airline etiquette

[KillahBee]

Should have given him a lap dance

 

[velvett]

You could stand up and turn around and just very politely and calmly tell him that you need to get some rest. Your sheer width should get the point across (STFU and mind your own buisness).

 

[bw1]

so i'm now allowed to recline my seat because we are at crusing altitude so i do so and the guy behind me says 'can you please put your seat back forward, i'm working on my laptop' what is proper thing to do in that situation..

Depends how he asked. If he was cool about it I might accomadate him. If he was a dick about it, I would smash his fucking skull and take his laptop.

 

[klausflouride]

so i'm now allowed to recline my seat because we are at crusing altitude so i do so and the guy behind me says 'can you please put your seat back forward, i'm working on my laptop' what is proper thing to do in that situation..

Scream, "Imsalabin Imsalabin there is only ojne god allah and mohammad is is prophet" WORKS ATREAT

 

[mrplunkey]

I gather that the majority of people here, while talking a big game, would not hesitate to put their seat back up and then stew about it the rest of the plane ride. hell. that's what Id do.

Same here. As long as he wasn't a total dick about it, I'd go at least halfway up and probably all the way up.

I feel sorry for business travelers anyway. Fifteen or twenty years ago, travel time was "free time" -- you caught-up on reading, sleeping, etc. etc. Now with new productivity expectations, travel time is work time. A company's rationale is "we bought you a cell phone and a laptop so get the hell to work anywhere, anytime."

 

[patsfan1379]

I feel sorry for business travelers anyway. Fifteen or twenty years ago, travel time was "free time" -- you caught-up on reading, sleeping, etc. etc. Now with new productivity expectations, travel time is work time. A company's rationale is "we bought you a cell phone and a laptop so get the hell to work anywhere, anytime."

The reason why people allow themselves to be treated like this is beyond me.

 

[mrplunkey]

The reason why people allow themselves to be treated like this is beyond me.

It's just a side effect of a hypercompetitve white collar market. For a guy who isn't willing to do "anything for the cause", there another guy right behind him ready to take his place. People tend to see white collar work as "cushy", but I think they overlook the stress associated with it.

Just wait till the next wave hits -- these Treo/Blackberrys are trickling-down to everyday white collar workers. Used to be, only upper level executives got them, but as the price falls and they become more common they will soon be standard issue. And high-speed wireless cards are becoming common too (i.e. Cingular Edge cards). That will increase the expectation for email/IM reachability to be a 24/7 thing.

 

[gonelifting]

I would have reclined it back up. The most I would do if i really wanted it reclined, is say "I'll meet you half way, dude." and Put it up a few inches to a smaller recline.

I'm a man of peace.

 

[HiDnGoD]

I'd have met him half way. I get to sleep for half the flight, then he gets to work for half the flight. And don't bug me 'til my watch alarm goes off, or I won't put it back up.

 

[KillahBee]

Just wait till the next wave hits -- these Treo/Blackberrys are trickling-down to everyday white collar workers. Used to be, only upper level executives got them, but as the price falls and they become more common they will soon be standard issue. And high-speed wireless cards are becoming common too (i.e. Cingular Edge cards). That will increase the expectation for email/IM reachability to be a 24/7 thing.

Oh it's here already. It is now "expected" that any person working in any form of "office" job has a blackberry type device. You should see the looks I have received from several clients when they learn I don't have one.

Job = life.