Originally Posted by
fericks
On a personal note, I always tell the person behind me each time I need to recline my seat. It's the decent thing to do, since you're both traveling and need to go somewhere, might as well be pleasant travelers as they say.
I never tell the person behind me, but I always do make it a point to look behind me to see how the person is positioned and then do a very slow recline. Unless it's early morning or late night/overnight, I generally don't recline more than halfway. Never had any issues, other than that weird passive-aggressive mumbler who, when I asked if everything was ok, replied in a chipper happy tone that she was fine before going back to cursing me under her breath.