To recline or not to recline? It's a surprisingly controversial question among fans. While some see nothing wrong with moving their seats backwards, others think it's selfish to the people behind them. Especially on short journeys when there's no need to sleep.
A row recently erupted in the US, when a man decided to recline during his 90 minute journey from New York to Cleveland. This caused discomfort for the 6'4 man seated behind him, but he wasn't bothered. On Reddit, the man shared: "So about 90 mins.
I'm a very small man (5'2). The guy behind me was very tall (6'4 or so). Once we were allowed to, I reclined my seat.
He immediately started getting huffy, tapping against the seat. He also made a comment to the person sitting next to him (who was a stranger). 'Oh, I guess this little guy needs all that room'.
"The tapping was annoying but not a big deal. And I put my headphones on and wasn't able to hear whatever huffy crap he was saying." As the seatbelt sign lit up before landing, the man returned his chair to its upright position and heard the guy behind him let out a "fake" sigh of relief.
He added: "Tall guy, almost on queue, let out a huge fake sigh of relief and said 'finally"' to the stranger. When we stood to get our carry on stuff, he was trying to give me the awful stink eye but I just ignored him." While he didn't let the dispute ruin his journey, he was curious to hear people's opinions on the matter.
And it seems that many people weren't actually on his side! .