Guy behind me having a boxing Match with PTV
Jan 7, 2010, 9:38 am
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Guy behind me having a boxing Match with PTV
Is it me, or is the touchscreen PTV an invitation to annoy the crap out of the guy in front of you. I am in F on a domestic 757 and exhausted after an international connection, yet all my attempts to get a few winks are thwarted by the guy behind me, seemingly sparring with his touchscreen television!
No amount of evil eyes will get this guy to stop as he is banging on the screen like he is pushing buttons on his xbox, each tap reverberating through my brain, inches away.
Is it me, him, or are these things an inherent disaster for passenger comfort?
No amount of evil eyes will get this guy to stop as he is banging on the screen like he is pushing buttons on his xbox, each tap reverberating through my brain, inches away.
Is it me, him, or are these things an inherent disaster for passenger comfort?
Jan 7, 2010, 9:47 am
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Sounds like a classic PEBKAC problem. (Or in this case, PEBSAS?)
Jan 7, 2010, 10:24 am
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I've experienced this and it's one of the reasons that I don't mind when there is no IFE on my flights. Touchscreen seatback IFE was a bad idea. Hopefully DL's retrofits of NW planes will take a clue from NW's A330s and use the little arm-rest remotes instead.
Jan 7, 2010, 10:27 am
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IFE with handset = good
IFE with touchscreen = bad
Jan 7, 2010, 10:30 am
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I wish more FAs did that...
Jan 7, 2010, 10:34 am
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I agree with everyone on the flaws of back-of-seat touch screens. Occasionally I get a screen that isn't very sensitive and have to press more forcefully that I otherwise would. The number of such screens could increase as the systems age.
Jan 7, 2010, 10:35 am
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Jan 7, 2010, 10:54 am
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Is it me, or is the touchscreen PTV an invitation to annoy the crap out of the guy in front of you. I am in F on a domestic 757 and exhausted after an international connection, yet all my attempts to get a few winks are thwarted by the guy behind me, seemingly sparring with his touchscreen television!
No amount of evil eyes will get this guy to stop as he is banging on the screen like he is pushing buttons on his xbox, each tap reverberating through my brain, inches away.
Is it me, him, or are these things an inherent disaster for passenger comfort?
No amount of evil eyes will get this guy to stop as he is banging on the screen like he is pushing buttons on his xbox, each tap reverberating through my brain, inches away.
Is it me, him, or are these things an inherent disaster for passenger comfort?
Jan 7, 2010, 11:06 am
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Yep, the proper technique is not as if you are pushing a button; it's as if you're flicking something off your fingernail.
Jan 7, 2010, 11:31 am
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Jan 7, 2010, 11:41 am
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This has happened to me multiple times. I simply ask them to press lighter, since it is shaking my seat - solved the problem every time. I don't think anyone is intentionally doing it.
However, I didn't know what to do when I was in F and the guy beside me on the bulkhead went barefoot. THEN PROCEEDED TO OPERATE THE AVOD WITH HIS BARE FEET!!!
However, I didn't know what to do when I was in F and the guy beside me on the bulkhead went barefoot. THEN PROCEEDED TO OPERATE THE AVOD WITH HIS BARE FEET!!!
Jan 7, 2010, 12:13 pm
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One of them did say they had some cleaner that they would pull out and wash the screen off after landing.
