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MA_TESOL · Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Location: Seoul

Everr been on a plane and you pleasantly doze off. You like sleeping on the plane because it makes your trip go by faster. So, you just doze off and the Korean guy behind you decides to get up. He raises his hand to the back of your seat and raises himself up. Of course, this shakes your seat and you are awaken from a pleasant snooze. Of course he comes back and again reaches for the back of your seqat to lower his bodydown. Now, I might be unique, but I have always been able to sit in seats on planes, trains and buses, without the support of the seat in front of me. Also, I have found that as a Korean walks down the aisles, they have a need to grab the back of every seat as they go.

I don't know, but I have always found this need to use the back of someone's seat for support a little annoying.

seoulsucker · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject:

On a flight to Osaka, some Canidiot did this to me 4 or 5 times as he was getting up to go chat with his fellow countrymen on the plane.

It's not just Koreans, but I think they are disproportionate offenders.

bluelake · Joined: 01 Dec 2005

Yeah, I've had that happen many times. However, the most irritating thing to me is when a movie is going on, some idiots decide they want to stand up by their seats and they are smack dab right between people watching the movie and the screen; they just stand there and seem oblivious to the fact some people are interested in the movie...

PeteJB · Joined: 06 Jul 2007

I'm a bit guilty of grabbing the backs of seats when walking down the isles, but I think that's to do with feeling like I've been put through a washing machine every time I take a long flight.

grnmle · Joined: 13 Sep 2007

I hate just about everything about flying. But, sit me down next to a sweet smelling little honey...everything is a-ok.

Lekker · Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Location: Seoul

San Jose. I wonder if the Koreans there are inconsiderate as well?

Young FRANKenstein · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: Keep Your Hands Off My Seat

sunnyvale · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Location: Korea

poet13 · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject:

sjrm · Joined: 27 Jul 2005

idiotinkorea · Joined: 25 Jun 2008

fly first class. such stuff doesn't happen there.

I_Am_The_Kiwi · Joined: 10 Jun 2008

people who crank their seats right back...that pisses me off.
Like theres any room in those seats to begin with - and then u cut it in half by putting your seat back....annoying to say the least.

ED209 · Joined: 17 Oct 2006

orosee · Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul

I'm sure this happens on every flight and is not related at all to Koreans... of course if you fly KAL, or your flight is from or to Korea, chances are much increased that its a Korean hand that rocks the cradle...

I fully empathise with the OP. Being almost 190cm, I have the additional problem that my head is in a position where the 'grabber hand' not only gets the seat but also some of my hair. That's sure to wake anybody up and I feel the hair loss there is proportional to the frequent flyer miles earned. On the sunny side, a few more years from now there will be nothing left to grab so I only have to deal with the shakers.

In addition what annoys me:

- Koreans (this time, really!) who put their shoeless feet up against the bulkhead for the duration of the flight, some of them also do a stomping exercise perhaps to prevent blood clots, which shakes the entire row,

- PSP users who forgot to bring their headphones,

- hyperactive kids who kick the back of my seat for the entire flight and their stupid parents who don't seem to be bothered by that (although with the right timing, it is possible to really hurt the little bastards with your seat),

Ah, that list would be way too long... I'd go with the First Class recommendation if I could Sad

victorology · Joined: 10 Sep 2007

Fly first or business class. You get what you pay for.