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To: P-Marlowe

You sound like a whiny bitch.

If you want an absolute guarantee that you will not have the indignity of the fellow in front of you reclining his seat, buy a business class ticket.


24 posted on 09/04/2014 6:05:50 AM PDT by dinodino
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To: dinodino
...airline seats are an excellent case study for the Coase Theorem. This is an economic theory holding that it doesn’t matter very much who is initially given a property right; so long as you clearly define it and transaction costs are low, people will trade the right so that it ends up in the hands of whoever values it most. That is, I own the right to recline, and if my reclining bothers you, you can pay me to stop. We could (but don’t) have an alternative system in which the passenger sitting behind me owns the reclining rights. In that circumstance, if I really care about being allowed to recline, I could pay him to let me.

Don’t Want Me to Recline My Airline Seat? You Can Pay Me. New York Times, August 27, 2014.


25 posted on 09/04/2014 6:08:20 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: dinodino

There are no “Business class” tickets on Southwest.


30 posted on 09/04/2014 6:27:38 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: dinodino
You sound like a whiny bitch.

It is simply rude to recline your seat without taking into consideration the person behind you. A Christian would take into consideration the person whom you are about to invade and at least ask that person if they wouldn't mind if they reclined. That would be the polite thing to do. 99 times out of 100 the person would be appreciative of your courtesy and grant you the permission. However when you just shove your seat back without any consideration for how it is affecting the poor slob behind you, you are being an ass (which is what you sound like ).

31 posted on 09/04/2014 6:33:34 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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