"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
My DH is 6'4" and if the person in front of him reclines then the seat is crushing his knees. Economy plus just gives him the amount of leg room that a normal person has in regular economy. Flying is not comfortable unless you're in the front of the plane, don't expect it to be and order a drink or two.....
Same. I'm only 5'9 and I hate seat recliners. I also always end up crunched in the middle between my H and another 6'4" former linebacker. Add a seat recline and ugh.
I still wouldn't buy a knee defender, don't worry.
I don't like to recline and if I do, it's not even all the way because I feel like a total asshole for making the person behind me feel even more squished. I tend to want to punch the seat in front of me when the person reclines the second they sit down.
I understand the woman's frustration but throwing the water just lowered herself to his level.
I read that airlines are making new seats that slide out into your own space (as opposed to backwards into someone else's). Hopefully that will pacify most people.
I read that airlines are making new seats that slide out into your own space (as opposed to backwards into someone else's). Hopefully that will pacify most people.
This is genius. Too bad older planes won't get something like this.
Post by VeryViolet on Aug 28, 2014 12:34:33 GMT -5
It should be against the rules to recline unless you are on a redeye. I want to cry when someone reclines all the way in front of me and I do get passive aggressive about it. That being said it isn't against the rules and the dude using the knee defender is a dick.
I didn't read the linked article but I read others. Did it ever say how she figured out he was using the thing?
I usually recline my seat slightly, never all the way unless is it a late flight and most people are sleeping. If the person behind me asked me not to due to height and lack of leg room, I would respect that request. You can get so much further in life by respecting others, that includes asking nicely for small favors and being willing to listen.
Post by Norticprincess on Aug 28, 2014 15:04:24 GMT -5
They are both idiots. Let the flight attendant deal with it, if the flight isn't full (I know is rare) as to be reseated. I feel bad for the rest of the people on the flight.
I'm at the point where I hate air travel. I have to put with it. Due to barely being able to walk after a few flights from the bruising from seats into my knees (the seats with the hard plastic backs are the worst) there are a few airlines I won't fly. I'm careful when we do book to check seats on seatguru. If it is more than a hop from DC to NYC or BOS which usually end up on the tiny planes anyway - I pay for Econ Plus or take JetBlue if possible- I'm not traveling with DH on the airline he has status on or used his work travel agent that eats the cost for the upgrade.
(I'm pretty sure I might have fucked up this quoting.)
The guy in front of me on the last one kept attempting to ram his seat back into for the entire 3.5 hour flight them bruised my knee cap and several inches below my knee. The flight was full. The planes with 30 and under pitch without an option to upgrade.
I am of the opinion that air travel ain't no picnic, and it's much more uncomfortable to fly than it was pre-9/11. I have the expectation that it'll be uncomfortable and have accepted it. I think the guy was a douche for refusing to take off his device and the woman was a douchette for throwing water, which caused the flight to make an unscheduled stop, and thereby inconveniencing EVERYBODY.
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
The guy in front of me on the last one kept attempting to ram his seat back into for the entire 3.5 hour flight them bruised my knee cap and several inches below my knee. The flight was full. The planes with 30 and under pitch without an option to upgrade.
The guy in front of me on the last one kept attempting to ram his seat back into for the entire 3.5 hour flight them bruised my knee cap and several inches below my knee. The flight was full. The planes with 30 and under pitch without an option to upgrade.
Did you ask him to stop? I'm just curious.
Multiple times. He'd stop and deny it anytime the FA would come by. I wasn't going to get myself in trouble over it. So I can avoid it in the future, I don't take the airlines with the smaller pitch and book Econ Plus where I can.
Multiple times. He'd stop and deny it anytime the FA would come by. I wasn't going to get myself in trouble over it. So I can avoid it in the future, I don't take the airlines with the smaller pitch and book Econ Plus where I can.
Post by MixedBerryJam on Aug 28, 2014 16:00:45 GMT -5
My sister just flew, and posted a pic of her in her seat. She's 5'2 and sitting in her coach seat at the gate, so all the seats were upright, and her knees were touching the seat in front of her. Touching. Gawd, I hate flying. It used to be so much fun. I remember once having all three seats to myself!
Douche Bags like this make me happy I'm not an FA anymore. I would hazard a guess that he also had his leg out in the aisle, put both bags in the overhead bin space, and asked for three drinks. Because Douche.