My apologies if this isn't the appropriate venue for this, but I believe that it warrants some discussion.

Embarrassing though it may be to admit, I am a snorer. I do everything I possibly can--sinus sprays, Breathe-Right Strips, snore-reducing sleeping positions, etc.--to minimize or prevent this from occurring on planes, and 90% of the time, I believe I am successful. However, I will very occasionally slip into a moderate-to-loud snore should I drift off to sleep while in the air.

Not once has anybody ever gently woken me and said something like, "excuse me, but your snoring is preventing me from sleeping/reading/concentrating." Instead, I have been elbowed, poked, and slapped, but never spoken to like a human being. This has only happend a handful of times, but when it does, the seatmate who does the elbowing usually quickly pretends to be doing something else--fiddling with the a/c vent, looking the other direction, etc.--so as not to have to interact with me directly (this happened to me just yesterday on a VX flight).

I find this both rude and unnecessary, and incidentally, when it happens, it always happens short-haul flights. I know that I snore, and while I take precautions, I know that they do not always work. Am I wrong in expecting a little bit of civility, or are the seatmates right to physically engage me without the courtesy of an explanation?

Anybody else have experience with this or strong opinions one way or the other? If I'm doing something wrong or failing to do something I should in order to prevent this type of non-interaction (beside simply staying awake or holding my breath), I'd like to know.