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Just be a bit polite and mindful of the person behind you. They may have something on their table. It doesn't hurt to just ask if you're going to hit anything.

Just be a bit polite and mindful of the person behind you. They may have something on their table. It doesn't hurt to just ask if you're going to hit anything. And believe it or not, some people actually have long legs, and physically cannot fit if you recline your seat. Should they optimally have gotten a seat with more leg room? Sure! But that isn't always possible.

gadders 9y ago
But why should the person in front be the one that experiences the issue? The tall person still gets to recline their seat.
- KozmoNau7 9y ago
  Because that's just their luck, being seated in front of a really tall person. Maybe that sucks a bit, but those are the odds, you only choose your own seat. Next time they may be seated in front of a really short person, who knows? The point is that you should have a bit of common courtesy towards other people, and it goes both ways. Just blithely jamming your seat as far back as it'll go, just because you can and because you feel entitled to do so whenever you want, is a real shitheel ego move.
  - gadders 9y ago
    I'm not talking about blithely jamming it back, but a reclining seat is something you pay for, right? It's not because you feel entitled, it's because that is what you have purchased. You might as well just take someone's inflight meal from them or cover up the screen of the inflight entertainment.
    - KozmoNau7 9y ago
      Sometimes you pay for something, but circumstance prevents you from making use of it. Tough luck.
      - gadders 9y ago
        >>Sometimes you pay for something, but sometimes somebody prevents you from making use of it because they're too tight to pay for an exit row seat. Fix it for you.
        rusk 9y ago
        and then you have a little cry, because that's really all you can do about it.
        gadders 9y ago
        You think?
grkvlt 9y ago
But the tables are designed to stay flat, even when the seat is reclined - often by being physically disconnected from the reclining part, or via a system of linkages. I'm six feet tall and haven't ever had a problem when I've had to fly economy, but maybe I'm not tall enough to notice though?
- amorphid 9y ago
  I can barely lower the tray table over my legs when the person in front in me is not reclined. When the seat is reclined, I have to start doing a contortion act to use the table.
- KozmoNau7 9y ago
  Yes, the table stays flat. However the room above it is reduced. The seat can easily crush a laptop screen.

gadders 9y ago

But why should the person in front be the one that experiences the issue? The tall person still gets to recline their seat.

KozmoNau7 9y ago
Because that's just their luck, being seated in front of a really tall person. Maybe that sucks a bit, but those are the odds, you only choose your own seat. Next time they may be seated in front of a really short person, who knows? The point is that you should have a bit of common courtesy towards other people, and it goes both ways. Just blithely jamming your seat as far back as it'll go, just because you can and because you feel entitled to do so whenever you want, is a real shitheel ego move.
- gadders 9y ago
  I'm not talking about blithely jamming it back, but a reclining seat is something you pay for, right? It's not because you feel entitled, it's because that is what you have purchased. You might as well just take someone's inflight meal from them or cover up the screen of the inflight entertainment.
  - KozmoNau7 9y ago
    Sometimes you pay for something, but circumstance prevents you from making use of it. Tough luck.
    - gadders 9y ago
      >>Sometimes you pay for something, but sometimes somebody prevents you from making use of it because they're too tight to pay for an exit row seat. Fix it for you.
      - rusk 9y ago
        and then you have a little cry, because that's really all you can do about it.
        gadders 9y ago
        You think?

grkvlt 9y ago

But the tables are designed to stay flat, even when the seat is reclined - often by being physically disconnected from the reclining part, or via a system of linkages. I'm six feet tall and haven't ever had a problem when I've had to fly economy, but maybe I'm not tall enough to notice though?

amorphid 9y ago
I can barely lower the tray table over my legs when the person in front in me is not reclined. When the seat is reclined, I have to start doing a contortion act to use the table.
KozmoNau7 9y ago
Yes, the table stays flat. However the room above it is reduced. The seat can easily crush a laptop screen.