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Jul 5, 2012 | 6:48 pm

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zorn

Join Date: Sep 2005

Location: YOW

Programs: AC E75K *G

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Originally Posted by becreative

I was flying on AC 857 last and was in seat 1K. After the meal service I wanted to sleep so put the window shades down for both windows in my pod. However the gentleman in seat 2K decided to go ahead and put the window shade closer to him back up (the one that was about 90% in my pod and 10% in his). I put it down and he puts it back up and claims he needs to work. The window shades for his own windows were both down. I politely ask him to just open one of his shades and let me put this one down but he insisted on keeping this shade open. So I called the flight director who asked him once and he replied that he wanted to keep the shade open so I was told there was nothing they could do and I could just move to a different seat. Another flight attendant passes by a few minutes after and tries to put the window shade down as the other passengers in the cabin were trying to rest but the guy kept putting the shade back up.

I was on a TATL day flight and had paid $3200 because I absolutely needed to polish off a proposal that would be make or break for my company. It was the first time since the downturn since such an expenditure was authorized. The work was dumped on me after one of my associates abruptly quit. Some guy decides he owns 100% of all window shades and insists on putting the one down that overlapped my row no matter how much I pleaded because his beauty rest was apparently more important than my livelihood. He complained that my other shades were down, but I had to put them down because of the glare on my screen. I tried to use the reading light but it is so poorly positioned I couldn't make use of it. I have to admit I was so irate I let some of my refuse spill into his seat area, which I admit I'm not proud of, but I just could not fathom his selfishness. Fortunately the FAs didn't give into his bullying behaviour.

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