Feet on the headrest
Feb 22, 2013, 12:07 pm
#61
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One sentence could have ended this:
"This lady keeps putting her feet up, and every time she does, she kicks me in the head. Please find a way to stop her from kicking me in the head!"
Any physical contact initiated by Tashi could have been grounds for assault charges upon landing.
Physical contact initiated by the rude lady, on the other hand, is not Tashi's fault. But the threat of assault and failure to obey a flight crew charges might have had more effect than the simple "put your feet down, you're being rude."
"This lady keeps putting her feet up, and every time she does, she kicks me in the head. Please find a way to stop her from kicking me in the head!"
Any physical contact initiated by Tashi could have been grounds for assault charges upon landing.
Physical contact initiated by the rude lady, on the other hand, is not Tashi's fault. But the threat of assault and failure to obey a flight crew charges might have had more effect than the simple "put your feet down, you're being rude."
Feb 22, 2013, 5:15 pm
#64
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haha... no, as much as I was uncomfortable in the flight, I still asked this lady that I was willing to straighten up my seat back if that would help her. I told her once, the FAs told her three or four times, if that didnt help then I dont know what would have helped her. Lucky for her there was no one sitting on the middle seat next to her and on the middle seat next to me. Had it been people there then I dont know what those people would have done.
Feb 27, 2013, 12:59 pm
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Feb 27, 2013, 1:19 pm
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In line with the theme of this thread, below is a picture of a woman's foot on my wife's seat's armrest. The woman behind my wife (whose shoe is pictured) kept kicking my wife's elbow while it was on the armrest but never thought to take down her foot on her own.
Feb 27, 2013, 7:02 pm
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The no-nonsense strict school teachers I had as a child would have cured these feet on headrest types with a simple remark such as "Now, now--I am sure your parents did not raise you in a barn...Put your feet down immediately and sit properly".
Goodness knows they could use advice such as that.
Goodness knows they could use advice such as that.
Feb 27, 2013, 10:21 pm
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Wow. I think that woman was on my flight the other day. Kept putting her foot on my armrest and kicking me in the elbow. I turned and said, "DO YOU MIND??"
She said...."No I don't mind at all......"
(I supposed I asked for that one)
But I told her to put her foot down or I'd break it. She called me a bit*( but put her foot down.
I do think if I were the OP, I would complain to UA about it. Totally unacceptable!!!
Mar 1, 2013, 7:36 pm
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Mar 1, 2013, 7:56 pm
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If this had happened to me, after the medical condition excuse, I would have started reclining my seat and then putting it upright, over and over again. If she objected to this, I'd tell her that I suffer from severe hand spasms and that as someone with a fellow medical condition, she should be sympathetic to my plight. I'm pretty sure the feet would have come down from above my head after that.
Mar 1, 2013, 11:35 pm
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Even a big fat hippy like me finds this unacceptable. Personally, at the point she decided to disregard the most polite approaches, I would have gone into "freak the mundane" mode and pretended I was a foot fetishist and I regarded her encroachment into my space as flirting.
Mar 10, 2013, 6:33 am
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Feet on the headrest
Taking a photo of any offensive behaviour (regardless of whether you publish it or not) is usually a way to change the behaviour. I have used this on persistent touts, aggressive beggars and the like.