This pushing on somebody's seat is not revenge. It is obnoxious behavior worthy of revenge.

That's more courtesy than either of the people in my example gave. I've heard stories of laptop screens being broken by the effects of sudden unannounced reclines, let alone drink/food spills.

I also presume you didn't have body parts / clothing flailing about behind your seat and that you unreclined the seat for landing and disembarkation.

Understandably. If he had to leverage off of your seat to get out of his because of lack of space, that's one thing. But there's no excuse for him pusing on your seat continuously; that's about as stupid as the recliner in my example pushing backwards on the seat continuously trying to eek out an extra half inch of recline.

This is one of those issues where there are two opposed groups of people who will just never agree. That's OK. A lot of people ask why I don't recline my seat to gain space taken by the person in front of me, but I don't see the point in inflicting discomfort on someone else when I complain about the same discomfort. I stand by my personal rules for reclining seats. They aren't for everyone, but they work for me.

Oh, and I don't need "that much space." 32" pitch is adequate if people have some awareness of their surroundings. Continuous full recline to the point where the person behind can't deploy their tray table, get to their underseat storage, or even stand up without performing a strange shimmy maneuver for a lengthy flight including meal service and especially landing/disembarkation does not indicate an awareness of surroundings IMO.

I plopped down $300 US and ordered a handheld cell phone jammer from the U.K.(Illegal in U.S.)

Worth every penny when you get that a$$hole who thinks his phone conversation needs to be heard throughout the restaurant, coffee shop, post office or wherever. The satisfaction of shutting down a load mouth is indescribable , as you watch them fiddle with their phones and say "HELLO, HELLO". When they realize they aren't getting any signal, they usually walk a good distance away out of my jammer's reach and out of earshot to try to call again.

Note: I don't actually take it with my on the plane, cause I wouldn't want to have to explain to TSA what it was (looks like a cell phone), so I just check it and carry it around with me when I get to my destination

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[QUOTE=andrewsheehan]I plopped down $300 US and ordered a handheld cell phone jammer from the U.K.(Illegal in U.S.)

Worth every penny when you get that a$$hole who thinks his phone conversation needs to be heard throughout the restaurant, coffee shop, post office or wherever. The satisfaction of shutting down a load mouth is indescribable , as you watch them fiddle with their phones and say "HELLO, HELLO". When they realize they aren't getting any signal, they usually walk a good distance away out of my jammer's reach and out of earshot to try to call again.

that cell phone jammer is an excellent idea. i try to be considerate on a plane. i ask the person behind me if i can recline. i usually just go for it if its a small kid. i usually just recline on transatlantic flights, but then again everyone does so it doesnt seem to bother anyone. i want to be comfortable for that long of a flight and i think others agree. as for exacting revenge, the bad karma is usually good enough for me. i always get a big kick when "mr or ms. in-a-hurry-im-important" business traveler does something and then gets stopped by the TSA or something like that. its all about what comes around goes around. if im sitting next to andre the giant, i can understand, im not the skinniest either, try not to touch me. i paid just the same for my seat. and whats with kids looking over the back of their seat to see what your doing. i dont find you cute and i dont want to talk to you.

What else matches?

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Originally Posted by andrewsheehan

I plopped down $300 US and ordered a handheld cell phone jammer from the U.K.(Illegal in U.S.)

Worth every penny when you get that a$$hole who thinks his phone conversation needs to be heard throughout the restaurant, coffee shop, post office or wherever. The satisfaction of shutting down a load mouth is indescribable , as you watch them fiddle with their phones and say "HELLO, HELLO". When they realize they aren't getting any signal, they usually walk a good distance away out of my jammer's reach and out of earshot to try to call again.

how is that rude?

"You smelt it, you dealt it" has also been my personal variation ...

I read on a travel board about someone who heard a group of travelers cackling over drinks in Paris. It seems the travelers were on a subway and one woman had her wallet stolen. Of course, before getting on the subway she had taken a cheap wallet and glued razor blades to the edges, and then left it where it could be seen inside an open purse. They had apparently been able to see and hear the pickpocket howl in pain as he hit the sidewalk running.

Might I suggest instead of prank calling people that you get some ear plugs instead?

I always wear ear plugs when sleeping in hotel rooms because by their very nature, hotels are loud. You have hundreds of people coming and going at all hours, most on vacation, some drunk. It is unreasonable to expect peace and quiet 100% of the time.

So stealing was your solution to this problem?

Putting is done by a putter.

No putter, no putting, no walking back and forth, no noise.

Sounds like a perfect solution to me! ^

I usually do, but once my husband and I were in a room where I SWEAR the people above us were running back and forth at 11 PM. Earplugs didn't help- I wish they had. The clerk tried to tell us there were no more rooms available. I called the hotel's 800 number and there were plenty. We got moved.

Earplugs are also bad if you need to hear an alarm go off in the AM.

Those are cool... how did you get it, they seem to be illegal in US, UK, and EU (unless you are a government or research organization)?