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You shouldn't. It's rather entitled. When I pay for a seat on a plane, I'm paying for everything that goes along with it. I won't slam my seat back, but it's go

You shouldn't. It's rather entitled. When I pay for a seat on a plane, I'm paying for everything that goes along with it. I won't slam my seat back, but it's going back, and I'm not going to ask your permission because I'm never going to give you the opportunity to say "no."

k-mcgrady 11y ago
>> When I pay for a seat on a plane, I'm paying for everything that goes along with it And how about the person behind who can no longer make use of the entertainment system or tray table?
- patcheudor 11y ago
  I've never been in a situation where the person head of me who has reclined their seat makes the entertainment system and tray table no longer available to me. The fact is, that person ahead of me paid for the space they've used to recline and it's theirs, not mine, period. If I try to block them from reclining, then I'm exercising my ego over theirs by denying them something which is rightfully theirs, which they paid for. That is wrong and tends to fall into a behavior covered in the DSM.
  - rfergie 11y ago
    If the entertainment system is mounted in the head of the seat in front then reclining that chair brings it well below my eyeline - I cannot slump low enough in my seat so that I can see it.
    - patcheudor 11y ago
      But you can put your seat back and now you can see it. That is space that you rightfully are entitled to so use it.
      - rfergie 11y ago
        If this a tragedy of the commons type scenario? Individual comfort is maximised if you recline, but the comfort of the cabin as a whole is better if only some people recline?
rfergie 11y ago
It seems we are both entitled. Me in expecting politeness from my fellow flyers and you in that you want to use every inch of space you have paid for. I can't really say you are wrong - I think we just come at the question of how to get on with other people in public in different ways.

k-mcgrady 11y ago

>> When I pay for a seat on a plane, I'm paying for everything that goes along with it And how about the person behind who can no longer make use of the entertainment system or tray table?

patcheudor 11y ago
I've never been in a situation where the person head of me who has reclined their seat makes the entertainment system and tray table no longer available to me. The fact is, that person ahead of me paid for the space they've used to recline and it's theirs, not mine, period. If I try to block them from reclining, then I'm exercising my ego over theirs by denying them something which is rightfully theirs, which they paid for. That is wrong and tends to fall into a behavior covered in the DSM.
- rfergie 11y ago
  If the entertainment system is mounted in the head of the seat in front then reclining that chair brings it well below my eyeline - I cannot slump low enough in my seat so that I can see it.
  - patcheudor 11y ago
    But you can put your seat back and now you can see it. That is space that you rightfully are entitled to so use it.
    - rfergie 11y ago
      If this a tragedy of the commons type scenario? Individual comfort is maximised if you recline, but the comfort of the cabin as a whole is better if only some people recline?

rfergie 11y ago

It seems we are both entitled. Me in expecting politeness from my fellow flyers and you in that you want to use every inch of space you have paid for. I can't really say you are wrong - I think we just come at the question of how to get on with other people in public in different ways.