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Get your fucking foot off my seat!

188 replies

NewYearNiki · 03/01/2018 22:10

Sitting on an aircraft. Not taken off. The woman behind me keeps putting her foot up on my arm rest and knocking my elbow.

I've just elbowed her off.
In for a long flight.

OP posts:
Fishface77 · 03/01/2018 22:11

Bite her big toe. Hard.

TheQueenOfWands · 03/01/2018 22:12

Can you spill a hot liquid?

Namechangetempissue · 03/01/2018 22:12

Shove your complimentary cusion in the gap so she can't fit her trotters in.

SheRaaarghPrincessOfPower · 03/01/2018 22:13
Shock

Wtf is wrong with people

LuluJakey1 · 03/01/2018 22:13

I read this as foof not foot. Grin

Namechangetempissue · 03/01/2018 22:14

Recline! Recline! Grin

UrsulaPandress · 03/01/2018 22:14

Ooh that would piss me off so much.

Get aggressive.

LuluJakey1 · 03/01/2018 22:14

I was quite baffled at her balancing ability and you elbowing her in the foof.

Weezol · 03/01/2018 22:15

If she puts her foot up again during take off, I'd squeeze it hard until she request release. You can then say 'Sorry. Thought it was part of the seat. I'm a terrible flyer. Ooh, can I have your sick bag just in case?'

Cantuccit · 03/01/2018 22:16

Shove her foot away with a strong elbow push backwards. Then turn around and give her evils.

Recline your chair as soon as the seatbelt sign goes off.

This is war.

honeysucklejasmine · 03/01/2018 22:16

Summon a flight attendant and get it dealt with if she tries again. If it was a genuine thoughtless action she won't put it up again. If it's a cheeky fucker, get flight attendant involved asap.

Mosaic123 · 03/01/2018 22:17

Call the steward if it continues. It's probably against regulations.

brizzledrizzle · 03/01/2018 22:18

Has she taken her shoes off ? Tickle her toes...

RubyGoat · 03/01/2018 22:18

If you have a book, or anything with a square corner (that won't end up with you getting sued for assault) can you just position it so as to subtly but firmly jab her, every time. She'll soon stop.

Or, ask her, in a stage whisper, to move her foot because the smell is offensive.

ShirleyPhallus · 03/01/2018 22:18

Why don’t you just say this to her instead of starting a thread about it? Confused

lunar1 · 03/01/2018 22:18

WTF is wrong with some people!

Babababababybel23 · 03/01/2018 22:19

Do you have any McDonald's coffee with you? Pour in on her foot. That shit is hot. I dropped it in my lap last night Sad

TenerifeSea · 03/01/2018 22:19

Shout loudly that you can smell old cheese.

Msqueen33 · 03/01/2018 22:19

Could this be cheeky air plane fucker?

I was only a teenager but a woman wouldn’t stop reclining her seat all the way back onto me. My dad asked for her to move it up a bit as did the flight steward but she ignored them. So I shoved her seat. Hard.

PavlovianLunge · 03/01/2018 22:21

Why don’t you just say this to her instead of starting a thread about it?

Why do you assume that she hasn’t? Confused

OP, have you asked her to stop? If you have, and she won’t, complain to an attendant.

Cantuccit · 03/01/2018 22:22

@Msqueen33 she was entitled to recline her seat (except during mealtimes, takeoff and landing).

You were nasty to shove her seat, i would have reported you to crew fr assault.

Fluffyears · 03/01/2018 22:22

Stab her with a fork!

RubyGoat · 03/01/2018 22:22

Ooh, thought of another one. You're a nervous flier, aren't you. You'll be gripping that armrest all the way through pre-flight, taxi-ing, takeoff... hard.

expatinscotland · 03/01/2018 22:24

Just tell her to stop it and if she does it again summon the flight attendant.

AnxiousMunchkin · 03/01/2018 22:25

I read this as foof not foot

Me too! Grin thought that was a bit grim! Not that feet are that much more sociable. I also then thought you meant the person next to you had their foot on the arm rest, which would be really quite impressive in a yogi kinda way.

Anyway, I’d just turn round and talk to them. Ask them to not do that, as the arm rest is your space. Ask loudly so people surrounding hear as well. Embarrass them into confirming to socially acceptable behaviour.

If they persist then if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em: keep shoving. Stuff blanket/pillow/jumper etc down sides of seat to block access. Or put pillow on foot and lean on it. Tickle it. Spill water on it. Slide the emergency instruction card between toes as a handy place to keep it visible for reference. Definitely recline. But not just all the time. Up and down a bit to keep them on their toes. (Toes, ha ha Smile)