Originally Posted by
relangford
That is why I almost always get a window . Almost nobody NEEDS to look at the top of clouds. On a flight where I am 12 hours out of phase with my home time, I need to rest / sleep without some jerk keeping the shade up so he / she can stare at nothingness..........
Folks, there is nothing to see except cloud tops and / or vast expanses of ocean - not very exciting to most sane people.
You do see, don't you, that the above makes you as selfish as those you are accusing. You don't NEED to watch a film, you choose to. You don't NEED to go without eye shades, you just choose not to use them. Courtesy is one thing, this argument shows selfishness on the other side.