Originally Posted by
enviroian
So I'm sitting on my flight slc-sna today and during taxi I normally scan my USA Today over each section then I put it away so during flight I can read it in depth. So, when we were getting de-iced, I was about to put the paper in the seatback pocket when the man across the aisle asked me if he could read my paper. Realizing my routine was about to be ruined, and of course I didn't want to look like an idiot, I said "yes of course"
He read every syllable of that paper for the duration of the flight while I looked at the seat in front of me. Would any of you do anything different?
Your fault. The person had no way of knowing what you "planned". He did ask your permission and you should have given a polite but honest answer. Obviously no big deal, but a little lesson for future flights.
BTW I have had people sitting next to me just reach into my seat pocket and grab the reading material without asking me!