The way the article states the rear passenger's claim is wrong. They say, "No, it was mine. I had it first, for my laptop". From the perspective of the rear p

The way the article states the rear passenger's claim is wrong. They say, "No, it was mine. I had it first, for my laptop". From the perspective of the rear passenger, the claim is, "This space, this approximate vertical rectangular volume that I occupy with my body and seat, is my space." When the person in front reclines back into that space, they are now taking something away from me. And I'm sorry, but the front passenger has no valid claim. They are either stupid/simple minded, as the woman clearly was, by beliving that they bought the button which gives them (magically? at no harm to anyone else?) extra space to recline into. Let's be frank about it. If you use that button to recline back into someone else's face (because that's about how close it gets these days), then you are an asshole unless you ask them first if they mind... or unless you check first and see they are either reclining themselves or are at least asleep.