Rude passenger on Northwest Flight
Oct 19, 2004, 6:27 pm
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Originally Posted by Japhydog
. . . if you insist on continuously trying to force your seat to recline into my knees that have nowhere else to go.
Fortunately, bumping of the seat back does not bother me!
However, it seems elementary common courtesy to check for obstructions before reclining, just as in backing an automobile. Speed reclining is definitely a "No, No."
Oct 19, 2004, 6:35 pm
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Originally Posted by oklAAhoma
Rest assured that I think long legs and the knees that are attached to them are outside the realm of compromise. As you say, where are the knees supposed to go? I consider that situation to be more of a courtesy issue... As in: It's not polite to ram your seat back into someone's knees.
Cross my heart - I have never tried to force my seat into recline at the expense of someone's knees. (Although in my early flying days, I was guilty of *speed reclining*.
I have since then learned the error of my ways and I now recline slowly and carefully and never during meals.)
Cross my heart - I have never tried to force my seat into recline at the expense of someone's knees. (Although in my early flying days, I was guilty of *speed reclining*.
I have since then learned the error of my ways and I now recline slowly and carefully and never during meals.)
Oct 19, 2004, 6:38 pm
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Originally Posted by SPN Lifer
Even the most stuborn knees move occasionally, allowing gradual re-claiming of paid-for space.
Fortunately, bumping of the seat back does not bother me!
However, it seems elementary common courtesy to check for obstructions before reclining, just as in backing an automobile. Speed reclining is definitely a "No, No."
Fortunately, bumping of the seat back does not bother me!
However, it seems elementary common courtesy to check for obstructions before reclining, just as in backing an automobile. Speed reclining is definitely a "No, No."
Oct 19, 2004, 9:12 pm
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Originally Posted by Japhydog
I was only getting a kick from your 'cold dead hands' rhetoric.
Actually, I liked your reply to my melodramatic post. But I did want to clarify that although I recline whenever possible, I still have a bit of sympathy for the knees benind me. (It's not *empathy* though because I am vertically challenged. My feet barely reach the floor when I'm sitting in a J seat, so it's hard for me to imagine what it'd be like to have legs that are too long for the space available.)