"Can you just climb over me? I don't feel like moving."
Jan 22, 2008, 1:06 pm
#76
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 815
What's wrong with just climbing over the guy? Is that really so hard? Some of you seem to be making a big deal out of nothing. I don't think that the guy in the aisle seat is being rude at all by simply asking you to climb over him.
If I'm sitting in the window seat, I'll happily climb over someone when getting up. But perhaps having lived in Asia for several years, I've forgotten how extreme Americans are about personal space. Heavens forbid you may accidentally touch the guy while scooting past him to get out of your seat. I mean, he might have COOTIES or something, right?
If I'm sitting in the window seat, I'll happily climb over someone when getting up. But perhaps having lived in Asia for several years, I've forgotten how extreme Americans are about personal space. Heavens forbid you may accidentally touch the guy while scooting past him to get out of your seat. I mean, he might have COOTIES or something, right?
With 32" seat pitch AND seats reclined, there is no way you can step over.
Jan 23, 2008, 2:07 am
#77
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 5
I'm short. I physically cannot climb over someone without standing on them on my way over and/or hanging off of the seat in front when sitting in Y. Since neither is an actual option (especially not hanging on the seat of the person in front, how had nothing to do with the situation), it behooves the person in the aisle seat to let me out.
Jan 23, 2008, 3:09 am
#78
Join Date: May 2005
Location: MEL
Programs: QF WP, VA, AA
Posts: 1,505
Not sure if it is much less hassle, but if in the aisle seat, IME it is usually possible, in Y, to just lift the aisle armrest (using the little latch/lock underneath and to the rear of the armrest), and just swivel one's knees into the aisle. No need to stand up.
Jan 23, 2008, 8:30 am
#79
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: PHL-adjacent
Programs: AA Executive Platinum (but always US in my heart), HH Diamond
Posts: 3,346
GROLLEYS!? What a fantastic word for, well, those things... ^ I'll add it to my vocabulary immediately!