Going on holidays is expensive but it is worth it – a chance to get away after months of hard work. Well, watch out I say to the person who thinks you are going to sit upright on a long flight because they didn’t pay to fly business class!
I read an article recently http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/02/travel/airline-seat-recline-diversion/ which reported on people’s anger if the person in front reclined the chair. If your life is getting to the point where someone reclining their chair in front of you is angering you – time to get real help!
There have been three serious incidents in 2 weeks, in the United States, about reclining seats.
Delta flight 2370 from New York-LaGuardia to West Palm Beach was re-routed to Jacksonville International Airport due to a passenger disruption:
"This woman who was sitting next to me knitting actually just tried reclining her seat back," a passenger said. "The woman behind her started screaming and swearing and then a flight attendant came over and that just exacerbated what was going on and then she demanded that the flight land."
Another reportedly irate passenger caused a flight from Miami to Paris to divert to Boston on August 27 after someone allegedly tried to recline in front of him.
A United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Denver was diverted on August 24 after two passengers argued over one passenger’s use of a "Knee Defender," a device that blocks reclining.
And of course kids can get annoying too and maybe the meal wasn’t hot enough or the queue was too long at the toilets and the toilets are too small and the person in front left an offensive odour! Before we start to complain about what other people are doing we need to look at ourselves. Do these people know how they look when they make a scene about someone reclining his/her chair?
I say, let us be thankful for the positive things around us and rejoice. I think we will give all of those rude people a chance to change and even if they make a mistake on their new journey – we will accept a sorry with open arms. If these people choose to be inconsiderate to others - then they should do us all a favour and stay at home.
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