Over 200 bags containing candy, earplugs and a note were handed out by the mother of a baby to passengers on a flight from Seoul to San Francisco. Photo / Dave Corona, Facebook
Over 200 bags containing candy, earplugs and a note were handed out by the mother of a baby to passengers on a flight from Seoul to San Francisco. Photo / Dave Corona, Facebook
A mother handed out over 200 bags containing candy and earplugs on a flight from Seoul, South Korea to San Francisco, as she was worried her four-month-old baby might disrupt other passengers.
"Today, I am going to the U.S. with my mom and grandma to see my aunt," the noteread. "I'm a little bit nervous and scary (sic) because it's my first flight, which means that I may cry or make too much noise. I will try to go quietly, though I can't make any promises... Please excuse me."
Dave Corona, one of the passengers who received a bag, posted images of it on Facebook – and the generous act has since sparked an online debate about babies on flights.
According to another passenger, the four-month-old baby turned out to be a very quiet traveller. Photo / Dave Corona, Facebook
Corona wrote that it was "a touching gesture by the mother, but as you know when you have kids, expect the unexpected. Not a peep out of the kid."
While others posting on the thread said the gift was a "great idea", others said fliers needed to be more accepting of parents travelling with young children.
"Some people have class - some have a sense of entitlement. Very nice gesture," said one commenter.
However, others said the mother shouldn't have needed to make such a gesture, or apologise for her baby for doing what babies do.
"That was a nice gesture, but I think people need to be more understanding on flights and not make parents and their children feel so "unwelcome" on flights. We were all babies at one point in life," a commenter said.
