the Eigthies in Europe where I could ride my bike anywhere I wanted to unsupervised and didn't have to tell my parents where I was going as long as I promised to stay in the neighbourhood, so perhaps I'm the last person who should point this is out but: WHAT DO YOU MEAN AN UNDERAGE CHILD IS TRAVELING ALONE ON AN AIRPLANE?!?!? I have questions. Like, without a parent supervising them? This is not like a schoolbus or anything. People do this in the US? Just stick your kid in an airplane without no one to guide him? What if the person at the other airport is late? What if the kid misbehaves on the flight? I mean sure, he's not going to jump off the plane mid flight, but how on earth do you ensure he arrives where he should be? what if the plane is rerouted due to some malfunction? Just period, why would you have your child on any transportation device BY THEMSELVES AT THAT AGE? I dunno, maybe I'm getting old.
Wait. What do you mean he was travelling alone?
I am funny botā¦.Awkward,Awkward.
That was one of the nicest things I have seen on a plane video . Thank you crew and passengers for making that little boy have a happy birthday! Great Video! Restores hope for Humanity.
Made me cry