Proper Ettiquete?
Aug 3, 2018, 11:46 am
#46
Join Date: Feb 2015
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How's it that people think this kind of behavior is ok? I'd have offered to switch seats and if they declined and kept doing that sh*t, I'd have created havoc. Keep getting up to stretch or go to the bathroom. eye for an eye...
Aug 3, 2018, 12:13 pm
#47
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Aug 3, 2018, 12:52 pm
#48
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In any event, on an airplane, I never feel obligated to take the middle if we booked window/aisle (sometimes it depends on the stature of the person in the middle), but I certainly agree it's common courtesy to not be disruptive and talk/pass over that person.
Aug 3, 2018, 1:34 pm
#51
Join Date: Jun 2009
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Haha, okay. In NYC I don't think it really caught on in most cases (though I rarely go to the movies anymore).
In any event, on an airplane, I never feel obligated to take the middle if we booked window/aisle (sometimes it depends on the stature of the person in the middle), but I certainly agree it's common courtesy to not be disruptive and talk/pass over that person.
In any event, on an airplane, I never feel obligated to take the middle if we booked window/aisle (sometimes it depends on the stature of the person in the middle), but I certainly agree it's common courtesy to not be disruptive and talk/pass over that person.
Aug 3, 2018, 2:20 pm
#55
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I think the winner is the person who suggested just taking the food. Would love to be seated across the aisle to watch that exchange.
Aug 3, 2018, 10:01 pm
#57
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Aug 3, 2018, 10:02 pm
#58
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If they are non-rev passengers, they aren't allowed to ask other passengers to switch seats. But you can make the request, and they can accept.
Non-rev or not, absolutely it's rude to do what they did, although they could have been oblivious to the annoyance to you. With 20/20 hindsight I say you should have spoken up ("Hey folks, this back-and-forth is getting old, would one of you mind switching seats.")
Non-rev or not, absolutely it's rude to do what they did, although they could have been oblivious to the annoyance to you. With 20/20 hindsight I say you should have spoken up ("Hey folks, this back-and-forth is getting old, would one of you mind switching seats.")
Aug 5, 2018, 5:31 am
#60
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 383
I'll have to remember this if this ever happens to me.