Originally Posted by
vbroucek
I know, right? Next time I'll be a prick and beat the passenger next to me to a bloody pulp, seems to be the recommended behavior.
Originally Posted by
IAN-UK
I don't think you helped your position by trying to tell the individual how he should act, according to your personal codification of onboard rules of behaviour.
Simply asking him to make more (shared) space available for you, or taking it over when you had the opportunity, might have been better than initiating a vaguely passive-agressive rebuke by telling him he was infringing unwritten rules of frequent travellers.
Attempting to involve cabin crew in your conflict, then taking a photograph of his arm on the armrest, probably convinced him he was safer ignoring you.
How was your window-seated neighbour?
You're probably right, I now know that I shouldn't have said anything and should have kicked him with my elbow, hogged the damn armrest and pretend nothing happened, since that seems the approach the flight attendant wanted me to take.
Fine, mentioning unwritten rules likely didn't help my case, but it wasn't my personal codification of flying rules, I actually learned this from a flight attendant from AA. I guess it's not as common as I thought.
The window passenger realized that I had little space and let me use the armrest, he was mostly leaning and sleeping towards the window. The funeral director had his massive wings spread all the time and the space you see on the picture was barely enough for the elbow, that's where the armrest ends. These LH A321have far smaller armrests than you might think.