Re passengers belly-aching over a seat that's reclined into their "zone of comfort" --
The incident that stands out in my memory was some red-eye flight where the guy behind me looked like a football linebacker (rugby player for our Brit friends). He started snivveling merely because I was using my seat in the manner in which it was designed. I told him I was reclining
my seat because the bloke in front of me had reclined
his. As we all know, when someone reclines a seat, it starts a chain reaction. This didn't seem to matter with him.
It was a long day and I was anticipating getting some sleep. I was determined to recline my seat and did so. I just didn't see the "crime" of it. Several times he punched the back of my seat to stress
his point. Great. Just what I need. An altercation at 30,000 feet over a seat being reclined. I summoned the hostie and she opted to offer only limited assistance in moving either of us. She more or less told us we'd have to work it out among ourselves. So, I suggested to this moron that we swap seats, and, hopefully, the new passenger that would be seated behind me would be a little more tolerant of a reclined seat in his/her lap. He agreed and swap seats we did. He was now sitting in front of me. Wouldn't you know? After things settled down and I figured the worst was over, about five minutes later, he reclined
his seat into
my "zone of comfort." Apparently, he could dish it out, but not take it. I just said (to myself) "The hell with it." and dozed off into "irate passenger land."
BCC to "Xenia": How are things progressing on what we discussed by private email? Let me know!
[ 14 November 2001: Message edited by: ONTpax ]