Originally Posted by Analise
On an airplane, I've always practiced the rule that the aisle and window persons should allow the middle person both arm rests as the sole consolation of having that horrible seat.
At a performance, I think it is first come-first served with regards to arm rests.
Luckily it's been a long time since I have had to sit in a middle seat. Arm rests are a pet peeve of mine, and my past experience was that most people not only won't yield the arm rest to the person in the middle, but you end up in a silent battle with them stealthly moving your elbow there each time they move and vice versa (or is it just me it's happened to)
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I suppose the easy solution would of been for me to just say...since I'm stuck here in the middle seat, can I have the arm rests??. But that would be to easy and then feeling emboldened, I would probably be going after the person in front of me who reclines his/her seat to far back.
