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A Users Manual to Seat 21C - Jet Lagged - Air Travel - Opinion - New York Times Blog

"A User’s Manual to Seat 21C

By Wayne Curtis

CONGRATULATIONS ON SELECTING SEAT 21C! This manual is intended to familiarize you with the many options available to you.

Before BUCKLING in, please note that the man standing in the aisle
next to you is about to make a request. He wonders if it would be
okay for you to switch seats with his wife, who is in the middle seat
three rows ahead. She is the one seated between the former linebacker
and the canola oil salesman, and is peering over the seatbacks at you
with wide and imploring eyes.

The man will ask this in a voice sufficiently loud that all
passengers seated within several rows will look up from their sudoku
puzzles and await your answer. If you say no, the passengers will all
wonder: Why do you hate married people? You must be a bitter and
lonely person. Note also that there is no overhead luggage space
three rows ahead, so you will have to wait for the entire plane to
empty to come back and retrieve your bags. Have a good flight up at 18E!"

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[codash1099]

Disturbingly true!

[JohnK]

That is hilarious!

I have not travelled much in the USA but is reclining as bad as all the reports? It sounds like you can recline your seat back almost all the way in WHY! On most QF/BA/CX aircraft the recline is around 4-6 inches.

[thegurio]

Ahh yes, quite amusing....

Its often made me smile alot the whole, lets get up out of our seat before the seatbelt sign goes off so that we can wait till the plane stops and the doors open and then we can wait till the baggage comes and then we can wait till the taxis are free...

When we went to Rome we went with people like this - the first time i have been on such a trip with these guys and every time we got to the same plane at about 10 mins later than them but a heck of a lot more refreshed!