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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 1:13 am
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Originally Posted by branman1986
It's your right to drive slowly in the left lane, but depending on how much you care about how much it adversely affects others, you may choose to do it or not. Smoking in bars and restaurants would fall along the same lines.
Both of which are legislated, around here (even if poorly enforced, in the case of "slower traffi keep right.")

Originally Posted by mnredfox
Being short has 1 advantage in life.
I resemble that remark.

Originally Posted by GogoSF
If I'm in F, and I find myself getting mildly annoyed at the full recliner in front of me who stays fully reclined even during meal service, I close my eyes for a minute and pretend I'm being reclined into in coach.

Then I open my eyes, stretch my legs out, order another rum and coke and feel like I won the lottery.
^ ^ ^

Originally Posted by hockeystl
And here's the cure for full recliners if you're stuck on a RJ or in Y:
http://www.kneedefender.com/
Good way to get the person in front of you really angry (and get the FA involved) if they'd been smart enough to make sure the seat wasn't broken when they first sat down - something you

Originally Posted by exwannabe
I do think FAs should ask all pax to pull the seats up under real meal service.
I've never had them do so on AA, but on both JL and CX I've had the FAs do exactly that.


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WRT the general point of the thread, I recline except during meals. Courtesy, IMO, is reclining gently (not slamming, or doing it too quickly to move something out of the way.)
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