Originally Posted by
defrosted
How about "People who bring a roller bag and a backpack" and their backpack goes under the seat 'in front' of me, forcing me to put my personal item 5 rows behind me as overhead bin space is already taken by roller bags. The one time not in F yet could be first off the plane and I have to sit and wait for a break to go upstream to fetch my bag.
I have 'in front' in quotes because my seat was 19A on 757. So I suppose ownership of that under seat space is debatable. I just understand the OP's frustration when people feel the need to take all their belongings on board and take up space when people who don't take as much on board get denied convenient space when the space is limited due to aircraft design.
I get it, first come first served, and you snooze you loose, luck of the draw et al, but it is a valid pet peeve.
What’s “debatable”? If you’re in 19A on the 757 all your stuff goes in the OH bin because you don’t have a seat in front of you. If I have 20A and you have 19A, your bag IS NOT going under 19A - that’s where my feet or my personal item is going. I was in the second row of F one time with my feet stretch out and felt the guy in front of me trying to push his laptop briefcase under the seat where my feet were. I offered to trade seats with him if he wanted Row 2 so he could put his briefcase under the seat. He declined. So his laptop went in the OH bin, not in my legroom.