It's a seven-second video that is seven seconds too long.
A friend and witness to the gruesome event shared the video with New York crime writer Alafair Burke, who shared the video on Twitter. Since being uploaded July 15, the video has been seen 8.89 million times as of July 17.
Toe-swiping man lowers the bar for reprehensible in-flight behaviours.
Other offenders include the woman who draped her long ponytail over her seatback blocking the in-flight entertainment screen of the passenger sitting behind her, and #toegirl, who placed her bare feet on the wall beside the passenger in front of her.