Originally Posted by
LordHamster
There is even a contingent here who feel that someone who only has a personal item (no large item) should be obliged to put it under the seat, so as to be courteous to the other passengers... many of whom bring their massively oversized carryons AND oversized "personal items"... both of which they jam in the overhead.
My decision to be courteous to others is not dependent upon their reciprocity.
Originally Posted by
LordHamster
For the FA to push this when you clearly could not use the underseat storage is outrageous. The later arriving passenger should definitely be the one to check a bag.
In this specific case, I agree. If the bag would not fit under the seat in front of the OP, and the OP was not in violation of the rules by bringing on another item, then the bag had to go in the overhead.
Regardless, while I would love to see FAs enforce "big items only" (and one item per passenger!) in the overhead bin (except for bulkhead passengers, of course), there's no excuse for being rude about it, and it needs to be done with an awareness of the situation.