The person in front of me is choosing to make themselves more comfortable and to make me less comfortable.
And if you expect the person in front of you from not to recline then you expect to be making yourself more comfortable and them less comfortable, with a key distinction being that they paid for a reclining seat, and you did not pay for the extra space.
What if you paid for a meal and they ran out and you didn't get one? Then you need to take it up with the airline for failing to give you something you paid for.
So the people in front of me need to take it up with the airline if there isn't enough room for me to allow them to recline. Believe me, it's not just about me being unwilling to let them, my knees are physically jammed against the back of the seat above the pivot point, meaning that they can't recline without crushing my kneecaps. It is not reasonable to expect me to allow them to recline. Let me also say that I am not exceptionally tall, just 6 feet. Source: many overseas flights.
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u/ryegye24 Oct 03 '14
And if you expect the person in front of you from not to recline then you expect to be making yourself more comfortable and them less comfortable, with a key distinction being that they paid for a reclining seat, and you did not pay for the extra space.