Middle cubby (underseat) space protocol
Sep 11, 2017, 9:38 am
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Middle cubby (underseat) space protocol
The guy next to me put his bag in the middle space. Would this bother you. FWIW there is plenty of space above.
Sep 11, 2017, 9:45 am
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Sep 11, 2017, 10:12 am
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The aisle cubbyhole is often too small for a standard personal item. The protocol I use (for domestic narrow body FC) is middle slot for the aisle seat and the window slot for the window seat. By choice I sit in the window seat.
What bothers me are people who put their personal items in the overhead. It's frustrating to not be able to store your rollaboard because the overhead is full of purses, backpacks, and briefcases.
What bothers me are people who put their personal items in the overhead. It's frustrating to not be able to store your rollaboard because the overhead is full of purses, backpacks, and briefcases.
Sep 11, 2017, 10:45 am
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What bothers me isn't necessarily the bag there itself it's the assumption of the dude who didn't ask if it was okay. I have used that space before but only after asking "do you mind? I can put it up if it's a problem".
Sep 11, 2017, 11:12 am
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That would annoy me. I think it's reasonable to share the middle cubby space, which is what I usually do. What makes it worse in this case is you can clearly see that your seat loses leg room because of this.
Sep 11, 2017, 11:14 am
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I do this all the time and don't see the problem. Why should he have to ask for your permission?
Sep 11, 2017, 11:15 am
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The aisle cubbyhole is often too small for a standard personal item. The protocol I use (for domestic narrow body FC) is middle slot for the aisle seat and the window slot for the window seat. By choice I sit in the window seat.
What bothers me are people who put their personal items in the overhead. It's frustrating to not be able to store your rollaboard because the overhead is full of purses, backpacks, and briefcases.
What bothers me are people who put their personal items in the overhead. It's frustrating to not be able to store your rollaboard because the overhead is full of purses, backpacks, and briefcases.
I do find it annoying when when the window person has taken the middle cubby, but that's a different issue.
Sep 11, 2017, 11:21 am
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Sep 11, 2017, 11:22 am
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I think of the middle underseat space in FC as shared space. I don't ask to put something on my side, but I always position my stuff so that it doesn't prevent my seatmate from having space to stretch one leg/foot there. Similarly, if my seatmate takes the entire space (regardless of who has window or aisle), I would ask the person to move the item in order to let me use some of the space.
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