Originally Posted by Micromegas

Yep.

Nope. Just an annoying one.


You can delude yourself into believing whatever you like. However, if you've actually read this thread, you would seen the post in which I said that children kicking seats are, in my experience, an extreme rarity -- only 2 in all the years of flying that I've done. There are, however, two parents who have posted to this thread who have said that the nuisance created by their children is MY problem, because they think their interests in flying with their kids trumps my own interest in just being left alone when I fly. Perhaps it is that kind of attitude that causes most of us to wince whenever we see they and their families board an aircraft.

I haven't encountered smelly passengers. I have, indeed, written about seat grabbers here on FT and, most recently (within the last week or so), about Customers of Size (and in exactly those terms). So please accept my apologies for thinking that you would rather believe that people who object to the annoying and intrusive conduct of your children are child haters, rather than recognize how rude and discourteous it is to inflict behavior like seat kicking on total strangers.

I've had my seat kicked on aircraft three times in my 20+ years of frequent flying. Twice was by children. However, once was by an adult. She was met by the police when we landed and would have been arrested, but for my good graces in electing not to press charges. As I said, you can delude yourself into believing whatever you want, but if you let your kid kick the seat of front of him or her, you are selfish, rude and entitlement demanding because, yes, you think it's perfectly fine to let your kid assault strangers. It is very sad, and not a little bit frightening, to watch the product of the "me" generation.