Yeah, that was a bit confusing . . .
I was talking specifically about babies though, who seem to produce a fair bit of ire, and only noise related.

Agree, a parent letting their child kick the seat in front is really not doing their job. That would be infuriating.

Having said that, last time I flew on Virgin, the 20 something girl behind me got all upset when I pushed my seat back. She called the stewardess to complain, and was of course told not to be stupid. She then spent the whole night kicking my seat, and had it not been for the fact she had 2 or 3 very large looking blokes in her party, would have eventually got a slap round the head . . .
(username failed moderation, Mon 5 Mar 2012, 14:19, 2 replies)

We're scarily similar.
No wonder we fight...
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 5 Mar 2012, 14:21, closed)

Push your seat back into my legs
And you will get one of my knees forced repeatedly and forcefully into the small of your back.
(ubergeekian, Mon 5 Mar 2012, 17:37, closed)

I just hold the seat back and watch them try a few times.
So far, not one person has turned around to see what the fuck I'm doing.
I suspect it's because everyone is really aware that there's no fucking room to recline your seat unless the person behind had no legs.
Being a long legged type I suffer pain for any flight longer than about 2 hours, there just isn't enough legroom and I'm fucked if someone is going to make it worse.
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Mon 5 Mar 2012, 22:39, closed)

Last time someone tried it on me
was on a flight from Basel to Heathrow. Swiss weren't over generous with their legroom to start with, and as I'm 6'4" I was pretty tightly wedged. The woman in front tried to recline and couldn't because my legs were in the way. I wasn't being particularly obstructive, just unable to move to give the room she wanted.

She must have known that it was a human in the way, so she pressed the release and hurled herself back into the seat, moving it back a few inches. Instantly I screamed AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH. MY KNEES!!!! at the top of my voice. Nobody does this on a plane. Ever.

After she recovered, seat once again fully forward, I don't think she dared breathe for the rest of the trip. I didn't care.
(ubergeekian, Mon 5 Mar 2012, 22:58, closed)

Heh,
thing is I wouldn't dream of putting my seat back because it's horrible for the person behind and rather foolishly I assume that other people are similarly considerate. They are not, most people are trapped in a tiny bubble of their own concerns barely able to recognise that there are others with needs around them too.

I am not a sociopath yet, but it's not because people have convinced me not to be.
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Tue 6 Mar 2012, 1:05, closed)