News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat. Parent comment

Re:The Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat by MarkSweep on Friday August 18, 2017 @03:58AM (#15044370)
I don't know if purely American. Flying domestically in Japan, people will ask if it is OK before reclining their seats.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat by robin_reala on Friday August 18, 2017 @05:42AM (#15044802)
Same on the Shinkansen, but then that’s not surprisingly given typical Japanese levels of politeness.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat by upvotinglurker on Friday August 18, 2017 @09:31AM (#15045911)
Is the person behind the potential recliner realistically able to say "no," or is that too impolite?
[ Parent | on HN ]