Quote Originally Posted by Rantz View Post
I don't get it when people are assholes to each other like this instead of just communicating. If I want to recline my seat on a plane and there's a person behind me, I ask them "Do you mind if I recline my seat?" If someone in front of me reclines without asking, having quite long legs and almost always getting squashed by this, I ask them "Sorry, would you mind putting your seat back upright? I don't have much space for my legs". Doing this, nobody has ever declined me. Everybody's happy.
Agreed. This is the solution to pretty much any awkward situation. I can't remember a time when this nice, open approach has not worked. People just need to stop being assholes.

I don't really understand reclining chairs so I never use them. They just seem a bit pointless. "Ooh, my chair is at a rather uncomfortable 90 degree angle. I better adjust it so that it's at an 85 degree angle. Ahhhh, that's better! It's practically a bed now!"

Not really.

Also, I generally don't have problems with knee space as I fly Emirates like a boss