Originally Posted by
cynicAAl
I know a few crew (pilots and FAs), and they don't share your view that the space is yours. They view the plane as their workspace. They're in charge of it. They're responsible for it. They're probably with it for multiple segments, while you're just visiting for 1 segment.
Regretably you are correct in that. A lot of FAs seem to just consider passengers to be a nuisance that is on their plane instead of remembering that the passengers are the reason they are employed.