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#Post#: 16028--------------------------------------------------
Possible rudeness on the aeroplane (headphones and reclining)
DIR By: LifeOnPluto
Date: October 12, 2018, 10:51 pm
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Hi all,
I recently flew a seven hour, mostly daylight flight, and
encountered a couple of instances of annoying (to me) behaviour
from my fellow passengers. I'm curious to know what you think,
whether that behaviour was rude, and whether I handled it
correctly.
1) The young woman seated next to me spent the entire flight
watching movies and listening to music, with the volume on her
IFE system cranked up to maximum. However, she wasn't actually
wearing her headphones! She just had them draped around her
neck. This meant that I could hear everything - a constant,
tinny noise. It was so audible that even the person seated on my
other side could hear everything this lady was listening to.
After awhile, I asked her if she could turn down her volume -
which she did, rather grudgingly, and only by a couple of
notches. I could still hear the tinny buzz coming from her
headphones around her neck, but it wasn't quite as bad as
before. The only way to avoid the noise altogether was to wear
my own headphones.
On reflection, perhaps I should have simply asked if she could
WEAR her headphones properly - but maybe that would have been
rude?
2) Immediately after take off, the man seated in front of me
reclined his seat to the fullest extent possible, and kept it
that way for the entire seven flight (except the 20 minutes
during meal service). He didn't sleep - just spent the entire
flight laughing at whatever movies he was watching. As noted
above, this was for the most part a daytime flight, and the
cabin lights were not dimmed or anything.
Even though I found this personally annoying, I felt his actions
weren't technically rude (ie passengers have a perfect right to
recline their seats if they wish!), and I had no standing to say
anything, such as asking him to put his seat up a little.
What do you guys think? What would you have done?
#Post#: 16033--------------------------------------------------
Re: Possible rudeness on the aeroplane (headphones and
reclining)
DIR By: Amanita
Date: October 13, 2018, 1:16 am
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I think the first lady was definitely rude, she should have been
wearing her headphones instead of whatever she was trying to do,
leaving them hanging around her neck.
#Post#: 16034--------------------------------------------------
Re: Possible rudeness on the aeroplane (headphones and
reclining)
DIR By: lmyrs
Date: October 13, 2018, 3:09 am
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I think the first lady was rude and the second guy was fine.
#Post#: 16038--------------------------------------------------
Re: Possible rudeness on the aeroplane (headphones and
reclining)
DIR By: Venus193
Date: October 13, 2018, 8:11 am
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I think the man was also somewhat rude in the sense that he did
not ask whether this bothered you. However c I think it is high
time airlines consider redesigningtheir seating to betted deal
with people who insist on reclining through the entire flight.
#Post#: 16046--------------------------------------------------
Re: Possible rudeness on the aeroplane (headphones and
reclining)
DIR By: mime
Date: October 13, 2018, 9:14 am
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I agree with Venus on this. The guy was not rude, but not nice.
I'd like to see airlines build a seat that slides forward as it
reclines (like space-saving LaZBoys), so the person reclining is
the one losing personal space, not the person behind them.
#Post#: 16047--------------------------------------------------
Re: Possible rudeness on the aeroplane (headphones and
reclining)
DIR By: lakey
Date: October 13, 2018, 10:19 am
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As others have said, the lady was rude to not use her
headphones. Why does she think they are provided? She reminds me
of people who talk in a movie theater. Other people don't want
to have to listen to her noise. The other guy was more
thoughtless. The seats have the ability to recline so passengers
feel that it is okay to use that option. Many people who fly a
lot realize that the space in economy is so tight that something
like reclining makes it uncomfortable for others. Another
commenter's suggestion that seats be designed to move forward
when they are reclined is smart. I suspect that as planes age,
things like seating are replaced. That would be a good time to
do it.
#Post#: 16049--------------------------------------------------
Re: Possible rudeness on the aeroplane (headphones and
reclining)
DIR By: Thitpualso
Date: October 13, 2018, 10:48 am
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I think both were perhaps not technically rude but selfish.
An airplane is a severely constricted place. People must
consider the comfort of those around them more than their
personal preferences.
#Post#: 16061--------------------------------------------------
Re: Possible rudeness on the aeroplane (headphones and
reclining)
DIR By: GardenGal
Date: October 13, 2018, 4:05 pm
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The gal not wearing her headphones was rude, and I would have
asked her to turn the sound way down or put the headphones on as
soon as the noise bothered me.
Unfortunately, I don't think the reclining gent was rude, he was
making legitimate use of the feature of his seat. It's the
airlines' fault that you don't have decent room when the seat in
front of you reclines. I know that I've been on flights where
all I wanted to do was sleep or rest the entire way, and it
never would occur to me not to do that because the person behind
me would be short of space. That's a problem to bring up with
the airline.
#Post#: 16098--------------------------------------------------
Re: Possible rudeness on the aeroplane (headphones and
reclining)
DIR By: Rho
Date: October 13, 2018, 10:31 pm
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The man was rude and thoughtless and should be glad he wasn't in
front of ME. I use the airplane table attached to the seat in
front of me to either hold a cup of coffee beyond meal service
or prop up a magazine or spread out my current needlepoint
project. If someone were reclining I don't just lose space--I
lose the table.
#Post#: 16122--------------------------------------------------
Re: Possible rudeness on the aeroplane (headphones and
reclining)
DIR By: malfoyfan13
Date: October 14, 2018, 1:29 pm
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I think the female was rude and maybe a flight attendant should
have spoken to her about the headphones.
As for the reclining seats: I think airlines should have seats
that DON'T recline, at least in coach. I have a problem with
claustrophobia and the few times I've been on a plane in the
last 20 years, I always feel panicky when the person in front of
me reclines. There's nothing I can do: since the seats recline,
the person is allowed to do that, it just makes me nuts. I
agree with the person who says the airlines should have seats
that move forward as the seat reclines so the person losing
space is the recliner. This issue is part of why I rarely
travel/fly.
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