A woman flying into Edinburgh has slammed a group of men as "pigs" after she claimed that they watched rude videos on one of the taxi touch screens at the airport.
Taking to parenting forum Mumsnet, she revealed that she was travelling with her partner, son, and daughter when she saw the men behaving like "animals".
The woman stated that one of the men used one of the touch screens at the airport, which are intended to be used to order taxis, to search up rude videos. After this, she said that many of the others in the group were "whooping" and "laughing".
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She wrote: "I flew into Edinburgh airport this afternoon with DP (dear partner) and my teen son and daughter. They have a system there for ordering taxis with large touch screens - as tall as a person.
"There are three screens but just one was in use for ordering cabs with a staff member assisting while the others were live and connected to the internet. In front of us was a group on a blokes weekend to celebrate a 60th birthday.
"One of the younger (30ish) members of the group brought up a porn search on one of the screens which then became full of images of full on porn. DP and I immediately very loudly objected and I jumped in to help one of the older guys who was trying to get rid of it from the screen without much success."
She continued: "He was obviously embarrassed. But the rest were all just whooping and saying things like ‘can’t take you anywhere’ while laughing.
"It was 2pm, there were little kids, women, older people in the queue subjected to this. The guys weren’t drunk.
"Surely it’s not too much to ask to not behave like animals in public?"
Before long, the post had received a number of replies from fellow Mumsnet users. The majority were in agreement that the men were behaving like "animals".
One said: "Virtually all men given the opportunity will act like animals. It's in the DNA."
A second remarked: "Honestly I find that statement very offensive to pigs. As someone who worked at a petting zoo for years I can tell you pigs are wonderful and affectionate creatures that shouldn't be conflated with human males whatsoever."
A third agreed: "You are not being unreasonable, most men are vile pigs. Yes, they might be all lovely and well mannered at home but in my experience most of them end up behaving like this in a crowd of mates. Especially when they’ve had a few drinks."
However, others felt that the woman was unfairly misaligning all men due to the actions of one group. One said: "You are being unreasonable. Don’t label all men by their low standards.
"Men are not a homogenous group that all think and act the same."
A second argued: "How disgusting. Yes men can be pigs.
"Lots aren't of course! I know loads that are loving, respectful and beautiful people.
"But sadly lots are vile and you met a crowd of them today."
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