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Keeping up etiquette in aeroplanes

Apr 9 - 15, 2014
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Aeroplane etiquette exists. I believe I am not completely insane for thinking such a thing. Am I? Etiquette such as: not spreading your legs out into the aisle when people are trying to walk past or not jumping the queue to use the bathroom and not putting your chair all the way back when there is somebody behind you.


There is a special place in hell for people who put their chairs all the way back when they know full well somebody is behind them.
I was at the mercy of such a person, for an eight-hour flight, a week ago whilst travelling to a university audition.
I had to endure watching 12 Years a Slave and Frozen no more than an inch away from my face because the troll of a human being in front of me decided to test the limits of his reclining chair as well as my patience.
I am not one for public shaming but this man deserves it. Not only did he force his chair as far back as it would tolerate but when I stood up and had to consequently push his chair forward slightly, as there was no room to move, he had the nerve to tut profusely and shake his head when I did so.
You sir, have no heart, and should be banned from planes and made to walk next time.






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