Don’t Want Me to Recline My Airline Seat? You Can Pay Me
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Don’t Want Me to Recline My Airline Seat? You Can Pay Me
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This isn't about basic human rights. This is about 'rights' you get for the service you paid for.
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#4How about you pay me to recline into my lap. I'm a tall guy. Each and every time I take a flight someone tries to recline because my lap is a seemingly good spot to rest. However given my stature I can just push their right back up into it's upright position with my knees. There isn't much to be done about that, is there?
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#6How about you pay me to recline into my lap. I'm a tall guy. Each and every time I take a flight someone tries to recline because my lap is a seemingly good spot to rest. However given my stature I can just push their right back up into it's upright position with my knees. There isn't much to be done about that, is there?
The reclining feature doesn't go "into" your lap. No need for a ridiculous hyperbole. Either way, the person paid for that seat and if the airlines choose to put in a reclining feature, your anger should be directed at them and not attempting to harass the person merely trying to use the seat they paid for.
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#7> Tall people earn more money than short people, an average of $789 per inch per year, according to a 2004 paper in the Journal of Applied Psychology.
What an absurdly childish argument. Just because on average tall people earn more, it doesn't follow that every tall person on a flight would be able to afford to pay someone not to put them in an uncomfortable situation.
He's talking about effectively exploiting someone's situation.
Or is that the point? That in a capitalist system, it's a-ok to be an arsehole?
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#8How about you pay me to recline into my lap. I'm a tall guy. Each and every time I take a flight someone tries to recline because my lap is a seemingly good spot to rest. However given my stature I can just push their right back up into it's upright position with my knees. There isn't much to be done about that, is there?
If you don't want to sit behind a seat that reclines you can pay extra for the first row. Or on Southwest pay extra for boarding group A.
Regardless, when you bought your ticket you buy it with the knowledge that there is a seat in front of you that reclines.
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#10How about you pay me to recline into my lap. I'm a tall guy. Each and every time I take a flight someone tries to recline because my lap is a seemingly good spot to rest. However given my stature I can just push their right back up into it's upright position with my knees. There isn't much to be done about that, is there?
The reclining feature doesn't go "into" your lap. No need for a ridiculous hyperbole. Either way, the person paid for that seat and if the airlines choose to put in a reclining feature, your anger should be directed at them and not attempting to harass the person merely trying to use the seat they paid for.
> The reclining feature doesn't go into your lap.
As a tall person, especially on regional jets: yes, yes it does.