Originally Posted by star_world

If I'm asleep during said meal service I certainly wouldn't be waking up to accommodate this. If I'm awake and having a meal also then sure, I'm fine with this but your approach above is way over the top. Would you wake somebody up to "make" them put their seat forward?

I haven't heard an announcement like this on an international flight in at least 5 years - and probably only 2-3 times ever. It's certainly not that common.

You have no guarantee in a Y seat of having this additional personal space available - certainly you have no right to force people to do so.