Originally Posted by
jcwoman
I generally can't reach the overhead bins when walking down the aisle, but I am able to maintain my balance just with a light touch on the corners of the seat-backs. I am very conscious of not shaking people's seats.
Well, bless you! It's really all I ask, that people are aware of others around them, and not to take them for granted. As I mentioned earlier in this thread, had you yanked on my headrest and woke me up, but said, "Oh dear, sorry!" I'd see it as "no harm, no foul." It's the inconsiderate poltroons who are too lazy to be bothered that raise my ire.
I'm a window-seater too and the only time my seat gets rattled is when the person behind me needs to get up. Since the econ-class seats are generally so close together, that's almost every time the person behind needs to get up on almost every flight I take.
I have to ask: is it really that difficult to just use one's armrests to push yourself up? That's how I do it. Unless I'm about to fall over I try hard not to touch headrests or any other part of someone else's seat.