Choosing to recline your seat on air planes these days is ass-hattery at its finest. There is not enough room even without someone’s seat in your lap. Only self-entitled ignoramuses (ignorami?) and narcissists deprive others of their small degree of space and comfort to gain a little more for themselves. Doing so for the duration of a six-hour flight, even when politely asked for a break, or breaks from being squished goes beyond the pale. —Skinny Minny
This article appears in May 19-25, 2016.
I completely agree, I don’t even know why they designed the stupid seats like that in the first place. Maybe for super long flights across the ocean so people can sleep but yeah, dick move.
I’m not that big a guy (5’8″) so maybe that’s why I don’t see this as an issue. Doesn’t bother me when people recline in front of me, I do they same. I have enough tall friends that if I see a tall person behind me I’ll take that into consideration.
It’s a 6 hour flight and I paid well for my fucking seat to recline. Recline your seat too – problem solved!
I fly a couple times a year minimum. Not such a big deal on a larger plane but if you’re flying with Porter you’re crammed in like sardines enough as it is. Also, the argument about having paid for your seat to recline is trite; everybody paid the same price for their tickets and everybody has the same desire to be comfortable. I agree that the seats are designed to recline and people who decide to take advantage of that function can’t really be blamed for the other persons discomfort but I still fantasize about murdering the person ahead of me every time they push back. Maybe because I fucking hate travelling to begin with.
The last time I flew the person behind me was rather large in size. The seat just would not recline without pushing against them. I opted for consideration of this and chose not to recline even tough the seat in front of me pushed back. Ho!st is right about ticket prices and equal desire for comfort. My airfare entitles me to just as much unsquished comfort as it does to those inclined to recline.
I’m 6’1″ tall but not so tall. I rarely recline my seat because there is rarely enough room for people shorter than me anyways. I grew up learning courtesy and respect for other people. It’s just what people do when we exist in a society… Unfortunately many people today only care about themselves. Recline if you want to but I may bounce your seat around as I squirm to relieve the pressure against my knees. And just because you recline against me; I will not in turn be an asshole to the person behind me…
I’m also 6″1′. I just got back from Toronto and the guy in front of me reclined his seat. I didnt recline mine because there was someone behind me. My legs were fully pressed against his seat for 2 hours. I rammed my knees into his seat every 20 minutes just to let him know I was there. Even when we were comming into land he didnt put his seat back and a flight attendant had to tell him to put it up. Such a dickkkkkkkkkkk.
Dicks on planes. Better than spiders, I guess.
I have no what planes you’re taking!