Originally Posted by
pushback
Oh come on now. So, I should yield to your needs so you can have the optimal viewing environment? I can see how I may feel I am being selfish if I was stopping you from viewing the movie completely, but c'mon. As for what I can see or what I can't see out the window, I think it's presumptuous of you to decide what is enjoyable and was is not enjoyable for me. If I like watching the wing to see if William Shatner is out there filming a Twilight Zone episode, that's my prerogative--and I am not going to miss it so you can see your movie all nice and cushy. You know what? They don't have Dolby 7.1 either. Get real. It's a PLANE, not a theater. The windows came first.
I'll tell you what's really annoying though. Selfish, self-centered people who want it their way and are unwilling to compromise.
Keeping the window shade up in the middle of the long haul flight when everyone else is sleeping/resting/napping/watching movie is like the situation of talking on the cell phone in the middle of the moive in the public cinema/theatre. I bet you are one of those guys who don't turn of the phone or put it to slient mode when you are watching movie in the cinema. Will you answer your phone when everyone is quietly watching the movie in the theatre? If you go to theatre, then you should prepare not to bother the other audience with your cell phone, same is in the long haul flight, then you should prepare not to bother the others with your window shade.