Originally Posted by Martinis at 8
The FA announces that the flight is full and that in order to be polite passengers should put carry-ons that will fit under the seats, under those seats, so that those who have suitcases can use the overhead bins.
Great response! I am sick of the rollaboard-toters (most of whom seem to think the suitcases they use are called "rollerboards" based on the text in their posts) that think rollaboard suitcases have some sort of priority over smaller items in the overhead bin space. It's amazing how many posts I've seen recently that describe people putting smaller items in the overheads as 'bin hogs' even though our items take up less volume than a rollaboard.
FAs often perpetuate the myth that rollaboards trump smaller carry-ons as far as bin space is concerned. Why? Because it's easier for them to twist people's arms to stow smaller items under seats than to deal with the temper tantrums that many rollaboarders throw when they're told they have to gate-check a suitcase because the bins are full.
ender83 has the right attitude--when you bring a rollaboard on board, you are taking a risk--if the bins are full, it will have to be checked. It's too bad so many other rollaboard users feel they have 'first dibs' on bin space.