Screen etiquette - should I be offended?
#91
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Sometimes I just write what I think - didn't realise I had to adhere to someone else's rules of what are " an internally consistent set of statements".
I am shy but don't have a problem with it and I can assure you I am also not the problem - just someone who was brought up to appreciate good manners and common courtesy. However if you are ever sitting opposite me do feel free to raise that screen as soon as you like
I am shy but don't have a problem with it and I can assure you I am also not the problem - just someone who was brought up to appreciate good manners and common courtesy. However if you are ever sitting opposite me do feel free to raise that screen as soon as you like
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#93
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Soups, your post is of far far greater fascination than discussions about the socially graceless or those who wish to evacuate. What was showing that had him in tears? I love a good weepie, and Id probably have to put the screen up because my mascara could run and the person opposit might believe that they are sitting before a Panda.
#94
I always ask the person in the other seat if they mind if I put the divider up and no one ever refuses.
it doesnt cost anything to be polite. if someone had done what you experienced I probably would have thought that was a bit rude too... for a split second and then forgotten about it!
it doesnt cost anything to be polite. if someone had done what you experienced I probably would have thought that was a bit rude too... for a split second and then forgotten about it!
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Not so much selfish as dangerous - but the passenger can't really know when is or is not dangerous (as nothing is said) while the crew know and should have enforced it.
That said, CIHY on this thread as other resident crew members on others confirmed that the only time the screen is considered to endanger passengers' safety is during the safety demonstration when crew show where the exits are and explain about floor lighting. The moment the safety demonstration is over the privacy screen is considered fully safe to raise and so till disembarkation.
That said, CIHY on this thread as other resident crew members on others confirmed that the only time the screen is considered to endanger passengers' safety is during the safety demonstration when crew show where the exits are and explain about floor lighting. The moment the safety demonstration is over the privacy screen is considered fully safe to raise and so till disembarkation.
Do you need a police to enforce driving through a red light to prove the action being dangerous, selfish, or both?
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given that it was put up when he arrived the seat and was not lowered during safety briefing, a) crew did not do their job properly; b) the dude compromised the safety of karen - still selfish, given that the chances of actually running into an emergency is rather low.
Do you need a police to enforce driving through a red light to prove the action being dangerous, selfish, or both?
Do you need a police to enforce driving through a red light to prove the action being dangerous, selfish, or both?
in my view, its very much the crew which was at fault here (unless the passenger knew divider needs to be up for the safety demo but we dont know that he knows that...)
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Sometimes I just write what I think - didn't realise I had to adhere to someone else's rules of what are " an internally consistent set of statements".
I am shy but don't have a problem with it and I can assure you I am also not the problem - just someone who was brought up to appreciate good manners and common courtesy. However if you are ever sitting opposite me do feel free to raise that screen as soon as you like
I am shy but don't have a problem with it and I can assure you I am also not the problem - just someone who was brought up to appreciate good manners and common courtesy. However if you are ever sitting opposite me do feel free to raise that screen as soon as you like
#100
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But then it is antisocial not to engage with fellow travelers when the other wants to....so where do you cutoff the conversation without being anti social in ther minds?
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I guess the key here is to "try to put yourself in the other person's position and see if you can accommodate/tolerate/go-along without much undue inconvenience for yourself".
#103
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The mere fact that youre asking others if you should be offended is what is wrong with humans these days. Why should someone else say you should be offended. I didnt even bother reading your post so I dont know what the context is but asking others if you should be offended just implies youre a sheep and have no decision making skills of your own
#104
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The mere fact that youre asking others if you should be offended is what is wrong with humans these days. Why should someone else say you should be offended. I didnt even bother reading your post so I dont know what the context is but asking others if you should be offended just implies youre a sheep and have no decision making skills of your own
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I've had one occasion when my seat mate didn't put the shade up. Couldn't really see that much of her from our reclined positions but neither of us made any attempt to raise the screen.
Possibly she was unaware of it, was leaving it to my discretion or dreaming, that she wanted to be friendly.
Generally though, my seat mate is an unknown male and they put the screen down ASAP. Doesn't bother me as it makes things far more private when you're in a window seat.