Originally Posted by
stevekstevek
Flying transcon with my kids, sitting in steerage
Woman in back must be playing trivia game, and is playing with gusto -- pounding on the back of my seat like a gorilla.
I tried the "casually move over" so maybe she'll realize that I feel her banging on my seat..
Then I tried the "look around" to let her know that I've figured out that the reason I'm getting whiplash is because of her bashing the seat.
What's the appropriate next step?
Make a loud comment about it to your kids. "Ouch, son, why is my seat magically pushing me?!". It's what my father does when people do things like that. Last year on a BA steerage flight the guy next to my mom - who was sitting in the row behind us - took his socks off. My dad, sitting next to me, loudly exclaimed "it smells like stinky feet! What is that smell!?!". Alas, the guy put his socks back on.