First Class Shared Floor Space
Oct 15, 2012 | 4:13 pm
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First Class Shared Floor Space
Just boarded 752. Guy next to me decides to put his giant laptop bag in the floor space in the center. Except it doesn't hardly fit under the seat. Instead it's reduced my legroom/floor space by half.
Am I wrong to be annoyed? It seems rude to impinge on another passwnger's space. Not even a "sorry" or "do you mind"
Am I wrong to be annoyed? It seems rude to impinge on another passwnger's space. Not even a "sorry" or "do you mind"
Oct 15, 2012 | 4:31 pm
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He's probably just trying to save the overhead space for larger bags, or maybe he wants to access it during the flight without getting up. Just put your feet on it. That might get him to move it, or you could just ask him nicely to move it.
Oct 15, 2012 | 5:00 pm
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So, you're saying if you are there first, his/her floor space is your floor space? I don't think your comment should include the word etiquette. Sounds more like what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine.
Oct 15, 2012 | 5:03 pm
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There is no space under aisle seats on 757 first for computer bag. I often put mine in center space but ask adjacent passenger if they mind first and I tell them I will remove it as soon as we're airborne. i then move it against my seat.
Politely ask him if he will move it when airborne?
Politely ask him if he will move it when airborne?
Oct 15, 2012 | 5:04 pm
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Just boarded 752. Guy next to me decides to put his giant laptop bag in the floor space in the center. Except it doesn't hardly fit under the seat. Instead it's reduced my legroom/floor space by half.
Am I wrong to be annoyed? It seems rude to impinge on another passwnger's space. Not even a "sorry" or "do you mind"
Am I wrong to be annoyed? It seems rude to impinge on another passwnger's space. Not even a "sorry" or "do you mind"
As for getting annoyed...NAH! Life is too shot for that!!
Oct 15, 2012 | 5:06 pm
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Oct 15, 2012 | 5:10 pm
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I agree! I don't actually do this myself, but I commonly experience it when I arrive after my row mate. Are you all saying that you don't commonly encounter this? Also, pretty sure the OP is talking about the middle space beneath the seats in F on the 757. It's shared space and the perfect size for just one laptop bag.
Oct 15, 2012 | 5:55 pm
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Originally Posted by 38,000feet
IME, the general etiquette is that the first person of the seat pair to arrive uses the space.
IME, I don't like sitting next to guys like you.
IME, I don't like sitting next to guys like you.
Oct 15, 2012 | 6:02 pm
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Maybe my bag is smaller, but on a 752, I usually put my bag in the shared space between seats because the IFE power box already inhibits legroom there, so that I can stretch my legs all the way out in that narrow space between the box and the aisle.
I don't think it is rude to take up half the space without asking--which I cannot imagine a laptop bag doing. Sure, it would be rude if I took up that whole center section...
I don't think it is rude to take up half the space without asking--which I cannot imagine a laptop bag doing. Sure, it would be rude if I took up that whole center section...
Oct 15, 2012 | 6:02 pm
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A few years ago, I had something similar happen to me. I asked the passenger sitting in the aisle whose huge bag was infringing on my space if he could move it. He declined. I called the FA over for assistance. The FA said, "sorry, thats really space for the aisle passenger to use since their under-seat storage is so much smaller than yours. Look at it this way, you still have a lot more legroom than anybody in back."
I apologized to the passenger next to me.
I apologized to the passenger next to me.
Oct 15, 2012 | 6:07 pm
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+1 for using the center space if possible when I'm on the aisle - the IFE box really takes up a bunch of it. But I certainly make sure it's all the way under so as to make hamper access to the window seat, and I'd be happy to discuss with whomever was in that seat if it were an issue. I'm not sitting up front that much these days though.