A reader chastises Miss Manners for her view on airline courtesy.
: When sitting in an airline seat, you need not ask permission of the person behind you to recline your seat. Once permission to move is granted by the captain, you can recline, if your chair has the ability to do so.If engineers and airlines didn’t want the seats to recline, they would remove the option. Get a grip, or pass the torch and retire.: By all means, blame the airlines. They should not have equipment that can be used to discomfort their passengers.
Of course, your obliging airline is willing to let you pay even more so that cannot happen. But what if another passenger, having also paid the extra fare, feels entitled to leave the shared bathroom in a disgusting state? Knowing nothing I say will take away their loss, I just want to comfort them to let them know their father, their husband and their brother were dear to me and many others.: Uh, you did write letters of condolence at the time, didn’t you? With your sympathy and appreciation of those who died?Harriette Cole: How can I tell my friend I dread our conversations?
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