AVOD "pounder" etiquette.
#16
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Polite and direct is usually the most effective, but rarely very funny. I chuckled a little visualizing someone frantically trying to put their socks back on after being passive-aggressively shamed . But yes, if you want a quick resolution then be polite and direct.
#18
Join Date: Nov 2009
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Flying transcon with my kids, sitting in steerage
Woman in back must be playing trivia game, and is playing with gusto -- pounding on the back of my seat like a gorilla.
I tried the "casually move over" so maybe she'll realize that I feel her banging on my seat..
Then I tried the "look around" to let her know that I've figured out that the reason I'm getting whiplash is because of her bashing the seat.
What's the appropriate next step?
Woman in back must be playing trivia game, and is playing with gusto -- pounding on the back of my seat like a gorilla.
I tried the "casually move over" so maybe she'll realize that I feel her banging on my seat..
Then I tried the "look around" to let her know that I've figured out that the reason I'm getting whiplash is because of her bashing the seat.
What's the appropriate next step?
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#19
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Flying transcon with my kids, sitting in steerage
Woman in back must be playing trivia game, and is playing with gusto -- pounding on the back of my seat like a gorilla.
I tried the "casually move over" so maybe she'll realize that I feel her banging on my seat..
Then I tried the "look around" to let her know that I've figured out that the reason I'm getting whiplash is because of her bashing the seat.
What's the appropriate next step?
Woman in back must be playing trivia game, and is playing with gusto -- pounding on the back of my seat like a gorilla.
I tried the "casually move over" so maybe she'll realize that I feel her banging on my seat..
Then I tried the "look around" to let her know that I've figured out that the reason I'm getting whiplash is because of her bashing the seat.
What's the appropriate next step?
Subtly hinting at what you want never works with friends and loved ones who know you well, so I never know why people think it works with strangers.
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#22
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This is a very funny thread, but in all seriousness: why try all these things that she probably won't notice? Just turn around with a smile and say "I'm sorry, but these seats are pretty sensitive. Do you mind tapping the screen a little more softly?"
Subtly hinting at what you want never works with friends and loved ones who know you well, so I never know why people think it works with strangers.
Subtly hinting at what you want never works with friends and loved ones who know you well, so I never know why people think it works with strangers.
What makes for a better post on this forum when the woman seated behind me extended her fetid tootsy into the space between my seat and that of my partner: a polite "would you kindly remove your foot, Madam, as the stench of gorgonzola is making me gag", or to do as my partner did and give the offending foot a short, sharp rap with a hefty paperback? Me, I'll go for the attack with the paperback every time.
#23
Join Date: Jun 2012
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I had some teenagers playing Slap Jack on the table behind me one flight (you know, the game where you're required to quickly slap the pile of cards multiple times per game?). I let them play a few games, thinking they'd get a clue that maybe it's not great to play on a table attached to someone's seat, but they did not. So I turned around and told them to knock it off. Then politely suggested they play a game that didn't require slapping. Deer in headlights back at me, but they put the cards away
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#28
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Tell her to bend over, grab her ankles and squeal like a pig in heat, since you're getting a poundin from her you'd like to do reciprocate the favor.
#30
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I once asked someone politely to stop pushing so hard and he gave me real attitude back. He sort of threw his hands up in the air and sarcastically said "sorry!" very loudly. I told him that I would accept his apology and thanked him stoping.