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...and by brief, I do not mean underwear.

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Trashed Airplane Garbage and trash filled the seats of an Airbus A332 aircraft after the conclusion of a Philadelphia Eagles charter flight from Seattle to Philadelphia last year. Photograph posted by FlyerTalk member tod701 on December 12, 2013.

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Old Jan 15, 2014, 7:03 am
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Originally Posted by mooper
If I was seated in front of her, that would be precisely my approach. I'd wait until all is quiet, then slam my seat back as hard as possible (hoping it's broken and reclines too far). Shouting "What IS that smell?" at the exact same time would add to the humor, getting people to turn and look at her new yoga move.
Damn, I just shot coffee all over my desk.

I think if I witnessed that actually happen, I wouldn't be able to stop laughing the whole trip.
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 7:12 am
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Originally Posted by mooper
If I was seated in front of her, that would be precisely my approach. I'd wait until all is quiet, then slam my seat back as hard as possible (hoping it's broken and reclines too far). Shouting "What IS that smell?" at the exact same time would add to the humor, getting people to turn and look at her new yoga move.
Wouldn't politely asking her to take her feet/legs down first be somewhat more effective as opposed to just starting out as a jerk?

I don't agree with what she's doing, but getting nasty with others rarely gets people very far.
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 7:16 am
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Originally Posted by rwoman
Wouldn't politely asking her to take her feet/legs down first be somewhat more effective as opposed to just starting out as a jerk?

I don't agree with what she's doing, but getting nasty with others rarely gets people very far.
That would be the ideal approach of course, but sometimes it's difficult to be rational when someone is doing something so strange and outside the bounds of acceptable conduct
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 9:25 am
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Originally Posted by rwoman
Wouldn't politely asking her to take her feet/legs down first be somewhat more effective as opposed to just starting out as a jerk?

I don't agree with what she's doing, but getting nasty with others rarely gets people very far.
That would be my approach too. ^
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 1:49 pm
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Originally Posted by rwoman
Wouldn't politely asking her to take her feet/legs down first be somewhat more effective as opposed to just starting out as a jerk?

I don't agree with what she's doing, but getting nasty with others rarely gets people very far.
If someone trips and accidentally spills coffee on me, I'd never yell. I'd be focused on not making them feel badly about their slip. But if someone pours coffee on me on purpose, I always hit back twice as hard. If you don't, you'll always get stepped on. It's not about revenge - it's about being practical.

In this case, *she* is being nasty and outrageous, and not by accident. It's not like she's subtly invading space, and you can bet she does it all the time. If reclining hard and asking publicly what the smell is pisses her off - then good. I'm pretty sure she won't dare try it again to me nor anyone else for the rest of her traveling career. Problem solved.

* I should note that if she saw me returning to my seat and hurried to remove her feet from my head space before I sat down, then I'd handle it more akin to the way you suggested, albeit a bit more snidely. It would take her leaving her feet by my ears after I was seated to do what I posed earlier.
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 1:57 pm
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Originally Posted by mooper
If someone trips and accidentally spills coffee on me, I'd never yell. I'd be focused on not making them feel badly about their slip. But if someone pours coffee on me on purpose, I always hit back twice as hard. If you don't, you'll always get stepped on. It's not about revenge - it's about being practical.

In this case, *she* is being nasty and outrageous, and not by accident. It's not like she's subtly invading space, and you can bet she does it all the time. If reclining hard and asking publicly what the smell is pisses her off - then good. I'm pretty sure she won't dare try it again to me nor anyone else for the rest of her traveling career. Problem solved.

* I should note that if she saw me returning to my seat and hurried to remove her feet from my head space before I sat down, then I'd handle it more akin to the way you suggested, albeit a bit more snidely. It would take her leaving her feet by my ears after I was seated to do what I posed earlier.
+1 to everything in this post.
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 2:03 pm
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Why would one even do this? It cannot possibly be comfortable...
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 3:41 pm
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Originally Posted by cmd320
Why would one even do this? It cannot possibly be comfortable...
Never heard of a flying circus before?
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Old Jan 23, 2014, 10:17 pm
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Not on DL, but even Richard Nixon does it!

A buddy sent me a link to an interactive history of Aviation produced by UK news outlet The Guardian. It's really interesting, and as an aviation geek, I loved it, capturing the progression of ticket sales, aircraft production, and innovation over the past century.

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Old Jan 23, 2014, 10:26 pm
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I'm pretty sure one of the unwritten benefits of being President is being allowed to put up your feet wherever and whenever you want
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Old Jan 23, 2014, 10:40 pm
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Not on DL, but even Richard Nixon does it!
At least he's not barefooted.
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Old Jan 23, 2014, 10:42 pm
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Originally Posted by brocklee9000
Not on DL, but even Richard Nixon does it!

A buddy sent me a link to an interactive history of Aviation produced by UK news outlet The Guardian. It's really interesting, and as an aviation geek, I loved it, capturing the progression of ticket sales, aircraft production, and innovation over the past century.


Also, pretty interesting interactive. ^

Glad to see I'm not the only one who struggles with multiple-tab syndrome.


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Old Jan 23, 2014, 10:46 pm
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Is that toilet paper hanging down from his shoe?

Yes, I know it's just light shining in from the window, but it's funnier to take it the wrong way...
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Old Jan 24, 2014, 9:44 am
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Originally Posted by sky303


Also, pretty interesting interactive. ^

Glad to see I'm not the only one who struggles with multiple-tap syndrome.
Multi-tap syndrome? Please elaborate, on that as well as connection to the image you posted.

Originally Posted by Howste
Is that toilet paper hanging down from his shoe?

Yes, I know it's just light shining in from the window, but it's funnier to take it the wrong way...
Had to take a second look myself, but just awkwardly captured sunlight. If it was TP, just think of all the possible captions you could have...

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Old Jan 24, 2014, 9:53 am
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Originally Posted by uclalum
Multi-tap syndrome? Please elaborate, on that as well as connection to the image you posted.
sky303 meant "tab", as is evidenced by two browser windows with about a dozen and a half tabs open in each window. Same as me. I always have a ton of tabs open.
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