Galley Gossip: Middle Seat Etiquette

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10-17-2008 @ 3:14PM

Thomas said...

I had a middle seat on an evening flight on an MD-80 flying from Copenhagen to London Heathrow. My girlfriend was in the window seat and there was another passenger in the aisle seat. We opened up my laptop to watch a movie and wouldn't you know it, the person in front of me put their seat back all the way down without checking behind them first. I am 6' 6", so this was not the most comfortable position to be in. I contemplated several times kneeing the back of her seat to give her a hint. We ended up switching the laptop to my girlfriend's seat tray, and the same exact thing happened with the person in front of her! Then during landing the person never put her seat back up in front of me because it was broken. I couldn't believe it. I was so mad I forgot my headphones on the plane.

Your etiquette list should include something about checking to see if there is someone behind you before thrusting your seatback ALL the way down.

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