Maybe they figured it was a rhetorical question but for the record, obviously I choose option 1

My beef is with non-bulkhead pax who put both carryons in the overhead. And then especially those who lie about having done so or pretend not to hear when you ask if maybe anyone has an item in the overhead that they can move and would like to help out a fellow passenger.

The funniest was the time I got no takers (boarding near the end of PREM on a E75) and gate checked rather than put my bag behind me and have to swim upstream upon arrival. Another F pax arrives near the end of the entire boarding process, has a bag that won't fit anywhere, and the person on the aisle across from me jumps up and says, "hey, you can put your bag here" and transfers his carryon from the overhead to underseat to make room. I don't blame him though since I think he was in the lav when I originally asked.