The jerk sitting in front of me
Mar 30, 2006, 7:54 am
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The jerk sitting in front of me
On a recent flight I was sitting in my seat comfortably and all of a sudden the seat in front of me went straight into my knees. I cryed in pain and pushed into the seat as a reflex action. The jerk in front of me moved his seat all the way back into my knees. I asked him politely if he could compromise and not move his seat back so far. He would not respond. Then believe it or not he moved the seat back even further. I thought the seat must of been broken, his bald head was basically in my lap. I complained loudly but was ignored.
A few minutes later I tried to get my self noticed by raising my voice to complain but it just made the situation worse. The man ran back to the back to tattle on me and brought a biased Flight Attendant in to talk to me. She was very rude and abrupt and called me names. I tried to defend my self by saying there was something wrong with the seat, she would not reply.
When I left the plane I was harassed by the police and told I was assaulting a fellow passenger. What a joke. I never touched anyone. This was harassment and poor customer service. I just wanted a comfortable flight!
A few minutes later I tried to get my self noticed by raising my voice to complain but it just made the situation worse. The man ran back to the back to tattle on me and brought a biased Flight Attendant in to talk to me. She was very rude and abrupt and called me names. I tried to defend my self by saying there was something wrong with the seat, she would not reply.
When I left the plane I was harassed by the police and told I was assaulting a fellow passenger. What a joke. I never touched anyone. This was harassment and poor customer service. I just wanted a comfortable flight!
Mar 30, 2006, 8:03 am
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Again With Same Story?
How many times will you post this topic?? I dont think the jerk was sitting in front of you...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=534005
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=534005
Mar 30, 2006, 8:30 am
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Originally Posted by greenery
When I left the plane I was harassed by the police and told I was assaulting a fellow passenger. What a joke.
Last edited by tom911; Mar 30, 2006 at 10:17 am
Mar 30, 2006, 8:38 am
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Originally Posted by nytango
How many times will you post this topic?? I dont think the jerk was sitting in front of you...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=534005
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=534005
Lighten up !
Mar 30, 2006, 9:39 am
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Originally Posted by greenery
....When I left the plane I was harassed by the police and told I was assaulting a fellow passenger. What a joke. I never touched anyone. This was harassment and poor customer service. I just wanted a comfortable flight!
Harassment
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Harassment refers to a wide spectrum of offensive behavior. When the term is used in a legal sense it refers to behaviours that are found threatening or disturbing, and beyond those that are sanctioned by society. In societies which support free speech, only the more repetitive, persistent and untruthful types of speech qualify legally as harassment.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harassment refers to a wide spectrum of offensive behavior. When the term is used in a legal sense it refers to behaviours that are found threatening or disturbing, and beyond those that are sanctioned by society. In societies which support free speech, only the more repetitive, persistent and untruthful types of speech qualify legally as harassment.
You are lucky - threatening or disturbing behaviour on an airplane could get you in jail.
Mar 30, 2006, 10:15 am
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You are making this up.
Of course since I've brought this to your attention, I'm quite sure that I'll soon receive a nasty email from you. Oh well.
Please stop with this.
Of course since I've brought this to your attention, I'm quite sure that I'll soon receive a nasty email from you. Oh well.
Please stop with this.
Mar 30, 2006, 12:02 pm
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Originally Posted by mrhills0146
You are making this up.
Of course since I've brought this to your attention, I'm quite sure that I'll soon receive a nasty email from you. Oh well.
Please stop with this.
Of course since I've brought this to your attention, I'm quite sure that I'll soon receive a nasty email from you. Oh well.
Please stop with this.
Mar 30, 2006, 12:14 pm
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Ugh.. 
Mar 30, 2006, 5:08 pm
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Originally Posted by mrhills0146
You are making this up.
Of course since I've brought this to your attention, I'm quite sure that I'll soon receive a nasty email from you. Oh well.
Please stop with this.
Of course since I've brought this to your attention, I'm quite sure that I'll soon receive a nasty email from you. Oh well.
Please stop with this.
mike
Mar 30, 2006, 5:45 pm
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What airline was this on?
If this story is true, you should be in jail right now.
If this story is false, you shouldn't be here right now.
If this story is true, you should be in jail right now.
If this story is false, you shouldn't be here right now.
Mar 30, 2006, 7:01 pm
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At what point does posting this stuff over and over again become SPAM?
Mar 30, 2006, 7:37 pm
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Not spam, there's a better term, from the JerkSittingBehindMe thread.
Originally Posted by ButIsItArt
Wow! We are seven pages deep, and have gotten an unresticted blessing of an FT Evangelist, all in response to folks with a combined post count of 14. And we've resegregated into the old recline/don't recline entrenchments.
I think we have been successfully greeneried!
I think we have been successfully greeneried!
Mar 30, 2006, 9:49 pm
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There's ways of handling this, people.
Mar 31, 2006, 6:24 am
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Enough is enough. Please do not repost the same topic.
--richard, moderator
--richard, moderator