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New York real estate agent Eric Goldie had evidently had enough with a fellow plane passenger reaching over to open the window shade on a flight.
So much so that he took matters into his own hands and slapped the mystery fingers - capturing the frosty interaction on camera and defiantly concluding: 'my window, my rules.'
Goldie's TikTok of the incident has now gained six million views and sparked an ongoing online discussion about flight etiquette.
In the video, a frazzled looking Goldie, who has upwards of 150,000 followers on TikTok and Instagram, twice swats away a second passenger's hand as they try to open the shade behind them.
The passenger sitting behind Goldie kept trying to open the window blind - but he was quick to put him in their place and slap their hand
Goldie posted the video in response to a prior video he had put online detailing some annoying behaviors of airplane passengers.
Many viewers agreed with Goldie's righteous actions and posted their support in the comments section.
'Who has the audacity to try MULTIPLE TIMES after being told no,' wrote one commenter.
'I think this would have unlocked dormant violence in me. like broken fingers,' wrote another.
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To further rationalize his vigilantism, Goldie posted a follow up video explaining that the location of the window merited his response.
Which is to say, the window was not shared between seats, but rather firmly inside Goldie's jurisdiction on the aircraft.
'I see how this can be confusing but there is no confusion on whose window this was,' he said in the follow up.
In his prior post, Goldie had specifically noted that he had no problem with passengers who wanted to look out the plane windows during takeoff and landing.
But those who want to unleash blinding lights into the cabin at random intervals throughout the
