Did you guys read Thursday's update? The writer from Bethesda makes a perfect example of why there is a large, significant portion of the world that hates this area.
--------------------------------------- Bethesda, Md.: Gene, For the update, and I swear I'm being dead serious about this. If I want to recline my seat on an airplane all the way I'm going to do it, person behind me be damned. And here is why: The person behind me is a stranger and frankly I don't care what his/her views on seat back reclining are or how tall or short they are. If you want a ton of leg room, buy a first class ticket. I'm not going to be intimidated by you either because I fly constantly and have heard all sorts of requests, polite and rude, to put my seat up. Not once have I complied and I just don't care enough about your comfort to compromise mine. Also, its the rare person who is not a child that can kick an adult's seat for the duration of a flight, and usually the flight attendants will take care of that if asked. Nobody wants the humiliation of being arrested at the gate because they acted like a child. I paid for a seat that reclines a certain amount, and I'm going to do whatever I can to make myself comfortable. I also paid for a seat knowing full well the guy in front of me could recline his. I live with it, and so should everyone else. As for your comparison to prisoners in a cage watching out for one another: ask any ex-con how trust they had in any other inmate to watch their back. Answer is zero: its a dog eat dog world, and that extends to airplanes. Gene Weingarten: This. Says. It. All. ------------------------------- Can Bethesda put away the Type-A, Alpha personality for even a COUPLE of hours for the shared benefit of others? I was in Minneapolis this week, and the person in front of me on the flight back to DC reclined into my lap. I couldn't use my laptop, barely had room for my iPod. Couldn't even read SkyMall, and dammit, there's no reason to fly if I can't read SkyMall. Gene is BEYOND right on this. Bethesda, MD, is a jackhole. - RB
