Steve Maskery
Established Member
My bug-bear about flying (well it's always economy) is the idion in front who reclines theior seat without checking behind first.
I was sitting in one such with my knees under my chin when this woman in front tilted back. I asked her (as politely as I could given that her chair was a micron away from my nose) to put her chair upright. "I've got a baby" was her reply! Her husband did actually suggest that she put it up. She then proceeded to change the baby's nappy there in the seat, whilst the stewards were serving dinner! I'm not making this up honest. The stewards suggested she used the loo.
On another occasion the bloke in front put his chair back and completely ignored me when I asked him not to. So I simply got out of my seat and stood in the aisle in front of him. Of course, in order to let people pass I had to move back, didn't I? I was standing, he was sitting. I tried really hard to have alimentary problems but sadly failed on that occasion.
My current solution is to carry a pencil. That usually gets through security. I then break it in half and shove it down the seat mechanism, preventing the chair in front from being tilted back. It does work, although the pencil gets destroyed.
It's worth it.
Anyone got a better solution?
S
I was sitting in one such with my knees under my chin when this woman in front tilted back. I asked her (as politely as I could given that her chair was a micron away from my nose) to put her chair upright. "I've got a baby" was her reply! Her husband did actually suggest that she put it up. She then proceeded to change the baby's nappy there in the seat, whilst the stewards were serving dinner! I'm not making this up honest. The stewards suggested she used the loo.
On another occasion the bloke in front put his chair back and completely ignored me when I asked him not to. So I simply got out of my seat and stood in the aisle in front of him. Of course, in order to let people pass I had to move back, didn't I? I was standing, he was sitting. I tried really hard to have alimentary problems but sadly failed on that occasion.
My current solution is to carry a pencil. That usually gets through security. I then break it in half and shove it down the seat mechanism, preventing the chair in front from being tilted back. It does work, although the pencil gets destroyed.
It's worth it.
Anyone got a better solution?
S