How do you deal with a moron who thinks that he is not only entitled to the legroom under his seat, but also the legroom in front of your seat too?
When you buy an airline ticket, you are assigned a seat. The space from the base of your seat (i.e. the “structure” pictured in the diagram below) to the base of the next seat, including the space under the seat in front of you, is considered your legroom.
That space under the seat in front of you provides room to store your personal items or stretch out your legs. But your personal space ends at that bar…you can stretch out as far as you can UNTIL you hit that point.
One moron decided that the space under his seat–2F–was not enough and so he would stretch his toes out and claim part of the legroom for seat 1F directly in front of him. That is not okay, especially when another passenger is sitting there.
Is this the new norm??? When I politely asked the village idiot in 2F on Saturday if he could move his feet so that I could actually have my feet in front of MY seat, he aggressively replied “I’ve bought this seat and the space under it!” #flying #incredulous #avgeeks #assemble pic.twitter.com/FJwRuWWXta
— elayne grimes ✍️ (@ely_438) November 20, 2023
And the irony here is that this occurred in the first row rows of the plane. While the seat does not appear to be an aircraft with first class seating, typically front row seats already feature extra legroom.
When asked to move, the man “aggressively” claimed, “I’ve bought this seat and the space under it!”
Yeah but no…
I try to discourage revenge so I’m not going to speculate about how she could have “got even with him” during the flight, but certainly tying his shoelaces to the seat structure or spilling her tomato juice might have caused some discomfort.
While nothing ultimately surprises me any more, it takes a lot of gall to be so selfish that you think you are entitled to the legroom that clearly belongs to the person seated in front of you.
(hat tip: View From The Wing)
Simple solution from the hand-combat handbook : Dislocate his Kneecap by unfortunate accident .
And the correct answer is to step on the portion of his feet sticking out from under the seat. And in a hard way straight down on them.
He needs the Marquis de Sade version of footsies.
I would first gently spill my beverage on his feet, then stomp on both really hard.
I wouldn’t feel guilty about reclining AT ALL.
I would probably agree with you that his feet should not have exceeded past the bar but maybe this was a very tall person and that is why his shoes extended out beyond the bar. But as long as his shoes did not touch the back of your pants and soil them, and from the photo, it did not look like his feet were any where near your pants, why should you make a big deal about it? Again, if his shoes soiled your pants, I could understand your complaint. Otherwise, not so much. Don’t make a big deal out of nothing. Does not this world have more serious things to think about like Donald Trump becoming a dictator over the United States because he feels he is above the law? This is what is going to happen if he wins the next election. Now THAT is something to complain about!
We’re not discussing politics. No reason to inject it into the conversation.
It’s called Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS)
What you do is tell them to move their feet. If they don’t listen, then it’s time to bring in a flight attendant.
“Oops, sorry! Just dropped my full glass of water on the floor. Oh, didn’t know your shoes were there. “
chewing gum on soles.
I just “accidentally” keep bumping their feet til they move them voluntarily.
Red wine dumped on his shoes
Amputation is the only way.